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The Manchester Briefing on COVID-19 issue 38: Early lessons from the UK response to COVID-19

Thursday, June 17, 2021

As governments and organisations across the world begin to evaluate and report on their response to COVID-19, this week’s Manchester Briefing takes a look at initial learnings from the UK government’s response. >>

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Crisis of capitalism?

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Is capitalism in crisis? Diane Coyle, theme lead for knowledge capital at The Productivity Institute, gave her view at this year’s Grigor McClelland lecture. >>

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BSc Business Accounting students off to a Flying Start

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

As the 2020-21 academic year draws to a close, we reflect on the inaugural year of our new undergraduate programme, BSc Business Accounting. >>

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AMBS’ first PRME report spotlights how School is tackling SDGs

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

This week, AMBS delivered its first-ever PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) Progress Report, since committing to PRME’s Six Principles in 2019. >>

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New CABS report highlights AMBS’ commitment to SR

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

This week, The Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) published a new report titled: Business Schools and the Public Good, recognising best practice from a diverse range of CABS member schools, including Alliance MBS. >>

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Productivity, skills and devolution

Monday, June 14, 2021

Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane, who has joined Alliance Manchester Business School as an Honorary Professor, discusses how productivity, skills and devolution are key to the levelling up agenda. >>

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MBA consultancy project work with Suicide Bereavement UK

Thursday, June 10, 2021

A group of Full-time MBA students worked with Suicide Bereavement UK for their not-for-profit consultancy project. The client lead and students discuss how the three months working together went. >>

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Alliance MBS alumnus secures Dragons’ Den investment

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Drew Cockton, Alliance MBS postgraduate alumnus (2009), now Managing Director and Founder of Owen Drew has won a £50,000 investment in his luxury candle business from a top investor from the BBC’s Dragons’ Den. >>

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Full-time MBA students dive into the world of tropical medicine

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

A group of our Full-time MBA students worked on their not-for-profit consultancy project with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Find out more about how our MBA students work with clients. >>

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AMBS PhD researcher wins University Making a Difference Award

Monday, June 7, 2021

Congratulations go to Alysha Shivji, AMBS PhD researcher, who has won the 2021 University of Manchester’s Making a Difference award for Outstanding Benefit to Society Through Research. >>

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Perfect mix for DBA student

Monday, March 22, 2021

Having spent most of her career in the marketing and business data industry Dawn Holmes, who is nearing completion of her Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at AMBS, now splits her time between studying, teaching and consulting.

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DBA
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DBA studies “invaluable” for Canadian engineer

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

A lot has changed in Alexander White’s life since we last caught up with the Canadian civil engineer and recent Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) graduate.

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DBA
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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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Property expert espouses benefits of “extremely rewarding” DBA

Monday, January 18, 2021

As Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the UK and Ireland at global real estate firm JLL Joanne Ormandy is seeing first-hand the huge impact that technology is today having on the sector.

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DBA, PhD, School
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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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