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AMBS Advisory Board appoints business leader

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

We are delighted to announce that Alison Rodwell has been appointed to the Alliance Manchester Business School Advisory Board. Alison is currently the Director of Impact the Future Ltd, which works to promote good governance, and a Non-Executive Director at Sellafield in the nuclear industry, both based in the North West. >>

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AMBS retains leading position in QS Rankings for Masters programmes

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Alliance Manchester Business School has retained its position as one of the UK's leading business schools in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2026 and the Business Master's Rankings 2026. >>

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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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Entrepreneurs share £75,000 prize money at Venture Further Awards

Friday, May 7, 2021

The winners of the 2021 Venture Further business start-up competition have been announced during an online awards ceremony. Hosted by Alliance MBS Advisory Board member, entrepreneur and philanthropist Vikas Shah MBE, 15 teams of entrepreneurs have been awarded a share of a £75,000 cash prize fund to help take their start-ups to the next level.

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Enterprise, Full-time MBA, Masters
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Finalists announced for UK’s top University-led student start-up competition

Friday, March 26, 2021

Entrepreneurial students and recent graduates from across The University of Manchester took part in the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre’s annual business start-up competition and applied to win a slice of the Venture Further 2021 £75,000 prize fund to turn their innovative business ideas into reality.

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Enterprise, Full-time MBA, Global Part-time MBA, Masters, Undergraduate
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Marketing For The Business Curious: AMBS academics present podcast series

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

We caught up with AMBS academics, Dr Alex Gunz and Dawn Holmes to discuss the launch of their podcast series: Marketing For The Business Curious.

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DBA, Masters, School, Undergraduate
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Alumni Profile: Aish Malik, MSc Business Analysis and Strategic Management

Thursday, February 11, 2021

We recently caught up with Aish Malik, who completed the MSc Business Analysis and Strategic Management degree course in 2020, to find out about her experience at Alliance MBS and what she’s been doing since graduation.

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Masters
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Helping people and the planet as an entrepreneur

Friday, January 29, 2021

Lorraine Wolter is an MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship graduate and the Founder of sustainable clothing start-up, Light and Air. Here she talks about her experiences of studying in Manchester and the opportunities available to her as a budding entrepreneur.

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Enterprise, Masters
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