News Archive 2011
23/11/11 British Sign Language lecturer
named national teacher of the year
Amanda Smith, programme leader for British Sign Language (BSL)
and Senior Lecturer in the Business School at York St John
University, has been named...
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about British Sign Language lecturer named national teacher of the
year
21/11/11 Battle of the graduate
entrepreneurs at regional awards final
The region’s top emerging entrepreneurs
gathered at York St John University on Friday to compete for a
£1,500 prize at an enterprise awards show...
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entrepreneurs at regional awards final
7/11/11 Putting York business into focus
York Business
Week is an excellent opportunity to inspire, advise
and celebrate all that is fantastic about doing business in York.
This week brings together business and public sector leaders,
support providers, entrepreneurs and students with a series of
great events from 14 to 18 November.
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St John Business School
04/10/11 Global leaders at York St John
Business School
Leaders from NGOs, government bodies and private companies from
all over the world visited York St John Business School.
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30/08/11 Business School Book
Celebration
The Business School has celebrated the most
recent publication of books written by members of its staff with an
event attended by colleagues from across the University. It is
intended that this becomes an annual event. The authors covered a
wide range of topics in business management, tourism, language and
applied linguistics.
12/08/11 10 more Acorns enter
the world of Business
Ten more entrepreneurs completed the Acorns Plus ‘boot camp’
this summer at York St John Business School...
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camp'
30/06/11 Phoenix Centre set to
soar
The Phoenix Centre, a business incubator on the York St John
University campus, has been hailed a resounding success with
activity confirmed to extend beyond...
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soar
24/06/11 Acorns arrive early with
summer York St John Business School start-up programme
Hot on the heels of the success of April’s Acorns Plus
training programme for start-up businesses, York St John Business
School has announced...
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21/06/11 Yorkshire SMEs urged to think
global
The very good shape of the global economy, a weak but stable
Pound and extremely strong growth figures from a number of
developing countries means now...
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think global
17/06/11 British Sign Language lecturer wins regional
teacher of the year
Amanda Smith, programme leader for British Sign Language (BSL)
at York St John University, has been named Yorkshire and Humber’s
Teacher of the Year in the...
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lecturer wins regional teacher of the year
12/05/11 Experts declare pride, passion and love as
vital to deal with local, national and global change
Businesses, civic leaders and citizens must connect with their
humanity to foster a culture of caring if they are to deal
effectively with financial, social and political change according
to City of York Council CEO, Kersten England and corporate
philosopher Professor Roger Steare.
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Business School
12/04/11 Business boot camp kicks off at York St John
Business School
While the region’s businesses start gearing up for the Easter
break, ten fledgling Yorkshire companies are being put through
their paces this week at a business...
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at York St John Business School
16/03/11 British Sign Language exam success puts
students top of the class
York St John Business School is celebrating a 100% pass rate in
its latest Signature examination results in British Sign Language
(BSL), putting it more than 20...
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success puts students top of the class
08/02/11 First year student to address fellow
entrepreneurs at Venturefest
Entrepreneurs will learn from a bright young spark at this
year’s Venturefest Yorkshire, when first year York St John student
Ed Taylor addresses fellow...
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address fellow entrepreneurs at Venturefest
03/02/11 Business School to give businesses a creative
boost at Venturefest
Entrepreneurs and business managers visiting Venturefest
Yorkshire on 16 February will learn why the apparently simply
decision in the 1960s to sell the four finger Kit-Kat as a two
finger bar demonstrates the immense power that creativity
and...
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businesses a creative boost at Venturefest