Meet the expert: Nafisa Usman
Meet Nafisa Usman, Lecturer in Financial Technology and Digital Business at Salford Business School.
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Meet the expert: Dr Adrian Monaghan
Meet Dr Adrian Monaghan, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for MSc International Business here at Salford Business School. Having worked at a French multinational firm, he became inspired to pursue a career in academia and apply his knowledge to teaching students about international business.
How circular thinking can help businesses cut waste and carbon
Dr Silvia Tedesco, Associate Professor for Sustainability at the University of Salford’s Centre for Sustainable Innovation (CSI), recently delivered an online lecture for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) North West Power Division. Her talk, How can circularity improve business? introduced engineers and industry professionals to new ways of reducing waste and carbon emissions by reusing materials that would normally be thrown away.
Season 2 of the Belonging podcast wraps up
Salford Business School’s Belonging in a Business School podcast has officially wrapped up its second season, continuing to explore the power of lived experience in understanding the complex nature of belonging at University.
Gamifying carbon footprints to inspire deeper learning
Last month, Dr Anjana Basnet, Lecturer in International Business and Strategy and PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) Coordinator at the University of Salford, presented the research paper ‘From bananas to flights: gamifying carbon footprints for deeper learning’ at the Responsible Management Education Research Conference (RMERC) 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Building a secure and resilient AI future for SMEs
At this year’s European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2025), Dr Angel Jimenez-Aranda from Salford Business School presented his latest research at the edu4AI workshop. His talk, titled “A Framework for Building a Secure, Resilient and AI-based Digital Future for SMEs”, explored how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can embrace artificial intelligence (AI) while staying secure, resilient, and inclusive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Salford PhD researcher leads international workshop to bridge the AI divide
PhD researcher Aishatu Mohammed has delivered a high-impact workshop for over 130 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and 20 policymakers in Nigeria, focused on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to drive inclusive innovation and sustainable growth.
Reimagining corporate leadership: Dr David Beech advocates for a public interest duty
Dr David Beech, an organisational psychologist and Lecturer at Salford Business School, recently presented his research on corporate leadership and governance at the tenth Worldwide Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research (WINIR) conference in Prague, Czechia.
Attending BERA 2025: Sharing research and building connections
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.
Reframing entrepreneurship: Reflections from IEEC 2025
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.”