Coronavirus disruption to weddings has highlighted the complexity and antiquity of marriage law and reinforced the need for reform, a new study shows. During the pandemic the ease and speed with which couples were able to marry has depended on their chosen route into marriage – religious or civil – experts have found. Rules toContinue reading “Impact of COVID-19 on weddings reinforces need for marriage law reforms, experts say”
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Well done to Cristina on her viva success
Congratulations to Cristina Mititelu who passed her PhD viva on 7 May 2021 with her thesis, ‘The commissioning for social value and voluntary sector organizations: tensions in implementation’. The panel was chaired by Prof Les Budd, the external examiner was Prof Joyce Liddle (Northumbria University) and the internal examiner was Dr Francesca Calo. Cristina’s supervisors are DrContinue reading “Well done to Cristina on her viva success”
Alessandro deserves his place in the top 40
An OUBS academic has been named as one of the best 40 under-40 business school professors by the prestigious Poets&Quants. Now in its ninth year, this identifies the most talented young professors currently teaching in MBA programmes around the world. Dr Alessandro Sancino is a Senior Lecturer in Management with OUBS and Associate Professor at theContinue reading “Alessandro deserves his place in the top 40”
Resetting trust in work
The pandemic cast a spotlight on much-hyped corporate purpose statements. In the glare of scrutiny, when the chips were down, organisations saw an uncomfortable question come to the fore: were they living up to the ideals they espoused? Some clearly weren’t. Remote working has shown that many managers and businesses struggle to trust workers whenContinue reading “Resetting trust in work”
Academy of Management recognition for Jeanette
Congratulations to Jeanette Hartley who has had a paper accepted for the virtual 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) on 29 July – 4 August this year. Her paper, ‘Management Consultants Navigating Competing Systems of Engagement’, was judged by AOM’s reviewers to be one of the best accepted papers in the programme. This entitlesContinue reading “Academy of Management recognition for Jeanette”
A letter to First Years
Open Justice student and regular blog contributor Dona Mclachlan shares her experience of studying law at The Open University with students who are first starting out on their OU journey. As you stand at the foot of the mountain of higher education, some of you may be on a familiar climb others new to the experience.Continue reading “A letter to First Years”
New Director of FBL’s Research Degrees Programme
The new Director of the FBL Research Degrees Programme is Dr Nicoleta Tipi who will work with incumbent Prof Emma Bell over the next few months before taking up her role on 1 August 2021. The Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain in the OU Business School was appointed following interviews at the endContinue reading “New Director of FBL’s Research Degrees Programme”
Viva success for Akash
Congratulations to Akash Puranik who passed his viva with very minor corrections on Wednesday 10 March 2021 with his thesis, ‘The Human Work of Collaboration: Towards an Understanding of Informal Unstructured Collaborative Projects’. The panel was chaired by Dr Anja Schaefer, the internal examiner was Dr Nik Winchester and the external examiner was Dr ChristinaContinue reading “Viva success for Akash”
Resetting equality in work
At the start of the first UK lockdown, way back in March 2020, it became rather fashionable to reflect on how we were ‘all in this together’, all impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. It didn’t take long for the cracks to show. What soon became painfully, obviously, clear was that while we might all beContinue reading “Resetting equality in work”
The post-Brexit amendment to Public Procurement Law: transformative or unchanged provisions?
Dr Miriam Mbah, who joined the OU as a Lecturer in Law in September 2020, has both a LLM and a PhD in Public Procurement Law. The UK Government published a Green Paper on Transforming public procurement in December 2020. This Green Paper, which proposes to amend procurement law in the UK, was prepared inContinue reading “The post-Brexit amendment to Public Procurement Law: transformative or unchanged provisions?”
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