Help to Grow Management: An executive leadership and management course designed to help SME leaders grow their businesses
December 17, 2021
Modern university business schools are interesting places to work, there’s such a range of things to get involved with. As a university, knowledge is at the heart of what we do and we can make use of this in various ways, for instance conducting research to address current problems, engaging with external stakeholders to collaborate …
How do we reduce domestic servitude risk in the developed world?
December 10, 2021
For Human Rights Day 2021, Dr Caroline Emberson asks: How do we reduce domestic servitude risk in the developed world? According to estimates from the Global Slavery Index, 3.84 million domestic workers worldwide find themselves forced to work against their will in domestic servitude. In this study, the first of its kind, I have been …
Are Human Rights the Business of Business?
To mark Human Rights Day 2021, Dr Lara Bianchi and Professor Rob Caruana ask: Are human rights the business of business? Today the world celebrates Human Rights Day 2021. A few weeks ago, the Financial Times published an article on “Human Rights climb the business school curriculum”, citing NYU Stern and AMBS as pioneers on …
UK SMEs: quantifying their pandemic risk and credit risk exposures in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
November 10, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing significant challenges to the economic activities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK representing 75% of all job placements among directly affected sectors. A recent statistical insight from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reveals that several countries, including the UK, were ill-equipped to cope with …
Foodprint – Meet the students fighting food waste in the heart of Nottingham
November 9, 2021
Ahead of Social Enterprise Day on Thursday, we’re shining a spotlight on Foodprint, a community initiative ran by University of Nottingham students. Foodprint is Nottingham’s first social supermarket and a food redistribution network, established in 2017 by a group of students from Enactus Nottingham at the university. Their aim is to tackle food waste and …
Inspiring the creativity of young black children to combat climate action
November 8, 2021
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 13 on Climate Action is one of our priority goals at Nottingham University Business School. We recognise that climate action is a global crisis requiring coordinated actions by all sections of society. As a Business School, we are committed to bringing about change through our research, teaching, operations and external engagement. …
Dean Professor Duncan Angwin shares his thoughts on COP26
October 31, 2021
After waiting a long year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, more commonly known as COP26, will begin in Glasgow today. We at Nottingham University Business School wish the negotiators at COP26 all the best in reaching an agreement that avoids the worst outcomes from anthropogenic global …
Fuel shortages: could the UK switch to E10 petrol be the underlying cause?
October 5, 2021
Experts in supply chain and logistics at Nottingham University Business School consider whether the scarcity of drivers is not the only cause of the UK fuel shortages. The shortage of fuel at forecourts has been wreaking havoc in the UK in recent days, leading to long queues and forcing many stations to close. The main …
Work-life balance: What could the UK learn from Denmark?
September 22, 2021
Many of Nottingham University Business School’s current research projects are investigating key economic and social issues that have been thrown into stark relief with the Covid-19 pandemic. A project led by Professor Tracey Warren, an expert in social inequalities in work, who is working with researcher Ms Lene Hyltoft, is examining the meaning of ‘work-life …
Innovation, SMEs and Life after Covid-19
July 1, 2021
Innovation, SMEs and Life after COVID-19 Remember the days when we thought we knew what a crisis was? Or what a steep learning curve looked like? Well, now we really know. All the talk about agility and resilience is being tested in earnest. The tide has gone out, and we can finally see who’s wearing …
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