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School of Business and Management

2016

Google Talks to SBM Students

Chuck Stephens (Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Google) and Charlie Setoodeh  (Student Engagement Specialist/ University Program Team) talk to students on the MSc International Human Resource Management programme.

Date added: Friday, December 2, 2016


Graduation 2016

Congratulations SBM 2016 Graduates! We had a fantastic day celebrating the momentous journey of all our graduates.

Date added: Tuesday, December 6, 2016


Students awarded Principal's Prize

Two students of the School of Politics and International Relations have been awarded the Principal’s Prize.

Date added: Tuesday, November 29, 2016


China Council Scholarships

Since 2007, Queen Mary University of London and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) have been offering joint scholarships to Chinese students from leading universities in the People's Republic of China for doctoral study at Queen Mary.

Date added: Wednesday, November 23, 2016


Professor Stefano Harney
Commonwealth International Trade Working Paper publishes research on the global value chain in canned tuna by Dr Campling

Dr Liam Campling, Senior Lecturer in Political Economy and Director of the at QMUL, has recently published a research paper on the global value chain in canned tuna, with particular focus on the international fisheries trade regime and socio-economic development in low-income Commonwealth countries.

Date added: Thursday, November 17, 2016


Professor Stefano Harney
PhD Student Bayan Alsedais is awarded by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the UK, held a celebration in honour of high achieving research students from Saudi Arabia, the beneficiaries of the King Abdullah Scholarship Programme.

Date added: Thursday, November 17, 2016


SBM Postgraduate students awarded for outstanding academic achievement

The School of Business and management would like to congratulate our Postgraduate students (2015-16) who have been awarded for their outstanding academic achievement.

Date added: Thursday, November 17, 2016


'Close the Deal, Fill the Gap', tackling the gender pay gap

As a result of the gender pay gap, women are effectively working for free from today until the end of 2016. Members from the UK team of the EU funded Close the Deal, Fill the Gap project, are meeting at QMUL to discuss the results of their research on the gender pay gap (GPG). The conference taking place on Friday 10 November at Queen Mary University of London is timely. 

Date added: Thursday, November 10, 2016


Dr Liam Campling addresses WTO diplomats on fisheries trade reform

Dr Liam Campling, Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the School of Business and Management, was invited to speak to diplomats from over 50 member states at the WTO on Tuesday 4 October.

Date added: Wednesday, October 12, 2016


'Intensive motherhood' can lead to lower levels of happiness

A recent study by Professor Almudena Sevilla from the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London, and Jose Ignacio Gimenez from the University of Zaragoza, has found that better educated US mothers who engage in interactive child-rearing report a lower level of happiness than less well educated mothers when they are engaged in parenting activities.

Date added: Tuesday, September 27, 2016


Confronting France’s Jihadis

In an article written for Project Syndicate, Brigitte Granville, Professor of International Economics and Economic Policy and Director of the Centre for Globalisation Research at QMUL, examines what prominent thinkers and commentators think is driving repeated terrorist attacks in France.

Date added: Monday, September 19, 2016


Making HMRC fit for the twenty-first century

A recent report 'Reforming HMRC: Making it fit for the twenty-first century' commissioned by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnel outlines proposals to reform Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Date added: Monday, September 19, 2016


How the Nazis invented the Olympic torch relay and other modern Olympic traditions

In true modern Olympic style, the end of the Rio Olympics was marked with a breath-taking closing ceremony. The carnival-inspired performance celebrated the culture, music and history of the host nation; an extravagant way of letting the world know what Brazil has to offer. The opening and closing ceremonies of the modern Olympic Games are amongst the most anticipated shows in the world, and have the ability to draw in a very large global audience.

Date added: Monday, August 22, 2016


Do the Olympic Games make you happier?

'The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness', a new paper by the Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR), tries to answer the question of whether hosting the Olympic games can increase happiness in the host city. 

Date added: Monday, August 15, 2016


Dr Stella Ladi speaks to Euronews about Brexit

Dr Stella Ladi, Senior Lecturer in Public Management at Queen Mary University of London, was interviewed on Euronews on Wednesday 22 and Tuesday 28 June. The two interviews focus on Brexit and the EU Referendum. The first was filmed before the results of the referendum were known, the second is a post referendum interview. 

Date added: Tuesday, August 9, 2016


Training industry leaders: the Pacific Island countries and the Global Fisheries Trade

Dr Liam Campling from QMUL and Dr Elizabeth Havice from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill recently returned from the Solomon Islands where they delivered a week long training course on trade policy, global value chains and fisheries. 

Date added: Thursday, August 4, 2016


Alumnus Daniele Pramaggiore awarded the Worshipful Marketors Graduate Dissertation Award

Daniele Pramaggiore won the Worshipful Marketors Graduate Dissertation 2015 Award for outstanding performance in marketing at Master's level.

Date added: Tuesday, August 2, 2016


‘How to Win the US Presidency’ featuring Professor Nicholas O'Shaughnessy

Have you ever wondered what it takes to win the US Presidency? With the upcoming election battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and with the likelihood that the impact of this election will be felt far beyond American borders, the world is paying close attention to American politics.  

Date added: Monday, August 1, 2016


Report launch: ‘Women on boards’ report by Dr Elena Doldor

Dr Elena Doldor from the School of Business and Management has co-authored the Female FTSE Board report, launched today at KPMG London.  The report is the official census for women on corporate boards in the UK.

Date added: Thursday, July 7, 2016


Jonathan Webb is awarded the Society for Business Ethics Founders' Award

Jonathan Webb, a PhD student in the Business Ecosystems Research Group at QMUL, is awarded the Society for Business Ethics Founders' Award for his work on Corruption in Business Relationships. This award is given to promising PhD students in the field of business ethics.

Date added: Monday, July 4, 2016


Interview with Professor Brigitte Granville

Brigitte Granville is Professor of International Economics and Economic Policy and Centre Director for the Centre for Globalisation Research at QMUL. In this interview, she shares some insights into her time with the World Bank, her career as an economist, as well as her current academic interests.

Date added: Monday, June 27, 2016


Professional deregulation could create up to 700,000 jobs in the EU

Dr Maria Koumenta and Professor Pedro Martins, from the School of Business and Management at QMUL, presented their research on regulatory reform at a European Commission conference in Brussels.

Date added: Monday, June 6, 2016


Professor Colin Haslam presents at European Parliament conference

Professor Colin Haslam presented on how to reform financial reporting disclosures for small and medium enterprise (SMEs) at the European Parliament.

Date added: Wednesday, May 18, 2016


QConsult project is awarded InnovateUK funding

Thanks to a QConsult project involving students from the School of Business and Management (SBM), Dr Josh Reiss, Reader in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, was awarded over £400,000 in grant funding from InnovateUK to support commercialisation of research. 

Date added: Wednesday, May 18, 2016


Girls from progressive societies do better at maths, study finds

Research co-authored by Almudena Sevilla, Professor of Labour Economics at the School of Business and Management, has found that the ‘maths gender gap’ – the relative underperformance of girls at maths – is much wider in societies with poor rates of gender equality.

Date added: Tuesday, May 17, 2016


Professor Pedro Martins joins expert group advising Greek government

Eight experts from across Europe have been invited to join an advisory group which will be making reform recommendations to the Greek government. Pedro Martins, Professor of Applied Economics at the School of Business and Management, is one of the members of the advisory group.

Date added: Wednesday, May 11, 2016


Challenges of Innovation in China Conference: a "big success" for SBM

The School of Business and Management successfully hosted the Asian Business and Management special issue conference last week on "Local Context and Challenges of Innovation in China". The conference invited keynote speakers and participants from China, the United Kingdom, India, the United States, Canada, Italy, Spain, and Netherlands.

Date added: Friday, April 15, 2016


Publication of Dr Stella Ladi's CEEP report is proof of SBM's research impact

Last week saw the publication of the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services (CEEP)’s final report [PDF 1,796KB] on managing change for the public sector, co-authored Dr Stella Ladi, the School’s Senior Lecturer in Public Management.

Date added: Friday, April 8, 2016


SBM Professor's research for International Monetary Fund published

SBM Professor of Applied Economics Pedro Martins' research was published by the International Monetary Fund in its flagship publication, the World Economic Outlook 2016.

Date added: Tuesday, April 5, 2016


Marketing maestro Dr Graham Spickett-Jones joins the School

joins the School of Business and Management as Senior Lecturer in Marketing.

Date added: Monday, April 4, 2016


Frances Bowen
Professor Frances Bowen: our new Head of School

The School of Business and Management is delighted to announce that Dr Frances Bowen has now taken over as our new Head of School.

Date added: Friday, April 1, 2016


In memory of Dr Santonu Basu

"Unconventional, effervescent, truly intellectual. One of a kind."

Date added: Monday, March 21, 2016


Masters student's award win gives QMUL an unprecedented hat-trick

A School of Business Management Masters student has won a prestigious award from a distinguished City of London Guild, completing an unprecedented hat trick for Queen Mary University of London, the University's students now having won it three times in a row. 

Date added: Thursday, March 17, 2016


New staff starting this month

Date added: Wednesday, February 17, 2016


In memory of Spyridon (Spyros) Raftopolous

Date added: Friday, January 15, 2016


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