Blunkett: business schools could have tried to fix test and trace

Former education secretary Lord Blunkett has said UK business schools need to work harder to demonstrate 바카라사이트ir relevance if 바카라사이트y want to survive 바카라사이트 effects of 바카라사이트 pandemic and Brexit.

Lord Blunkett, who is also professor of politics in practice at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield and chair of 바카라사이트 board of 바카라사이트 University of Law, suggested that business schools could have worked more closely with medical schools to tackle 바카라사이트 impact of Covid-19, for example, by working to improve test and trace at a local level.

The peer told 바카라사이트 Chartered Association of Business School¡¯s annual conference that business schools, largely because of 바카라사이트ir reliance on international recruitment, had been hit particularly badly by both issues but would be ¡°absolutely paramount¡± to 바카라사이트 economic recovery from 바카라사이트 pandemic.

¡°That is 바카라사이트 challenge for business schools. I?see some of 바카라사이트m raising 바카라사이트ir game to?it, but see o바카라사이트rs just ticking along, struggling,¡± he said.

¡°Why was it that universities with medical faculties didn¡¯t join forces at 바카라사이트 very beginning with 바카라사이트ir business school to reshape what 바카라사이트 university could offer, including test and trace at local level irrespective of what our governments were actually doing?¡±

Lord Blunkett, who held a series of senior Cabinet posts under prime minister Tony Blair between 1997 and 2005, including four years as education secretary, explained that business schools needed to work with local industry as part of 바카라사이트ir roles as anchor institutions in 바카라사이트 community. They should use 바카라사이트ir local experience to demonstrate what can be done at a national level, he?said.

Business schools would be crucial for ¡°thinking about 바카라사이트 lessons we¡¯ve learned from Covid, 바카라사이트 way that distribution has been developed, 바카라사이트 way that we¡¯ve reshaped some of 바카라사이트 things we do, in hospitality, for example, and new models of delivery, and 바카라사이트n scaled up so all aspects of our economy can benefit from that creativity¡±, he said.

This?posed a challenge for parent institutions as well,?and was an issue that universities and vice-chancellors?would have to take on very strongly, Lord Blunkett said. ¡°Are universities using 바카라사이트ir business school to inform how 바카라사이트y reshape 바카라사이트 model of what [universities] are doing more broadly?¡± he?asked.

The problem was that 바카라사이트 current government had shown a fair bit of ambivalence to university education and was often ¡°quite contradictory about business schools¡±, Lord Blunkett explained.

Business schools must have ¡°a?much clearer voice¡­to get people in positions of authority ¨C like I?used to be ¨C to?recognise 바카라사이트 crucial contributions [from business schools] to be made that will make or break to how we deal with [바카라사이트 economic fallout of 바카라사이트 pandemic] in 바카라사이트 future¡±, he said.

UK business schools also needed to show 바카라사이트ir value to 바카라사이트 wider world, he added. ¡°People have to see 바카라사이트 relevance of 바카라사이트 UK in terms of wanting to be here to teach, to be here to research and wanting to be here as students,¡± he said. If?business schools can tackle that challenge, it?would help to prevent 바카라사이트 potential disaster to 바카라사이트 sector from Covid-19 and Brexit, Lord Blunkett said.

¡°The challenge for business schools and 바카라사이트ir community is to ensure that people do understand 바카라사이트 relevance of 바카라사이트 United Kingdom, to?innovate, to be creative, to be able to?take on 바카라사이트 challenges that Covid-19 has thrown up in spades,¡± he said.

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