Amongst the items featuring Strathclyde Business School and its people in the news this month were:
Standard Life prepares staff for changes in financial advice law (Herald, 01.08.12): Standard Life is putting 25 staff through a year-long course at Strathclyde Business School to prepare them for the forthcoming Retail Distribution Review.
Learning to do the right thing – and swear to it (Times Higher Education, 02.08.12): Article on the teaching of ethics in MBA programmes list Strathclyde Business School among the UK institutions which participate in the MBA Oath project.
Star of the opening ceremony (Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser, 01.08.12): Article on Business alumna Emma Neilson, production co-ordinator for the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics.
Edinburgh Fringe hopes for Olympian success (BBC News Online, 03.08.12): Article on festival launch includes quotes from Kath Mainland, Business School alumna and chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.
Ability to fail quickly an important skill (Sydney Morning Herald, 06.08.12): An article about entrepreneurship and business failure rates in Australia refers to research by Professor Jonathan Levie, Business.
This also featured in 17 online news sources and the following print articles:
Male unemployment in Scotland rises by 8 per cent (The Times, 16.08.12): Professor Brian Ashcroft, Business, comments on how the recession has had a bigger effect on unemployment among men than women.
Jobless total falls but recession taking toll (The Herald, 16.08.12): Comments are included in this article from Professor Brian Ashcroft regarding the possible reasons for inconsistencies between the economic indicators and employment figures.
Price of progress (The Herald, 17.08.12): An article on ‘Aluminiumville’, a new book written by Dr Andrew Perchard, Business, on the history of the aluminium industry in the highlands. Includes comments from Dr Perchard
Class divide (Sunday Times, 19.08.12): Professor Robert Wright, Business, comments in this article about university places in Scotland.
Good news from latest Global Entrepreneurship survey (Scottish Business Insider, 01.08.12): Sir Tom Hunter, the founder of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde, comments on the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey. Also includes comments from the survey’s author, Professor Jonathan Levie.