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Lessons learned from Leicester's lockdown
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/leicester-lockdown-lessons-learned
On 29 June 2020, Leicester became the first city in the UK to face a local lockdown. This was announced during the same week when the rest of the country opened up pubs and restaurants for the first time since March.
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Burgeoning businesses born from VentureVersity programme are put to the test
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/ventureversity-event
The University of Leicester recently hosted a pivotal event that united academics and the business community to drive the commercialisation of groundbreaking ideas.
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Women and their books
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/03/06/women-and-their-books/
Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on March 6, 2024 To mark World Book Day (7 th March) and International Women’s Day (8 th March), Archives and Special Collections is showcasing books from our holdings written by women, as well as highlighting some...
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Academics bring expertise to Brexit debate
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/academics-bring-expertise-to-eu-debate
As the potentially historic EU referendum draws closer and voters consider whether Britain should leave or remain part of the European Union, academics at our University have been contributing to the public debate with opinion pieces and media comment.
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Work-life balance supports improve employee well-being
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/02/19/work-life-balance-supports-improve-employee-well-being/
Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on February 19, 2018 In this blog post Professor Stephen Wood presents some interesting findings on work-life balance and well-being, arguing that the main reasons for the improvement of employee well-being where work-life...
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The Appeal of Hybrid Working
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2022/10/16/the-appeal-of-hybrid-working/
Homeworking’s contradictory nature means in its pure form it can never be a perfect answer, but this means that hybrid working has the potential to be an alternative imperfectly perfect working arrangement.
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Advancing Management Research, or Advancing Elite Interests?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/04/13/advancing-management-research-or-advancing-elite-interests/
Posted by in School of Business Blog on April 13, 2016 The Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) spent nearly £30 million of ESRC money in over a decade in an attempt to raise the dismal standard of research in management studies.
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Nigerian Judiciary Workers and the Pursuit of Good Governance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/06/24/nigerian-judiciary-workers-and-the-pursuit-of-good-governance/
Posted by awynne in School of Business Blog on June 24, 2015 Senior Lecturer in Public Financial Management at the School, Andrew Wynne , considers the explicitly contested – and implicitly concealed – issue of good governance in Nigeria There have been numerous calls for a...
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The Morning after Brexit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/07/05/the-morning-after-brexit/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on July 5, 2016 Brendan Lambe. Lecturer in Finance and an Irish European, reflects on the meaning of the referendum. On the morning of the 24 th of June we awoke to a Britain which had changed utterly.
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‘You want Pay-Rise with that?’ Strike Action, Fast-Food Style
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/11/19/you-want-pay-rise-with-that-strike-action-fast-food-style/
Posted by Paul Brook in School of Business Blog on November 19, 2014 In the age of much austerity and few alternatives, Paul Brook , Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Work and Employment at the School, makes a renewed claim for a politics of labour mobilisation Not...