News

News and announcements from the Chartered ABS on external affairs, government policy and developments affecting the sector.

Policy

Update: our lobbying and other developments

Thu 4th Feb 2016

It has been a busy start to the year with the submission deadline for the Green paper responses and the opening of consultation on the REF, otherwise known as the Stern Review. I…

Sustainability

Essex opens first zero-carbon business school building in UK

Thu 4th Feb 2016

Open data pioneer launches first zero-carbon business school building in UK The Chief Executive of the Open Data Institute Gavin Starks helped launch the new landmark home…

International

Commercial opportunities through the UKTI

Thu 4th Feb 2016

The education team at UKTI has identified a range of commercial opportunities internationally across a range of education sectors and are looking for UK organisations who may be…

Learning & TeachingTEFPolicy

Response to the Higher Education Green Paper

Fri 22nd Jan 2016

Following a consultation with our members, we have submitted a formal response to BIS as part of the consultation process on the Government's Higher Education Green Paper -…

Chartered ABS wins Best Association Website award

Wed 16th Dec 2015

The website now receives an average of 175,000 page views every month...

SMEsEnterprise

UCL awarded gold Small Business Charter Award

Tue 8th Dec 2015

The Small Business Charter, an award bringing together world-class business schools and SME communities across the UK, is pleased to announce that University College London (UCL)…

Disruption

Annual Membership Survey Results 2015

Tue 1st Dec 2015

Chartered Association of Business Schools today publishes the results of its 2015 Annual Membership Survey.

PolicyLobbying

Chancellor’s Spending Review: Chartered ABS Chair responds

Thu 26th Nov 2015

The Chartered Association of Business Schools has responded to the Chancellor's Spending Review and Autumn Statement. Professor Simon Collinson, Chair of the…

ImmigrationInternational StudentsPolicy

David Cameron urged to change overseas student policy by BIS committee chair

Fri 20th Nov 2015

The government is guilty of “utter folly” by including international students in net migration targets according to the chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select…

ResearchPolicyGovernment PolicyFunding

Chartered ABS response to the Nurse Review of Research Councils

Fri 20th Nov 2015

The Chartered Association of Business Schools has responded to Sir Paul Nurse’s ‘Review of the UK Research Councils’.

LeadershipLeadership

New Chair appointed at Chartered Association of Business Schools

Fri 20th Nov 2015

The Chartered Association of Business Schools is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Simon Collinson as its new Chair.

LeadershipStudent ExperiencePolicyAnnual ConferenceBusiness EngagementTeaching

Chartered ABS Annual Conference Round-Up

Mon 16th Nov 2015

Participants for the Chartered ABS Annual Conference 2015 heard from a range of speakers under the theme of Delivering Value, Driving Growth.

TeachingAnnual ConferenceGovernment PolicyLearning & TeachingStudent Experience

TEF accepted in principle but will it work?

Tue 10th Nov 2015

200 business school leaders discussed the Government's proposals at the Chartered Association of Business Schools' annual conference, in Manchester.

TeachingPolicyLearning & TeachingQuality Assurance

Higher education Green Paper – response from the Chartered Association of Business Schools

Fri 6th Nov 2015

The Chartered Association of Business Schools, the voice of the UK’s business and management education sector, has provided an initial response to the Higher education green…

Solving the UK’s productivity puzzle

Wed 14th Oct 2015

The Chartered Association of Business Schools and Chartered Management Institute hosted a fringe meeting at the Conservative conference which discussed how employers and higher…

Opinion

ESRC survey exploring the experiences of early career social scientists

Tue 6th Oct 2015

The Chartered Association of Business Schools are encouraging members to participate in a Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) survey aiming to understand the experiences…

SMEsBusiness EngagementEconomic Growth

Report urges start-ups to tackle poor management skills to survive past year three

Tue 15th Sep 2015

Nationwide campaign launched to curb 44% failure rate of UK start-ups and boost growth of SMEs

Chartered ABS to use new VLE on development programmes

Thu 10th Sep 2015

As part of our partnership with Instructure, we will be using the Canvas virtual learning environment to support the delivery of our development programmes

Leadership

Senior appointments from across the sector

Wed 2nd Sep 2015

There have been a number of senior appointments within business schools over the last few months.

Learning & TeachingStudent Experience

National Student Survey 2015: Table of results for business and administrative studies

Wed 2nd Sep 2015

The Chartered ABS spreadsheet ranks the results of the recent National Student Survey.