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Professor of Marketing

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We are very pleased to be working again with Newcastle University Business School on a key professorial appointment.

Under the leadership of Professor Ian Clarke, the School is continuing its programme of investment in outstanding international scholars. As Professor of Marketing you will make a leading contribution to the School’s research profile and will develop inter-disciplinary initiatives across the School and University.

The School is in the final stage of securing triple accreditation and has recently moved into a €55 million state-of-the-art building. As part of a leading Russell Group university, the School is committed to world-class academic excellence with a purpose. The School focuses on providing research that informs the world of practice and on preparing our graduates for the demands of the global economy.

With a strong track record of recent publications in internationally recognised journals, and a flair for leadership, this is an opportunity for you to help develop a subject area and to put your strategic ideas into practice. In return, the School offers the support to undertake pioneering research and to further your career within an internationally renowned, research-intensive university.

The candidate material is here and the closing date is Monday, 12 March 2012.


Professor of High-Growth Entrepreneurship, Aalto University

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We are very pleased to be working with Aalto University in Helsinki on the appointment of a Professor of High-Growth Entrepreneurship within the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.

Aalto is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities with a global reputation in the social sciences, engineering, and arts and design. The university champions pioneering, inter-disciplinary research and has extensive international links with universities and businesses.

This is a newly created position. The Professor of High-Growth Entrepreneurship will play a leading role in the intellectual development of the newly created Aalto Ventures Program, undertaking high quality research and building international partnerships. The Program is a key strategic priority for the university.

The appointee will benefit from collaborating with leading figures in the entrepreneurship field, generous research support, the university's extensive international network, and excellent access to entrepreneurs and decision makers in the private and public sectors. In addition, the university can offer the many benefits that come with living and working in one of Europe's leading capital cities and centres of learning, with a world leading education system.

Further details about the appointment are here. The closing date for applications is Monday, 13 February.



Director of the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal

We are advising on the appointment of the inaugural Director of the Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal (NISR). The Institute is being established by Newcastle University to play a leading role in the theory and practice of social renewal and to address and provide solutions to the question: how can societies and communities thrive when faced with rapid, transformational change?

Full details of the appointment are here.

At the heart of the new Institute is a programme of research, teaching and engagement that will address many of the most pressing challenges confronting societies across the world. The programme is to be divided into six proposed sub-themes, including leadership, citizenship and governance; entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation; people, place and community; and well-being and resilience.

Social Renewal is one three societal challenge themes on which Newcastle University is focusing its academic energies, drawing on its scholarly standing in the three areas and its track record of engagement with real-life issues. The other two themes – both of which have already enjoyed very considerable success – are Ageing and Health (launched in 2010) and Sustainability (launched at the start of this year).

The Institute Director will be a figure of high standing in a field relating to social renewal and will lead the delivery of the theme. The job is one of leadership more than management: it involves leading the intellectual development of the theme, providing a focal point for existing and new research and engagement activities, and representing the Institute to a wide range of external audiences. The power to persuade, enthuse, and influence - and to be credible with academics and practitioners alike - will be key to the Director’s success.



Chief Executive, The Association of Business Schools

We are delighted that Paul Marshall has now joined the Association of Business Schools as its new Chief Executive. Paul was formerly the Executive Director of the 1994 Group of internationally renowned, research-intensive universities.

Our search was for an up-tempo, entrepreneurial figure who would enjoy the variety that came with leading a small, busy team and shifting gears between lobbying, governance, and strategy and who would represent the Association to a wide range of audiences, ensuring the voice of business schools was influential in policy debates. To find out more, have a look at the candidate material.

The ABS is the leading voice of business and management education in the UK, representing nearly 120 business schools that, between them, contribute ￡7.5 billion to our economy and educate one in eight undergraduates and one in five postgraduates. There is a strong international emphasis to the Association’s work, arising not just from its international partnerships but also the fact that one in four international students in the UK is at a business school.

Managing Director (UK and Europe), INTO

We are delighted that Jeremy Lindley has been appointed Managing Director (UK and Europe) at INTO. Jeremy will be joining the organisation from the University of Exeter where he has been Director of Finance and Deputy Registrar for the past six years and where he has seen through a wide-ranging programme of growth and development.

The Managing Director position was created to reflect the scale of INTO’s activities and ambitions in the context of its strategic plan for 2011-2015. The announcement of Jeremy’s appointment is here. In our search, we were looking for a business oriented leader, with strong operational credentials and high grade commercial and financial skills who would be credible with senior university figures.

INTO specialises in large scale partnerships that transform the capacity, reach, and competitive positioning of universities. It acts as a strategic partner and integrates with universities, giving them access to development opportunities, creating and improving capacity, and simplifying access. INTO’s university partners retain control of academic quality while benefitting from the organisations worldwide marketing network, investment in high-quality facilities, and innovative programmes of study..

Four Chairs in Business and Management Studies, Newcastle University

Since early 2010 we have been working closely with Newcastle University Business School to recruit a new tranche of professors in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, strategy, international business, and accounting and finance. These appointments are an important part of the Business School’s plans to establish itself as one of Europe’s leading research-intensive organisations. Our work for the School has involved extensive international searches, giving us detailed up-to-date knowledge of the global market for scholars in the field of business and management studies.

To date, we have advised on four appointments. In 2010 Dr. Dimo Dimov joined the School as Professor of Entrepreneurship from the University of Connecticut and Dr. James Hayton was appointed the Goldman Professor of Innovation and Enterprise, from Bocconi University. To find out more about Dimo and James, and their plans for the School, have a look at this interview with them.

Two further appointments were made in early 2011. Professor Chris Carter was appointed Chair in Strategy and joined the School in September from St Andrews University, where he was Professor of Organization Studies. Dr. Kathryn Haynes was appointed Northern Society Chair in Accounting and Finance and joined the School from Aston Business School, where she was Reader in Accounting.