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Manchester eyewear company Specscart named on prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Specscart founder, Sid Sethi, who won a Masood Entrepreneurship Centre Venture Further Award and is a University of Manchester alumnus, has been listed in the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list for disrupting the UK eyewear industry. >>

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AMBS academics among top global business and management scientists

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

A number of AMBS academics feature prominently in a global ranking of the best business and management scientists. >>

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Renowned experts appointed as Honorary Professors on Productivity by Alliance MBS and The Productivity Institute

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) at The University of Manchester is proud to announce the appointment of three new Honorary Professors to support the University’s research and engagement activities on productivity, innovation, business performance and economic growth. >>

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Alliance Manchester Business School appoints new MD for Executive Education

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) has announced a new Managing Director for its Executive Education business. Stuart Wells, currently Executive Director of Client Relations at AMBS, will take up the post on 10 June 2024. >>

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AMBS' apprenticeship provision rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

AMBS has achieved a ‘Good’ rating across all assessment areas in a report published today by Ofsted, following a full inspection of its apprenticeship provision. >>

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Vital Topics: Business and Human Rights: The role of business in the refugee crisis

Vital Topics: Business and Human Rights: The role of business in the refugee crisis

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Vital Topics: Business and Human Rights: The role of business in the refugee crisis

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Business and human rights, Events
Accounting and Human Rights: Javed Siddiqui

Accounting and Human Rights: Javed Siddiqui

Friday, May 6, 2016

Javed Siddiqui explains how accounting is now playing a key role in the fields of sustainability and human rights.

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Business and human rights, School
Accounting for human rights

Accounting for human rights

Monday, April 25, 2016

The Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal (AAAJ) has published a special issue entitled The Past, The Present and The Future of Social Accounting for Human Rights co-edited by Ken McPhail, Professor of Accounting at Alliance MBS.

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Business and human rights, Research, School
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Ken McPhail argues that The Investigatory Powers Bill could change the way we think about Corporate Social Responsibility

Monday, April 11, 2016

MPs recently had their first chance to debate The Investigatory Powers bill, legislation that will force internet companies to store records of our online activity and – it is claimed – enshrine mass surveillance into law. The bill has raised a number of questions, not least about the need for targeted rather than mass surveillance, robust oversight mechanisms, and proportionality.

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Business and human rights, School
In Conversation With Ken McPhail

In Conversation With Ken McPhail

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Ken McPhail is Professor of Accounting at MBS. Among his prize-winning articles are a four volume work on accounting ethics.

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Business and human rights, Research, School
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