Research has the highest priority in planning and resource allocation.
In addition over 3.25m in research grants and funding has been secured over the last five years. An international panel including academics and business practitioners from the USA, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the UK carried out the assessment. Research is the most clearly stated policy within the school and is the key value of the school. November 1999 Aston Business School conducts research across a wide range of business and management disciplines addressing issues of relevance to organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors. It employs a wide array of research approaches and methodologies appropriate to the disciplines represented.