Strathclyde Executive Education & Development

The Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) is delighted to invite you to another in its series of actionable research webinar series. Join Kushagra Jain and colleagues from Strathclyde Business School to explore his research white papers: * Promoting Fairness and Exploring Algorithmic Discrimination in Financial Decision Making Through Explainable Artificial Intelligence and * Fairness and Discrimination in Lending Decisions: Multiple Protected Characteristics Analysis. Following his presentation, you will have the opportunity to discuss key themes in a Q&A session. 📜 In advance of the webinar, you can access the white papers here: https://lnkd.in/gj5zD5WD Tickets, Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 3:30PM | Eventbrite https://lnkd.in/eAGqpRjK 📅 Webinar: Thursday 14th November at 3.30pm - 4.30pm 🎤 About the Speaker - Kushagra Jain Kushagra Jain is a Research Associate at the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL), University of Strathclyde. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, financial/regulatory technology, textual analysis, international finance, and risk management, among others. He was awarded doctoral scholarships from the Financial Mathematics and Computation Cluster (FMCC), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Higher Education Authority (HEA) and Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (UCD). Previously, he worked within wealth management and as a statutory auditor. He completed his doctoral studies in Finance from UCD in 2024, and obtained his MSc in Finance from UCD, his Accounting Technician accreditation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and his undergraduate degree from Bangalore University. He was formerly FMCC Database Management Group Data Manager, Research Assistant, PhD Representative and Teaching Assistant for undergraduate, graduate and MBA programmes. Strathclyde Business School FinTech Scotland University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School Mark Cummins Christine Sinclair hashtag #FRIL hashtag #fintech hashtag #fintechscotland hashtag #innovation hashtag #XAI hashtag #Explainable hashtag #AI hashtag #generativeAI hashtag #discrimination hashtag #financial hashtag #decisionmaking

Join the Help to Grow: Management at Strathclyde Business School programme to help take you and your business to the next level. Designed with growth businesses in mind, you'll benefit from the power of peer learning, delivered in person on campus at Strathclyde Business School over 12 weeks. Described as a “mini MBA”, the programme is a low cost, effective leadership development programme for senior leaders of SMEs. This 12-week course is 90% funded by the UK Government and open to leaders and senior management from businesses that have been operating for over a year with between 5 - 249 employees. All industries are welcome, and we encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. Previous cohorts have been made up of varying industries from Energy, Construction and Health & Life Sciences, to Digital & Enabling Tech, Advanced Manufacturing, Social Innovation, and Creative industries (to name but a few!). We’ve seen over 260 companies graduate from the programme at Strathclyde and next cohort begins 20 November. Apply now: https://lnkd.in/ehg2g6tY

📢 ICYMI: INNOVATION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 FinTech Scotland have just announced their new Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) Challenge working alongside SuperTech WM. This call will focus on transforming customer outcomes through the application of innovative solutions to assist Financial Services organisations to meet their Consumer Duty requirements - in doing so, this will continue to drive positive outcomes for customers across the UK. Also, did we say that there is a possibility that successful applicants might be eligible for £50k funding? 💸 💸 💸 🏆 The previous calls have been met with massive success so you will not want to miss out on the next one. For more information about the use cases and apply please click on this link: https://lnkd.in/eyypr-h8 🗓 Applications close on 27th October #fintechscotland #fintech #scotland #innovation #callday #scottishfintech

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming back our Cohort 2 MBA in Sustainable Energy Futures for an immersive experience in the Business Intelligence & Data Analytics modules and Systems Thinking sessions, expertly led by Dr. Euan Barlow and Murray Cook. We were also honoured to host David Moore who provided invaluable industry insights on data analytics across a wide range of organizations. The cohort demonstrated incredible engagement throughout the three days, participating in thought-provoking discussions, peer-to-peer learning, and knowledge sharing. Their creative and collaborative thinking was truly inspiring. We look forward to seeing this talented group back on campus for their next session in just a few weeks! Mary Galbraith Jane Howie, CMgr MCMI

Huge congratulations to our incredible Apprenticeship Degrees at University of Strathclyde team across all Faculties for winning the Principal's Special Award at the recent Strathclyde Medals ceremony! This recognition reflects the hard work, dedication, and commitment everyone showed during our Ofsted inspection earlier this year.   A special shout-out to all the fellow award recipients from Strathclyde Business School-- Amy Taylor, Jane Howie, CMgr MCMI, Coral Yuan, Nicola Holmes, well done! A special mention to Katie Ballantyne, whose contributions played a vital part in this achievement. Her impact is greatly appreciated. It’s inspiring to be part of such an outstanding community at the University of Strathclyde, where collective efforts drive continuous improvement and excellence.

Anticipating the Future with Scenarios - delivered by Stathis Tapinos On the first day of the programme the Cohort delved deep into the concepts of perception and uncertainty, and the features of the scenario planning process. Lots of lively conversations on how to make sense of the future! We are looking forward to welcoming the Cohort to Day 2 of the workshop next week. For more information about the programme, please get in touch with Stathis Tapinos and Magdalena Thomas fCMgr #executiveeducation #leadership #scenarioplanning #strathclydebusinessschool

Strathclyde Executive Education & Development are looking forward to welcoming the first Cohort to Day 1 of the Anticipating the Future with Scenarios short programme on Monday 26th August, led by Stathis Tapinos of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde. Twenty senior professionals from a diverse range of industries are going to participate in a transformational process and learn how #foresight, #stretegicforesight and #scenarioplanning can be applied in their organisation. If you wish to learn more about the programme, and to express an interest in joining Cohort 2, please get in touch with Magdalena Thomas fCMgr, Stathis Tapinos or send an enquiry to sbs-upskilling@strath.ac.uk.

📢 A reminder that the latest of our actionable research webinars, Open Banking in a Consumer Duty Context, will be launching this Thursday 22nd July at 1:00pm - 2:00pm. At the end of this webinar we will be having an informal discussion and reflection to answer any questions you may have. 🎟 Tickets are available at the link below, https://lnkd.in/gqmHqN9b We look forward to seeing you there. Strathclyde Business School FinTech Scotland University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School Mark Cummins James Bowden Christine Sinclair #FRIL #fintech #fintechscotland #openbanking #openfinance #financialservices #consumerduty

📢 Looking to enhance your skills, knowledge and expertise in Telecoms Regulation? The University of Strathclyde, in partnership with Cenerva Limited are offering the following Executive training courses in October 2024. 📌 Communication and Radio Access Network 📌 Practice of Telecoms Regulation & Governance The "Communication and Radio Access Networks" course, led by industry experts Bob Stewart, David Crawford, and Louise Crockett is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of wireless systems, from theory to practical implementation. These are the key course topics: ✒ Evolution of mobile networks from 1G to 5G ✒ Radio communications engineering principles ✒ Architecture and components of Radio Access Networks (RANs) ✒ Wireless standards, regulations, and spectrum management ✒ Open RAN principles and Software Defined Radio (SDR) ✒ Design and implementation of public and private networks Course Details: ⚫️ Dates: 28th October - 1st November 2024 ⚫️ Location: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow ⚫️ Price: £2,250 per delegate & per course (including breakfasts and lunches) The "Practice of Telecoms Regulation & Governance" course, led by Fabrizio De Francesco, will look at the practices of the accountability network, address fundamental issues in the quality of institutional and operational design of telecom independent regulators as well as providing solutions to telecom regulators for enhancing their decision-making efficiency and accountability. These are the key course topics: ✒ International regulatory networks ✒ Practices of accountability ✒ Institutional and organisational features of independent regulatory agencies ✒ The Evaluation of telecom regulatory agencies Course Details: ⚫️ Dates: 21st October - 25th October 2024 ⚫️ Location: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow ⚫️ Price: £2,250 per delegate & per course (including breakfasts and Both of these courses are accredited, and can be taken individually as either stand alone CPD Executive Training or are both core modules that count towards gaining either a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Communications, Technology Policy & Strategy. 📍 Interested in taking one or both of the above courses? Get in touch via exec.education@strath.ac.uk, we would love to hear from you and answer any questions you have. #executivetraining #telecommunications #development