News Archive
20.03.09 trading room trains financial leaders of the future
A new Trading Room at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, looks
set to train the financial leaders of the future in the workings of the
Stock Exchange.
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22.01.09 economic downturn: the welsh outlook
Professor Kent Matthews of Cardiff Business School said yesterday that Wales could be well placed to come out of the recession faster than other parts of the UK, if firms and workers boost their skills.
18.12.08: cardiff business school earns 'world leading' reputation
Research Assessment Exercise places Cardiff amongst the very best of research knowledge in the UK.
25.11.08: cardiff welcomes high commissioner of india
Cardiff University was pleased to welcome Mr. Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, High Commissioner of India to the UK, today to learn more about the University and its Indian student population.
21/11/08: miles & snow conference: 3rd to 5th december
Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process: A Reflection on the Research Perspective of Miles and Snow
Thirty years ago Raymond Miles and Charles Snow published Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process. Their book made a seminal contribution to the management literature and has stimulated several streams of research.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the publication of the book, members of Cardiff Business School and the School of City and Regional Planning have organized a two-day conference reflecting on the contribution of the research perspective of Miles and Snow.
Full papers and details of the conference will be posted on this website shortly after the event. For more information, contact Laura Davies.
07/11/2008: cardiff announces link with prestigious university
Cardiff Business School announces its most recent international agreement with University of Mannheim, Germany.
01/11/2008: nominations open for leading wales awards
Nominations have opened for the Leading Wales Awards, the awards which recognise and celebrate personal achievement in outstanding leadership and management in Wales.
31/10/2008: spending the way out of recession?
Two Cardiff academics have joined forces with 14 other eminent economists to criticise the Government’s plan to spend its way out of the looming recession.
25/09/2008: international recruitment tour announced
Cardiff Business School's International Recruitment Team will be visiting several countries across the globe in October and November
24/09/2008: Unique triple accredited marketing scheme
Cardiff Business School's MSc in Strategic Marketing has become the only triple accredited programme of its kind in the world, having won accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Marketing Research Society and the Federation of EuropeanDirect and Interactive Marketinge.
06/06/2008: international advisory board holds inaugural meeting
Cardiff Business School’s International Advisory Board has met for the first time to advise on the School's strategic direction
06/06/2008: lord mayor learns more about islamic finance plans
Alderman Lewis, Lord Mayor of the City of London, visited Cardiff Business School last week to learn how the School is responding to the growth in the global Islamic Finance market and the role of the City of London as the first in Europe to issue takaful (Islamic bonds).
24/04/2008: new professorships available at cardiff business school
Cardiff Business School is currently advertising for a Full Professor in Marketing and Strategy, a Full Professor in Accounting and Finance and a Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy. For more information please click here.
21/04/2008: students selected to spend indian summer
Cardiff Business School students Adam Fergusson and Nicola Venn will spend eight weeks in India this year, having one prestigious UKIBC scholarships.
15/04/2008: uncertain future for local councils
Business School academic Professor Steve Martin has criticised warnings that the number of local councils may be cut if council preformance does not improve.
05/04/2008: business school hosts any questions
BBC Radio 4's popular discussion programme ‘Any Questions?’ was broadcast live from Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University on April 4th.
30/1/2008: business school students shortlisted for india placements
Four Cardiff Business School students have been shortlisted to spend eight weeks gaining valuable work experience in India.
30/1/2008: where research leads...
A new pan-School communications brochure, Where Research Leads., has been published, designed to give an overview of the School's main areas of activity.
Copies of the brochure can be downloaded here.
11/12/2007: Business Club rewards academic success
Cardiff Business School undergraduate James Clifford was congratulated by Conservative leader David Cameron on his outstanding academic success recently at a Cardiff Business Club dinner.
View full story >>11/12/2007: Consumer Avenger Fights Back
Finance guru calls for journalists to fight consumers' corner The man behind the campaign to reclaim bank charges, council tax, mortgage fees and more has visited Cardiff University to share his views on how the meshing of new and old media is enabling consumers to fight back against misleading financial marketing.
View full story >>11/12/2007: Public trust still Low in Local Government
Local Government Services in England are improving, but at the same time public trust and confidence in councils has continued to declined, according to research by the Centre for Local and Regional Government Research.
View full story >>01/11/2007: Cardiff Business School sponsors Leading Wales Awards
Nominations have opened for the Leading Wales Awards, the awards which recognise and celebrate personal achievement in outstanding leadership and management in Wales.
View full story >>01/11/2007: A Passage to India: Alumni Tour
Faculty at Cardiff Business School are gearing up for the School’s
first alumni tour of India, visiting both Mumbai and Delhi.
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11/09/2007: Cardiff First CIM Chapter
The first Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Student Chapter has been
set-up at Cardiff Business School. The student chapter involves a tripartite
partnership between students, the CIM local branch and the University.
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11/09/2007: Adapting Wales to New Climates
A striking image showing how rising water levels could ultimately flood
Cardiff Bay illustrates a Cardiff University conference on the future impact
of climate change in Wales.
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28/06/2007: Key agreement with UIBE Beijing signed
Cardiff Business School has joined forces with one of China's leading
Universities to create a new degree programme for Chinese students
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07/06/2007: Cbs ladies race for life
A team of Business School ladies will join runners in this year ’s
Race for Life, organised in aid of Cancer Research
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25/05/2007: New MSc in Logistics & Operations Management launched
From 2008, Cardiff Business School will be offering a new Masters
in Logistics and Operations Management, delivered by highly qualified faculty
operating in their areas of expertise
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25/05/2007: PhD programme excellence recognised
Cardiff Business School’s PhD programme has been recognised as one of the best of its type in the UK by the Economics and Social Research Council.
The School was awarded the highest number of ESRC quota scholarships of
any school in the UK
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25/05/2007: MSc Strategic marketing wins unique accreditation
Cardiff Business School’s MSc in Strategic Marketing has recently won re-accreditation from the Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing (FEDMA).
The re-accreditation means that all students graduating on the Strategic
Marketing Masters programme will also receive FEDMA’s Diploma in
Direct and Interactive Marketing.
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25/05/2007: ford not father of mass motor production
Henry Ford has long been heralded as the father of modern mass automotive production.
However, a controversial new paper from the Centre for Automotive Industry
Research suggests that history may have got the wrong man.
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25/05/2007: spotlight on...burberry's move overseas
Burberry's decision to close its Torfaen factory and move operations to China has created controversy throughout Wales and beyond.
Celebrities such as Sir Alex Ferguson, Emma Thompson, Martin Sheen and Ioan Gruffydd rushed to back workers due to lose their jobs; demonstrations were held outside Burberry stores in London, New York, Paris, Strasbourg, Chicago and Las Vegas. Burberry was even prompted to cancel its post-Brit Awards party for fear of disruption.
It is a backlash that the British-owned company could not have expected.
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25/05/2007: disability legislation can inflict ill-health
Laws which aim to keep people with disabilities in the workplace can often have the opposite effect and lead to ill-health, absence and in some cases bullying.
And the National Health Service (NHS), along with other public sector bodies,
demonstrates an absence of effective procedures to deal with requests for
adjustments from employees with disabilities, alongside inadequate training
in this area for line managers.
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25/05/2007: STUDENT 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' BRING WATER TO AFRICA
Nine students from Cardiff Business School have launched a not-for-profit distribution company. Two Distribute is dedicated to finding UK businesses to stock ethical water brand One.
All profits from selling the water go to South African charity, Playpumps
International. The charity builds and installs merry-go-rounds in African
Villages which pump water from deep underground to a storage tank each time
children play on them.
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25/05/2007: AACSB AND EQUIS ACCREDITATION
Cardiff Business School is pursuing two hallmarks of excellence for Business
Schools from two leading international accreditation bodies and has recently
secured membership of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business (AACSB). If successful, Cardiff Business School will become one
of only 10 AACSB accredited business schools and 16 EQUIS accredited business
schools in the UK.
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25/05/2007: School joins AACSB and EFMD
Cardiff Business School has recently been accepted a member of both the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the European Federation of Management Development (EFMD). Membership of these bodies means that Cardiff becomes part of the leading international networks in the fields of management development and business school advancement. The School will benefit from having access to a European and global network of management education institutions, companies, public sector organisations and consultancies.
Claire Morgan, Associate Dean, said of the new memberships, 'We're already seeing the benefits of our membership of these bodies: the pan-School training opportunities, specialist interest groups and opportunities to share best practice will give us the chance to network with faculty of the leading business schools in the world and thereby increase the global presence of Cardiff Business School."
25/05/2007: Dean elected to Association of Business School executive
Cardiff Business School Dean Professor Bob McNabb has been elected to the Association of Business School executive. The Association of Business Schools (ABS) is the representative body and authoritative voice for all the leading business schools of UK universities, higher education institutions and independent management colleges.
Professor McNabb was elected to this position by the Deans and Directors of other Business Schools throughout the UK who are ABS voting representatives. He will retain his place on both the ABS' Research Steering Committee and the Committee for Wales.
25/05/2007: Way to Good Grades Identified
England's high-school children achieve better grades when local education
authorities set targets and central government provides financial incentives
for doing so, according to research at Cardiff Business School
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25/05/2007: Hollywood star calls to 'Dump the Mudplugger'
Few academics can say their research has ended up on Tom Cruise's doormat,
but that's the boast Cardiff Business School researcher Dr Peter Wells
can make
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25/05/2007: Eye to Posterity wins Court Victory
A Cardiff academic's decision to store government records destined for
the bin has resulted in a major legal victory for compensation for injured
Liverpool dockers, suffering ailments caused by poor working conditions
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25/05/2007: Cardiff Research balances accident compensation claims
Fairer compensation to reflect the true cost of accidents is likely thanks
to a Cardiff Business School academic's evidences in the Court of Appeal
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