On the evening of 13th July 2022, Alumni Event Healthcare Industry Insight Talk was successfully held at The University of Manchester China Centre. After the welcome ceremony of The Manchester Global MBA July 2022 Intake, over 1100 guests joined the insight talk both from online and offline to discuss the development trend of health technology and its application in the local market.

Dr. Jian Li, Global MBA Alumni, the principal of Health Business, Amazon Greater China and Mr. Timothy Johns, COO, Global Health Group shared information about digital therapeutics and preview of Dragonboat investment digital health market report.

On the evening of 23rd June, The University of Manchester China Centre has invited our current student of MA Educational Leadership in Practice course: Mr. Simon Jacobs, Head of Primary at Wycombe Abbey School Changzhou, for an interactive online dialogue to share his industrial insights and learning experience. 

During the session, Mr. Jacobs shared his inspiration of choosing the course, as well as unforgettable moments and major growth during his 2 year-part master journey. As a student of online / blended course, he specifically expressed his appreciation to the helpful assistance from UoM China Centre Student support team at Shanghai. 

On the afternoon of 17^th June Friday, The University of Manchester China Centre, alongside CIMA North Asia hosted Career Impact Session online for over 200 finance professionals online.

During the session, senior CIMA member, Ms. Terri Wang, Partner of PwC, and Alliance MBS alumnus Mr. Timo Lei, Co-Founder/Boarder Director/CFO/CDO of Wufeng Technology shared some of the Pros and Cons of the Big 4 experience and illustrated how to plan professional development in a positive manner with a focus on finance sector.

On the evening of 10^th June, The University of Manchester China Centre invited two Manchester Global MBA Alumni, Grace Liu and Stefan Hiergeist for an interactive Manchester Global MBA Alumni sharing session. During the session, the guest speakers shared their wide range of experiences on the programme, their backgrounds and how the programme took their career to a global context.

On 8th June, UoM China Centre has invited the founder of SAFONE and Alumna of the Manchester GMBA — Ms Alieen Wei to share her stories of creating the sustainable beauty brand, insights into the future trend of beauty industry and suggestions to women who want to start their own business.

On the evening of 6th June, China Centre hosted an MBA industry talk on the future strategy and trend of E-commence, hoping to provide insight of digital marketing after COVID-19. The talk was welcomed by Centre director Ms. Sherry Fu and delivered by two distinction GMBA graduates Mr. Andy Qi, CMO of a Digital Marketing startup and Mr. Bruce Liu, the co-founder of Ofashion.

On the afternoon of 14^th May, China Centre hosted Global MBA alumni panel with a focus on HR trends joined by four of our Global MBA alumni who have profound professional experience in HR management and talent development across different industries.

The session highlighted future HR trends to help working professionals to stay competitive in the workplace in the post-pandemic era. Our alumni revealed the latest insights, best practices and recommended actions for working professionals to build up core skill-set and knowledge in the future.

Our Global MBA alumni also reflected on their MBA experiences and discussed the impact the programme has had on their careers while sharing their motivations for choosing the Manchester Global MBA.

On the afternoon of 22^nd April Friday, the University of Manchester China Centre hosted a career webinar, inviting Mr. Tiger Qiao, Manchester Global MBA alumnus, Doctoral Candidate of DBA programme in Alliance Manchester Business School, to share his best practical advice for navigating this important dynamic to help working professionals to understand their line manager and boss.

During the session, Mr. Tiger Qiao provided his insights for business professionals to understand their supervisors from the below perspective:

• Innie or Outie?
• Work style Personality
• Micromanagement style
• Decision Pattern

Tiger also shared his own experience in his management role and pointed out that: “No matter what type of supervisor you have, there are some skills that are universally important. The skillset of "Managing Up" in essential to frame your career path, assess the current business situation and understand how to tailor your management strategies accordingly."

On the evening of 11^th April, China Centre’s live-streaming platform M-cloud successfully supported the Virtual Reception to East and Southeast Asia, hosted by Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President & Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester. This event was a celebration of ‘The Power of Networking’ and the many ways in which alumni enrich the student experience and support those who've recently graduated. More than 750 further participants have watched the live on Mcloud platform.

On the evening of 19^th June-Father's Day, the 2^nd session of Virtual Art Gallery and Talk was hosted by Mr Simon Zhou, GMBA alumnus at the University of Manchester, and joined by Mr John Coppola, an artist and educator from New York City, who will share How Studying Art Can Help in Stressful and Unpredictable Times and celebrate Father's Day together in a different way.

On 1^st June evening, a lovely virtual gallery was organised for young audience to celebrate the International Children’s Day. This event was hosted by Mr Simon Zhou, GMBA alumnus at the University of Manchester, joined by Ms Jianming Xu who is a writer, translator, and curator of Japanese Culture.

The topic of Metaverse has been a hot topic in China nowadays.

On 15th May 2022, Industry Insights from the Metaverse Era was hosted. Experts from the field of Technology, Cognitive Science and Law was invited by UoM China Centre to share their insights and business opportunities on Metaverse, and joined the discussion with our GMBA alumni and current students online. 

On 8th May 2022, GMBA alumnus Simon Zhou and Mr John Coppola, an artist and educator from New York City, hosted a sharing of how art can promote mental health during lockdown and let the audiences learn how to maintain a good relationship state of mind by viewing artworks. 

On 23rd April 2022, Mr Terence H Clarke, British executive coach and business owner was invited to share his strategies of motivation and resilience in lockdown. This event helped many struggling people who needed strategies to handle negative emotions to maintain their well-being. 

The COVID has affected so many people’s careers, love and family. The spread and persistence of the COVID have plunged many people into anxiety and panic. Mental health during lockdown is an essential topic for everyone.

On 20th April 2022, Dr Guo Feng, UoM SEED alumnus, gave a lecture on mental health under lockdown and reconciliation with negative feelings and tried to find ways for the participants to deal with adverse emotions such as stress and anxiety during the pandemic.

Covid-19's global infection has subverted the way of national governance, enterprise economic operation and personal communication, and innovated people's inherent cognition. People in all over the world deeply want to ask: what will the future of human society look like? Where should the world go? How should individuals in the workplace deal with the future of work?

On 16th April 2022, the Economist China Editor in Chief Chen Wu was invited to discuss the future of the economy, education, and technological innovation by sharing the new book Beyond VUCA: A Long-Term Thinking in The Uncertain Era.

From 2020 to 2022, the difference of one number or one word indicates the similarities of the past three years. In today's "Work from home" has become the norm, how to carry out daily work more efficiently? With the upgrading of enterprise operation pressure, where will human resource management go?

On 15th April 2022, Simon Zhou, a GMBA alumnus, together with MS Weimin Tang and MS Wen Cui, innovatively combined the current situation of working from home in the pandemic and helped participants identify the difficulties caused by working from home and offered some possible solutions.

On the evening of 13^th April, China Centre hosted the third Lockdown Live-streaming event on well-being, which provided in-time guidance for Global MBA students and alumni at this special time.

Mr Rick Xu, who is an expert of Full Engagement in China with more than 20 years’ experience in MNCs, analyzed the topic from 4 perspectives: Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual. This event has attractive over 1,000 page views from the online audience.