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Alliance MBS launches new publication: Reimagining Business Schools for the 21st Century

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Launched as part of our 60th anniversary celebrations, the book honours the School's proud legacy and ambitious future. >>

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Find the Master's that fits you at AMBS

Friday, September 26, 2025

Studying at Alliance Manchester Business School means choosing to study at a world-class business school with a reputation for diversity and excellence. Over the next few months, there will be several opportunities to explore the range of globally recognised master’s programmes we have on offer, from management to finance to sustainability. >>

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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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ignition awards spark innovative ideas

Ignition Awards spark innovative ideas from Alliance MBS staff, students and alumni

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Alliance Manchester Business School (Alliance MBS), alongside Manchester Enterprise Centre (MEC) and The University of Manchester’s Intellectual Property commercialisation division (UMIP) is pleased to announce their Ignition Funding Opportunity – 2016 has resulted in eight outstanding budding entrepreneurs receiving awards of £500 to £2000 to further develop their ideas.

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Enterprise, School
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Professor Jill Rubery and retail task force urge government to support retailers

Friday, February 3, 2017

Professor Jill Rubery of Comparative Employment at Alliance Manchester Business School joined other members of the Fabian Society’s retail industry taskforce at the launch of their concluding report ‘At the crossroads: the future of British retail’ in London this week.

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School, Work and Equalities
Alliance MBS hotel’s topping out at the University of Manchester’s £1billion campus redevelopment

Alliance MBS hotel’s topping out at the University of Manchester’s £1billion campus redevelopment

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Members of The University of Manchester and Alliance Manchester Business School, M&L Hospitality, Bruntwood, Intercontinental Hotels Group and Cycas Hospitality gathered last week to celebrate the ‘Topping out’ of a new mixed-use development at the Manchester Oxford Road Campus.

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School
Alliance Manchester Business School climbs FT Global MBA Rankings to cement its position in the world elite

Alliance Manchester Business School climbs FT Global MBA Rankings to cement its position in the world elite

Monday, January 30, 2017

Alliance Manchester Business School has cemented its position as an elite provider of global business education in this year’s Financial Times (FT) Global MBA rankings, by rising eight places to 30th in the world.

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School
Embracing innovation

Embracing innovation

Friday, January 27, 2017

A research project led by academics at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research will provide insight into how firms in the European energy sector can transform their business by embracing disruptive innovations

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School
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