After living and studying in Bournemouth during their degree, many BU graduates choose to stay in the town.
Ceuta Healthcare, based on Richmond Hill in the centre of Bournemouth, is just one of the local companies that benefits from the skills and expertise of BU graduates from a range of courses and disciplines.
鈥淎t Ceuta we know that a degree from 菠萝视频 will bring us a rounded individual with the structured and creative thinking we need,鈥� said Annette D鈥橝breo, Managing Director of Ceuta Healthcare, a leading international outsource partner for the health and beauty industry.聽
鈥淭hey are prepared for the workplace and bring us freshness and relevance.
鈥淗aving studied in Bournemouth it is easy to see why they would want to build a career here. It is a great place to live. Ceuta offers the opportunity to continue to enjoy our environment and be successful.鈥�
Tom Mephram graduated from the BA (Hons) Advertising and Marketing Communications course at BU in 2006.
After briefly returning to his home in West Sussex following his degree, Tom came back to Bournemouth to work as a junior brand manager for Ceuta.
In the eight years since, he has progressed to working on Ceuta鈥檚 international accounts 鈥� responsible for multinational supermarket clients.
鈥淭here were lots of different moments on my course that I think helped prepare me for work,鈥� Tom said.
鈥淚 think we benefited on our course from the lecturers 鈥� we had some lecturers who obviously were qualified academically but also had some good experience in the practical world of advertising and marketing as well.鈥�
He added that high-profile guest speakers and assignments which emulated industry experiences 鈥� such as forming mock advertising agencies and pitching ideas 鈥� all contributed to his university experience and employability on graduating.
Tom said: 鈥淭he course was really good 鈥� it was intense, but it was always enjoyable and had lots of positive experiences.
鈥淚鈥檇 highly recommend the course and it continues to have an outstanding reputation in the advertising and marketing industries as well.鈥�
Monwara Foley, a Client Manager at Ceuta Healthcare, began working at the company while on placement during her Health Sciences degree at BU.
Monwara, who graduated in 2006, said: 鈥淭he best thing about the course was that you had to do work experience between the second and third year. That鈥檚 how I got into Ceuta Healthcare and began to progress my career.
鈥淚f I didn鈥檛 have to do that work experience, I don鈥檛 think I鈥檇 be where I am today 鈥� it really just threw us in the deep end.鈥�
Monwara continued to work part-time at Ceuta during the final year of her degree, and was offered a full-time job at the company just three days after completing her final exam.
She started in customer services and soon made the move into marketing, as a junior account manager, using transferable skills and knowledge gained during her degree studies.
鈥淚鈥檝e been in marketing for about nine years now, and I love it - every day is different and challenging and I learn something new every day,鈥� she said.
鈥淚 have to look after and manage the brand 鈥� everything from promotions in-store to campaigns to drive customers to pick up and buy the product.鈥�
She added: 鈥淪cience is very factual, very analytical, which is applicable to what I鈥檓 doing in business because there is a lot of analysis and seeing how sales perform and what made that happen.鈥�
Monwara said that seeing the university grow and develop, and meeting other highly motivated graduates who also work at Ceuta, made her proud to be part of the BU community.
鈥淚 think 菠萝视频 is brilliant and I鈥檓 proud to see that it鈥檚 grown so much,鈥� she said.
鈥淭he people I know at Ceuta that come from BU - it鈥檚 the passion and the drive they have that make聽them stand out.鈥�