1. ABS Staff Induction – Staff and Students

3. Rachel Burn, Head of Administration – contact for support staff
Contacts
Prof Jill Poole, Deputy Dean (Head of Faculty) – contact for academic staff
Rachel Burn, Head of Administration – contact for support staff
Bhandna Bagga, Temporary HR Advisor for ABS.

4. ABS Staff ABS has: Approx 125 academic & research staff
Approx 80 administrative and support staff
Of the academic staff:
Approx 2/3 are male and 1/3 female
Approx half of the academic staff were born in the UK and half overseas, making us a truly international business school

5. ABS Staff Academic Staff are organised into 7 academic groups:
Accounting
Economics & Strategy
Finance
Law
Marketing
Operations & Information Management
Work & Organisational Psychology

6. ABS Staff
Administrative staff sit in a range of offices and departments including:
The Undergraduate, Postgraduate and MBA Offices
The Admissions Team
Research and Doctoral Offices [AARM and RDP Office]
Marketing & Alumni
Centre for Executive Development
Executive Dean’s (or School) Office
Support for the 7 Academic Groups

7. ABS Staff events, meetings and communications
Every year, ABS holds the following events/meetings:
Termly all staff briefings which include lunch.
Meetings with different groups of staff (e.g. all lecturers and teaching fellows, all support/administrative staff)
Each department will have regular meetings and briefings
The School communication bulletin is called ‘ ABStracts’ and provides an update on key news from the Executive Dean.
We want your involvement and for you to have an input into the teaching, research and other activities which take place within ABS.
In August/September we launched an important consultation seeking your views on the proposed management reorganisation of ABS.

8. Code of practice for staff
ABS code of practice for staff which states we are committed to:
providing high-quality services
acting in a manner which promotes and safeguards the well-being and interests of the Aston community 
working well with fellow members of the University, in a spirit of openness, trust, integrity and honesty;
ensuring, as appropriate, the confidentiality of information [we must apply the Data Protection legislation];
recognising that we all have a part to play
respecting diversity  
taking responsibility for our own performance 

9. ABS Students In 2012/13, ABS had:
A total of 2999 undergraduate students of which:
741 were new undergraduate students
2340 were ‘Home/EU students’
659 were ‘Overseas’ students
505 were out on placement year
9% were over the age of 21
787 students studying generalist and specialist Masters of which 70% were ‘overseas’ students
310 MBA students of which 100 were new and half ‘overseas’.
156 research students, representing 48+ countries

10. ABS Students ABS students :
Come from a wide range of backgrounds and countries:
There was a 46/54 male/female split
3% have a declared disability
They represent 102 countries
46% of our undergraduates live in Aston accommodation, the remainder living at home or in their own place/private rental
37% of our Masters students live in Aston accommodation and only 12% of research students

11. A global learning community!