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🏘️ Reimagining New Towns

Join us for the launch of the New Towns Taskforce Report to Government, exploring how new towns can drive sustainable, inclusive growth and tackle England’s housing challenges.

👉 Register: www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/events/reima...

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November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Yesterday we hosted our Teddy Chester Lecture which was delivered by Professor Henrietta Hughes, Patient Safety Commissioner for England.

Her message was clear: true progress happens when healthcare leaders, clinicians, and policymakers work together with patients at the heart of decision-making.
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We’re proud to announce that we’ve published a new book - Reimagining Business Schools for the 21st Century – in celebration of our 60th anniversary. 🎉

Find out more about the book and access the free chapter: https://ow.ly/JIk450Xmm6I

#Ambs60
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Reimagining New Towns 🏙️

Join us on Monday 10 November, 5:00–6:30pm for an exploration of the New Towns Taskforce Report to Government, a major contribution to the national conversation on housing and place-making.

Register: https://ow.ly/5EQc50XhsoP
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Join us on Wednesday 5 November, we’re hosting The Kaleidoscope of International Business, Democracy and Us, a thought provoking discussion where Professor Buckley will explore the evolving role of multinational enterprises in a fractured global economy. 🌏

Register: https://ow.ly/HIj050X9JhX
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
From Manchester for the world 🌎

The University of Manchester has just launched its strategy to 2035.

Find out more about the university's foundations and leaps: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/manche...
From Manchester for the world.

We are proud to launch our bold strategy to 2035. Together, we're redefining what a great civic University looks like for the 21st century.

Visit our webpage to explore our ambition in full: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/manche...
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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🚀 Apply for our Strategic Productivity course with @alliancembs.bsky.social (4–7 Nov, Manchester): www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/study/execut...

Listen to course leader @bartvanark.bsky.social talk about the impact the course will have:
www.youtube.com/shorts/j1_M7...
Why join the Strategic Productivity Executive Education course?
YouTube video by The Productivity Institute
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October 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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🏙️ Reimagining New Towns – join us at @alliancembs.bsky.social on 10 Nov. 5-6.30pm for expert insights on housing, planning & growth.
Speakers incl. Dame Kate Barker, Fiona Devine, Philip McCann, & other leading urban economists.
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimaginin...
Reimagining New Towns
Delivering Growth and Place-Making for 21st Century England
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October 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How do we ensure all voices are heard in business, policy, and society?

In our recent research magazine, Professor Nelarine Cornelius explores the power of inclusive dialogue and the role of trust, listening, and representation in shaping better outcomes.

Read the piece: https://ow.ly/qY9o50X92nl
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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🌟 Meet Dr Darcy Luke, Research Associate, @productivity.bsky.social.

🗣️ "My research looks at how different UK governments have approached the regulation and promotion of AI, especially in relation to industrial strategy and efforts to reform how industries are governed."

@alliancembs.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Join us on Tuesday 4 November (17:30 – 19:00) for the Annual Teddy Chester Lecture 📅

We’re delighted to welcome Professor Henrietta Hughes OBE, England’s inaugural Patient Safety Commissioner, as this year’s distinguished speaker.

🔗 Book your place: https://ow.ly/rZC650X5tWb
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sustainable Thinking 🌍🌱

Last year we welcomed our first cohort of students on our MSc in Sustainable Business.

In the latest issue of our research magazine, Andrew McMeekin and Sally Gee explain the rationale for the new course and their reflections on the first year.

🔗 tinyurl.com/yz5rs22r
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Celebrating 60 years of @alliancembs.bsky.social!

Since 1965, AMBS has tackled global challenges in sustainability, productivity, digital & health, nurtured entrepreneurs, and built a global alumni network.

60 years on, it’s driving innovation & change.

🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/magazi...
September 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We’re proud to be hosting the 8th Annual Alternative Accounts Europe (AAE) Conference with co-hosts BAFA Interdisciplinary Perspectives SIG and Centre for the Analysis of Investment Risk.

8 January 2026 | AMBS
September 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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⏳ Just over a week to go – final spaces left!

The programme is now live for the RSA 60th Anniversary Workshop: Inclusive Innovation for Regional Futures (30 Sept, Manchester).

👉 Register free: www.regionalstudies.org/events/rsa60...
@regstud.bsky.social, @alliancembs.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Women Leading in Business – September 2025 🌟
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We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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🛏️ Bad reviews = big rethink?

Research shows Airbnb hosts often switch property categories after negative feedback, turning “lofts” into “apartments” to match guest expectations better.

🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/b...

#UoMResearch @alliancembs.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
Bad reviews push Airbnb hosts to rethink their positioning, study finds
A new study from The University of Manchester has revealed that bad reviews often push Airbnb hosts to change the way they position their properties, sometimes with surprising results.The research, ca...
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September 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Asahi and AMBS Launch Innovative VR Training Collaboration 💡

Japanese beverage company, Asahi, has begun a major research project with the Data Visualisation Observatory at AMBS to explore the potential of using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality systems to help train staff.
September 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🌍 How can universities become catalysts for climate action?

AMBS researchers are part of a major project exploring how knowledge institutions can help cities achieve net zero goals.
August 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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📣 We're hiring!

The Productivity Institute (@productivity.bsky.social) is hiring Country Analysts for a 3-month, remote consultancy on a global project with the International Labour Organization (@ilo.org). 🧵
Opportunity: Country Analysts – productivity & decent work policies - The Productivity Institute
The Productivity Institute is seeking Country Analysts to contribute to a study, “Bridging Policies for Productivity and Decent Work”, which explores how national productivity policies align with dece...
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August 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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📊 Productivity is a strategic advantage.
Join @bartvanark.bsky.social (TPI and @alliancembs.bsky.social) on 17 September for a free, 60-min lunchtime webinar on turning productivity into growth.
Includes tools, examples & Q&A.

🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strategic-...
Strategic Productivity: How leaders turn productivity into growth
Join Professor Bart van Ark for an online session that explains how to make productivity a strategic advantage for your business.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Entrepreneurship belongs to everyone - and it starts with inclusion, innovation and impact.

In an article in our 60th anniversary research magazine, Aurore Hochard, Director of Entrepreneurship at MEC, shares her journey from first-generation student to startup founder and strategic leader. 💡
August 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Big news! We’re celebrating three new national awards for teaching excellence from Advance HE

🏅 2 National Teaching Fellowships (NTFs)
🤝 1 Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE)

#HigherEd #TeachingExcellence #UoM
August 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Responsible genomes: How can we foster responsible innovation in synthetic genomics? 🧬

MIOIR researchers, Paolo Corsico and Philip Shapira explore what responsibility means in synthetic genomics in their latest paper in the Journal of Responsible Innovation.

Read the paper: ow.ly/fuFp50WzWNQ
August 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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🚨Just published: A Blueprint to improve Social Welfare Legal advice services + a deep dive into Rochdale’s community support networks

Work led by Dr @Sara Closs-Davies, @alliancembs.bsky.social

🔗 www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/soci...
July 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM