Three members of the Pall-Ex team have graduated from the Open University’s BA in Professional Management, following the culmination of a three-year course.
The degree was completed in conjunction with a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) standard, which provides a practical outlet for proving management skills alongside the academic component of the degree.
Lauren Pullin, Joseph Murfitt and Nick Antill-Holmes combined their day-to-day roles with intensive studying to earn their degrees and accreditations. Funded by Pall-Ex as part of its ongoing commitment to supporting the professional growth of employees, Lauren, Joseph and Nick also benefited from one-to-one mentorship with business leaders within Pall-Ex whilst undertaking their studies.
Lauren, who is Head of Commercial Analytics at the UK’s leading palletised freight distribution network for quality, passed her degree with First Class Honours, alongside a score of 99 out of 100 in her CMI standard – earning a distinction. Speaking at her graduation, Lauren said: “I’m so proud to be finally graduating, and with first-class honours too. It’s been an intense three years, particularly combining our normal roles with the study programme, but it has definitely been worth it.”
For his final submission, Joseph, who is the Central Hub Manager at Pall-Ex presented his Road Ahead Programme, which was centred on recruitment.
Joseph explains: “The course was so useful and informative, because it touched on so many different aspects of a business’s daily running. Bringing all of that together in my dissertation was challenging but rewarding, and resulted in my Road Ahead strategy.”
Nick, who is Service, Quality and Compliance Manager and earned a merit in his CMI, said: “I have been with Pall-Ex for 13 years and am still impressed by how people-focused it is as a business. Being given the opportunity to undertake the degree, and then given all of the backing I needed to ensure I could study whilst still doing my day-to-day role, is just another example of how supportive Pall-Ex is as a business.”
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