Latest EBS News & Events

This page is here to keep you up to date with all that is going on at Essex Business School! Our most interesting/exciting stories, our Facebook feed, our internal news feed and our upcoming seminars, many of which are open to the public as well as academics.

Courses meet Business needs

A partnership between the Business and Management Training Centre at Essex Business School (EBS) and the Essex Chambers of Commerce is helping to meet the training needs of the business community in the eastern regions . Read more...

Essex Business School Inaugural Lecture Series: Audio Recordings

Professor Philip Hancock and Professor Samantha Warren delivered the first in a series of Inaugural Lectures for Essex Business School on December the 7th, 2011. The lectures were in two parts and are now available to be listened to online. Read more...

EBS congratulates Colchester's Businesswoman of the Year

Essex Business School (EBS) had a strong presence at the 2011 Colchester Business Awards this month and the evening was a great opportunity for staff to meet some of the inspiring finalists. Denise Sherer and Patrick Hitchen were delighted to be judging the Businesswoman of the Year and believe women have a big part to play in business today. Read more...

Essex Business School Alumni's Bright Future

"Everywhere we go is a new business opportunity" says Michael Ings, alumnus of Essex Business School and co-founder of Finbright, a unique, energy-efficient UK-based lighting company. From the first cohort of Essex Business School’s Southend campus degree scheme "New Venture Creation and Enterprise Management", Michael is going from strength to strength. Read more...

Centre for Entrepreneurship Research - 2011 Entrepreneurship Lecture

We are delighted to announce that the 2011 Entrepreneurship Lecture of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (CER) will be given by Professor David Storey on Thursday 1 December. He takes as his title 'What Actually Happens to New Enterprises?'. The talk will be followed by a panel discussion of the issues raised by Professor Storey. The panel will include representatives from academia, industry and government. Read more...

New flexible course helps business people study for MBA

Essex Business School is supporting time-pressed business people who want to gain additional qualifications by launching a part-time MBA programme. The new course, which starts in September and runs alongside their existing full-time MBA programme, is aimed at business executives unable to commit to full-time study, but keen to develop their skills and professional competencies. Read more...

Essex Business School Open Day - Southend Campus

Our Southend Campus will be holding it's annual undergraduate Open Day on Saturday 24 September. The event, which is free and open to prospective students and their parents, is designed to give students more information about the courses we run at Southend, what studying at The University of Essex will be like and introduce you to a few of the academics who may be teaching you. Read more...

Essex Business School visits Chinese partner universities

In April 2011 Dr Andrew Wood, Director of Learning and Teaching, and Dr Cecilia Cassinger visited Chinese partner universities in Guangzhou, Beijing and Nanchang. The purpose of the visit was to deliver a series of lectures concerning academic writing in the UK and introduce students to modes of assessment at Essex Business School. Read more...

Essex Business Awards

As part of it's commitment to developing strong relationships with businesses across the region, Essex Business School sponsored the recent Essex Countywide Business Awards.

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