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European firms shun crisis planning ahead of Brexit, study shows

Lack of preparedness and an inability to spot their biggest threats are leaving small firms across Europe at risk of crisis and collapse, a major new study has found.

Date: 17/01/2020
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United Nations award goes to company born out of university pollution project

An energy start-up in India, born out of an Aston University scheme aiming to tackle the international challenge of dealing with agricultural waste, has won a prestigious prize.

Date: 15/01/2020
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Poor sales show retailers must get to know eco-friendly consumers

Clear positioning and a true understanding of customer needs is the key to retail success, according to a top Aston Business School academic.

Date: 09/01/2020
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Aston Business School expert explains how happy staff can increase success

A happy and healthy staff can increase the success of businesses and organisations, according to a leading expert in the psychology of work at Aston Business School.

Date: 07/01/2020
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Public lecture: Lest we forget? – Britain’s Internment Camps of the Great War

How do we choose to remember the Great War? How can engaged academia make an impact? These are the questions that Professor Stefan Manz will seek to answer in his public lecture at Aston University on Tuesday 21 January.

Date: 06/01/2020
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New study suggests there may be an ‘I’ in ‘team’ after all

Although there’s no ‘I’ in ‘team’, as the saying goes, a new study suggests it’s important for individuals to feel personal ownership towards a team project in order to be more creative.

Date: 18/12/2019
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Why the government should look to the West Midlands when considering the future of the UK’s live music scene post-Brexit

Dr Patrycja Rozbicka explores why the music industry shouldn't be overlooked by those preparing for Brexit.

Date: 31/10/2019
Why simple after care procedures could cut the rate of NHS hospital readmissions

Dr James Brown discusses the reasons why simple after care procedures could cut the rate of NHS hospital readmissions.

Date: 30/09/2019
Urgent tree planting and agricultural policy reform needed to achieve zero greenhouse gases by 2050

Climate change has been unusually prominent recently. Greta Thunberg has captured public imagination with her campaign, the Committee on Climate Change has said that UK government action is far behind what is needed and demonstrators have mobilised action on the streets of London to demand more from their politicians.

Date: 02/08/2019
Government’s post-18 education and funding review must enable regions to join up their own skills pipeline

Augar’s recommendations have been dissected from many different perspectives, but little has been written about the influence they would have on the regional skills agenda.

Date: 27/06/2019
Tackling childhood obesity - a serious public health challenge for Birmingham

Professor Jackie Blissett discusses the action needed to tackle childhood obesity.

Date: 30/05/2019
The government’s attempts to regulate the internet – fit for purpose?

Dr Edina Harbinja discusses the government's Online Harms White Paper and its attempts to regulate the internet.

Date: 29/04/2019
Does firm-level jobs data show a 'canary in the mine' for the UK economy?

Economic forecasters have had a tough time second-guessing the UK's trajectory in recent years. Ever since the Great Recession of the late noughties, and especially since the 2016 referendum, Britain's economy has displayed conflicting signs that can seem to confirm or refute the overall narrative simultaneously.

Date: 29/03/2019
The UN Environment Assembly: an opportunity to change course on climate change?

Next month, the UK will participate in UNEA-4, the 4th UN Environment Assembly, in Nairobi, Kenya. The goal of the Assembly is to advance the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, agreed in 2015, and primarily focuses on reducing poverty and promoting more efficient natural resource management.

Date: 28/02/2019
Why confused policy and a hard Brexit would put the Midlands car industry at risk

Recent news that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will shed up to 4,500 workers on top of the 1,400 lost in 2018 came as a huge blow for workers in the Midlands and showed the scale of the challenges that the car manufacturer now faces.

Date: 31/01/2019

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