LUMS in the News

Lancaster academics named HR top thinkers

Two Lancaster academics have been named in the top 20 of HR Magazine’s "Most Influential Thinker 2015" list.

Too many smart northerners leave for London

In the Independent, LUMS's Dr Vincent O'Sullivan and Dr Hakim Yadi, Chief Executive of the Northern Health Science Alliance, argue that any Northern Powerhouse must try to bring talented graduates back from the capital.

28/09/15

LUMS top for gender balance

Financial Times article reports that, of the UK Business Schools which feature consistently in its global MBA rankings, Lancaster University Management School has the best gender balance, with half the class of 2014 being female.

25/09/15

Lessons from VW: courage, climate change and the C-suite

Professor Gail Whiteman, from the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, discusses the emissions scandal.

23/09/15

Strategy consulting at Lancaster Management School

MBA students Ashleigh Dueker and Anirban Gupta have written a blog for BusinessBecause website about their experiences studying strategy.

22/09/15

Tackling the dark side of office IT

Work magazine, from the CIPD, has featured Monideepa Tarafdar's research into "techno stress".

22/09/15

MBA student and CEO Mohamed A. Abdulsalam profiled in Forbes

MENA Holding CEO Mohamed A. Abdulsalam, a student on the Executive MBA course, has featured on the front page of Forbes Middle East.

21/09/15

Qihal Huang in top 100 entrepreneurship professors list

Dr Qihai Huang, of the Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation, has featured in Hot Topics' list of the world's top 100 professors of entrepreneurship.

09/09/15

Fylde engineers in skills scheme with university

The Blackpool Gazette reports on Lancaster's new Innovation in Manufacturing and Engineering (IME) programme, for which LUMS has partnered with BAE Systems.

04/09/15

Three ways you can save the Arctic ice

The Pentland Centre's Gail Whiteman and the British Antarctic Survey's Jeremy Wilkinson outline what you can do to help the Arctic.

04/09/15

Three industries that will be hit by Arctic change

In her latest blog post for the World Economic Forum, Gail Whiteman and colleagues warn that melting ice caps will impact on agriculture, insurance and tourism.

03/09/15

Lancaster makes University of the Year shortlist

Lancaster University has been shortlisted for an award at the Times Higher Education Awards 2015.

02/09/15

Higher fees 'cut drop-out rate'

Research by economists Steve Bradley and Giuseppe Migali, showing that fewer university students dropped out after higher fees came in, features on the BBC website.

02/09/15

Five reasons to care about Arctic ice melt

The Pentland Centre's Gail Whiteman and Jeremy Wilkinson discuss why a shrinking Arctic matters, including its effects on the economy.

26/08/15

Business support project a winner

The Lancashire Evening Post reports on an international award presented to the Wave 2 Growth Hub programme.

21/08/15

Gambling industry on winning streak

Carolyn Downs talks about growth in the gambling industry on Radio 5 Live's Wake Up To Money programme.

20/08/15

What happens when boards actually collaborate?

David Collinson is quoted in an article on ITProPortal about collaborative leadership.

14/08/15

Is the Northern Powerhouse off the rails?

Economist Geraint Johnes examines Northern Powerhouse plans and claims they are in "utter confusion" in the Huffington Post.

10/08/15

Ghanaian banker discusses MBA experience

Ellah Makuba tells BusinessBecause how he hopes the Lancaster MBA course will help him move into higher roles in the banking sector.

06/08/15

Northern Powerhouse: cruel deception or cool conception?

Two parties. Two rivals. Two plans. One surprisingly similar outcome says LUMS economist Geraint Johnes.

05/08/15

European Banks’ Sovereign Debt Home Bias: Voluntary or Involuntary?

Vox, the policy portal for the CEPR, has published an article by Vasso Ioannidou, together with colleagues Bálint Horváth and Harry Huizinga, which discusses sovereign debt home bias among large European banks.

28/07/15

Demand for compliance managers spurs MBA jobs in finance

Steven Young quoted on BusinessBecause in an article about the growing demand in the finance sector for graduates with skills in risk management, compliance and regulation.