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“Brilliant at everything, saying yes to even more”: The realities of overwork in academia (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pustelnikovaite, T., Richards, J., Ellis, V., & Saxena, S. (2021, August). “Brilliant at everything, saying yes to even more”: The realities of overwork in academia. Paper presented at Work, Employment and Society, Online

Leaveism is an important yet underresearched phenomenon in contemporary work and employment. It refers to employees using allocated time off to work, such as taking work home that cannot be completed in normal working hours, working while on leave to... Read More about “Brilliant at everything, saying yes to even more”: The realities of overwork in academia.

Internal Employer Branding in Global Organisations: An Identity Perspective (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sinclair, K., Martin, G., & Bushfield, S. (2021). Internal Employer Branding in Global Organisations: An Identity Perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1), 16430. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2021.16430abstract

An increasing number of organizations are turning to employer branding to attract and recruit potential applicants, as well as engage and retain existing employees. But what we know about the impact of employer brands on current employees and their o... Read More about Internal Employer Branding in Global Organisations: An Identity Perspective.

Gender diversity and project publication quality – an analysis of STEM in the UK (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sarabi, Y., & Smith, M. (2021). Gender diversity and project publication quality – an analysis of STEM in the UK. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1), https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2021.10796abstract

Gender diversity in STEM remains a salient issue, as the field continues to be a male dominated one, despite increased attention on the subject. This paper examines the interplay between gender diversity on projects funded by a major UK research coun... Read More about Gender diversity and project publication quality – an analysis of STEM in the UK.

Reflexivity and Multilingualism in a Changing World (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2021, July). Reflexivity and Multilingualism in a Changing World. Paper presented at Negotiating a Changed World, London Metropolitan University

Aim of the research: To analyse reflexivity and decision-making amongst undergraduate language students Research methods used: This research is based on narrative analysis – I have constructed ten narratives of my participants’ trajectories using d... Read More about Reflexivity and Multilingualism in a Changing World.

‘Organising from home’: Beating the Trade Union Act 2016 in a global pandemic/recession (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richards, J., & Ellis, V. (2021, July). ‘Organising from home’: Beating the Trade Union Act 2016 in a global pandemic/recession. Paper presented at British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

In 2017, the Trade Union Act 2016 (the Act) became law in the UK, an Act extending several decades of anti-union measures, but notable for the setting of a 50% threshold in statutory ballots. Further, as there is little prospect of the Act being repe... Read More about ‘Organising from home’: Beating the Trade Union Act 2016 in a global pandemic/recession.

Online Organising of Creative Communities (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patrick, H. (2021, July). Online Organising of Creative Communities. Paper presented at British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference 2021, Online

The implementation of the Employability Skills Programme in a global pandemic: delights and pitfalls (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Borthwick Saddler, S., Rezai, K., Paula Fonseca, A., Fannin, N., & Richardson, S. (2021, July). The implementation of the Employability Skills Programme in a global pandemic: delights and pitfalls. Poster presented at Advance HE's Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 'Teaching in the Spotlight: What is the Future for HE Curricula?', Online

This poster will visualise the creation, launch and delivery of the new online Employability Skills Programme (ESP) during a pandemic for more than 2,000 students. The aims of this programme are to develop the Four Cs of employability skills (Curiosi... Read More about The implementation of the Employability Skills Programme in a global pandemic: delights and pitfalls.

Why and how should we phase in the big lecture in post-pandemic teaching of Business courses? An ideation workshop (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chipulu, M. (2021, July). Why and how should we phase in the big lecture in post-pandemic teaching of Business courses? An ideation workshop. Presented at Advance HE's Teaching and Learning Conference 2021, Online

It is worth considering why and how we should phase in the big lecture in post-pandemic teaching. This ideation workshop intends to generate ideas of configurations of teaching modes whereby the big lecture is one of several, but not the core mode, o... Read More about Why and how should we phase in the big lecture in post-pandemic teaching of Business courses? An ideation workshop.

Organising an industrial action ballot to protect jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic: The case of a UK university and the University and Colleges Union (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richards, J., & Ellis, V. (2021, July). Organising an industrial action ballot to protect jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic: The case of a UK university and the University and Colleges Union. Paper presented at 7th Conference of the Regulating for Decent Work Network, International Labor Organisation (ILO) Geneva

The paper responds to key themes of the stream: the importance/relevance of collective bargaining in protecting high-quality jobs in the UK higher education sector during the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper represents a case of good branch-level union o... Read More about Organising an industrial action ballot to protect jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic: The case of a UK university and the University and Colleges Union.

Developing ethically conscious work-ready graduates: the story of the ESP (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Borthwick Saddler, S., Fannin, N., Fonseca, A. P., Rezai, K., & Richardson, S. (2021, June). Developing ethically conscious work-ready graduates: the story of the ESP. Poster presented at Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Conference 2021, Online

The poster showcases the development and delivery of the online Employability Skills Programme (ESP), designed for all on-campus Business School undergraduate students. ESP provides students with a lifelong skills audit, building their Four C’s of wo... Read More about Developing ethically conscious work-ready graduates: the story of the ESP.

Narratives of identity: The lived experience of the local academic in transnational higher education (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McLatchie, J. (2021, June). Narratives of identity: The lived experience of the local academic in transnational higher education. Paper presented at Narrative Methods in Multilingual and Educational Research Symposium, Edinburgh [Online]

Transnational education (TNE) has become a significantly important element of Higher Education Institution (HEI) delivery throughout the world, and much has been written on the subject. However, the majority of research in this field is produced fro... Read More about Narratives of identity: The lived experience of the local academic in transnational higher education.

Mass-Produced COVID-19 Scenarios (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crawford, M., & Wright, G. (2021, June). Mass-Produced COVID-19 Scenarios. Paper presented at Regions in Recovery: Building Sustainable Futures – Global E-Festival, Online

Peer mentoring for students and alumni from the BA (Hons) Accounting suite of programmes (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Borthwick, S. (2021, June). Peer mentoring for students and alumni from the BA (Hons) Accounting suite of programmes. Poster presented at Learning and Teaching Exhibition, Online

This submission recounts the implementation, successes and challenges of a peer mentoring scheme for students and alumni on the undergraduate suite of programmes. The scheme offered a further support network for students through working with their pe... Read More about Peer mentoring for students and alumni from the BA (Hons) Accounting suite of programmes.

The Role of Legal Harmonisation in Times of Crisis (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghio, E. (2021, May). The Role of Legal Harmonisation in Times of Crisis. Paper presented at 2021 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago (online)

Legal Practice in Modern History (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2021, May). Legal Practice in Modern History. Paper presented at Legal History in Modern Practice, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

The Romans envisioned history as a moral didactic, the purpose of which was to present stories about deeds accomplished by historical figures and to challenge readers to emulate those deeds, often by contrasting, for rhetorical purposes, the supposed... Read More about Legal Practice in Modern History.