Tuesday 24 February 2009
Jacobs high fliers scoop awards at Aston Business SchoolHigh-fliers at Jacobs, giant providers of professional technical services, have completed business management courses in Birmingham.
According to Vice presidents and directors at the global business, the specially tailored Executive Education programme at...
Monday 16 February 2009
New funding for SME innovationApplications are being invited from Midlands SMEs for innovation vouchers worth £3000 each. The INDEX (INnovation Delivers EXpansion) scheme was created to encourage and fund collaboration between businesses and the region's 13 universities.
The current...
Friday 13 February 2009
Executive coach is part-time supporterA graduate from a leading Masters course has highlighted the benefits of courses that allow part time study whilst gaining on the job experience. John Blakey, Managing Director of the leadership transformation consultancy 121partners, graduated from a part-time...
Wednesday 28 January 2009
Project Managers CelebrateThe Centre for Project Management Practice (CPMP) at Aston Business School celebrated its first anniversary this week (26th January 2009).
The CPMP was created to promote knowledge sharing by exposing project management practitioners and researchers to each...
Thursday 22 January 2009
Global UN ForumAston Business School has taken part in talks at the United Nations with the Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, and other senior officials in some of the highest level UN discussions to ever take place with business schools from around the world.. .The UNs 'Global...
Monday 12 January 2009
Delayed Payment and an International Award for Aston AcademicA lecturer from Aston Business School has won a prestigious American Marketing Association award for his work.
Erik Mooi's research revealed how unlikely businesses are to resort to legal remedies to resolve contractual issues. Exploring the outcomes of...
Wednesday 07 January 2009
CRISIS MeetingCRISIS Meeting
Emergency planners and emergency services representatives met at Aston Business School recently for CRISIS talks with academics.
The Aston CRISIS Centre is a research group based at the business school. It is running a series of seminars...
Thursday 18 December 2008
Aston Business School in National top 10
Aston Business school has a larger volume of international and world leading research academics than either Oxford, Cambridge or Imperial College London according to the results of the RAE - the Research Assessment Exercise which has examined the quality...
Thursday 18 December 2008
Top 10 Business School not 'target obsessed'.
Aston Business School has fared well again in the Research Assessment Exercise results published today. Looking at the 3* and 4* levels of research described as 'world leading' and 'internationally excellent' the Birmingham based school has risen one position,...
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Chinese WhispersIn an effort to embrace the culture of many of her students, a dedicated university professor has taken it upon herself to embark on a Chinese language course to enhance her communication skills. Head of Learning and Teaching at Aston Business School, Helen...
Monday 03 November 2008
Inward investment: beneficial?A lecture by the Head of Economics and Strategy at Aston Business School, Professor Nigel Driffield revealed that the beneficial effects a host region can expect to generate as a result of attracting inward investment aren't always as beneficial as they first...
Monday 03 November 2008
Corporate Social Responsibility in Bangladesh
Dr Ataur Belal, an accounting lecturer at Aston Business School has just published one of the first books to examine corporate social responsibility in developing countries.
'Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in Developing Countries" brings a...
Friday 31 October 2008
HR Health Master Class
Healthcare HR professionals gathering for the NHS Employers Conference next week (4-6 Nov) will learn from Aston Business School how to shape effective work communities.
Professor Michael West, Research Director and Professor of Organisational Psychology...
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Arts award for Business School PartnershipA partnership between Aston Business School, MAP Consortium and C & T Theatre Company has been acknowledged with an award for 'the partnership that best embeds culture as a core element of employee development' at the Jaguar Land Rover Arts and Business Awards...
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Engineers' Drawing Search EndsA new system pioneered at Aston Business School is set to save businesses time and money by avoiding the design and production of unnecessary components. The online research system called CADFind has been described as 'the graphical Google for engineers' and...
Thursday 02 October 2008
Aston Business School ranked 1st for careersIn global rankings announced by the Financial Times this week, graduates of the MSc in International Business from Aston Business School topped the table for their career status. This measure of career progression three years after completing a course surveyed...
Monday 29 September 2008
£1.5m award for business researchAston Business School has been awarded £1,494,850, the largest chunk of a £6m funding package for research that aims to align academia with business. It is a significant investment in a new generation of researchers with the higher level skills and commitment...
Wednesday 24 September 2008
NEW CHAPTER FOR LEGAL LIBRARYBirmingham Law Society (BLS) has transferred its library to Aston University.
The organisation has run a lending and reference library service for its members from its premises on Temple Row since 1934.
The unique tie-up through the Law Group at Aston...
Monday 15 September 2008
Aston Business School Hosts Teamworking Conference
The 12th International Workshop On Teamworking (IWOT) has been held at Aston Business School in Birmingham this week. The 3 day event brought together top international scholars and experts to look at how teams work within organisations.
Professor Michael...
Wednesday 27 August 2008
Lost data "crisis" could be avoided by senior staff trainingTraining senior members of a team to understand the tasks of their junior counterparts is essential to avoid simple slip-ups in business administration.
Mistakes, like the deeply embarrassing series of breaches of confidentiality through lost files and...
Tuesday 22 July 2008
Is emotional contagion making the credit crunch worse?Is emotional contagion making the credit crunch worse?
Business leaders with a positive attitude have a positive effect on their businesses according to research at Aston Business School. The same is true with politicians and individuals.
It is caused...
Friday 11 July 2008
Innovative Businesses Get TogetherWinning innovative businesses gathered at Aston Business School to meet the people behind the INDEX (INovation Delivers Expansion) programme which has provided them each with £3000 worth of innovation from their choice of the region's 13 universities. The...
Aston Business School Announces Collaboration
Executive Education from Aston Business School has been made even more accessible, with the announcement of a partnership between the school and Reed Learning, a commercial training provider who will deliver tailored elements of the school's programmes....
Tackling Tough Leadership Challenges
A selection of top HR professionals from across the UK gathered together recently to learn how executive education can help with tackling tough leadership challenges. The event, which was jointly hosted by Aston Business School's Executive Education team...
Aston Business Executive Forum
Aston Business School's Executive Education department have just hosted their inaugural executive forum, an event designed to bring business leaders together for some inspired and thought provoking interaction.
The head of Executive Education, Dr Mike...
Aston Business School and NATO join forces
The Executive Education team at Aston Business School has won an unusual contract to deliver bespoke training for NATO at their Brussels HQ. The bi-lingual programme, which will be delivered in French as well as English, teaches finance to non-financial...
Executive Burns NightIt was a burns night celebration for Executive Education delegates who received their certificates following successful business management training at Aston Business School last...
Does Birmingham need Greeters?
Dr Mike Grojean, Head of Executive Education at Aston Business School responded today to Professor Michael Parkinson's City Centre Masterplan; The Visioning Study, and reinforced the importance of creating a good first impression.
'People make instant...
Collaboration to build future business leaders
Mixing the science of business practice with international business acumen is a recipe for success and inspirational debate. The Executive Education arm of Aston Business School recently launched their first Executive Forum which brought together many high...
Inspired Collaboration to Assist Company Innovation
A unique alliance has come together in the Midlands to create a positive link between small and medium sized companies and the Universities/ Higher Education Institutions. The INDEX project will drive forward innovation for business with a £240,000...
NEW DEGREE COURSE HELPS HIGER EDUCATION STAFF TO WIN PROMOTION
Aston Business School (ABS) has introduced a new course to help people win the promotion they deserve without giving up their day job.
The foundation degree is aimed at those already working in Higher or Further Education who want to get a qualification...
TOP BUSINESS SCHOOL HOSTS CUTTING EDGE CONFERENCE
Aston Business School is hosting a cutting edge conference for business leaders who have an eye on strategy.
The large scale workshop will bring together a wide range of leading thinkers on strategy from the business community in the UK and Europe. It...
FOOT AND MOUTH - IS GORDON BROWN RIGHT?
Dr Ian Taylor is a lecturer in political science at Aston Business School in Birmingham who, in the light of the current outbreak, asks¦
FOOT AND MOUTH - IS GORDON BROWN RIGHT? Was it right for the Prime Minister to break from his holiday and get involved...
ASTON BUSINESS SCHOOL ACHIEVES GLOBAL PLACEMENT SUCCESSAston Business School is sending its delegates around the world, thanks to its enviable reputation for employability. The university offers a choice of 2,500 work placements at 900 companies across the globe - including all FTSE 100 companies. Aston Business...
INNOVATION BREAKFAST HAILED A HUGE SUCCESS
Businesses have been handed £120,000 in the West Midlands to help them grow with help from one of 13 universities. Forty small and medium businesses (SMEs) each won £3,000 innovation vouchers to spend with Higher Education Institutions in the...
INDEX PROJECT CASE STUDIES
CASE STUDY ONE - TJ Composting Group Ltd
TJ Composting Group Ltd TJ Composting diverts green waste from landfill by working with local authorities and waste management companies to provide sustainable solutions. It currently composts 55,000 tonnes of...
NEW STREET REVAMP IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE CITY
New Street Station must be a shining example of what Birmingham has to offer, in order to attract new businesses, a city expert warned today.
Dr Mike Grojean, Head of Executive Education and Associate Dean for Corporate Partnerships at Aston Business...
ASTON BUSINESS SCHOOL TOPS EUROPE FOR MARKETINGAston Business School is the best in Europe for Postgraduate Marketing courses, according to the latest league table. It was also ranked first in England for its Corporate Strategy (4th in Europe) and for International Business (6th in Europe) courses, in...
INNOVATION BREAKFAST HAILED A HUGE SUCCESSBusinesses have been handed £120,000 in the West Midlands to help them grow with help from one of 13 universities. Forty small and medium businesses (SMEs) each won £3,000 innovation vouchers to spend with Higher Education Institutions in the region...
WORK PLACEMENT YEAR GIVES GRADUATES A BUSINESS EDGE
Students who spend a year working in industry during their degree course have the edge when it comes to getting a job, new research has revealed.
Business bosses want potential new recruits with eight key 'Employment Competencies' to help them succeed...
NHS Staff With Emotional Connection
According to research presented by Professor Michael West of Aston Business School, National Health Service managers can create positive psychological environments in which staff can connect emotionally and flourish. In the masterclass delivered at the...
NHS survey set to reveal any major issues
Aston Business School is working with the Healthcare Commission to produce the largest staff survey in the world. The annual National Health Service Staff Survey is an independent examination of the views of all NHS staff. It aims to gather information...
ASTON BUSINESS SCHOOL HELPS TOP UK FIRM TO LEAD
Aston Business School was today praised by a top UK firm for a successful partnership that continues to grow stronger.
Wolverhampton-based Carillion said the Birmingham-based school's expertise had been invaluable to its Leadership Programme.
The two...
STUDENTS ACT OUT A BETTER WAY TO COMMUNICATE
Hundreds of students were silenced at Aston Business School - only to discover their body language was a better way to communicate.
Many creative poses and facial expressions were acted out to convey a range of personal perspectives in a given situation....
CELEBRITY GARDENER IN TOWN TO FILM TV COMMERCIAL
Celebrity gardener Charlie Dimmock was in town to film a television commercial when she got a bit wet.
She was working for Staffordshire-based Advertising and PR Agency Ward Lovett to promote Easy Fit Conservatories, on location in Walsall.
Celebrity...
NEW COURSE GIVES EUROPEAN EDGE TO ASTON BUSINESS SCHOOL
A top British Business School has joined forces with universities in France and Germany to offer a pioneering new course.
Students are given the chance to live and work abroad as well as at the Birmingham-based university, in a bid to further improve...
CREDIT CRUNCH LECTURE SO POPULAR IT NEEDS A PODCAST!
Britain's 'Credit Crunch' is such a hot topic that one university turned to an internet podcast for help.
Aston Business School invited MBA alumnus Alan Gilmour, now the Marketing Director of Heritable Bank in London, to lead a discussion on the subject....
Aston Business School achieves top 30 European ranking
Aston Business School has broken into the top 30 in Europe, according to the latest rankings.
The Birmingham-based business school achieved 27th place ahead of hundreds of institutions.
This position puts them above similar schools at Cambridge, Edinburgh,...
Extra Innovation Funding for Midlands Business
Aston University, organisers of the successful INDEX (INnovation Delivers Expansion) programme, which earlier in the year allocated £120,000 worth of vouchers to 40 local SMEs to buy in academic support for innovation has announced its second round...
Red route 'devastates' Stratford Road businesses
Red route traffic restrictions on the Stratford Road in Sparkbrook, Birmingham are having a devastating effect on businesses, a new report reveals.
But similar red route restrictions have been hailed a success further along the same road in Shirley,...
Top Commonwealth Dignitary Promotes Indian Links
The High Commissioner of India, His Excellency Mr Kamlesh Sharma attended a dinner with representatives of Aston Business School earlier this week at Birmingham's top Indian restaurant Itihaas. (Monday 14th January) Hosted by the Indian Consul General in...
Football managers who win a key ally can survive the sack
Having a 'key figure' ally at a club can be more important to a football manager than being good at their job.
That's the view of an expert in the psychology of leadership, who said people who succeed at 'impression management' can cultivate more success....
Jacobs high flyers scoop awards at Aston Business School
High-flyers at a global engineering giant have completed business management courses in Birmingham.
Jacobs bosses hailed the specially tailored Executive Education programme at Aston Business School as a huge success.
It has given delegates a much...
Jacobs tailors training of high flyers to improve staff retention
raining high-flyers with tailored courses is the secret to staff retention, according to a partnership between global engineering giant Jacobs and Aston Business School in Birmingham.
Investing in employees encourages them to better understand the business...
Business Students Get TV Tips
Students at Aston Business School were given a first hand insight into broadcast journalism, when ITV News presenter Llewela Bailey spoke to them about the best way to come across well in media interviews. The group is studying to become occupational psychologists,...
Aston Business School Honours Excellence
Aston Business School has presented an honorary membership of the prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) honour society to one of its alumni,Chris Wintle, Sales and Marketing Director of green energy company Ecotricity.
Beta Gamma Sigma recognises excellence...
Manchester looks to Aston for help
Experts from Aston Business School have been appointed by Manchester Enterprises, the economic development agency for Greater Manchester, in a £130,000 project to research the relationship between local investment and inward investment in their region....
Legal first for Aston Business School
Aston Business School has announced a brand new LLB Law with Management Degree. The course has recently been validated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board, which means that graduates can proceed directly to the legal practice...
Workplace relationships can turn failure into success
Changing yourself and your colleagues can create better workplace relationships and turn failure into success.
Staff should be encouraged to absorb more information but allowed the space to be innovative, experts say.
Those who can increase their 'absorptive...
Winners Gather
Winning innovative businesses gathered at Aston Business School to meet the people behind the INDEX (INovation Delivers Expansion) programme which has provided them each with £3000 worth of innovation from their choice of the region's 13 universities....
Diamond Anniversary Celebrations
The 60th anniversary of Aston Business School is being marked with a series of events that include honouring some of the people who have been important in the school's history. The first event took place on April 14th with the presentation of an extremely...
Diamond anniversary art unveiled at Birmingham city centre venue
Eye catching artwork has been unveiled to celebrate a diamond anniversary at Conference Aston in Birmingham city centre. The visually striking, sculptured glass pieces, created by Birmingham artist Eryka Isaacs, takes up a commanding position suspended...
City conferences on the up
Our 'instant access' culture of fast food, last minute holidays and a wide range of entertainment at our fingertips has now moved into the business world to include booking events at short notice, according to one of Birmingham's top meeting venues.
Ten...
Marketing budget reductions 'misguided'
In uncertain economic times, businesses that reduce marketing spend to achieve a 'quick fix' are usually misguided according to marketing specialist Dr John Rudd of Aston Business School.
Information should be used to react rapidly to meet new challenges...
Top firms exchange ideas and managers!
Top companies across the Midlands are set to swap key members of staff in a series of mini exchanges aimed at boosting business.
Project managers from Land Rover, GKN Driveline, Mouchel and Service Birmingham are taking part in the pioneering gateway...
Interest in Aston Business School boosted by The Apprentice
Record numbers of students are trying to get a place on the degree course completed by The Apprentice contestant Alex Wotherspoon.
One applicant even phoned Aston Business School in Birmingham and mentioned the television show as the reason for her choice....