In September 2025, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Dr Lisa Rees O’Donnell represented the University of Salford at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2025 at the University of Sussex. The annual conference brings together educational researchers, practitioners and policymakers to exchange knowledge and debate some of the most pressing issues in education.
After excelling on her summer internship with global financial services firm BNY, Business Management student Nailah Khan has secured a place on their highly competitive graduate scheme, a full year before graduating.
Salford Business School is set to welcome researchers from around the world as it hosts the 3rd International Conference on The Economic Perspective on Artificial Intelligence (EPEAI) on 16 and 17 June 2026. Submissions are now invited.
At the International Conference in Banking and Financial Studies (ICBFS) 2025, held 11–12 September at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Piacenza, Italy, Salford Business School’s Dr Zeeshan Ali Syed, Programme Director for Financial Technology (FinTech) and Lecturer in Finance, presented new research on unsupervised machine learning for portfolio management.
The International Enterprise Educators Conference (IEEC) 2025, hosted this year at Manchester Metropolitan University, brought together educators, practitioners, and innovators from across the UK and beyond to explore fresh perspectives on enterprise and entrepreneurship education. This year theme was “Disruptions, Futures and Enterprise Education.”
At this year’s International Conference on Building Science, Technology and Sustainability (ICBSTS25) in Nagoya, Japan, Dr Angel Jimenez-Aranda, Associate Professor in Digital Transformation at the University of Salford, played a central role as Programme Chair of the conference.
Meet Dr Ayesha Chowdhury, Lecturer in Law here at Salford Business School, and a keen academic who has spent years researching a series of complex legal fields, including Terrorism Law, Human Rights Law, and Legal Ethics and Concepts. Inspired by her family’s own passion for education, she decided early in her career to leave her prestigious Barrister role and pursue a role in academia.
Ten Salford Business School students will soon benefit from new scholarships designed to help them overcome financial barriers and achieve their ambitions, thanks to a £20,000 award from the Jim Jackson Educational and Enabling Foundation.
The 15th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET) 2025, held at the University of Vienna, Austria, brought together global experts to discuss innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), human-computer interaction, virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), wearable technologies, and sustainable business practices.
Whilst travelling the world working for an international bank, Sandra Donnelly realised her true ambition was to help inspire the next generation of ethically conscious business leaders. After spending several years teaching in a secondary school, she returned to university to further her own research and hasn’t looked back since.