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University academic wins prestigious BSI standards award

Dr Cher Li, from Nottingham University Business School, has been recognised by the British Standards Institution (BSI) for her outstanding contribution in teaching standards-related topics and for her research in this area. The judges praised Dr Li “for incorporating standards into the curricula for the economics of innovation on undergraduate and Executive MBA courses, and …

Hospital discharge – why does it create such issues? And are there any resolutions?

A Select Committee report published last week found that the incidences of unsafe discharge from NHS hospitals is still unacceptably high. Professor Justin Waring and Dr Simon Bishop from Nottingham University Business School, led on research, (funded by the National Institute for Health Research), which contributed towards the committee’s findings and its recommendations. The Select …

The Panama Papers – an expert reviews the news

Tommaso Faccio,  an expert in accounting and corporate tax, from Nottingham University Business School, has been in the media  a  great deal of late talking about the Panama Papers scandal.   Visit the Business School website. Want to know more about tax avoidance? Read his article published on The Conversation below…. What are ‘tax havens’? …

What do you Frink? Jeremy Corbyn drops in to see The University of Nottingham’s latest exhibition

The leader of the opposition party, the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP, has visited The University of Nottingham. Mr Corbyn came to Nottingham University’s Business School this evening (Thursday 11 February 2016) to deliver a talk to Nottingham students and invited Labour supporters. Prior to the talk, he made time to see the Elisabeth Frink …

The Economist full-time MBA ranking 2015 – Nottingham University Business School is ranked among the top 100 in the world

Global top 100 In the latest international league table of full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes, Nottingham University Business School is ranked among the world’s top 100. UK top ten In The Economist’s 2015 full-time MBA ranking, the School is placed 74 globally and in the UK’s top ten against tough competition from North …

University of Nottingham experts in the media spotlight

This week has seen some big wins in the media for experts from The University of Nottingham. When news broke yesterday that Imperial Tobacco is to close factories in Nottingham and France, with the loss of almost 900 jobs, the Communications team was able to field supply chain expert Dr Alexander Trautrims to local and …

News from the week in brief

Very brief This week a team of high profile figures from the University are taking on a cycle challenge in aid of stroke rehabilitation research. The BBC is to launch a user experience research partnership with Nottingham University.  Nottingham psychologists are investigating links between ADHD and children born very prematurely. The Economist has for the …