15th December 2009

British Institute of Technology & E-commerce Annual Convocation 2009

At the annual convocation on 15 December 2009, The British Institute of Technology & E-commerce celebrated the success of its students over the last academic year presenting awards for outstanding achievement and fellowships to BITE for all alumni.

BITE aims to keep in touch with all its alumni, fostering a long term relationship both on a social and on a professional level. BITE also presented awards to outstanding members of the community.

Students and community award winners addressed the gathering to expand on their learning experience. The evening was rounded off with a performance by the Biteband, songs from alumni, Faisal Usmani, and staff, Dr Joy and Prof. Waheed and a meal in the BITE restaurant.

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14th December 2009

BITE’s Annual Report at the House of Lords

On the invitation of BITE’s Chancellor, Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, over sixty members of staff attended the presentation of the Annual Report for the year 2009, at the House of Lords, on December 14th. 

After a pleasant afternoon tea in the Cholmondeley Room, which offered a great view of the Thames, there were speeches from Lord Ahmed, Dr Mohammed Farmer (BITE’s founder and Director) and Professor Les Hobson, OBE (the Director of Education and Research).  All three noted the tremendous progress that the British Institute has made in the first decade of its existence, in particular the last year, which saw a considerable expansion in student numbers and the new members of staff required to serve them. 

There are further plans to expand BITE’s programmes of study, especially in the postgraduate field, and to raise its profile even further as a provider of high quality higher education, so hopefully there will be even greater cause for celebration next year.

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7th October 2009
BITE Annual Awards 2009 held in Science Museum London

The BITE Annual Awards 2009 with a dinner introduced by the actor, Peter Davison, an early Dr Who on 7 October at the Science Museum. The dinner was brought to a close with a performance by the magician, Paul Daniels. There were following presentations of awards on that occasion.

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Championing of Technology
Award to Prof. Zhores Alferov
Presented by BITE / Rolls Royce

Contribution to e-Government
Award to The Prime Minister of Tatarstan H.E. Rustam Minnikhanov
Presented by BITE / Infosys

Outstanding Academic Leadership
Award to Prof. Zihe Rao - President of Nankai University
Presented by BITE / Infosys

Outstanding Business Leadership
Award to Sir Terry Leahy
Presented by e-Britain

Outstanding Business Innovation
Award to BP
Presented by BITE / e-Britain

Best eCustomer Company
Award to Argos
Presented by BITE / Infosys

Outstanding MBA Dissertation 2009
Award to Ms Fauzia Shafique
Presented by BITE / KPMG

Outstanding MBA Dissertation 2009
Award to Mr Usman Adeel
Presented by BITE / KPMG

Outstanding MSc Dissertation 2009
Award to Mr Adekunle John Ojewumi
Presented by BITE / Microsoft

The BITE Annual Awards sponsored by the Microsoft, Rolls Royce, KPMG, Infosys and eBritain.

World Hi-Tech Forum 2009 opened on the evening of 7 October with a dinner hosted by actor and former Dr Who, Peter Davison at the Science Museum in London. The after dinner speech was given by the Prime Minister of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov on “Emerging Markets.” The Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov was presented with the BITE / Infosys “Excellence in e-Governance” award at the WHTF dinner by Lord Nazir Ahmed of  Rotherham. Dr Zhores Alferov, the 2000 Nobel Laureate in Physics, received a “Championing of Technology” Award for his contribution to nano technology. The dinner, forum and awards were supported by the British Institute of Technology & E-commerce (BITE), Rolls Royce, Microsoft, KPMG & Infosys.

The aim of the Forum is to concentrate on a different ‘focus country’ each year, with presentations from government and leading companies providing valuable high-level, shared learning. The Forums bring the global community together to facilitate technological and business partnerships.

Chair of the World Hi-Tech Forum, Dr Muhammad Farmer said, “China has become one of the main destinations for manufacturing. Increasingly this is involving close international partnerships covering the whole product evolution process from concept to production. We will address technological innovation in this area with speeches from key representatives from China and the international business community.”

He added, “The Forum will explore how one of the significant factors in success in the future will be a clear vision of the whole process from technology to
market. Entrepreneurs must consider the global picture in all aspects of their planning, whether it is technology creation and development, production or marketing. Innovation is essential, whether it is in the form of new technology or in the approach to business development and partnering.”

Co-Chair of the Forum, Professor Terry Knibb said, “A key consideration of the Forum has been the rapidly changing balance of research, technology and manufacturing between developed and developing nations. It is no longer enough to develop a product and then look for ‘cheap manufacturing’ elsewhere. Developing nations have expertise in all stages of the process, and this must be harnessed efficiently.”

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Alumni Party

Venue: Crick Hall Avicenna House British Institute of Technology & E-commerce
Thursday, 25th June 2009, 6.30pm

British Institute of Technology & E-commerce celebrated its Annual Alumni Party 2009. Our Alumni students joined in on a fun filled evening of entertainment. We sought feedback on future Alumni projects including a regularly updated Facebook page. We feel as an Institute it is important to maintain contact with past students. We are currently developing a range of services that will be available for our Alumni. We would welcome ideas and contributions from past students who can contact admissions@bite.ac.uk with their thoughts and suggestions.

The British Institute of Technology & E-commerce can support your continuous educational development. We have many courses that will support your future aspiration of employment in the UK or anywhere in the world.

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BITE Annual Convocation 2008
a programme of appreciation, entertainment and dinner

Guest speakers were Lord Nazir Ahmed and the Civil Mayor of Newham, Councillor Akbar Chaudhary. After an introduction by the Institute’s Director, Dr Mohammd Farmer, Lord Ahmed stressed the need for students to maintain hope and ambition, despite the current economically difficulties, and to keep pursuing their career goals.   Councillor Chaudhary assured the audience that Newham will benefit from the forthcoming Olympic-inspired programme of regeneration of the Newham area.  The message was clear that now is not the time to hold back on achieving academic excellence.

Entertainment was provided by the duo, ‘BITEBAND’, put together for the occasion and made up of the Mr Peter Robinson on electric guitar and Mr Jason Stone on bass and the Akwa Ibom Cultural Dance troupe.

A successful evening ended with a multi-dish curry buffet.  This was indeed a prestigious event, one that served as a reminder of how far BITE has come in such a short space of time and how much it promises for the future.

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The Programme included

• Welcome by Dr Muhammad Farmer
  
  
• Guest Speaker
  Lord Nazir Ahmed
  Councillor Akbar Chaudhary
  
  
• Special Contribution Awards
  
  Lord Nazir Ahmed
  Contribution to the Business and Community
  
  Councillor Akbar Chaudhary
  Contribution to the Borough of Newham
  
  Prof Gilles Richard
  Best Research Paper Award
  
  
  
• Student Achievement Awards Presentation
  
  MBA Innovative Management
  Ya Ping Ho
  Rana Muhammad Bilal
  
  MSc Innovative Technology
  Swetha Rajender
  Tony Joseph
  
  BSc Technology & E-commerce
  Manpreet Kaur
  Mufaddal Habib
  
  Executive Diploma in Management Level 7
  Muhammad Aamir Awan
  
  
• Presentation of Student Certificates of Achievement
  
  
• Guitar medley: BITEBAND
  
  
• A performance by Akwa Ibom Cultural Troupe in the UK
  
  
• Buffet Dinner

Seminar: Friday, 20th February 2009, 5.30pm

Global economies are being buffeted by a tsunami of rolling Crises. Economic crisis can no longer be perceived in terms of an isolated emergency but as part of series of events for which management must attempt to plan and manage strategically. It is necessary to think the unthinkable, being proactive rather than reactive in planning for crisis.

The organisations that succeed will be those flexible enough to plan for and adopt procedures to anticipate change. In these circumstances leadership skills will be tested and it is these skills which this timely seminar seeks to address.

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