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Humanising digital services in the charity sector

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

A project to improve digitalisation in the charity sector led to a rethinking of the entire research process which has wider lessons for academia. >>

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New guidance helps retailers prevent and manage violence against staff

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

AMBS, in collaboration with the Retail Trust, has launched best-practice guidance to help retailers prevent and manage violence and aggression in the workplace – offering a comprehensive, evidence-based framework tailored specifically to retail environments. >>

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National Forum launches report on measuring workplace health and wellbeing

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

The National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work, which is based at AMBS, has launched a report on how organisations can more effectively measure health and wellbeing within the workplace. >>

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ITMB students showcase innovative digital transformation solutions in collaboration with Fujitsu

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

On Thursday 28 May, Alliance Manchester Business School hosted the ITMB x Fujitsu Panel, bringing together Year 2 students from the BSc Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) programme with senior leaders from The University of Manchester and Fujitsu, as part of a unique industry collaboration. >>

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BNY and The University of Manchester launch the Future of Work Alliance, focused on responsible use and application of human-led AI

Thursday, May 21, 2026

BNY, a global financial services company, and The University of Manchester have announced the launch of the Future of Work Alliance, a five year, £5 million initiative focused on advancing how human-led digital transformation can be integrated responsibly into large, data-intensive organisations in the AI era. >>

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Oil industry engineer sees benefits of DBA

Monday, January 11, 2021

Asked about his job in the oil industry and Scott Wagstaff jokes that he is “an expensive plumber”. But his skills in creating oil wells and providing hardware for oil extraction is one that has taken him all over the world over the past 20 years.

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DBA, Research
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Read the latest issue of Alliance MBS’ Magazine

Thursday, January 7, 2021

The pandemic has cast a strong light on deep social and economic divisions in the UK and we touch on many of these themes in the latest issue of the AMBS Magazine, which has just been published.

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Research, School
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Determining how social networks will affect vaccine uptake

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Although the first COVID-19 vaccine was widely rolled out in the UK this week, there is still a long way ahead to achieve mass immunisation targets.

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Covid-19, Research
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AMBS academic gives evidence to Treasury Committee on pandemic impact

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Alliance MBS Research Fellow Dr Marianne Sensier gave evidence earlier this month to a Treasury Committee on the economic impact of Covid-19.

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Covid-19, Research
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British Standards awards in response to pandemic

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Duncan Shaw, Professor of Operational Research and Critical Systems, has been honoured by the British Standards Institute (BSI) for his work around producing guidelines for organisations and communities in the wake of the pandemic.

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Recovering from COVID, Research
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