Latest news from Lancaster University Management School

02/04/14

Celebrating partnerships with SMEs

The Prime Minister’s adviser on enterprise, Lord Young, visited Lancaster University Management School on 27 March to join over 100 guests from industry and academia to celebrate 15 years of LUMS’s work with thousands of small businesses.
01/04/14

The Guardian: Improving UK productivity still below pre-recession level

Professor Geraint Johnes, who is also Director of the Work Foundation, is quoted in The Guardian, discussing today’s announcement from the UK’s Office for National Statistics showing a 0.3% productivity rise. 
28/03/14

Management Ink: 'About to reach your mid-career point?'

A paper co-authored by Professor Martin Spring of the Department of Management Science is featured on the Sage 'Management Ink' blog. The paper, whose other authors are Kathryn Haynes, Irena Grugulis, Kate Blackmon, Giuliana Battisti and Irene Ng, examines 'identity workspaces' and how they can help ease mid-career stresses.
26/03/14

MSc team takes second place in UK final of CFA Challenge

A Lancaster University Management School team secured second position in the UK final of the CFA Institute Global Investment Research Challenge in February.
25/03/14

Confronting HR challenges

HR needs to ensure it retains its place at the heart of organisations – but what will this mean for how HR roles have to evolve? Professor Paul Sparrow from the Centre for Performance-led HR presented his perspective at a 'working breakfast' seminar organised by Career Moves.
25/03/14

The Guardian: 'Job awards reveal this year's top graduate recruitment trends'

Includes an interview with 2012 BBA graduate Kyle McQueen, who is now on Barclays 'future leaders' graduate programme and has won this year's TARGETjobs Rising Star of the Year Award.
17/03/14

City for City: Partners, Stakeholders and Networks

Over 50 delegates attended a Growth Hub workshop on Stakeholder Analysis with Lancaster University’s Professor Lucas Introna. 
12/03/14

North West family businesses to be shown the path to growth

Family businesses in the North West are to be shown how they can grow and continue trading through successive generations.
11/03/14

The Lancaster BBA makes its mark

The memories and comments of BBA graduates from Lancaster have been captured in a striking new work of art unveiled in the LUMS building on 4 March. 
10/03/14

Britain's economic future relies on seeking out the new

Birgitte Andersen, Director of the Big Innovation Centre and an honorary professor at LUMS, argues the case for innovation as the key driver of economic growth and social progress.
07/03/14

Landmark first hub launched as Lancaster University drives regional economic growth

Lancaster University has helped to launch the first of 15 growth hubs as part of a Government programme designed to promote economic and regional growth across England.
07/03/14

Mental Health and Work in the UK – a sobering view from the outside

Stephen Bevan writes about the OECD’s new report looking at the way the UK supports people in the labour market who are living with mental illness.
06/03/14

QS World University Rankings

Lancaster University Management School has confirmed its place among the world’s elite institutions with Accounting and Finance ranked 46th in the world, and Statistics and Operations Research in the top 15%.
06/03/14

SecEd: The links between personality traits and risky behaviours

A new study has looked at the links between teenagers’ personality traits and risky behaviours like drink and drugs. Professor Ian Walker looks at the implications of what they discovered.
24/02/14

Programme to help put Cumbrian SMEs on the path to growth

Growth-hungry Cumbrian businesses are to get a helping hand from a specially designed programme which launches next month.
19/02/14

Guardian profiles LUMS Marketing graduate

The Guardian has published an interview with LUMS Marketing graduate Matt Barlow, chief executive of Christians Against Poverty, about his charity's work in debt counselling and relief.
18/02/14

North West businesses to hear how to expand into overseas markets

A masterclass by Lancaster University Management School specialists will enable North West SMEs to take advantage of international growth opportunities.
13/02/14

Flexible working should be open to everyone

Cary Cooper argues that flexible working provides employees with more control, transmits trust and allows for a better work-life balance.
12/02/14

New editor role for LUMS academic

Dr Caroline Gatrell has been appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Reviews.