The Digital Centre of Excellence visits SAP Connect Conference 2024

Nottingham University Business School is one of the UK’s leading business school’s that integrates digital technologies into its taught courses. Through our Digital Centre of Excellence, we provide students with access to leading business software provider SAP’s latest enterprise technology. This gives them hands-on experience with the tools they are likely to encounter in the …

What we learned from the public about shopping data and health

This blog highlights the transformative research by Dr Elizabeth Dolan, Research Fellow in Health Data Science at the N/Lab at the University of Nottingham. Elizabeth explores how everyday purchases could help detect health issues, from tracking respiratory illness trends with the NHS to identifying early signs of ovarian cancer. Here’s a look at how her …

MBA Business Practice Week 2024

Business Practice week is an integral part of the Nottingham University Business School MBA and provides valuable opportunities to visit a selection of international, national, small medium enterprises, as well as a consulting community project with local not for profit organisations. It introduces key business strategies, practices, and challenges, enhancing students’ understanding of Strategic Management, …

The Charter for inclusive entrepreneurship – one year on

Launched nationally on 5 October 2023, at The Shard in London, the Charter for inclusive entrepreneurship was developed by Dr Lorna Treanor, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Nottingham University Business School. The Charter aims to reduce barriers to entrepreneurship for underserved and underrepresented groups by promoting a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem. The initiative …

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024: Daniel Damasceno de Faria, Founder of Rising Athletes

We’re celebrating the inspiring journey of Daniel Damasceno de Faria, a BSc Industrial Economics student in his placement year. As the founder of Rising Athletes, Daniel’s story demonstrates how the Business School’s programmes and resources support innovation and entrepreneurship. Daniel is developing Rising Athletes during his placement year with the support of the Ingenuity Impact …

Dispensing Change: Students Rethink Pharmacy’s Role in Pain Management

The Business Project Module is an option for Masters students across most departments at Nottingham University Business School, bringing together students from various disciplines to work together on a business question. This year, our question came from the Expert Marketing team at Haleon, responsible for marketing its products through specialist groups such as pharmacists, dentists, …

Executive Programme in Strategic Technical Leadership – Participant Story

Now in its second year, the Executive Programme in Strategic Technical Leadership is a ground-breaking programme for current and aspiring strategic technical leaders. It is delivered by Nottingham University Business School’s Executive Education team and has been developed in partnership with the Technician Commitment, now part of the UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy …

Inclusive Leadership: Getting real about what it takes

Inclusion. It’s the buzzword on everyone’s lips these days, the shiny imperative touted in every corporate strategy session. But let’s be honest – for many organisations, the reality of creating genuinely inclusive leadership cultures feels like a daunting, even elusive goal. As managers, we’re often tasked with leading the charge on inclusion efforts. But where …

Enactus Tri-campus smart Sustainable Challenge 2024 

Enactus Nottingham is a student-led, not-for-profit organisation at the University of Nottingham, dedicated to transforming lives through business. Enactus Nottingham runs social enterprises that provide employment while benefiting society and the environment. With over 115 students, it operates both in the UK and internationally, identifying and solving real-world problems through strong community and corporate partnerships.   Enactus …

MBA Student Climate Resiliency Challenge

Earlier this year, selected students from the University of Nottingham and KCA University in Kenya collaborated on a British Council-funded climate resilience challenge-based learning project in Kenya. The project, facilitated by Circle Innovation, saw students of all levels from both universities working together to design and pitch innovative interventions and prototypes to a challenge statement. …