Suffolk Business School

Developing tomorrow’s business leaders

The Suffolk Business School is a new and innovative community impact Business School. Based at the heart of one of the UK’s fastest city economies in Ipswich we are committed to developing the talent and entrepreneurial effectiveness of all learners across the University of Suffolk and within our local business community. At the heart of the Suffolk Business School is the Ipswich Waterfront Innovation Centre (IWIC), a dedicated space to bring together students, academics and businesses to drive forward change and innovation. Our connections with the world of business provides real, exciting and challenging learning opportunities for our students -  developing their talent and supporting our local business community to grow and innovate.

Subject Areas

Business Management

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Economics and Accounting

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Events and Tourism

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Marketing

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Our People

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- Gwenda Palmer, AAUA

Gwenda is Professional Assistant (PA) to the Dean of Suffolk Business School.  Having started her career in higher education (HE) as a Course Administrator for postgraduate and professional courses at Suffolk College, Gwenda joined the UCS 'start-up' team in December 2006 as PAÂ...

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- Dr Will Thomas

Will is an Associate Professor in the Suffolk Business School and responsible for the running of the BA (Hons) Business Management degree. He is passionate about supporting the learning and development of students and in doing so, supporting the development of businesses locally and...

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- Dr Dababrata Chowdhury

Dr Dababrata Chowdhury (Daba) is an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Suffolk.  He graduated in Computer Science and Engineering (BSc) from Turkey and then completed his MBA and PhD at the Plymouth University.  His principal research int...

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- Dr Suzanne Nolan

Suzanne is Senior Lecturer in Employment Development, and Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Business Management Professional programme.  She teaches on a range of subjects including: careers development, marketing and research methods.  She completed her BA (Hons) in History, MA in...

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- Robert Price

Robert Price is an Associate Professor specialising in organisational change management and leadership. He contributes to the delivery of the School's continuing professional development programme, delivering a number of seminars/workshops on managing organizational change for Suff...

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- Jonathan Harvey

After studying at UCS and completing a BA (Hons) followed by a MSc, Jonathan has been lecturing at the Suffolk Business School in Events, Tourism, Hospitality and Business Management.  He is a Senior Lecturer and leads the Event/Tourism Suite of programmes.  He introduced and teac...

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- Dr Fran Hyde

Fran is Lecturer in Marketing and Public Relations as well as leader for the BA(Hons) in Marketing and the BA(Hons) in Marketing/Public Relations degree programmes. ...

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- Dr Tom Vine

Tom was recruited by the University of Suffolk in January 2012.  He brought with him practitioner experience as well as academic proficiency from a number of prestigious universities. In addition to his lecturing and supervision responsibilities, Tom currently coordinates both the...

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- Joshua King Obeng-Nyarko

Joshua King Obeng-Nyarko is a public speaker and an academic who derives great satisfaction to see students succeed in academic endeavours and succeed in life.  As a chartered Accountant by profession and currently working on his Doctoral thesis at the University of Essex, Joshua h...

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- Sarah Harris

Sarah has been a lecturer at the University of Suffolk since 2009 on the Event and Tourism Management degree programmes. Sarah lectures in Marketing and Event Management. Sarah works extensively with outside organisations and charities, developing relationships in order to offer ...

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- Dr Shahidul Islam

Dr Shahidul Islam is a Lecturer in Accounting at Suffolk Business School, University of Suffolk. He worked as a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at Leicester Castle Business School of De Montfort University and Lecturer in Accounting at Coventry Business School of Coventry Univers...

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- Gloria Picton

Gloria is a Spanish language lecturer at the University of Suffolk. She moved to England in 1988 and has been working as a Spanish teacher since 1995 in a variety of locations, joining the university in 2007.   ...

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- Dr Åžule Akkoyunlu

Dr Åžule Akkoyunlu is a Lecturer in Economics and Finance and also the Course Leader of the BA in Economics, Banking and Finance. ...

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- Terry Wales

Terry has a background of 12 years experience in Human Resource Management in the Electricity and Railway Industries. He subsequently has 21 years experience in teaching/ managing programmes for HR professionals. He is the Course Leader for the thriving Postgraduate Diploma in H...

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- Professor David Gill FRSA FSA

Professor David Gill is Professor of Archaeological Heritage and Director of Heritage Futures at the University of Suffolk. He serves as the RSA Heritage Chamption for the Central Region. ...

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- Peter Stanway

Peter is a generalist HR professional with extensive strategic and operational HR and business experience, and first class employment law knowledge. He has operated as a Consultant since 2002. He is capable of working with multi-national organisations through to SMEs across the p...

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- Simon Faiers

As a part-time lecturer in Suffolk Business School, Simon teaches human resource management to post graduate students.  For the balance of his time he consults and advises on human resource management. ...