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- “With every breath from my bronze-pounded chest, we will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one”: Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem.
Rarely does a poet capture the interest of the world’s press amid the inauguration of an American president—as the Guardian put it: Amanda Gorman “stole the inauguration show”. Gorman addresses the president, then the first lady, Dr. Biden—with a palpable … Continue reading → ... read more - Financial Crimes – The Vulnerable, The Gullible, and The CulpableOlushola Fashola, Lecturer, Staffordshire Business SChool Nuthall (2019) asserted that the United Nations estimates that between 2% and 5% (US$800bn–US$2trillion) of global GDP is laundered. The year 2019 saw global anti-money laundering (AML) penalties going beyond £6billion (actual value was … Continue reading → ... read more
- Student Stories: Kim Buckless L6 BSc Psychology & Child Development Student – My final year project
Written by Kim Buckless, Psychology and Child Development student I’m a final year mature student on BSc Psychology and Child Development. I wanted to share my experiences and a few tips from working on my final year project so far. My experiences leading up to the project I have ... read more - Staffordshire Business School Creativity and Innovation Week – w/c 18th January 2021Creativity and Innovation Week offers students a huge variety of sessions delivered by academics from both Staffordshire Business School and the School of Digital, Technologies and Arts along with some fantastic guest speakers. As well as our keynote presenter, Ian … Continue reading → ... read more
- Fail to plan, plan to failAngela Lawrence, Associate Dean, Staffordshire Business School This morning I was labelled a geek. I don’t mind being called a geek (I probably am a bit of a geek) but what is interesting is that this label was awarded as … Continue reading → ... read more
- Multiple accreditations in progress for new coursesStaffordshire Business School is working with a number of professional bodies to ensure relevant accreditations for our new suit of courses. For Digital and Social Media Marketing we are working with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), the world’s leading professional marketing … Continue reading → ... read more
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- Plan and the future will be brightPaul Walters, Lecturer, Staffordshire Business School The event sector which includes hospitality and tourism, has seen a significant decline in commercial activity, since March 2020 and as we come to the close for the year 2020. Many small to medium … Continue reading → ... read more
- Need help withDigital Marketing in 2021? Opportunities from Staffordshire Business SchoolThe pandemic has illustrated how important a good website, good ecomerce offer and good social media are to business. Those that already had these established have been able to keep taking orders and in many cases to pivot their business. … Continue reading → ... read more
- Coronavirus: The Battle AxeThe coronavirus started in China and spread to Europe and America in the first quarter of 2020 with a “battle axe” on businesses. The leadership of the most affected countries have become Santa Claus with their supports to the households … Continue reading → ... read more
- Understanding supply chain to build resiliency and manage riskMarzena Reszka, Lecturer, Staffordshire Business School Fast forward to the coronavirus crisis, whose humanitarian and human-livelihood costs are still rising, even as it also reveals supply-chain vulnerabilities that many small and medium businesses didn’t realize they had. As a result, building flexibility and … Continue reading → ... read more
- ?Diane di Prima (1934–2020)Diane di Prima (1934–2020) Prolific feminist beat poet and cultural icon, whose revolutionary work continues to be relevant. Diane di Prima, one of the last surviving beat poets, has died in San Francisco at the age of 86. Of the … Continue reading → ... read more
- Tax Avoidance and Competitive AdvantageMayowa Akinbote, Lecturer, Staffordshire Business School Apple Inc. (Apple) is a well-known technology company for designing, manufacturing and selling smartphones, tablets, computers and other digitals accessories. Apple has been the world most valuable brand in 2020 with revenue of $267.7 … Continue reading → ... read more
- Top 3 Leadership behaviours to survive the Pandemic!by Vanessa Oakes, Course Director at Staffordshire Business School Leadership theory identifies a vast range of styles and behaviours to emulate and develop, most with their own sets of advantages and disadvantages. This blog identifies three of the most useful … Continue reading → ... read more
- Five Black Friday ThoughtsAngela Lawrence, Associate Dean, Staffordshire Business School 2020 celebrates a decade since the arrival of the term Black Friday – traditionally the day after Thanksgiving in America, it came into existence to encourage people to take advantage of an annual … Continue reading → ... read more