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Professor Palie Smart is the Head of the School of Management at the University of Bristol and also the University Race Equality Champion. She is the only Female BAME Head of a UK Business / Management School amongst the Russell Group Universities.
Here she tells more about what inspired her career in education, the barriers she overcame and her proudest moments…so far!
Many working women today are continuing to face prejudice and insecurities around their menopause. University of Bristol School of Management’s Dr Vanessa Beck, along with colleagues at The Open University and De Montfort University, conducted research on the taboo surrounding menopause at work.
We chatted to MSc Management student, Luyu Yang to find out more about why she chose to come to the UK, and particularly Bristol, for her Masters degree.
For my dissertation, I researched how young women perceive gender and the female body within the marketing of sanitary products. My passion for studying this topic predominantly stemmed from personal frustrations with constant patriarchal standards women are forced to meet within marketing standards.
However, it also grew from previous feminist studies covered in the courses, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, and Organisation Theory.
There are so many places to eat in Bristol, we’ve narrowed it down to our top 5 unusual places for you to try out and enjoy.
Blood transfusions continue to play an important role in health care. The COVID-19 pandemic and government responses have severely impacted the timely provision of blood products, which could put patients at risk.
If you’re new to Bristol, or haven’t visited yet, here’s a selection of our favourite things you can do, see, eat, drink and visit when you’re here! We hope you love Bristol as much as we do.
“Momma…, Momma”
These were some of George Floyd’s final words. They will no doubt resonate in the minds of many people – a dying man calling for his mother, whilst in police custody. Civil action and mass protests are accelerating around the US and other parts of the world in solidarity for George’s family and anti-racism.
Covid 19 has helped reveal the ills and contradictions of our relationship with food, says ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Jonathan Beacham.
The NHS COVID-19 app has brought issues of security and privacy in technology adoption to the fore. In this blog, Dr Emma Williams and Dr Emma Slade discuss their current research project exploring consumer adoption of smart home technology and ask… How smart a user are you of smart devices?