50th Anniversary

What’s on our agenda: Anniversary events and activities Throughout our anniversary year, we are hosting and participating in a whole range of different events around the world. This guide offers a glimpse of the many local and international activities on our agenda.

Global travel: Celebrating worldwide Find out about the events around the world where members of our staff and faculty will be spreading the word about our School’s golden anniversary. Page 4 Local impact: Celebrating at home We are hosting several exciting events on campus this year to celebrate with our valued community, including shared celebrations with Milton Keynes who also turn fifty this year. Page 6 Alumni engagement: Celebrating together From reunions to dinner receptions, discover where members of our alumni network are getting together throughout 2017 to celebrate our golden anniversary. Page 8 Student activities: Celebrating with our learners As a way of celebrating with our current MBA and MSc learners, we have arranged several anniversary-related events and activities that are taking place on campus this year. Page 10 Industry events: Celebrating our knowledge To celebrate and explore the future of industries related to our programme themes, we have organised five special anniversary industry events, ranging from career days to executive development. Page 12 Celebrations Day: Anniversary special Our major celebrations day on Saturday 1st July will bring staff, students, alumni and corporate friends together for an all-day interactive event. Read on to learn about this special occasion. Pages 14 - 18

Join us in 2017 to celebrate our golden anniversary Cranfield School of Management is hosting a wide range of exciting activities throughout 2017 to celebrate 50 years of excellence and to look forward to the next 50.

Cranfield School of Management has more than 80 full-time academic staff who are actively engaged in consultancy and business-relevant research, always close to business and government. We are dedicated to creating responsible management thinking, improving business performance and inspiring leaders to make a real impact on their organisations. We are one of Europe’s largest academic centres for applied research and a hotbed of business activity, placing our world-class faculty and doctoral researchers alongside forward-thinking industry leaders, through our vibrant networks of alumni, research collaborations and clubs. We could not be prouder of where we are today and the incredible people that have been part of our journey. Now we are delighted to celebrate our 50th anniversary and welcome the Cranfield community to celebrate with us.

Our online celebrations hub was launched with the arrival of our new executive talent in September 2016. You can access it online at www.cranfieldsom50.com to keep up to date with all of our anniversary activities being held throughout 2017. You will find a timeline of our proudest moments in history, memories and stories shared by our valued community, a collection of our vast global achievements, as well as a host of events, activities and incentives that you can get involved in. You can also enjoy our short introductory film that we launched to kick-start our celebrations at http://tinyurl.com/CranfieldSoM50-Intro . We look forward to developing this piece into a longer exploratory film about our journey for debut at our celebrations day on 1st July 2017. Please take a good look through this guide to see how you can get involved in this truly memorable year for Cranfield School of Management.