Valuing Human Life and the Environment: The J-value Framework for Assessing How Much to Spend on a Protection System
Presented by Prof. Philip Thomas
12th November 2009
Panel Discussion: A Survival Guide to being an Actuarial Student
22nd October 2009
In this successful interactive panel discussion, a panel of alumni (consisting of a mixture of students and newly-qualified actuaries of the UK Actuarial Profession) and a panel of employers from each of the main actuarial fields gave some top tips on:
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How to maintain a healthy work/life/study balance
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Effective studying while working
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How to be a good worker – from top student to top employee
Economic Environment and DB Pension Provision
Presented by Prof. Andrew Clare
10th September 2009
Actuarial Alumni Networking Reception
Summer BBQ in Cass courtyard
9th July 2009
TANC Annual Lecture: The Seven Key Drivers of the Future - Actuarially Speaking
Presented by Ray Hammond
20th May 2009
This lecture explored Ray's seven key drivers that could affect our future in detail and how they are of particular relevance to Actuaries. These are: World Population Growth, Climate Change, The Looming Energy Crisis, The World's Poorest Billion, Globalization, Accelerating Exponential Technology Development and the Prevent-Extend model of new medicine.
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The Crisis of 2008: What is real, what is behavioural?
Presented by Prof. Gulnur Muradoglu
10th March 2009
TANC Workshop: How to make a success of yourself (and still keep your friends)
Run by Hilary Johnson, Embrace Success
12th Feb 2009
This was a workshop in emotional intelligence. Both being successful at work and being popular rely on well developed emotional intelligence – a key life skill which does not form part of the formal education system in this country. During this session participants:
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Understood the key elements of emotional intelligence
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Had the opportunity for some self-discovery; and
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Learnt to put some of these skills into practice.