Research: it's the duty of every university to promote it – and for the third year, UB's Faculty of Management and Social Sciences held their Annual Student Research Conference. The idea is to get out the research work students have been doing in a specific subject area
Dr. Jean Briceno-Perriot - University of Belize
"The research are in areas of Accounting, Tourism, Management and some social Science. It's very intense and they have to work very hard and at times it is stressful for them. They get it done and as you can see from the response of them being here it's kind of a goal for them now. We want our study to be presented."
Shenira Hoare - Student Researcher
"Well my research was mainly to focus on the factors that are contributing to a GPA change in students, specifically Accounting students that are doing their Bachelors Degree after they have relocated to Belize City. My findings were that specifically because it was such a small group, there were minimal changes in their GPA. So for the minority that changed didn't feel like their parents' expectations were a push for them to do their best. They didn't have the family support. They did not feel like they had good relationships with those they lived with. So for the minority that did change those were the factors that affected them the most and caused them to shift from having a higher GPA to a lower GPA."
Dr. Jean Briceno-Perriot
"But remember we're kind of beginning. This is our third annual research conference and so I think we are beginning to get our students interested and getting them to know that research is relevant."
The research subjects were diverse, also covering Determinants of Risk in the Commercial Banking Center, Face book's Impact on Sales on Two Small Belize City Businesses, and Texting and English: Factors Affecting Proper Writing at the University of Belize.
All the research is available for viewing at the UB Library.
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