Salford Business School

Best business school in the UK recognised for teaching and professional excellence

The best business school in the UK continues to impress judges and further highlighted it’s excellence when it comes to teaching and administrative support. Three Salford Business School projects were recognised by the Vice Chancellor Awards and announced at the University Day on the 16th July 2015. Teams of academic and professional services staff from Salford Business […]

Salford Business School Ball – A night to remember

This year’s Salford Business School Ball took place on Friday 29th May at Hotel Football (owned by Manchester United’s Class of ’92) and was the biggest to date as it sold out with 260 people in attendance. The Salford Business School Ball is an annual black-tie event that not only brings together final year and postgraduate […]

What is stress?

Stress can be interpreted as a perceptual phenomena arising from a tension between the demand on people and their ability to cope. The term stress also refers to reactions within us that include thoughts, feelings and physiological reactions which occur as result of stressful events. However, stress is not always harmful. Sometimes it is good […]

Salford Business Submarine takes on the Salford Dragon Boat Race

On Sunday 31st May 2015, Salford Business School participated in the Salford Dragon Boat Race. The event took place at Salford Quays at the largest Salford Dragon Boat Festival ever – where more than 20 teams came ready to row for charity. Competing in this race was a first for Salford Business School and for […]

Thomas Cook Corfu deaths and the reign of lawyers

It is a truism that companies that have lasted 100 years tend to be those built on a foundation of ethical principles. Thomas Cook is one of those. But recently it has declined and is in trouble over its handling of the case of two children dying on one of the holidays it arranged. Why […]

Digital high street breakfast workshop: getting technology to work for you

  Join us for a free Digital High Street breakfast workshop for local retailers who want to find more about social media and eCommerce. The high street is operating in an ever more challenging economic context. It is important that retail businesses adapt to change in order to maximise their profile and customer base.  This […]

Symposium for Business PhD Doctorate students

At Salford Business School,  we have a thriving PhD community from a range of fascinating business, management and law students from around the world. A great example of this community coming together is our recent Doctoral Symposium in the world class facility of the ThinkLab. This showcased some of the superb PhD research projects which are currently […]

The importance of Human Resource Management #MrBoss

“Human resources are like natural resources; they’re often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they’re not just lying around on the surface. You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves.” ― Ken Robinson People are the biggest asset of any organization. However, managing employees in order to maximize them for the […]

Why MBA? #WhyMBA

Why should I undertake an MBA? This question is often asked on twitter #WhyMBA as people contemplate the decision to complete a Master of Business Administration (MBA). To help respond to this question, we carried out research on the current MBA students at Salford Business School to determine what was important to them. One of […]

Salford University Parkour – MSc Accounting and Finance

Salford University Parkour -‘Behind The Scenes’ at Salford Business School. The newly formed Furtherfaster team have devised and developed an innovative and interesting content strategy, using a Parkour expert in a promotional video, aimed at promoting the excellent Masters courses at the award winning, Salford Business School. The #FurtherFaster team from Salford University have worked on the exciting new […]