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School of Business and Economics welcomes Professor Ali Choudhary as new Head of Economics

Loughborough University and the School of Business and Economics are delighted to welcome Professor Ali Choudhary as the new Head of Economics.

30 January 2023

SBE first-year students reach semi-final of UBC Undergraduate Challenge

The School of Business and Economics is delighted to share that five first-year students have reached the semi-final of the UBC Undergraduate Challenge, maintaining our record of reaching the semi-final every year.

13 January 2023

COVID-19 projections are still unpredictable with ‘complex interplay of COVID variants, vaccination and natural immunity’

Dr Duncan Robertson of the School of Business and Economics has suggested that predicting COVID-19 trends has become more difficult now than compared to early 2020, due to the interplay of multiple factors.

6 January 2023

MSc Information Systems and Digital Innovation launches with “over 60% new content”

The School of Business and Economics and Centre for Information Management (CIM) are delighted to announce the transformation of MSc Information Management and Business Technology (IMBT) to MSc Information Systems and Digital Innovation (ISDI).

20 December 2022

Trading simulation brings theory to life for BSc Finance and Management finalists

Last week our final year BSc Finance and Management students took part in a trading simulation using live market prices and professional software as part of their Part C Financial Trading module.

23 November 2022

Autumn statement is highly political compared to research on ‘best’ ways to fix public finances

The UK faces some significant belt-tightening following Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement, which announced spending reductions and tax rises of around £55 billion. Much research has been done into the best ways to do fiscal austerity in terms of reducing debt, avoiding economic damage and not exacerbating inequality. So how does this attempt measure up?

22 November 2022

Philanthropic donation launches unique investment portfolio experience for students

Alumna Margaret (Meg) Dawson has donated $250,000 to the University supporting the launch of the Loughborough Student Managed Fund (LSMF).

18 November 2022

Economics student Freddie Steward continues to impress for England

School of Business and Economics student Freddie Steward has remained as one of England’s future stars following his spectacular recent performances.

15 November 2022

UK’s net-zero targets supported by Loughborough research into the circular economy

Researchers from the School of Business & Economics, Professor Andrew Vivian and Dr Suzana Grubnic, co-lead capital investment schemes into Circular Economy projects focusing on facilitating greener construction materials, supported by Research Associate Dr Longxiang Zhao.

14 November 2022

Innovation Driven Enterprise Academy (IDEA) 2022 concludes with a technology for safer weightlifting and a platform marrying student skills with business needs

Early-stage business, economics and engineering students have completed their time on the IDEA programme, during which they have developed new business ideas with complete freedom to create their own market-driven concepts.

21 October 2022

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