Nicholas Passenger

Nicholas Passenger

Nicholas is the Principal Lecturer for the Business and Marketing related courses at UCLan. As well as overlooking courses on our UK campuses, Nicholas overlooks key programmes internationally.

Location Lancashire, UK

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  • Brilliant - if we can be of any help in the future then please let us know

  • The magnificent Malmesbury .........a great area of then UK, one I spent 25 years in !

  • That is really interesting. We hope you enjoy the course and if you want any future support then please don't hesitate to contact us. All the best

  • Sounds interesting

  • Interesting roles. Welcome to the course @ZoedeCrecy

  • Good response

  • The important thing about the blog is to make it as personable to you as possible. Whilst it is easy to compare others (that indeed were good) it is key to make it as personable to yourself, which you probably have. Qualitative answers sometimes do not have a "correct" way to answer and this would be the case with a blog.

  • Great to have you on board @AnissaAuliaRahma - we hope you enjoy the course

  • Really interesting thoughts here

  • That's great - is this the website for the Repair Cafe ? https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/make-and-do-mend-rise-repair-cafe

  • Great to have so many backgrounds involved in this project and welcome @SofiaLa

  • That's really interesting and certainly we have now read various articles on the Refood - https://re-food.org/en/portugal/ - project - interesting to say the least

  • Great to hear this response and thanks for your time here

  • Fair point @SofiaLa on both fronts. We are very fortunate to have the expertise of Prof Karl Williams at our university and a special mention to Maria Sherrington for her meetings with him. It's a fair point regarding the cost of food and certainly there are research projects looking into this currently

  • Sometimes this is difficult but what is important is that you are questioning it and no doubt looking for solutions. Realistically this is the first step to reduction

  • That's brilliant @DonnaLaviolette - glad to have you as a part of the course

  • Agreed !

  • Indeed we were really pleased with their contribution - they are a really interesting company to follow https://upcirclebeauty.com/pages/our-story

  • Good to have you on board @LeviWitbaard

  • Great to hear and welcome

  • What are your thoughts on this now ?

  • Interesting answer @YuqianYang

  • That is a fascinating discussional point @kimw

  • Over here now @RhondaR. there is a bigger push for refilling containers will similar products but more in a self service style

  • Indeed @YinJieLi

  • Food for thought @LeJiaoWang

  • Indeed an interesting challenge is highlighted @悦涵唐

  • Interesting @LeJiaoWang

  • Thanks @XinheWang and best of luck with the future

  • Brilliant @RhondaR. and thanks for being a part of it

  • Interesting response @RuimanTang

  • Many thanks for joining the course @WendiZhou

  • Glad to hear you enjoyed it @RhondaR. - hopefully next week will be similar

  • No need to apologise @XinYan and thanks for the answer

  • Thanks @RhondaR.

  • Is that due to the software ?

  • Interesting @kimw but key also to highlight that it may be perceived that small steps here in the right direction but that over time this will only see true results?

  • Excellent response and interesting @XinYan

  • @TingYinFang it maybe that profits occur due to this in the long run but initially it could be seen as encouraging a "responsible marketing" approach

  • Exactly @HailuWang but also you may say that it is alsoto influence it's loyal customer's approaches as well ?

  • Indeed @LeJiaoWang and they are certainly at the helm of this in terms of the industry

  • Indeed marketing does @TingYinFang need to be responsible but sometimes the profit eyes seem to outweight the rsponsibility. It is interesting to see how countries are observing this now

  • Great response @DiTang and hopefully you'll enjoy Week 3 as much ?

  • Super summary @YinJieLi

  • That's great @WendiZhou -thanks for the indepth feedback

  • Super answer @kimw and certanly indeed it is interesting the way in which a footprint can be minimalised. This is becoming ore attractive in UK business and certainly seems to have more power if this approach in used when setting up a new business.

  • Great summary @XinYan and certainly there is a real push over here for self sourcing locally

  • It's interesting @RhondaR. as there are different ways of potentially looking at this now due to the pandemic. There was a terrific article written over here in The Sundays Times newspaper on the 18th April by Katrina Burroughs (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/20-best-homeware-and-furniture-buys-on-the-high-street-in-spring-2021-pqdj2hfks) that highlighted...

  • With this change in thought @HanLu it is clear that you will see changes pretty quickly.

  • Interesting but realistically @RhondaR. I think this tool is important to really think about our carbon footprint. Certainly it has made us all change at one point but the main target is to make these little changes as consistent as we can.

  • Sometimes @WendiZhou we need a shock to change our approaches and it's fascinating to see how little changes can occur with minimal efforts

  • Great honesty there @LiYao - I think we have all been there but realistically I for one have changed my mindset totally on how to approach this subject area. A challenge to start will but then becomes normal behaviour.It is seeminlgy much easier for the younger generation it would seem as they know no different but to do it this way.

  • Very thorough answer @ShufanMa and very interesting

  • Great ideas @YaoXiong

  • It's certainly an interesting question @RhondaR. and certainly one that is constantly being debated

  • Great and interesting answer @WendiZhou

  • Absolutely @WangwangLiu

  • Excellent point @慧铭王

  • Interesting @DanZhou

  • Excellent to hear and thanks @JohnMullin

  • Excellent to hear @HanLu

  • Well done @xinruYu

  • Brilliant summary @ChengWang

  • A great answer @WendiZhou - thanks for your viewpoint

  • Why can only a few residents do it @LiuHaiyan ?

  • That's really interesting @kimw - how is the zero- emissions program monitored and by who ?

  • Have all aspects of society been educated to this @ChengyiZhangZhang ? I ask as it will no doubt be dofferent for different generations ?

  • Interesting @YuqianYang - has this continued to develop in other areas over time ?

  • How is this done @ShufanMa ?

  • Great to have you on board @LinyuanTang

  • Welcome @YutingGu and thanks for joining us

  • Morning @ChengWang (Jessica) - we hope you enjoy this course

  • Well @ChemsEddineBOUKHEDIMI - hopefully this course can help ! We hope that you enjoy it

  • Great background @JoanaSimões and we look forward to hearing your views

  • Brilliant @YanjiChen - regards to all in Chongqing - you will have met a number of our colleagues that have taught you there

  • Fantastic @YijunWu - you will have come across a number of our UCLAN staff that have taught you in CQUE - welcome to the course

  • Interesting background @RatnaNingtyasDjarot - we hope you enjoy the course

  • Superb @Sunyidan - we hope you enjoy this course

  • Brilliant @慧铭王 and welcome

  • Great @SantiagoBernal look forward to having you on board

  • What are the environmentally friendly materials @悦涵唐 ?

  • Fantastic explanation @XiaoxueGao -thanks !

  • How is this measured @xinruYu and are there fines for people not doing this ?

  • Fantastic example @ConggangZeng

  • With your own pockets @HaoyueLuo ? What do you mean re this ?

  • How is this encouraged @WentingYang ?

  • What suggestions would you make @HanLu ? Are you talking about different coloured boxes per household for different types of waste or ask you looking at having "checkers" of what we put in bins. We only have the latter here if we request another "landfill" bin (which you can do if you have a large family) - then the council will monitor your recycling in the...

  • Indeed @dinglantang and what I have found most impressive about China in the years that I have gone there is that actually it was the smaller chains that were seemingly implementing it before the well known international brands

  • Are there promotion costs @ChengWang allocated to this ?

  • @RhondaR. Some really interesting points. Sustainability is quite high on the curriculum here in schools in the UK. Youngsters are much more informed than we ever were whilst at school and recycling services have improved immensely over the past 2 decades. One more change that has recently changed has been petrol (unleaded) moving from E5 to E10, so cars that...

  • Really interesting @慧铭王 - over here in the UK many cities are encouraging similar ideas. However it can still vary from province to province and certainly I have recently found this with some of our southern English counties having recycling services every single week, which is different from the area I live in.

  • Indeed @YaoXiong

  • Brilliant @YinJieLi totally agree

  • Really interesting points -when you say improving populatin quality - what do you mean?

  • Certainly got to agree with you @DanZhou regarding the efficient travel and even the amount of electric scooters etc that can be seen on the street. I even had the pleasure of being run into by one in Changsha !! Indeed the straw example can also be enhanced with the use of recyclable cups

  • Really fantastic views - well done

  • Excellent summary and views

  • Good to hear your opinion

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