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‘The asylum process broke my dream … now I have a new one.’ The refugee entrepreneurs

Research shows that refugee businesses provide opportunities for those who find that the doors to employment are closed to them – even if they are well qualified. Dr Michelle Richey recounts their inspirational stories and discusses initiatives to support them

7 December 2020

Business and Economics Students make top ten in TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards

Two students from the School of Business and Economics recently reached the finals of the 2020 TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards.

16 September 2020

Alumni entrepreneurs bring innovation to global pandemic

Alumni Charlie Baron and Forrest Skerman-Stevenson, Co-Founders of ChargedUp, have been working on CleanedUp – an adaptation of the company’s current phone charging stations – to dispense hand sanitiser in public places.

2 April 2020

Loughborough University’s CALIBRE Awards celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion

The theme of this round of Awards was Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), and a total of 1,660 votes were cast to decide the winners.

27 March 2020

Loughborough experts awarded UKRI funding to explore and enhance local-level responses to COVID-19

27 July 2020

Controlling the spread of coronavirus without shutting down society

Taking no action to curb the spread of COVID-19 would lead to an uncontrolled outbreak but completely isolating people would have a devasting impact on the economy.

16 March 2020

Boris is right… Don’t panic buy, but do plan your shopping to reduce the chance of infection by up to 99%

Dr Jon Seaton is an economist and is an expert in business and consumer behaviour. Here he explains why panic buying is bad... but infrequent shopping is essential for minimising the risk of catching coronavirus.

24 March 2020

Loughborough ranked in top ten again in Guardian University Guide

Loughborough has again demonstrated it is a Top-10 business school in the 2021 Guardian University Guide.

11 September 2020

‘The uncertainty of COVID-19 gives us a glimpse into the life of a refugee - and we need to do more to support them’, says lead of new entrepreneurship project

“The uncertainty of the coronavirus can give us a small glimpse into what it’s like to be a refugee – we’re experiencing restrictions on travel, non-secure housing, job uncertainty and so on”, says Dr Michelle Richey, of Loughborough University’s School of Business and Economics.

3 August 2020

Coronavirus: what are the measures the government is taking to help workers and businesses?

Watch Dr Huw Edwards react to UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announcing extraordinary measures to help workers and companies through the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 March 2020

Economic recovery will come with high levels of unemployment: how should governments respond?

Two key factors distinguish the economic consequences of coronavirus from those of previous crises.

5 May 2020

Professor Jim Saker appointed as new President of The Institute of the Motor Industry

Professor Jim Saker was named the Institute of the Motor Industry’s (IMI) new president at their Annual General Meetijavascript:;ng on 27 October.

2 November 2020

Retrospective insurance could save UK businesses, but only if employers continue to pay staff during the coronavirus pandemic

Wetherspoons’ decision not to pay its 43,000 staff during the coronavirus crisis reveals a major gap in the government’s pandemic response, according to an expert in financial economics.

26 March 2020

Loughborough’s School of Business and Economics nominated for CIMA Global Excellence Award

Loughborough University’s School of Business and Economics has been nominated for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Global Excellence Award.

17 November 2020

The coronavirus ‘Doomsday’ clock: Are we approaching a period of new hope?

Britain has now moved past 1pm on the coronavirus clock.

7 April 2020

MSc Marketing students achieve 100% CIM Diploma pass rate

Students who undertook the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s (CIM) Level 6 Diploma in Professional Marketing at Loughborough School of Business and Economics have achieved a 100% pass rate.

17 November 2020

Alumnus delivers guest lecture at School of Business and Economics

Steve Kelly recently returned to campus to speak to 40 students on the MBA and Executive MBA course in the School of Business and Economics.

27 March 2020

Inspiring Minds: Business & Economics event

On the 29th of January we welcomed Year 12 students for a Business and Economics taster day where they learned more about the options available to them at university. The event was a success and the feedback received was great.

7 February 2020

Loughborough ranked top ten for Library & Information Management in QS World Rankings

The School of Business and Economics has cemented its position as a world-leading institution in Librarianship & Information Management ranked 10th in the QS World University Rankings.

7 December 2020

Will Brexit Lead to Carmageddon?

Read Professor Jim Saker's take on how Brexit will shape the automotive industry.

10 February 2020

Dr Chris Wilson recognised for innovative teaching in Economics

Dr Chris Wilson has been recognised for innovative teaching in Economics at Loughborough University's 2020 Teaching Awards

3 July 2020

What’s next for the UK’s trading relationship with the EU?

Professor David Llewellyn summarises the options for the UK's trading relationship with the EU

31 January 2020

2020 Dean's Awards celebrate outstanding students and staff

The winners of the School of Business and Economics 2020 Dean's Awards have now been announced. The awards recognise the outstanding contributions of our staff, students and graduates.

3 July 2020

The potential economic impacts of Coronavirus

Watch Dr Huw Edwards share his insights into the potential economic impacts of Coronavirus, speaking on TRT news.

3 March 2020

Loughborough climbs to sixth in The Complete University Guide 2021

Loughborough has climbed two places to sixth in the Complete University Guide 2021 and remains the only University in the Midlands to feature in the top ten.

9 June 2020

Msc In Human Resource Management Students Win Prizes

The 2018-2019 overall top-scoring CIPD student on the MSc in Human Resource Management is Mr Naveen Prasad Lognathan. Naveen achieved an overall ‘Distinction’ grade in his MSc, which represented a tremendous achievement.

30 January 2020

How employers can support their workers returning to work after COVID-19

Workers who return to work having recovered from COVID-19 may need to be supported by their employers for months afterwards. This is because the experience of COVID-19 may be traumatic and trigger a reassessment of priorities and what work means for their self-identity. It may also result in impaired physical capabilities or a debilitating post-illness fatigue that lasts for months after the virus has left them.

13 July 2020

The coronavirus ‘Doomsday’ clock: How close are we to midnight?

Britain has only just begun its battle with COVID-19, according to a new coronavirus clock which shows the various stages of pandemic faced by countries around the globe.

7 April 2020

Coronavirus resurgence has hit working age people but second blow is expected for the elderly

People aged between 20 and 29 have been hit the worst by a resurgence in COVID-19 but there is a second wave expected for older people soon.

14 September 2020

Latest edition 'Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace' published by Pearson

Loughborough University's Dr Iain Coyne and Professor John Arnold have (along with co-authors Dr Ray Randall and Professor Fiona Patterson) have had their latest edition of 'Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace' published by Pearson.

5 March 2020

Top British tennis talent joins Loughborough University

Loughborough Tennis has announced top British talent Lloyd Glasspool will join its ranks next season.

2 July 2020

Loughborough becomes CFA-affiliated for two of its Finance MSc’s

Loughborough University has been welcomed into the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute University Affiliation Program for both its MSc Finance and MSc Finance and Investment programmes.

23 November 2020

Key workers and vulnerable people struggled to buy basic goods when restrictions and panic buying hit supermarkets – new survey

People have shared their experiences of supermarket shopping following the recent phase of panic-buying and subsequent restrictions, with many reporting problems buying basic goods.

27 May 2020

Improvisational skills are key for UK Exporters now the UK has left the EU

Now the UK has left the EU, what is the key for UK exporters over the coming years? In a blog article written for the Department for International Trade East Midlands Monthly News Bulletin, expert in export marketing Professor Anne Souchon shares her thoughts on the key to exporting success in today’s business environment.

20 March 2020

Loughborough crowned ‘University of the Year’ at the 2020 WhatUni Student Choice Awards

Yesterday (8 July), Loughborough University was named ‘University of the Year’ at the 2020 WhatUni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs).

9 July 2020

What is being done to promote Britain’s exporters – and what should be done?

Read Dr Huw Edwards's, Shan Rambukwella's and Tien-Der Jerry Han's take on promoting Britain's exporters.

25 February 2020

Collaborating with the competition to cope with COVID-19: How Businesses are surviving the pandemic

Businesses around the world have had to collaborate with competitors in order to survive the coronavirus pandemic - in some cases they have grown – but sharing excessive amounts of information with rivals comes with risks.

8 June 2020

The coronavirus 'Doomsday' clock: Level of recovery after three weeks

For the last three weeks, Dr Jon Seaton, of Loughborough's School of Business and Economics, has been illustrating, via a Doomsday-style clock, where the world is in relation to eradicating the coronavirus pandemic. He writes...

27 April 2020

Twitter analysis shows Trump on course to win US election – but is bot activity skewing results?

In depth analysis of US public emotion on twitter has revealed that Trump looks set to win the Presidential Election – but the impact of bot activity cannot be ignored.

2 November 2020

Partnership with Wing Yip offers Loughborough students unique opportunity to present projects at Board Director level

A group of first-year students at Loughborough University School of Business and Economics (SBE) have recently completed a module sponsored by the UK’s leading Oriental grocer, Wing Yip, which provides student teams with the opportunity to present project findings to the Wing Yip board.

13 February 2020

Dr Michelle Richey, Professor M. N. Ravishankar and colleagues awarded The SAMS-BAM Research and Capacity Building grant

Dr Michelle Richey, Professor M. N. Ravishankar and colleagues from Aston University and the University of Sheffield were successfully awarded The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) and British Academy of Management (BAM) Collaborative Research and Capacity Building Grant to research refugee entrepreneurship in Kenya.

15 June 2020

Lockdown life: Top tips for creating workspaces at home that boost productivity and creativity

For some of us, it has almost been a month since we packed up our desks and set up shop at home as a result of the global health pandemic.

6 May 2020

CSM publishes special section on customer experience in the prestigious Journal of Business Research

CSM (Centre for Service Management) is pleased to announce that a special section on design and decision making for customer experience (CE) has been published in the prestigious Journal of Business Research (JBR).

1 July 2020

SBE Student Wins Year in Enterprise Placement Student of the Year

SBE student Nathan Chan has won the Year in Enterprise Placement Student of the Year award for his business Esk8supply, which is an online market place for electric skateboard parts.

5 June 2020

Dr Crispin Coombs appointed to REF 2021 Business and Management Studies panel

Crispin Coombs, Reader in Information Systems in the School of Business and Economics has been appointed to serve on a sub-panel in the assessment phase of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

4 December 2020

Researchers use Facebook to learn more about people’s experiences of working from home during lockdown

Researchers, including Loughborough's Dr. Cheryl Travers have used Facebook to gather information about people’s experiences of working from home to learn more about the work-life balance of lockdown.

19 August 2020

Academics recognised as PhD Supervisory Team of the Year by Loughborough Students’ Union

Dr Luke Garrod and Dr Christopher Wilson have been recognised by Loughborough Students’ Union’s PhD Social and Support Network as the Supervisory Team of the Year.

21 September 2020

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