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Nature v Nurture: How to become a leader

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Managing Director for Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School, Jane Cromblehome shares her top tips for becoming a leader and how to know when the time is right for training. >>

A woman showing a toddler how to recycle a plastic bottle

Waste not want: the future of UK plastic recycling

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Helen Holmes discusses how the recycling of household waste can be simplified. >>

whitehall at dusk

Bridging the gap

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Three years on from the Covid crisis, David Powell and Duncan Shaw discuss ongoing efforts to make the UK a more resilient nation. >>

Colleagues meeting in boardroom

Five Reasons to Study a Senior Leader Apprenticeship

Friday, February 3, 2023

The 16th annual National Apprenticeship Week runs from 6 – 12 February 2023, and highlights the positive impact that apprenticeships have on individuals, organisations, and the wider economy. >>

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Digital technologies and skills in Greater Manchester

Thursday, February 2, 2023

To what extent are digital technologies adopted in Greater Manchester? Silvia Massini, Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo and Xiaoxiao Yu have been investigating >>

Topic

Type

Year

A busy street in Bangladesh

Rethinking the boundaries of audit

Javed Siddiqui | Thursday, December 1, 2022
Investments, Work
Commentary
two people standing on top of a wind turbine

Embracing stakeholder capitalism

Simon Hayward | Monday, November 28, 2022
Investments, Sustainability
Commentary
An image of the City of London Skyscraper scene with the Union Jack and EU Flag overlaid

The effects of political decisions on asset prices

Yoichi Otsubo | Monday, November 14, 2022
Innovation, Investments
Commentary
The Houses of Parliament in London overlooking from the other side of the River Thames

The fallout from the ‘mini’ Budget

Ismail Erturk | Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Investments
Commentary
The Manchester cityscape looking from the University of Manchester

A mission to level up the UK

Kieron Flanagan | Friday, February 4, 2022
Innovation, Investments, Technology
Commentary
map of the uk with an upward trending graph overlaid

The UK’s productivity disparities – what’s the role of research and development?

Richard A.L. Jones | Thursday, October 14, 2021
Investments, Technology
Podcast
illustration of two workers in masks attempting to deflect the covid-19 virus using a line graph to do so

How crowdfunding can help drive recovery

Rob Phillips | Monday, August 23, 2021
Investments, Work
Commentary
graph and person using calculator

Is auditing as good as it gets? Audit reform and beyond

Brendan O'Dwyer, Chris Humphrey, Konstantinos Stathopoulos | Thursday, July 15, 2021
Investments, Work
Podcast
A magnifying glass looking at a paper financial report

Overhauling audit reform

Yasmine Chahed | Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Innovation, Investments, Management
Commentary, Magazine

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Blog posts give the views of the author, and are not necessarily those of Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester.

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