News

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

SMEs

Leeds Business School wins the prestigious Small Business Charter award

Wed 6th Jul 2016

Leeds Business School (LBS) has received the Small Business Charter award in recognition of its engagement and activity to support SMEs, and their strong ties and rewarding links…

BrexitPolicy

EU referendum result: Chartered ABS response

Fri 24th Jun 2016

24 June, 2016 In light of the EU referendum result we will watch with interest the impact on areas of concern for our member business schools. We will lobby government to ensure…

Academic Journal GuideResearch

New interactive format for Academic Journal Guide 2015

Wed 8th Jun 2016

The Academic Journal Guide 2015 has been re-issued in an online interactive format. The new format provides users with the ability to sort fields and offers a much improved search…

Changes to the Small Business Charter

Tue 24th May 2016

Over the past couple of months deans from SBC awarding holding schools were invited to discuss their thoughts and gain input into the future direction of the Small Business…

Policy

Higher Education White Paper: Chartered ABS response

Mon 16th May 2016

In response to the Government's Higher Education White Paper, published today, Anne Kiem, Chief Executive of the Chartered Association of Business Schools said: "We support the…

Times Higher Education Business School of the Year Award

Wed 11th May 2016

Entries for the Times Higher Education Business School of the Year Award are now open. Click here to enter now. Deadline: Wednesday 29th June. This award acknowledges outstanding…

Professional Services

Update on new Learning and Development Opportunities for Professional Managers

Tue 10th May 2016

As one of their key strategic aims, the Professional Managers’ Steering Committee (PMSC) has committed to producing new learning and development opportunities for professional…

Academic Journal GuideResearch

Publishers invited to submit journals for the next Academic Journal Guide

Fri 15th Apr 2016

We are inviting editors of Journals and Scholarly Associations to apply to have their journals considered for inclusion in the Academic Journal Guide 2018. This application…

School of Business, London South Bank University wins prestigious Small Business Charter Award

Thu 7th Apr 2016

School of Business, London South Bank University (LSBU) has been awarded a Bronze Small Business Charter award in recognition of its commitment to supporting SMEs, including their…

Research

Response to Lord Stern’s Review of the Research Excellence Framework

Fri 1st Apr 2016

Following a consultation with our members, we have submitted a formal response to Lord Stern's review of the Research Excellence Framework. You can download our response here. In…

PolicyImmigrationInternational StudentsInternational

International business students turned off by visa policy impacting UK universities

Thu 10th Mar 2016

The Chartered ABS has today published a new report which reveals the impact the Government’s student visa policy is having on universities and the economy. The report focuses on…

Policy

Update on Chartered ABS lobbying

Thu 10th Mar 2016

The Stern Review and international student visas...

New Chair appointed to the Small Business Charter Management Board

Thu 3rd Mar 2016

The Small Business Charter (SBC) Management Board is delighted to announce the appointment of Stuart Miller, entrepreneur and small business evangelist, as its new Chair.  Stuart…

Call for nominations for Chair and other roles for Research Steering Committee

Wed 2nd Mar 2016

Chartered ABS are looking for new members to join the Research Steering Committee, especially from the post-92 business schools. We are also looking for nominees for the posts of…

SMEsEnterprise

Strathclyde Business School awarded gold Small Business Charter Award

Thu 18th Feb 2016

Strathclyde Business School has been awarded a gold Small Business Charter award in recognition of its commitment to supporting SMEs, including the significant impact of its Growth…

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…

PolicyLearning & TeachingTEF

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...