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FLASH-COMP: Composite manufacturing, right first time

Even on items like luxury yachts and hi-tech aeroplane wings, the finishing touches in manufacturing are still done by highly skilled professionals using hand and eye. However, this is not a perfect system, and mistakes can lead to costly repairs or even completely unusa...

15 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

How COVID gave leaders the chance to change

A new study carried out in the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic highlights how managers and community leaders responded to the unprecedented challenges they faced and shines a light on how they may be able to better face crises in the future – or even change how they w...

6 February 2023

Make your workplace more inclusive for people with mental illness

A new study published in the Journal of Management Studies outlines why mentally ill individuals struggle to navigate the labour market, and provides pointers to employers, human resource managers, supervisors and employees who want to challenge the social norms and stru...

17 January 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

New year, new rules: The trick that top CEOs use to make their rules stick

A new study has examined how top CEOs summarise the wisdom of their experiences into simple rules that act as powerful tools for managing and leading, providing a blueprint for those looking to provide a fresh and concise approach to leadership in the new year.

12 December 2022

‘We are all born naked, and the rest is drag’: How RuPaul’s Drag Race ‘spectacularises’ LGBTQ+ stigma

Researchers have spent months analysing more than a million tweets, thousands of newspaper and magazine articles, and countless items of user-generated content in an attempt to discover what makes RuPaul’s Drag Race such a success.

10 November 2022

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

Boys will be boys – stigmatised firms given social licence to pollute

Businesses stigmatised as “sinful” or “dirty”, like tobacco and oil, have nothing to lose from greenwashing, a new study finds.

3 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