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A new Growth Hub in Cirencester will strengthen the Gloucestershire business community by providing innovative business support.

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ResearchLearning & TeachingApprenticeshipsStudent Experience

Response to Skills Commission Apprenticeships & Social Mobility Inquiry

Mon 4th Sep 2017

On the 23rd of August, Chartered ABS carried out a survey measuring how reforms to the apprenticeship system are affecting social mobility amongst disadvantaged young people. This was carried out in response to the Skills Commission's call for evidence, designed to ensure that the people who would…

Learning & TeachingStudent Experience

National Student Survey 2017: Business and administrative studies results

Tue 15th Aug 2017

Our analysis of the results of the 2017 National Student Survey.

Student ExperienceLearning & Teaching

Perspectives On: Sessional Staff

Fri 19th May 2017

How can business schools support sessional staff to realise their full potential and, in turn, improve the student experience?

Small Business CharterIndustrial StrategyPolicyBusiness Engagement

Response to HM Government Green Paper “Building our Industrial Strategy”

Tue 18th Apr 2017

Chartered Association of Business Schools

Our response to the Governments Green Paper "Building our Industrial Strategy".

Learning & TeachingPolicyDLHE

Response to the NewDLHE consultation

Tue 4th Apr 2017

Chartered Association of Business Schools

Our response to HEFCE's consultation on the NewDLHE

LeadershipPolicyResearch

Research Income for Business and Management, 2017 report

Wed 29th Mar 2017

Chartered Association of Business Schools

Our annual report on research income for UK Business & Management

ResearchPolicyREF

Response to second Research Excellence Framework Consultation

Mon 20th Mar 2017

Read our full response to the second Research Excellence Framework consultation.

PolicyApprenticeshipsLearning & Teaching

Draft strategic guidance to the Institute for Apprenticeships: Chartered ABS response

Tue 31st Jan 2017

Our response to the Governement's Draft strategic guidance for Institute for Apprenticeships consultation.

Research

How business school graduates fare after graduation

Wed 11th Jan 2017

Our report, based on DfE and HESA data, on how Business and Administrative studies students fare after graduation draws promising conclusions in regards to their employment prospects.

Economic GrowthSMEs

Developing a more enterprising and innovative economy through the Edinburgh Napier and Fife Economy partnership

Fri 23rd Dec 2016

Edinburgh Napier University has developed an innovative growth accelerator programme in response to the Fife Economic Strategy 2013-2023 which aspires to ‘develop a more enterprising and innovative economy’.

DiversityEnterprise

Enterprise and Diversity Alliance at CREME (Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship )

Fri 23rd Dec 2016

The EDA is a unique grouping of public and private sector organisations dedicated to promoting diversity and enterprise.

Business EngagementEconomicResearchSMEsSmall Business Growth

Business, Improvement and Growth (BIG): Applying research to support SMEs

Tue 20th Dec 2016

Learn more about the Business, Improvement and Growth (BIG) programme, designed to identify the drivers of growth and performance for SMEs in their local context and to help translate this new knowledge into practice for business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs.

EntrepreneurshipEconomic Growth

Active engagement with the regional economy and practitioners

Tue 20th Dec 2016

Find out how Strathclyde Business School put their belief, in knowledge co-production and research excellence, into practice through active engagement with practitioners.

Economic GrowthBusiness Engagement

Providing growth equity to early stage companies through the Cass Entrepreneurship Fund

Mon 19th Dec 2016

Find out more about the Cass Entrepreneurship Fund which is a £10 million venture capital fund, providing growth equity to early stage companies.

SMEsFood and RetailEconomic DevelopmentEconomic Growth

Supporting food suppliers to shape how businesses meet customer needs and achieve growth

Mon 19th Dec 2016

This three-year initiative, led by CIBEP researcher, Dr Geoff Simmons and Professor Andrew Fearne (University of East Anglia) is focused on supporting Northern Ireland food suppliers make better use of market developments and consumer behaviour insights to shape how businesses meet customer needs…

PolicyBrexitLeadership

Annual Membership Survey 2016

Mon 14th Nov 2016

Annual snapshot of the trends and challenges in UK business schools

International StudentsStudent ExperienceLearning & Teaching

Perspectives On: International Student Mobility

Thu 3rd Nov 2016

Dr Monika Foster explores the benefits of international student mobility on the overall student experience.

BrexitEconomic DevelopmentPolicy

Business schools: delivering value to local and regional economies

Mon 12th Sep 2016

Chartered Association of Business Schools

How business schools contribute to local and regional growth and productivity

ApprenticeshipsPolicyLearning & Teaching

Apprenticeships Training Providers Consultation: Chartered ABS response

Mon 5th Sep 2016

Our response to the Skills Funding Agency consultation.

Learning & Teaching

National Student Survey 2016: Results for business and administrative studies

Wed 31st Aug 2016

NSS results for 2016 showed that courses in business and administrative studies are highly regarded by the student body.

PolicyLearning & Teaching

Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey consultation: Chartered ABS response

Tue 9th Aug 2016

Our response to HESA's consultation on changes to the DLHE survey

Learning & TeachingFundingHEFCEPolicy

Funding to support teaching in Higher Education Consultation: Chartered ABS response

Mon 8th Aug 2016

Chartered ABS response to the consultation on teaching funding to support widening access and successful student outcomes.

PolicyTEFLearning & Teaching

Response to the Teaching Excellence Framework Technical Consultation

Wed 13th Jul 2016

Following a consultation with our members, we have submitted a formal response to the Teaching Excellence Framework Technical Consultation. We recorded the support of members in promoting the importance of teaching, while also cautioning on the reliance of league tables based on subjective…

Learning & Teaching

The Bridge: Views from Business Professionals Crossing the Bridge to Academia

Mon 9th May 2016

This publication provides 15 perspectives on making the transition from business to academia. The authors reflect on their experiences and lessons learnt in making the move from senior executive positions to working in and teaching in a business school. The authors are the ‘graduates’ of the UK…

PolicyResearchREF

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. In our view the Stern Review needs to address the fact that the REF process has some negative influences on the choices of individual researchers and higher…

FundingResearch

Research Income for Business and Management: 2010-2014

Tue 15th Mar 2016

This report provides analysis of research income in the field of Business and Management for the years 2010/11 to 2013/14. The report tracks funding from a variety of sources and compares income with other subject areas, in particular STEM. In the field of Business and Management there is analysis…

PolicyInternational StudentsImmigrationInternational

UK business schools and international student recruitment

Thu 10th Mar 2016

The Government’s current student visa policy is having detrimental effects on universities and the economy. This report focuses on recruitment trends of international students to the most popular course at university – business studies. International students studying business contribute £2.4…

Learning & TeachingPolicy

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 - 'Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice'. Overall, our members are encouraged…

Business EngagementLeadership

Reflections on the role of the business school dean

Wed 2nd Dec 2015

This report provides insights into the motivations, expectations, and challenges of university-based business school deans.

StrategyPolicyLeadership

Annual Membership Survey 2015

Tue 1st Dec 2015

Chartered ABS Annual Membership Survey 2015 This report provides an annual snapshot and insights into some of the key challenges and trends in the UK business school sector.

ResearchEconomic GrowthREF

Regional economic impacts: input-output models and spatial econometrics

Wed 4th Nov 2015

This impact case study is based on research concerning the estimation of regional economic impacts through input-output models (IO models) and spatial econometrics.

REFResearch

Developing and implementing ‘extended Business Reporting Language’ standards for online corporate reporting

Wed 4th Nov 2015

Research by Birmingham Business School academics has contributed to the successful use of XBRL as the standard for mandatory on-line filing of company statutory accounts and tax computations introduced in the UK in April 2011.

EnvironmentResearch

Improving carbon accounting to drive better corporate carbon performance

Tue 6th Oct 2015

Research from Francisco Ascui and Craig MacKenzie, Centre for Business and Climate Change Centre at Edinburgh Business School has improved the international practice of carbon accounting and driven positive action by influential investors on climate change.

Thought LeadershipSMEs

Growing Your Small Business report

Thu 17th Sep 2015

Growing Your Small Business A report published with the Chartered Management Institute which looks at how SMEs can work with business schools and professional bodies to improve their management capabilities in order to increase survival rates.

Student ExperienceTeachingLearning & Teaching

National Student Survey 2015: Table of results

Wed 2nd Sep 2015

The Chartered ABS provides a spreadsheet which ranks the survey results of students studying business and management at 130 institutions.

Economic GrowthPolicyEmployabilityResearch

Modelling economic impact for national governments

Tue 1st Sep 2015

BU researchers, Professor John Fletcher and Professor Adam Blake, have developed and pioneered new approaches to estimate the economic impacts of tourism activities.

Professional ServicesResearchEntrepreneurshipEconomic Growth

Digital destinations and marketing technology for SMEs

Tue 1st Sep 2015

Research conducted by Dr. Philip Alford at Bournemouth University is transforming small owner-managed enterprises into more entrepreneurial and innovative businesses, enabled by more effective adoption of technology.

PolicyResearchEmployability

Migrant workers and vulnerable employment

Fri 21st Aug 2015

Research by Dr Steve French has influenced UK employment law and changed how policy makers and practitioners think about vulnerable employment.

Economic GrowthResearchSMEsPolicyEntrepreneurship

Encouraging innovation: A changing framework for the financing of small-to-medium enterprises

Mon 17th Aug 2015

Research led by Professor Paul Nightingale has been involved in working with policy-makers to evaluate the most effective schemes to provide finance and other support for SMEs.

REFPolicyResearch

Ensuring credit unions are fit for purpose

Wed 12th Aug 2015

Professor John O. S. Wilson's research has sought to understand the growth, development, scale, scope, governance and performance of credit unions in different countries.

New Directions for Local Economic Renewal

Wed 1st Jul 2015

Research conducted by the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) at Manchester Business School has been used to develop a new approach to economic regeneration.

Research

Employer Sponsored Volunteering

Tue 30th Jun 2015

Dr Joanne Cook at the University of Hull and Dr Jon Burchell from the University of Sheffield led a research project on Employee Sponsored Volunteering (ESV).

ResearchQuality AssuranceProfessional ServicesEthics

Ethics Guide 2015: Advice and Guidance

Mon 29th Jun 2015

This Guide offers a practical framework to help individuals in business schools make informed and transparent decisions and communicate ethical choices to others.

REFGovernment PolicyResearchHealth

Addressing inequalities in health: Shaping the allocation of resources in the National Health Service

Wed 3rd Jun 2015

Research conducted by Professor John Wildman at Newcastle University Business School highlighted the issues with data and calculations used to understand the relationship between health inequality and income.

Student ExperienceLearning & TeachingEmployability

Perspectives On: Employability

Tue 2nd Jun 2015

Dr Paul Cashian, Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching, Coventry University with Prof. Julia Clarke, Pro-Dean for Student Education, Leeds University Business School; and Mark Richardson, Head of Worcester Business School

Is it time to move the employability debate on?

PolicyREFSportsResearch

Improving the governance of sport organisations

Tue 2nd Jun 2015

Research undertaken by the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre on the broader sports sector has been used to improve governance practices across national governing bodies of sport.

Academic Journal GuideJournalsResearch

Academic Journal Guide

Tue 5th May 2015

The Guide outlines the range, subject matter and relative quality of journals in which business and management academics publish their research.

HealthREFResearch

Improving Mental Capital and Wellbeing: A Foresight Programme

Mon 4th May 2015

Professor Cooper was appointed lead scientist on the Mental Capital and Wellbeing Foresight project, commissioned by the UK Government Office for Science to inform its vision and future policy.

REFResearch

Towards Fairer Compensation

Mon 4th May 2015

Academics from Cass Business School have created a better model for calculating compensation which has resulted in fairer compensation for people making claims in the civil or criminal courts.

ResearchREFEmployability

Improving Labour Relations in Global Ports

Mon 4th May 2015

The research of Cardiff Business School’s Professor Peter Turnbull has been central to port employers, trade unions and governments meeting challenges and has helped to establish better labour relations in ports across the world.

ResearchREF

Sports Integrity

Tue 28th Apr 2015

Dr David Forrest, Dr Ian McHale and Dr Rob Simmons

Two academics from Salford Business School provide solid contributions in sports business through their research on sports integrity.

REFResearchHealth

Cost-effectiveness of a gender-neutral vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

Tue 28th Apr 2015

Kingston University Business School's Professor Giampiero Favato joined and contributed to a multidisciplinary research programme (BEST), aimed to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of a gender-neutral HPV vaccination programme.

REFResearchIndustry

Sustainable environmental management in smaller ports

Tue 28th Apr 2015

This impact case study profiles research to build the capacity of smaller ports to perform economically and grow more sustainably through interfacing the knowledge and skills of social scientists with managers

ResearchREFEnvironment

Achieving economic and environmental improvements in organisations through low carbon supply chain resource modelling

Tue 28th Apr 2015

This research by Sheffield University Management School into supply chain resource modelling has had economic and environmental impact, helping businesses adapt operations to achieve carbon-reduction targets, whilst reducing costs.

REFResearchPolicy

Working with Acas – informing advice, policy and guidance

Tue 28th Apr 2015

The research has been undertaken in an economic and political context in which issues of workplace conflict resolution and downsizing have been central to public policy concerns

GenderDiversityREFEconomic GrowthResearch

The Role of Women Entrepreneurs in UK Economic Development

Tue 28th Apr 2015

Professor Sara Carter and Professor Eleanor Shaw

This research demonstrates that women entrepreneurs make important contributions to economic development, but are disadvantaged by initial under-capitalisation.

REFResearch

Performance Partnering on the Astute Submarine Programme

Tue 28th Apr 2015

This research focused on the defense industry investigated how the power structures underpinning particular buyer-supplier relationships affected the supplier’s willingness to collaborate, and the effects of any such collaboration on the performance of the supplier.

REFGenderDiversityResearch

Increasing gender diversity in the boardroom by influencing national policy

Tue 28th Apr 2015

Professor Susan Vinnicombe

Our research highlights the business case for women on boards, as well as seeking a better understanding of the reasons for lack of progress.

ResearchREFIndustry

New Sustainable Business Model for Low-Volume Car Manufacturing

Tue 28th Apr 2015

Mass car production is the world’s largest manufacturing sector, yet its historical development is poorly understood.

ResearchEconomic GrowthSMEsREF

Evolution of business knowledge helps SME’s

Fri 17th Apr 2015

This case study focuses on research led by Professor Richard Thorpe and Ossie Jones on management learning and leadership in small and medium‐sized enterprises.

ResearchPolicyREF

The Impact of Business School Research: Economic and Social Benefits

Wed 18th Mar 2015

Professor Robin Mason

We showcase some of the very best examples of “impact” coming from business schools across the UK in this publication.

PolicyStrategyLeadership

Building the Leadership Capacity of UK Business Schools: A collection of thought pieces

Tue 18th Nov 2014

This series of thought pieces observes the challenges and trends of leadership in business schools through contributions generated from our second annual ‘business school leadership pipeline’ workshop in October 2014.

Government PolicyPolicyFundingLeadershipEconomic Growth

Manifesto for Growth 2014

Thu 18th Sep 2014

In September 2014, the association outlined its key pledges for the incoming government of the next general election in areas concerning STEMM, business education funding and international students.

PolicyEmployabilityLearning & TeachingTeachingLeadershipQuality AssuranceStudent Experience

21st Century Leaders: Building Practice into the Curriculum to Boost Employability

Wed 18th Jun 2014

This joint report with the Chartered Management Institute and Quality Assurance Agency highlights the gap in the collaboration between employers and business schools. It suggests employers are looking for well-equipped graduates and business schools should do more to provide practical work…

Learning & TeachingStudent Experience

Perspectives On: Anonymous Marking – For or Against?

Tue 18th Feb 2014

This instalment provides a series of brief ‘perspectives’ on challenging learning and teaching issues authored by members of the Association of Business Schools' Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Committee.

PolicyLeadership

Innovation Task Force Report: “The Role of UK Business Schools in Driving Innovation in the Domestic Economy”

Sat 18th May 2013

This report identifies opportunities for practical action to increase the impact of British business schools on innovation and growth in the United Kingdom economy. It provides specific guidance for business schools and universities, for faculty and students, and for the government.

Leadership

Policy Network Brochure 2013: Is it possible to Balance Student Demands with Business Needs?

Fri 18th Jan 2013

This publication, which emerged from the 2013 ABS Policy Network meetings discusses current business and management education policy matters besides latest government opinion on business schools.

ABS Ethics Guide 2012

Sat 18th Feb 2012

Introduction Business and management studies are a central component of the learning, teaching, research, enterprise and administrative work of nearly all universities in the United Kingdom. This work contributes to the development of hundreds of thousands of students each year as well as to the…

Academic Journal Guide

Academic Journal Quality Guide 2010

Sun 7th Mar 2010

Details for the Academic Journal Quality Guide 2010

PolicyLeadership

Pillars and Annual Report 2010/11

Thu 18th Feb 2010

This edition of the Pillars report focuses on sustainable economy and provides an account of the organisations’ finance for the year ending 2010

Academic Journal Guide

Academic Journal Quality Guide 2009

Fri 27th Mar 2009

Details for the Academic Journal Quality Guide 2009

Academic Journal Guide

Academic Journal Quality Guide 2008

Fri 7th Mar 2008

Details for the Academic Journal Quality Guide 2008

Leadership

Pillars and Annual Report 2007/08

Mon 18th Feb 2008

This edition of the Pillars report focuses on sustainable economy and provides an account of the organisations’ finance for the year ending 2007.

ResearchAcademic Journal Guide

Academic Journal Quality Guide 2007

Sun 7th Jan 2007

Details for the Academic Journal Quality Guide 2007