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Manchester eyewear company Specscart named on prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Specscart founder, Sid Sethi, who won a Masood Entrepreneurship Centre Venture Further Award and is a University of Manchester alumnus, has been listed in the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list for disrupting the UK eyewear industry. >>

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AMBS academics among top global business and management scientists

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

A number of AMBS academics feature prominently in a global ranking of the best business and management scientists. >>

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Renowned experts appointed as Honorary Professors on Productivity by Alliance MBS and The Productivity Institute

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) at The University of Manchester is proud to announce the appointment of three new Honorary Professors to support the University’s research and engagement activities on productivity, innovation, business performance and economic growth. >>

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Alliance Manchester Business School appoints new MD for Executive Education

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) has announced a new Managing Director for its Executive Education business. Stuart Wells, currently Executive Director of Client Relations at AMBS, will take up the post on 10 June 2024. >>

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AMBS' apprenticeship provision rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

AMBS has achieved a ‘Good’ rating across all assessment areas in a report published today by Ofsted, following a full inspection of its apprenticeship provision. >>

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University’s annual start-up competition open for expressions of interest

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

The University of Manchester’s Venture Further competition is now open for expressions of interest, allowing students and recent graduates from across The University of Manchester to indicate if they would like to take part in this year’s exciting competition.

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Enterprise
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Manchester alumna wins Global International Education Award

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

At the PIEoneer Awards held virtually on 2 October 2020, Riddi Viswanathan, a graduate from The University of Manchester was awarded the International Alumni of the Year 2020 award for her contributions to diverse student communities, particularly for her vital role in the #PoststudyWorkVisaNOW campaign and addressing hate crime in UK Universities.

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Enterprise, School
Researcher to Innovator development programme

Places available on the Researcher to Innovator development programme

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Opportunity for 30 researchers to develop their innovative thinking and enhance their understanding of the commercialisation process.

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Enterprise
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University-grown social enterprises accepted on prestigious social science focused accelerator

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Manchester teams pitched their ideas amongst entrepreneurs from other universities for a place on a new online accelerator programme designed for students and graduates across the UK with socially responsible enterprises. The four-month social sciences accelerator aims to support and scale socially responsible ventures.

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Enterprise
Aspect Annual Event 2020

Building prosperity and wellbeing through social science innovation

Thursday, September 3, 2020

This year’s Aspect Annual Event taking place across September and October, will run as a series of webinars covering a broad range of topical and important areas.

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Enterprise
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