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Thursday January 21st, 2010
Professional ice hockey players are swapping the rink for the classroom to perfect their business skills. Newcastle Business School has had a special relationship with the Mobilx Newcastle Vipers professional ice-hockey team for the past few years.
The relationship has seen seven players move from the ice into the classroom to study for The Newcastle Business School MBA, and one player embark on the BA (Hons) Leadership and Management degree.
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Tuesday January 12th, 2010
Staff from Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University have devised a new pedagogical learning model to help international students get to grips with the often complex use of English language in academia.
Programme Director of Learning Support and Enhancement in Newcastle Business School's postgraduate area, Dr Diane Sloan, and senior lecturer Elizabeth Porter are rolling out their 'CEM' model to meet the academic literacy needs of overseas students.
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Thursday January 7th, 2010
72% of consumers want carbon labels on food products, according to new research among over 400 supermarket shoppers by Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University.
The findings have been released following the Conservative Party's pledge to introduce a supermarket ombudsman and legislation to enforce "honest labelling" if they are elected.
Zaina Gadema, a logistics and supply chain management researcher at Newcastle Business School, completed the first stage of her study to gauge consumer perceptions on green issues when food shopping, at the end of December.
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