Gulsah in a Headress

Gulsah and Joachim from the MSc in International Business popped in to the event.

Students Passing through

If anyone knows the students in these photos please let me know and I will post their names and courses.

African Headress

Yodit

Yodit and Safia

Graduate Recruitment event

Sigurdur Eli Haraldsson of Landsbanki's gave a presentation of the banks history, operations and future business plans. He was joined by a colleague and three members of the bank's graduate training programme. They fielded questions from BCIM staff and students about a career with their employer.

There was a lively debate about credit default swaps - there was, honest!

The other panel members who appeared with Sigurdur were:

• Gunnar Orn Jonsson
• James Thornton
• Patric Okumi
• Rupert Osborne

British Pub Quiz

Helen hosted a traditional pub quiz. The teams were:

• The Chinese
• South Bank Uni
• The Oldies
• The Fabulous Three
• Carlos' Group
  

The questions were:

1. What colour is the letter ‘L’ in the standard Google logo?

2. What was founded in Bologna, Italy in 1088, making it the first of its kind in Europe?

3. Which is the only vitamin not to be found in an egg?

4. What is the name of the street TVs Desperate housewives live on?

5. Name a planet in our solar system that has no moon?

6. Name Madonna’s 3 children.

7. In which ocean are the canary islands?

8. Which of these three countries has the most Internet users, Brazil, UK or Russia?

9. What is the worlds fastest growing plant

10. What major sporting event happened for the first time in London on 29 March 1981?

11. What is the largest organ of the human body?

12. Who in Greek mythology fell in love with his own reflection?

13. Which chemical element gets it's name from a greek word meaning 'stranger'?

14. What did Harry Beck design in 1931 and is still used in London today?

15. Where on the body are the most sweat glands found?

16. Where in London were the terracotta army put on public display?

For some the answers were beyond Keystage 1:





The lens was manually put out of focus here in case evidence of collusion was filmed and there had to be a resit!:

In the end the winners were The Fabulous Three. Can you beat their score of 17.5 out of 18 (3 points for question 6)?

The answers are here

You can view a video of Helen's excellent comperance (is that a word?) and the prize giving:

Ethiopia Stand

Yodit hosted a table of Ethopian culture including posters explaining the very different method of denoting and keeping time and a unique calendar.

A video tour of the stand:

Gan Gan Drum

One of the students (send me your name if you can) who attended the Africa stand gave an impromptu Gan Gan Drum.

"Talking drums are part of a family of hourglass-shaped pressure drums. The drum heads at either end of the drum's wooden body are made from hide, fish-skin or other membranes which are wrapped around a wooden hoop. Leather cords or thongs run the length of the drum's body and are wrapped around both hoops; when these cords are squeezed under the drummers arm, the drum heads tighten, changing the instrument's pitch. While this type of instrument can be modulated quite closely, its range is limited to a gathering or market-place, and it is primarily used in ceremonial settings. Ceremonial functions could include dance, rituals, story-telling and communication of points of order.

Some of the variations of the talking drum among West African ethnic groups:

• Tama (Wolof of Senegal)
• Gan gan, Dun Dun (Yoruba of Nigeria)
• Dondo (Ashanti of central Ghana)
• Lunna (Dagomba of northern Ghana)
• Kalangu (Hausa of northern Nigeria and Niger) "

Wikipedia