Leeds University Business School Explained

Leeds University Business School
Established:	School of Economic Studies – 1965 School of Management Studies – 1965 School of Business and Economic Studies – 1988 Leeds University Business School 1997 Faculty of Business – 2003.^[1]
Type:	Business School
Academic Staff:	200^[2]
Students:	4,000
Undergrad:	2,000
Postgrad:	2,300 Masters students and over 100 Postgraduate Researchers
City:	Leeds
Country:	England
Dean:	Julia Bennell^[3]
Affiliations:	University of Leeds
Website:	https://business.leeds.ac.uk

Leeds University Business School is a business school in the University of Leeds,^[4] in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.

Location

Leeds University Business School is housed in several buildings at the University of Leeds, including the 19th-century Maurice Keyworth building (previously Leeds Grammar School), Charles Thackrah building and Clarendon building. The School also shares the Newlyn building and Esther Simpson building with the School of Law, which officially opened in October 2019 and March 2022 respectively. Leeds University Business School is situated on the western campus of the University of Leeds, located 1miles north of Leeds city centre. The Marks & Spencer company archive is also housed here, containing over 60,000 artefacts and pieces moved there in 2009 from London to Leeds, the birthplace of the company. Further buildings include the Liberty Building, home to the Faculty of Law, and Western Lecture Theatre.^[5]

Profile and reputation

For business and management research, Leeds was ranked twelfth in the UK for the quality of its research and fifth for research power in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. It had 145 research active full time equivalent staff in business and management, making it the sixth largest group in the UK.^[6]

Alumni

Notable Business School alumni include:

• Roger Whiteside, CEO Greggs
• José Ángel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD
• Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chairman of Network Rail
• John R Hirst, former CEO of the Met Office
• Subir Raha, former chairman and managing director of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
• Jayant Krishna, Group CEO of the UK India Business Council and former CEO of the National Skill Development Corporation
• Sudhir Chaturvedi, President and Executive board member at Larsen & Toubro Infotech

Current notable academics

Leeds University Business School has over 200 academic staff.^[7]

• Peter Buckley (academic)
• Kevin Keasey

External links

• Leeds University Business School

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our history . Leeds University Business School . 13 September 2023.
2. Web site: About the University of business Facts and figures. 1 January 2007. University of Leeds. 16 November 2006.
3. Web site: New Executive Dean for Leeds University Business School . Leeds University Business School . 19 June 2019 . 19 June 2019.
4. Web site: University of Leeds . University of Leeds . 14 July 2015 . 14 July 2015.
5. Web site: Facilities on the Western Campus at the University of Leeds . Leeds University Business School . 14 July 2015 . 14 July 2015.
6. News: REF 2021: Business and management studies. 12 May 2022. Times Higher Education.
7. Web site: Academics at Leeds University Business School . Leeds University Business School . 14 July 2015 . 14 July 2015.