Celebrating 25 years of Nottingham University Business School
September 18, 2023
This academic year sees Nottingham University Business School celebrate its 25-year anniversary. We will be marking this milestone throughout the year, with activities with our alumni, a series of events and reflections – not only on the past 25 years, but what our future challenges might look like. In 1998, the University of Nottingham’s School …
From Nottingham to New York City: MBA students visit the Big Apple
June 26, 2023
Last month, a group of Nottingham University Business School’s Malaysian, Singapore, UK full-time, and EMBA students had the opportunity to participate in a week-long trip to New York. The trip provided them with a unique opportunity to explore iconic landmarks, engage with influential organisations across a wide range of industries, and connect with accomplished University …
Digital Centre of Excellence: Harnessing the power of data with E-Sports
May 30, 2023
This blog is written by Stephen Lofthouse, SAP Lead for the Digital Centre of Excellence at Nottingham University Business School. Recently, Professor Natalie Moore and I had the exciting opportunity to accompany a group of Nottingham University Business School students, ranging from undergraduates to MBAs, to the electrifying E-Sports, League of Legends World Series in …
Department of Accounting hosts BAFA Conference
January 30, 2023
In January, the Department of Accounting hosted the Joint Annual Conference of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing SIG and the Northern Area Group at the Jubilee Conference Centre. The conference was attended by 51 delegates and researchers from accounting, finance, and economics subject areas, who presented their work …
How project-based learning can promote students’ critical thinking skills
January 24, 2023
Embedding project-based learning and participatory action research in degree courses and executive education can provide students with the critical thinking skills increasingly in high demand by employers. Projects or challenges ideally take the form of company-based challenges or company-based dissertations. With these challenges, a framework of learning outcomes addresses knowledge, skills and behaviours through project-based …
MBA focus: Business Practice Week
December 9, 2022
This blog is written by MBA student Neelu Malhotra, who reflects on her experiences of Business Practice Week last month. With the MBA class of 2023 running well into its seventh week of classroom lectures, group discussions and various activities, the Business Practice Week (BPW) came in at a good time. We started our BPW …
Black History Month 2022 – Take Action and Change Your Future
October 31, 2022
As part of the University of Nottingham’s Black History Month programme, Professor Judy Muthuri and the team at Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) welcomed 50 local black school children from Y3-Y13 for a visit to Jubilee Campus on Wednesday 20 October. This half-day event was part of the widening participation agenda of the Business School, …
World Oceans Day
June 8, 2022
World Oceans Day Today, 8 June, is the United Nations World Oceans Day 2022 where we have the chance to reflect on the major role the oceans have in our everyday lives. It is also an opportunity to consider the impact we have on the ocean, and to mobilise and unite the global population for …
Bee-wildering – The fate of bumblebees in our global production and consumption systems
May 20, 2022
Today (20 May 2022) is world bee day and in this blog, Dr Anne Touboulic, Associate Professor in Operations Management at Nottingham University Business School explores the role of this undervalued species. Bumblebees are a symbol in many ways. A symbol of the interconnectedness of humanity and ecological systems and one of how such interdependence …
REF: Partnerships translate research into change – Professor Ken Starkey
May 18, 2022
Universities have a dual purpose – the creation of knowledge through research and the dissemination of that knowledge through publication and education. Leading Russell Group universities pride themselves on their world-class research and its role as the basis for our research-led teaching. Our research is judged on quality as world-leading, its international excellence and, increasingly, …
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