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Professor Gerard Hodgkinson receives lifetime achievement award from British Academy of Management

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Gerard P. Hodgkinson, Professor of Strategic Management and Behavioural Science at AMBS, has been awarded the Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Academy of Management (BAM) in recognition of his various contributions to the field and management research. >>

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Asahi and AMBS Launch Innovative VR Training Collaboration

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Japanese beverage company Asahi has begun a major research project with the Data Visualisation Observatory at AMBS to explore the potential of using Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) systems to help train staff. >>

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Professor Timothy Devinney elected as a Fellow of the British Academy

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Chair of International Business at Alliance Manchester Business School Professor Timothy Michael Devinney has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy, the UK’s leading national body for the humanities and social sciences. >>

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Lord Alliance CBE 15 June 1932 - 18 July 2025

Monday, July 21, 2025

It is with great sadness that we have learned about the passing of Lord David Alliance CBE. >>

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Innovate 2050: How technology is driving education at AMBS

Friday, July 11, 2025

Alliance MBS recently hosted its second annual Festival of Business, bringing together academics, policymakers and leading industry pioneers, and there was one theme that remained at the forefront; disruptive technology. >>

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Paul Wood

‘Mad for Manchester’: Chemistry graduate starts fourth UoM degree at Alliance MBS

Friday, August 4, 2017

Paul Wood, Executive Principal at YK Pao School Secondary Division in Shanghai, recently started his fourth University of Manchester degree at Alliance MBS.

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Global Part-time MBA
Silent witnesses to bullying

Silent witnesses to bullying

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Why is it that employees who witness bullying in the workplace are often reluctant to intervene? And what role could they actually play in helping to improve the wider culture of a business? These are among the key questions that a team of academics from Alliance MBS are investigating as part of a project into the role that third parties play in workplace bullying.

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Research, Work and Equalities
Globalisation leading to a new age of “permanent austerity”

Globalisation leading to a new age of “permanent austerity”

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Austerity is not just a consequence of the global financial crisis but is here to stay as states grapple with the wider impacts of globalisation and the difficulty of increasing state spending. These are among the key messages from an ongoing multi-national academic study into the ‘foundational economy’ – namely those parts of the economy which provide the very basic goods and services that are at the foundation of civilised life.

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Research
Middle East Centre Director ranked among the ‘100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen’ 2017

Middle East Centre Director ranked among the ‘100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen’ 2017

Friday, July 28, 2017

Randa Bessiso, Founding Director of our Middle East Centre, has been named amongst the Forbes Middle East 100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen for 2017. Randa was previously recognised by Forbes in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 lists.

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School
Alliance Manchester Business School and Bruntwood celebrate significant step in campus redevelopment

Alliance Manchester Business School and Bruntwood celebrate significant step in campus redevelopment

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

MANCHESTER, 19 JULY, 2017 – Luminaries and leadership figures from Alliance Manchester Business School, Bruntwood and partners gathered on site at the hugely improved campus last night to celebrate a significant step forward in its redevelopment.

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School
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