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, …
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, …
Informing policy development to promote well-being and sustainable work – Ensuring readiness for the future of work
April 28, 2022
Dr Aditya Jain, Associate Professor and Head of Department, OB/HRM Dr Simona Spedale, Associate Professor and OB/HRM Department Research Director Organising for health, safety and well-being is one of the strategic priorities of the Work, Employment and Organisation (WEORG) research community hosted by the Organisational Behaviour and HRM Department at Nottingham University Business School. We …
Entrepreneurial Creativity – MSc Blogs
April 21, 2022
Today is World Creativity and Innovation Day! To celebrate, we’re showcasing some work from the university’s home of innovation and entrepreneurship, the Haydn Green Institute (HGI) at Nottingham University Business School. One of the most popular modules on HGI’s MSc Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management is Entrepreneurial Creativity, run by Dr Christopher Carter. The module is …
Helping the NHS get better and safer, faster
April 6, 2022
To mark World Health Day, we’re shining a light on how Nottingham University Business School researchers from the Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning (CHILL) are working with doctors and nurses from across the National Health Service (NHS) to improve treatments for patients. The NHS is one of the best health care systems in …
Race and employment during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
March 21, 2022
By Dr Luis Torres and Professor Tracey Warren 21 March is the United Nation’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Why 21 March? It marks the day in 1960 when the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people who were at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid pass laws. Five …
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