Creatrix Campus

MARCH 24, 2023

AMBA, which stands for the Association of MBAs, was founded in the UK in 1967 as the Business Graduates Association. The founding institutions included London Business School, Manchester Business School, INSEAD, and Ashridge Business School, among others. What is AMBA? What is AMBA?

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SRHE

DECEMBER 5, 2023

by Michael Shattock From decentralised to centralised Until 1919 UK universities, except Oxbridge and Durham, were primarily civic institutions created by wealthy citizens and governed by councils strongly represented by the founders and by local authorities and the local industrial community.

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The Guardian Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Currently, there are postdoctoral positions being advertised at (among others) the University of Oxford , Lancaster University , University of Birmingham , London School of Economics , and University of Manchester , all of which start below the new salary threshold. This is not to single out these universities. Continue reading.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Organisers say they are seeking 30% monthly cut and that more than 150 people have signed up Hundreds of students in halls of residence at the University of Manchester are withholding their rent payments this month over the cost of living crisis.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest Major fossil fuel companies have committed tens of millions of pounds in funding to UK universities since 2022, it can be revealed, despite many of these institutions having actively pledged to divest from oil and gas. Continue reading.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2023

University taking disciplinary action against 11 students who occupied buildings during demonstrations A group of Manchester University students face expulsion over a rent strike that saw more than 350 collectively withhold more than £2m.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Manchester became my escape, my salvation. It wasn’t the most accepting or nurturing place for a sensitive, creative, gay child like me. I became convinced that in order to become the person I was meant to be, I had to get out. As a city with a much bigger population, it seemed to welcome minorities.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

George Holmes says employers favour applicants from better-known institutions, as he plans to change university’s name Students from non-Russell Group universities miss out on high-powered jobs because of prejudice by employers, the vice-chancellor of the University of Bolton has said as he prepares to rename it the University of Greater Manchester.

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The Guardian Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

The NEU’s joint general secretary Kevin Courtney told delegates at the union’s annual conference: “If you need to, you will organise the biggest demo Manchester has seen for decades on 2 October, you’ll carry on a campaign right into the general election year. And you will win. Continue reading.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The first part of this (HS1) was achieved some years ago through investment in infrastructure connecting the UK with the rest of Europe. A bit for Newcastle, Manchester and Leeds, if we must. At the next level, what we used to call further and higher education will be swept away to create a new Higher Skills curriculum.

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SRHE

JANUARY 9, 2023

This is not addressed much in the UK and it would be interesting to see more on this. Closing on the theme of mobilities, the top three cities listed in the programme were London, Manchester and Birmingham, and the second most common country in the programme was Australia. Make of that what you will.

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