lead - search results

Agile Business Consortium highlights the importance of business agility in ensuring value for money and greater efficiency

Agile Business Consortium highlights the importance of business agility in ensuring value for money and greater efficiency

Vittorio Cristini and John Lowengrub presents insight into the self-organizing morphogenesis and how it can be instigated by multimodal feedback control. Huaming Yan1,5, Sameeran Kunche2,5, Anne L. Calof3,4,5, Arthur D. Lander2,3,5, Vittorio Cristini6, John Lowengrub1,2,5 1 Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 2 Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of...

ICAEW speaks to Philip Haberman, Senior Partner and Founder of forensic accounting firm Haberman Ilett, about how important it is to invest in women leaders Philip Haberman believes in giving opportunities to employees with potential, supporting them in their career to achieve their true potential, reasoning: “What better way for them...

The changing pharma landscape means opportunities for Parkinson's drug discovery are missed, but Parkinson's UK has a new strategy to redress the balance This will be the 200th year since James Parkinson wrote his seminal paper on ‘the Shaking Palsy’. Since that time there have been major developments in the...

UK business schools and businesses should work together on developing MBA students and their careers as future leaders writes AMBA chief Andrew Main Wilson As the global labour market becomes increasingly heated and economies remain an uncertainty, employers need a new breed of leader to launch and execute future-proof strategies....

Alison Cutland, executive development partner at the Praxis Centre for Leadership, explains why women as leaders are benefiting business On the face of it, things are looking positive for the number of women as leaders on boards in the UK. This year we have seen the number of women on...

IT leaders should balance investment in innovation with cost-effectiveness on their Christmas wish list, writes Civica's director of outsourcing, Gary Bell The festive period is fast approaching, which means that 2017 is just over the horizon. After a turbulent year, the only thing we can be certain of is that...

The European Commission has unveiled a raft of measures designed to secure the EU as a leader of the clean energy transition The European Union will phase out coal subsidies and cut energy use by 30% before the end of the next decade, under 'Clean Energy for All Europeans' proposals unveiled...

Jody Goldsworthy, Senior Partner, GatenbySanderson outlines the ever-changing role of the public sector leader and what it entails...  The UK is facing an unprecedented period of change. Demand for public services is at an all-time high, meanwhile budgets are under more pressure. And, following the result of the EU referendum,...

The European Commission has revealed Michel Barnier will act as chief negotiator during the process of Britain exiting the EU… The European Commission has set up a task force to handle the UK’s exit from the European Union. The group will be led by Michel Barnier, who will take the...

The Minister of Science in Canada has revealed $900m funding to help universities become world-leaders… Canadian Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan has unveiled investment of $900m to support research in the country. The funding will be used to help 13 postsecondary institutions across Canada to strengthen their research centres. The Canada First...

Despite some progress, women are still underrepresented in positions of academic leadership across the world. Colette Fagan, Professor, Deputy Dean and Vice Dean for Research at the University of Manchester asks why The situation has improved since the 1970s but across the world women still occupy only a minority of academic...

Council leaders have called for action after figures revealed the number of homes replaced under the Right to Buy scheme fell by 27 per cent… Fears for the future of social housing have been raised by council leaders after figures revealed a fall in the number of replacements for homes...

Following the resignation of David Cameron, the Conservatives must now chose a new leader to take the party and the country forward… Since the vote on Friday it has been a tumultuous ride for politics in the UK. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition, faced a coup within his own...

Major heads of businesses and industry have come out in support of the Remain campaign… With only a few days until the EU referendum vote top bosses have come out in support of remaining in the EU. The list of supporters includes Sir Richard Branson, chair of the Premier League Richard...

René Schippers, Director, Electronic Record Services B.V. discusses the PATHway project and its role in cardiac rehabilitation...  PATHway vision Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death (30% of all deaths) and disability in Europe and worldwide (WHO), costing the EU economy almost EUR 196 billion a year. With changing demographics and...

Chancellor George Osborne warns leaving the EU would see taxes rise and further cuts to public spending… Leaving the EU would lead to massive tax hikes and significant cuts to services, according to the Chancellor George Osborne. Osborne warned an exit would see £15bn tax rises, an increase in fuel and...

The promise of new opportunities, the housing crisis, international trade and the skills shortage all came into question as panellists at the latest UK Construction Week EU Referendum advisory panel, in partnership with World Architecture News, debated the pros and cons of leaving the EU... Taking place at Grimshaw Architects’...

Professor Jill Jameson, Professor of Education and Director, Centre for Leadership and Enterprise at the University of Greenwich discusses stoical leadership... In 2016, in a difficult global environment, stoical, trustworthy leadership of higher and further education is needed more than ever before. In harsh times, the deeper values and purposes of authentic educational...