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The Conversation: How restoring river catchments can minimise drought and flood risks

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Professor Neil Entwistle, with colleague Neil Macdonald, writes in The Conversation on how we can minimise drought risk after the driest spring for over 100 years.

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The Conversation: how UK universities are failing mothers on their staff

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Dr Jonathan Lord , Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, and Evelyn Oginni , Lecturer in People Management, explore how UK universities are failing mothers on their staff - and why workplace culture continues to undermine family-friendly...

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The Conversation: ‘Meme stock’ investors are trying to catch up with a financial system which has left them behind – new research

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Co-authored by Dr Richard Whittle, University Fellow at the University of Salford’s Business School, alongside University of Leeds' Dr Stuart Mills, for The Conversation.

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The Conversation: New Paris exhibition reveals how attitudes to paralympic sport have changed

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

With the Paris 2024 Paralympics due to begin, Professor Andy Miah writes in The Conversation about the impact of the London 2012 Games and looks ahead to how Paris might handle them.

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The Conversation: Paris Olympics 2024: faster, higher, stronger – and more data-driven

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Professor Andy Miah writes in The Conversation about how technology is changing the Olympic Games.

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The Conversation: Regulators including Ofgem use codes of practice to curb bad behaviour by businesses – how to tell if this works

Salford Business School

Authored by University of Salford Business School’s Dr Pål Vik, Senior Research Fellow and Director at Community Finance Solutions, and host of the University’s Innovation in Financial Inclusion podcast, for The Conversation.

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The Conversation: revenge quitting: is it ever a good idea to leave your job in anger?

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Salford Business School's Dr Kathy Hartley explores the growing trend of "revenge quitting" - when employees make their resignation loud, public and impossible to ignore for The Conversation .

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The Conversation: Robot carers - redefining nursing for the 21st century

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Authored by Matthew Wynn, Lecturer in Digital Health and Society from the University of Salford's School of Health and Society, for The Conversation.

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The Conversation: Strikes: When companies collaborate with unions, industrial action can benefit businesses

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Authored by Salford Business School's Dr Jonathan Lord for The Conversation.

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The Conversation: Tech firms like to make cancelling subscriptions infuriatingly hard – but regulators are starting to crack down

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Co-authored by Dr Richard Whittle, University Fellow at the University of Salford’s Business School, alongside University of Leeds' Dr Stuart Mills, for The Conversation .

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