An unreliable test and tracing system risks becoming counter-productive once we consider how it may affect people’s behaviour, writes Dr. Fabrizio Adriani When pandemics cannot be addressed by pharmaceutical solutions, policy makers need to find viable alternatives to indiscriminate lockdowns, which carry huge human and economic costs. At the time of writing, the most promising […]
People’s trust in their employer’s response to COVID-19 will shape their attitudes to returning to the workplace, Professor Stephen Wood writes. Stay at home wherever possible is a central plank of the UK (and other) government’s policy to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. There are now signs this is beginning to be tempered as workers […]
In this blog Nigel Iyer, a Fraud Detective and Fellow of the University of Leicester School of Business, draws on ideas from his new book ‘How to Find Fraud and Corruption – Recipes for the Aspiring Fraud Detective’ discussing how everyone can and should be a fraud detective. If the famous English dramatist Oscar Wilde […]
In this blog Dr Matthew Higgins discusses how we can teach fraud and corruption as a socio-political, cultural and economic issue, and provide practical tools and approaches that individuals can draw upon to prevent and detect incidences of fraud in their personal and organisational lives. Much like the cacophony of advertising that constantly seeks our […]
Dr Nicola Bateman was asked by to be a plenary speaker for “The LERC 25th Anniversary Conference Lean Retrospective: Assessing Lean Thinking Evolution, Current State and Future Challenges” alongside Dan Jones, John Bicheno and Nick Rich. Each speaker took their own perspective on the last 25 years of application and research of lean. This blog […]
Dr Phoebe V Moore was invited to speak on a panel organised by the German Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN) at the Human Computer Interaction conference 26 – 31 July 2019. Dr Moore’s trip was funded by Leicester University’s ESRC Impact Accelerator grant. Whilst there, Moore conducted some interviews for her […]
Heather Connolly (University of Leicester), Stefania Marino and Miguel Martinez Lucio (University of Manchester) The Politics of Social Inclusion and Labor Representation: Immigrants and Trade Unions in the European Context. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 2019. This new book compares and contrasts trade union responses to immigration and immigrant workers in three countries, the Netherlands, Spain, […]
By Rachael Elliott, Head of Thought Leadership, Business Continuity Institute & Paul Baines, Professor of Political Marketing, University of Leicester. When the referendum result was announced in June 2016, few predicted the turmoil the UK Government would find themselves in just weeks from the date set to leave the European Union. Within six months, the […]
In this blog Pete Hitchings and Tobias Gould from the University of Leicester’s Innovation Hub, provide some top tips on how to access free help from Universities and students. Universities are hotbeds of talent, ideas, resources and networks which can be leveraged to help your business develop, grow and succeed. This post gives […]
By Rachael Elliott, Head of Thought Leadership, Business Continuity Institute & Paul Baines, Professor of Political Marketing, University of Leicester When the referendum result was announced in June 2016, few predicted the turmoil the UK Government would find themselves in just weeks from the date set to leave the European Union. Within six […]
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