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Audit reform expert joins Alliance MBS

Monday, September 28, 2020

A leading expert on reform of the audit industry has joined as a Visiting Research Fellow at Alliance MBS. >>

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Operations, Project and Supply Chain Management Masters ranks 1st in UK

Friday, September 25, 2020

Alliance Manchester Business School’s MSc Operations, Project and Supply Chain Management has ranked 1st in the UK and 5th in the world in the global QS Business Masters Rankings 2021. >>

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Regional disparities in COVID-19

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Researchers from Alliance MBS have been analysing how COVID-19 cases have been changing nationally and locally in England since the outbreak began. >>

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Why business schools should embrace social responsibility during COVID-19

Thursday, September 17, 2020

The pandemic offers a unique opportunity for business schools to further embrace the social responsibility agenda, says Hongwei He. >>

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Academic appointed to influential committee in Bangladesh

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Javed Siddiqui, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, has been appointed to an important role at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC). >>

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Places available on the Researcher to Innovator development programme

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Opportunity for 30 researchers to develop their innovative thinking and enhance their understanding of the commercialisation process. >>

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University-grown social enterprises accepted on prestigious social science focused accelerator

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Manchester teams pitched their ideas amongst entrepreneurs from other universities for a place on a new online accelerator programme designed for students and graduates across the UK with socially responsible enterprises. The four-month social sciences accelerator aims to support and scale socially responsible ventures. >>

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The economic value of creative higher education

Thursday, September 3, 2020

In recent years several studies have attempted to quantify the economic value of higher education. They tend to focus on graduate earnings, finding that outcomes differ by subject and that arts-based subjects return the lowest salaries. Yet this contrasts - and seems to be at odds with - the extraordinary growth of the creative industries and the creative economy in the UK over the past two decades. >>

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Building prosperity and wellbeing through social science innovation

Thursday, September 3, 2020

This year’s Aspect Annual Event taking place across September and October, will run as a series of webinars covering a broad range of topical and important areas. >>

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The impact of COVID-19 on work and equalities

Thursday, September 3, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has had a huge impact on the world of work while also shining a light on continued inequalities across the global workplace. In response, members of the Work and Equalities Institute at Alliance Manchester Business School have written a series of articles on the impact of the pandemic in their specific fields of research. >>

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Virtual Graduation celebrations

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Celebrations for our Full-time MBA, Global MBA, Undergraduate and PGR students were held virtually this week

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Full-time MBA, Global Part-time MBA, Masters, PhD, School, Undergraduate
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Masood Enterprise Centre announces major collaboration

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Alliance Manchester Business School has been awarded a major grant towards promoting entrepreneurship among post-doctoral students.

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Enterprise, PhD
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How to pass your PhD viva in a pandemic

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Karen Nokes was recently one of the first PhD researchers to complete her viva online during the Covid-19 pandemic. She shares her PhD journey and her top tips for preparing for an online oral examination.

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Covid-19, PhD, Social responsibility
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The downsides of homeworking

Monday, June 15, 2020

The rush to homeworking may have kept business functioning since the COVID-19 outbreak. However the long-term sustainability of such arrangements is high risk and fraught with tension, say Lee Stringer, Stephen Mustchin and Tony Dundon.

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Covid-19, PhD, Research, Work and Equalities
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Alliance MBS hosts first virtual Doctoral Conference

Friday, June 12, 2020

The annual AMBS Doctoral Conference is a highlight of the year for our postgraduate researchers. We didn't want them to miss out this year, so we held the event online for the first time.

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PhD
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