School for Business and Society, University of York
Cleaning up the private rental sector

A major new study seeks to help local authorities, the police and the courts to crack down on the UK’s criminal landlords who are taking advantage of housing law loopholes and exploiting vulnerable tenants in a multi-million pound rent racket. Despite previous work expos...

28 February 2023

School for Business and Society, University of York
Business for Peace: The role of businesses in warzones

“Business for Peace” is a fast-growing but highly debated academic field that examines the positive role that businesses can play in warzones such as the Ukraine.  

8 February 2023

School for Business and Society, University of York
Yorkshire investment company offers local students the chance to test their ideas in real life

The University of York is teaming up with Mole Valley Asset Management (MVAM) – an advice and asset management company famous for running a portfolio consisting only of firms from Yorkshire – to offer marketing students an incredible chance to put their skills to the tes...

10 January 2023

School for Business and Society, University of York
Post-Brexit visa systems investigated by modern slavery prevention group

A consortium of universities and NGOs is investigating whether post-Brexit visas introduced to address labour shortages in agriculture and care have left people vulnerable to exploitation and modern slavery.

7 November 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
Strengthening ties abroad: University of York sends delegations to Korea and Thailand

Earlier this summer, delegations from the University of York School for Business and Society travelled to Korea and Thailand to strengthen ties that have been forged over decades, helping to encourage cooperation around health, social security, and criminal justice. We s...

4 October 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
Does openness about sexual orientation increase risk of bullying in the workplace?

The first dedicated study to explore the influence of sexual orientation on the experience of workplace bullying has found that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) employees were 1.34 times more likely to be bullied. Moreover, not being open about their sexual orientation el...

27 September 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
How can organisations contribute to a more sustainable future?

The many grand challenges that society faces – hunger, inequality, the cost of living, and, more recently, climate change  – will require public and private organisations to act and organise themselves in new and harmonious ways to solve them.

1 September 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
Why do Black, Asian and minority ethnic background solicitors receive a larger proportion of complaints than their white colleagues?

The School for Business and Society of the University of York is working with the Universities of Cardiff and Lancaster to conduct a new study to examine why there is overrepresentation of those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in reports made to the Sol...

4 August 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
Experts criticise UK government’s “piecemeal” food strategy

A group of academics have strongly criticised the UK government’s food strategy in a letter published in Nature, saying it falls far short on the measures and urgency required to address the challenges of climate change and food-related diseases.

20 July 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
Women not getting the top legal jobs, new study by University of York shows

A new study by the University of York’s School for Business and Society examining 50 years of solicitor employment data has shown how white women, minority ethnic men and minority ethnic women fare in comparison to white men and, importantly, each other, in the professio...

2 March 2023

School for Business and Society, University of York
Cleaning up the private rental sector

A major new study seeks to help local authorities, the police and the courts to crack down on the UK’s criminal landlords who are taking advantage of housing law loopholes and exploiting vulnerable tenants in a multi-million pound rent racket. Despite previous work expos...

28 February 2023

School for Business and Society, University of York
Business for Peace: The role of businesses in warzones

“Business for Peace” is a fast-growing but highly debated academic field that examines the positive role that businesses can play in warzones such as the Ukraine.  

8 February 2023

School for Business and Society, University of York
Yorkshire investment company offers local students the chance to test their ideas in real life

The University of York is teaming up with Mole Valley Asset Management (MVAM) – an advice and asset management company famous for running a portfolio consisting only of firms from Yorkshire – to offer marketing students an incredible chance to put their skills to the tes...

10 January 2023

School for Business and Society, University of York
Post-Brexit visa systems investigated by modern slavery prevention group

A consortium of universities and NGOs is investigating whether post-Brexit visas introduced to address labour shortages in agriculture and care have left people vulnerable to exploitation and modern slavery.

7 November 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
Strengthening ties abroad: University of York sends delegations to Korea and Thailand

Earlier this summer, delegations from the University of York School for Business and Society travelled to Korea and Thailand to strengthen ties that have been forged over decades, helping to encourage cooperation around health, social security, and criminal justice. We s...

4 October 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
Does openness about sexual orientation increase risk of bullying in the workplace?

The first dedicated study to explore the influence of sexual orientation on the experience of workplace bullying has found that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) employees were 1.34 times more likely to be bullied. Moreover, not being open about their sexual orientation el...

27 September 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
How can organisations contribute to a more sustainable future?

The many grand challenges that society faces – hunger, inequality, the cost of living, and, more recently, climate change  – will require public and private organisations to act and organise themselves in new and harmonious ways to solve them.

1 September 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
Why do Black, Asian and minority ethnic background solicitors receive a larger proportion of complaints than their white colleagues?

The School for Business and Society of the University of York is working with the Universities of Cardiff and Lancaster to conduct a new study to examine why there is overrepresentation of those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in reports made to the Sol...

4 August 2022

School for Business and Society, University of York
Experts criticise UK government’s “piecemeal” food strategy

A group of academics have strongly criticised the UK government’s food strategy in a letter published in Nature, saying it falls far short on the measures and urgency required to address the challenges of climate change and food-related diseases.

20 July 2022

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