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Course Leader: BA (Hons) Accounting & Economics, Senior Lecturer in Economics

As Britain stands on the cusp of potential political change, our nation faces significant economic challenges. With stagnant growth and constrained public finances, the next government – regardless of its political stripe – must prioritise revitalising our economy.

As we head into 2024, small businesses across our region, and the country, are facing myriad challenges. Rising costs, recruitment and retention issues, the climate emergency, pressure to achieve net zero and geopolitical uncertainty to name a few.

Labour’s industrial strategy green paper, Invest 2035:The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, sets out the scale of work that needs to be done to achieve their vision for economic growth.

There are nearly seven million 16-24 years olds in the UK. As many of this group finish school, college or university, they face the real prospect of long-term unemployment.

Transforming the UK by ‘spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it’ was the central commitment of the government’s long awaited white paper on levelling up, which was finally published last week.

One of the defining features of the current job market is the difficulty many sectors are having in recruiting and retaining fresh talent. In the growing logistics industry, we require a steady supply of new recruits to keep up with demand for our services.

With origins in the design, manufacturing and fabrication industries of Victorian Sheffield, through to the pioneering innovations of Sheffield City Polytechnic, Hallam is firmly rooted in the making and creating heritage of South Yorkshire.

A new report published recently by the social mobility charity the Sutton Trust, has claimed that higher-level apprenticeships are being snapped up by the middle classes and have become as sought after as a traditional university degree.

The UK’s leading entrepreneurial university is in Sheffield – what does this mean for the city and region?