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Thing-ification: Why the Human Face of Work Needs to be Brought Back In

Eugene Wei/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA Stephanie Russell, Anglia Ruskin University At work, do you feel like a disposable financial asset, or part of a family; a cog in the machine, or a human being on a team? How your company treats you can have a huge effect on your well-being and the success of the firm. The novelist Terry Pratchett wrote that ā€œevil begins when you begin to treat people as thingsā€. Continue reading →

Is this the Most Secure Coin in the World?

Royal MintRichard Farmer, University of East Anglia Although people are becoming increasingly reliant on electronic forms of financial transaction, the introduction of a new coin still feels like an important occasion. The new Ā£1 coin, which enters circulation on March 28, is described by the Royal Mint as ā€œthe most secure coin in the worldā€. It is likely to be controversial. Continue reading →

A Welcome from the Editor

  Iā€™d like to personally welcome all of our new colleagues joining us this week at the University of Southampton, especially those who are joining us in the Business School! Iā€™d like to take this chance to introduce you to the Studying Business at Southampton Blog, where everyone will have a chance, and be actively encouraged, to contribute to. The blog was started last year, as an initiative of the Business Programmes Co-Design Group and, as such, has a large student focus. Continue reading →

Our Top 10 Tips to Make the Most of Your SBS Course!

  We thought it might be helpful to you if we gave you our top ten pieces of advice to make the most of your first year! Ā These are a mixture of course-related and extra-curricular related things.   1. Go to the Bunflight (on the 28th of September) during freshers week and get involved! It is the single best event to see the whole breadth of what societies and clubs the university hosts. Continue reading →

The European Question: Southampton Decides

As referendum fever holds the nation in anticipation for June 23rd, PublicPolicy@Southampton held, what can only be described, as a very informed and heated debate about the European question. With a packed audience of students, academics and local residents in The Cube, Dr. Alan Whitehead MP, Labour MP for Southampton Test and James Edwards, representing Students for Europe shared the ā€˜Remainā€™ platform. Continue reading →