2023 Business School News
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Four alumni recognised with Distinguished Alumni Awards
Each year we honour a select group with the Distinguished Alumni Award. At the end of 2023, four alumni were recognised with awards for their work spanning retail, communications, ecommerce and climate tech.
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Alumna Earps crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023
England goalkeeper and Loughborough Business School alumna Mary Earps has capped an incredible year by being crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023.
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Earps awarded honorary degree from Loughborough University
Lioness goalkeeper and Loughborough alumna Mary Earps has been awarded an honorary degree by the University.
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World record-breaking mountaineer and Loughborough alumnus awarded honorary degree
The incredible achievements of the multi-world record-breaking mountaineer and Loughborough University alumnus Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja MBE have been recognised with the award of an honorary degree.
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NatWest Group working with Loughborough Business School to develop future graduates
Earlier this year, we were delighted to welcome the Restructuring team from NatWest to campus. This partnership has seen the development of an exciting work-based learning project for final year students.
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Double Paralympic champion Ntando Mahlangu joins Loughborough
New Loughborough Business School student Ntando Mahlangu was diagnosed with fibular hemimelia at birth and spent the first 10 years of his life in a wheelchair, navigating high school bullies and a different kind of childhood.
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Chairman of UBS Colm Kelleher joins Loughborough as Visiting Professor
We’re pleased to announce that Colm Kelleher, Chairman of the Board of Directors at UBS, has accepted the title of Visiting Professor of Banking and Finance at Loughborough Business School.
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From bike locks to brews: students pitch new business ideas as Innovation Driven Enterprise Academy (IDEA) 2023 concludes
Student teams from across Loughborough University’s academic departments have successfully completed IDEA 2023 – an entrepreneurial programme in which they’ve worked together with complete freedom to create their own market-driven concepts.
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Pioneering professors join OECD.AI expert group
Following their world first work on digital decarbonisation, Professors Ian Hodgkinson and Tom Jackson have accepted by invitation to join the OECD.AI Policy Observatory Network of Experts, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence Compute and Climate.
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Loughborough joins the Global Business School Network
Loughborough Business School has joined the Global Business School Network (GBSN) as we strive to address significant societal challenges and make the world a better place in line with our new ‘Progress with Purpose’ ethos.
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MBA students visit London to meet innovative organisations and alumni
Loughborough MBA students recently visited London to discover and engage with a range of organisations, as well as enjoy an evening of networking with Loughborough Business School alumni.
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Annual Loughborough Business School Doctoral Conference returns for ninth year
Loughborough Business School recently hosted its ninth annual Doctoral Conference, organised by the LB Conference Committee 2023.
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World first: Researchers create CO2 measurement tool to calculate emissions caused by digital data
Professors Ian Hodgkinson and Tom Jackson have created a unique carbon footprint tool to allow businesses to measure the CO2 output of their digital data.
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Staff celebrated at 2023 awards
Last week Loughborough Business School held its Staff Celebration and Recognition Awards for 2023. Presented by Dean Professor Jan Godsell, the event provided an opportunity to reflect and celebrate the exceptional achievements and dedication of colleagues from across the School.
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Dr Huw Edwards discusses inflation and rising interest rates on popular Turkish news channel
Dr Huw Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Loughborough Business School, recently appeared on Turkish news channel TRT World to discuss the Bank of England’s decision to increase interest rates from 4.5% to 5%.
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Progress with Purpose Distinguished Speaker Series launches with talk about the impact banking has on a fairer and more sustainable future
Loughborough Business School is pleased to announce that Colm Kelleher, Chairman of the Board of Directors at UBS Bank, will present at an upcoming lecture on campus this month.
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Dr Antuela Tako leads EDI panel at fourth IMA and OR Society Conference
Dr Antuela Tako, Reader in Operational Research at Loughborough Business School and member of the Women in OR and Analytics Network (WORAN) mentoring sub-committee, recently led an equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) panel at the 4th IMA and OR Society Conference on Mathematics of Operational Research, at the Conference Aston in Birmingham.
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Why Britain’s new CPTPP trade deal will not make up for Brexit
The UK recently announced that it will join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), giving British businesses access to the 11 other members of the Indo-Pacific trade bloc and bringing its combined GDP to £11 trillion.
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Loughborough ranked top 150 in the world for Business and Management studies
Loughborough University and the Business School are pleased to announce our top 150 ranking for Business and Management studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.
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Dean of the School wins Supply Chain Academic Excellence award
Professor Janet Godsell, Dean of Loughborough Business School, has been selected as winner of the SC (Supply Chain) Academic Excellence award at the 2023 Global Women Supply Chain Leaders Summit.
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New research shows six in 10 East Midlands businesses continue CSR activities despite rising costs
Dr Elaine Conway, Small Business Engagement Coordinator at Loughborough Business School, together with the East Midlands Chamber, have found six in 10 East Midlands businesses have continued corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities despite the rising cost of living.
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Business School awarded EQUIS re-accreditation
The School has been awarded EQUIS re-accreditation once again, reaffirming our status as an internationally leading business school with recognition from students, academia and business.
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Alumna Mary Earps wins The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper 2022
Business School alumna Mary Earps has been awarded Women’s Goalkeeper 2022 at The Best FIFA Football Awards™.
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Loughborough research suggests universities could act as ‘internationalisation catalysts’, reversing university-industry collaborative traditions
Research from the Business School suggests the traditional relationship between universities and industry partners could be reversed, with universities acting as providers for access to international markets.
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Professor Ali Choudhary welcomed as new Head of Economics
Loughborough Business School is delighted to welcome Professor Ali Choudhary as the new Head of Economics.
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COVID-19 projections are still unpredictable with ‘complex interplay of COVID variants, vaccination and natural immunity’
Dr Duncan Robertson of Loughborough Business School has suggested that predicting COVID-19 trends has become more difficult now than compared to early 2020, due to the interplay of multiple factors.