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The NHS Leadership Academy has announced who it will partner up with to offer the largest and most comprehensive approach to leadership development ever undertaken.
Following an eight month process, the Academy has chosen internationally-renowned academic institutions and high preforming firms to work together to roll out foundation, mid and senior level leadership programmes for up to 25,000 NHS staff. The three programmes join other Academy...
The Open University (OU) Business School is strengthening its research, teaching and executive education in public leadership and management with the appointment of Professor Jean Hartley. Professor Hartley took up her post at the OU on 1 February bringing with her a wealth of experience in the field, having been a co-founder of the Institute of Governance and Public Management at Warwick Business School.
Professor Hartley has contributed to the field of public leadership and management for two decades through research, teaching and development work. This has shaped some of the thinking and ideas in the field for example about the value and use of...
A new study from The Open University suggests that, despite continuing economic concerns, a hardy group of SMEs may be bucking the trend. One in ten of firms report that they were not experiencing any of the most common business problems. However, the economic climate and its negative impact on demand remains by far the 'top' business problem, identified by more than a third (38%) of respondents.
The Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain*, produced by The Open University (www.open.ac.uk/quarterly-survey) supported the ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Barclays Business Banking also found that...
Professor in Social Enterprise, Rob Paton has received the Lifetime Service to Civil Society award from London Citizens “in recognition of the years of commitment to the issues and people of civil society and the thousands of families in Milton Keynes and across the world who have benefitted from his work, energy and passion for life!”.
Citizens:UK is a growing alliance of community groups – churches, mosques, schools, unions and community associations – that will work together for a better community. It has groups in London,...
The BBC and The Open University come together to bring Evan Davis and his CEO experts into your living room. Each week, Evan invites three people from the very top of the world of business to share their insights from the top.
Yesterday Evan spoke to Ian Maclean of luxury knitwear company John Smedley; Julie White of drilling and demolition firm D-Drill; Tim Wates of construction and development group Wates.
In this episode they discussed the backbone of economies all around the world, family businesses - indeed, the majority of firms are family-controlled, from the millions of modest firms, to commercial giants such as...
The series of Business Perspectives events, hosted by The Open University (OU) Business School, aims to bring together practitioner expertise and the latest academic research and insight. The Manchester event will focus on how businesses can deliver a clear and coherent organisation growth strategy and is being held at the Marriott Victoria and Albert Hotel in Manchester on the 7 February.
Confirmed speakers include:
The IRISS project, funded by the EC under the 7th Framework Programme, has just published a major 412-page report entitled Surveillance, Fighting Crime and Violence. The report analyses the factors underpinning the development and use of surveillance systems and technologies by both public authorities and private actors, their implications in fighting crime and terrorism, social and economic costs, protection and infringement of civil liberties, fundamental rights and ethical aspects.
The IRISS consortium has identified the following trends: (1) a substantial growth of public sector demand for...
From April 2013, the Prime Minster wants to see ‘doctors in charge’, with new Clinical Commissioning Groups paving the way. But there has been widespread scepticism about whether GPs and other clinicians are ready for this root-and-branch challenge.
New research results from The Open University (OU) funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (NIHR HS&DR) Programme offers some much-needed answers. Drawing on data from actual service redesign attempts in the two challenging areas of sexual health services and dementia, researchers found that clinicians who did demonstrate leadership were capable of being open to new ideas and new knowledge while also having the political wisdom to carry their colleagues with them....
The Open University has announced its intention to launch Futurelearn, an independent company that will increase accessibility to higher education (HE) for students across the UK and the rest of the world. The universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, King’s College London, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick have all signed up to join Futurelearn with the intention of bringing together a range of free, open, online courses.
Responding to the announcement, Professor Rebecca Taylor, Professor of Economics and Dean of The Open University Business School and Law School said:
"Futurelearn is an exciting development from The Open University and its partners. The internet has had a huge impact on the...
A new report from The Open University suggests that there is considerable support amongst SMEs for the UK Government’s proposed British Business Bank. When asked, “Would an institution like the proposed ‘British Business Bank’ be likely to help firms in your industry to increase the amount they invest in their business?”, almost half of respondents (48%) agreed, while 30% disagreed and 22% were unsure. Levels of support for this new institution were also found to be broadly similar across firms of different sizes. The study, which was sponsored by the Finance and Leasing Association, also asked SME owners and managers what they saw as the bank’s key priorities. The most commonly identified task was...
