The recent National Student Survey conducted by HEFCE, has placed Kent Business School at the forefront of undergraduate business education in the UK in 2015. … Read more
MSc finance module to be taught by bank CEO, Professor Moorad Choudhry
We are pleased to announce that Professor Moorad Choudhry will deliver the Bank Asset-Liability Risk Management module this academic year. As CEO of Habib Bank … Read more
Place Your Bets: How to Play the Innovation Game and Win
“no problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it” Albert Einstein Each month we are developing a B I G … Read more
The Secrets to Effective and Successful Delegation
“You can do anything, but not everything” David Allen (Author of ‘Getting Things Done’) What we have come to learn from our in-depth research with … Read more
Are You ‘Investment Ready’?
by Dr Zita Stone Since our last B I G Network session, where we explored ‘reaching beyond strategic financial management: identifying what really drives performance … Read more
KBS Signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
Kent Business School has become a signatory to the United Nations (UN) PRME initiative, which serves as a global network for leading business schools to … Read more
Reaching Beyond Strategic Financial Management: Identifying What Really Drives Performance and Growth
On 17 June, our Network of ambitious owner-manager came together to explore and find answers to their questions concerning what it really means to be … Read more
Entrepreneurship has been democratised!
By Hamish Clifton Does the word “entrepreneur” conjure success: derision, envy, admiration? Maybe all of them? There are landmarks in our culture, our sense of … Read more
KBS’ Dr Jesse O’Hanley wins the EURO Excellence in Practice Award 2015
Dr Jesse O’Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Systems Management has been awarded the EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA) 2015. The award recognises outstanding accomplishments in … Read more
KBS graduate to launch tourism information business in Canterbury
23-year-old BA International Business graduate Sam Caygill will launch “WhatsOn”, a central tourism information point in Canterbury on 1 August. Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, … Read more
How do you deliver a successful strategic alliance?
What makes a good strategic alliance? In fact, let’s not settle for good, what makes a great strategic alliance? Like marriage, strategic alliances require commitment … Read more
KBS Secures Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with Priority Freight and Port of Dover
KBS has successfully secured two funded Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) to support Kent-based Priority Freight and the Port of Dover. During the 30-month partnership, KBS’ … Read more
Exploring the Essence of ‘Good’ Strategy
For the latest in our series of live radio shows through which we are exploring the characteristics of success in 2015 we focused on ‘The … Read more
Strategic alliances: merely a case of rolling the dice?
Should we just roll the dice, or can we make better choices in the way we identify those individuals and organisations we build relationships with? … Read more
KBS students to cycle from Canterbury to Amsterdam for Seeds for Africa
On Thursday, four KBS students will cycle from Canterbury to Amsterdam to raise money for Seeds for Africa. The University of Kent based charity, helps … Read more
Students Pitch Ideas To Top 100 Sunday Times Fast Track Company
As one of the UK’s largest rice mills in the UK, and Top 100 Sunday Times Fast Track Company (2012), Veetee Rice challenged our students to … Read more
KBS report on ‘good governance’ to be published in Governance Magazine
On the 6th May 2015, fifteen leaders from the Public, Private and Third Sectors gathered to discuss the important topic of “What is Good Governance … Read more
Royal recognition for KBS’s enterprising approach
Kent Business School’s innovative approach to promoting student enterprise has been recognised with a special royal invitation. KBS was invited to attend a Buckingham Palace … Read more
KBS’ Dr Simon Raby secures Leverhulme Academic Fellowship
Kent Business School is proud to announce that Dr Simon Raby, Research Associate for the Centre for Employment, Competitiveness and Growth (ECG) has been awarded … Read more
Why defining the purpose and motives of a strategic alliance is so important
Whilst discussing the design of a network session that would explore what it takes to establish a successful strategic alliance we kept coming back to … Read more













