It would make navigation faster for staff if they could log in to a module then, from the default landing screen, see a list of direct links to areas they access most frequently.

If it was a list of the top 10 most frequently used areas, that'd be okay.

Better, would be if staff could "star" different areas (such as Core > Content > Resource Boards, or Core > Reporting > Manage Lists > Manage advanced lists), to create a custom list of "quick links".