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This week was National Eye Health Week and various activities took place across the country to raise awareness on related issues. The provision of eye care in Scotland has really transformed over the past decade. In 2006 the Scottish Executive introduced free eye care in Scotland. Previously, individuals in Scotland…

What is the role of a leader on twitter? And what is the role of twitter for leaders? Both of these seem apt questions in an age of increasing digital communications. This is especially so, given the number of leaders who are engaging in social media. Former President of the…

Jeff Hyman is Emeritus Professor in Employment Relations at the Business School, having formally retired from the University ten years ago. His research interests were primarily in employee participation and the future of work. Following retirement, he has regularly undertaken teaching on request but assumed that his publication career was…

The world offers examples in most societies of very divided opinions which seem impossible to reconcile. Elections find people ranged on one of two sides of the political divide: go forward or go back. Just when we think that some progress being made, then there is a reaction and a…

Why is it that we struggle not to feel emotional about Brexit? This happens whatever your views are. We voted on June 2016, handed in our notice on March 2017, we plan to leave in March 2019 and then start the transition period. Simple? Since the vote our emotions have…

People say what goes around comes around. And it would seem that saying is particularly applicable to leaders in UK politics. In 2005, David Cameron, in his own scramble to secure his position as the Leader of the Conservative party, found himself buying off the right-leaning euro-sceptic section of his…

Lifelong business education can keep you up to date, raise your awareness, help you broaden your network and re-skill when needed. Business education can help you hone your skills and sharpen your attunement to the environment.

Unlike other disciplines, the concepts and tools discussed as part of business education acquire…

Professor M. Azizul Islam, recently gave a seminar on limitations to traditional (financial) accounting in a socio-ecological context, to a group of social scientists and ecologists at James Hutton Institute. In his latest blog he discusses the limitations to traditional accounting in a socio-ecological context.

Traditional accounting disregards ecological…

Facebook and other large media focused service providers have for too long been overly cavalier with customers' data, in particular with their personally identifiable information (PII). The attention being focused on this event shows they are no longer too large to be unaccountable. Indeed, with the advent of the new…

Last week employers were reporting on gender wage differences. Unsurprisingly, the data show most employers pay more to men on average. The question is what is generating the difference? It is easy to interpret the difference as a measure of discrimination. This is certainly the tone of the current debate.