2010
Print versionManagement media coverage
A selection of media coverage from the Department of Management in 2010
The Gender Pay Gap
FT 9 December 2010 (and August 2010)
The gender pay gap is a widely discussed issue. The Financial Times has picked it up and has published a series of articles on the gender pay gap. One of the articles is quoting Dr Elisabeth Kelan, Lecturer in the Department of Management at King's College London, who speaks about research findings on pay inequalities in executive positions. Her comment stresses that while much of the gender pay gap on an executive level can be explained through size of company or job tenure, discrimination cannot be ruled out. Earlier this year, she published an opinion piece on the topic of gender and MBA education, also in the Financial Times. This article stressed that gender awareness is currently lacking in management education which will limit the effectiveness of future managers.
Can women help clean up the world's economic mess?
The Calgary Herald 19 November 2010
The economic crisis could put a spotlight on what women offer as leaders who could help repair the damage. The article includes comment from Dr Elisabeth Kelan, Department of Management.
Government to overhaul vocational courses
Daily Telegraph 9 September 2010
Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, will today announce a major review of skills-based courses for 14- to 19-year-olds. The review will be led by Alison Wolf, professor of public sector management at King’s College London. *Also in the FT.
Artificial meat? Food for thought by 2050
The Guardian (p1) 16 August 2010
Leading scientists say meat grown in vats may be necessary to feed 9 billion people expected to be alive by middle of century. The article includes comment from Professor Jenifer Piesse, Professor of International Business, Department of Management.
Our Oxbridge elite needs a university education
The Times (p18) 16 August 2010
Alison Wolf, Professor of Public Sector Management, writes that our current politics, combining fiscal pressures with a protected Oxbridge elite, is bad news for the quality of undergraduate education
Academy sponsors oppose pay 'straitjacket'
Financial Times (p2) 15 July 2010
Academy school sponsors are urging Michael Gove not to 'straitjacket' their freedoms, after the education secretary threatened to impose a wage cap in response to a furore over a primary headteacher’s salary. Professor Alison Wolf, Department of Management, said the “bizarre obsession” with the headteacher's earnings showed a lack of understanding of how public sector pay scales 'handicap managers and make it more difficult to motivate people'.
Gender issues should be integral to MBA courses
Financial Times (p15) 12 July 2010
Dr Elisabeth Kelan, Department of Management, writes that MBA programmes have made special efforts to attract women through initiatives such as women’s scholarships and women-only courses, yet female numbers are unlikely to equal men’s without a concerted effort to increase gender awareness across the MBA curriculum.
Defence research must be protected from cuts
Financial Times (p13) 21 June 2010
Editorial written by Professor Alison Wolf of the Department of Management, on the planned government cuts to the defence R&D budget
Ministers should stop treating adults as stupid children
The Independent (p4) 1 April 2010
Professor Alison Wolf, Department of Management, writes that governments need to stop treating adults and employers as stupid children, telling them exactly what to learn, and how to train.
British Airways strike letter: 'Macho Walsh wants to break the union'
The Guardian 25 March 2010
Leading industrial relations academics sent this letter to the Guardian condemning BA's tactics. One of the signatories is Dr Matt Vidal, Department of Management.
Easystudents jet in to UK universities
The Sunday Times (p13) 21 March 2010
Thousands of east Europeans are making use of budget airlines to study in Britain. The article includes comment from Alison Wolf, professor of public sector management, Department of Management.
Younger women face "gender fatigue," subtle bias
Reuters 8 March 2010
Gender diversity's move into the mainstream gives an impression that gender issues at work have been 'solved', which makes more subtle discrimination harder to spot and can even disadvantage young women starting their careers. Professor Elisabeth Kelan from the Department of Management describes this situation as "gender fatigue", where people in the workplace lack the energy to tackle afresh something that they no longer see as a problem.
*Also on Yahoo India, DNA India.
Gender gaps in voting
BBC Radio 4, 7 March 2010
Professor Alison Wolf from the Department of Management presented the programme 'Babies and biscuits' about gender gaps in voting.
Pressure grows on national bargaining
THE (p10) 25 February 2010
Other universities may follow London South Bank University and withhold the nationally negotiated 0.5 per cent pay rise, Times Higher Education has learnt. Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths professor of public sector management, has argued that universities are "shackled" by national wage settlements.
Moral work in healthcare settings
Thinking Allowed, BBC Radio 4, 22 February 2010
Helena Webb was invited to talk about her recent paper, ‘I’ve put weight on cos I’ve been inactive, cos I’ve 'ad me knee done’: moral work in an obesity clinic’. The paper is based on her PhD work, which analysed doctor-patient interactions during consultations about obesity, and was published in a special issue of the journal Sociology of Health and Illness (‘Communication in healthcare settings’ Volume 31, Issue 6).
Primary maths teaching
Channel 4 'Dispatches - Kids Don't Count - part 2, 22 February 2010
Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management, discussed how children who are doing badly at the age of eleven tend to also be doing badly at age fifteen.
Primary maths teaching
Channel 4 'Dispatches - Kids Don't Count' 16 February 2010
Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management, discussed the absence of teachers with maths expertise in classrooms.
Primary school teachers fail to pass basic maths exam
The Observer (p19) 14 February 2010
Test reveals the majority of primary school staff cannot answer simple arithmetic questions. The article includes comment from Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management. *Also in The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph.
HR leaders uncertain about size of workforce needed and type of skills required for coming year
HR Magazine (online) 2 February 2010
'The State of HR: From Recession to Recovery', a survey of senior HR professionals by City law firm Speechly Bircham and King's College London HRM Learning Board, found workplace stress and grievances, brought on by issues with pay, bullying and harassment and relations with management, are expected to accelerate in the coming year.*Also in Personnel Today
A failure to do the maths?
The Guardian - Education (p1) 2 February 2010
The article on employment and qualifications includes a quote from Alison Wolf, professor of public sector management.
National pay rates
BBC Radio 4 'Today' 1 February 2010
It is cheaper to live in the south east of England than in the north. So why should people who work for the public services get paid the same wherever they live? Professor Alison Wolf, Department of Management, and Sarah Veale of the TUC debate whether national pay rates should be abolished.
The real north-south divide crippling Britain
The Sunday Times (p21) 31 January 2010
Alison Wolf, Professor of public sector management, Department of Management, writes about public sector pay scales being almost entirely uniform across England.
FT 9 December 2010 (and August 2010)
The gender pay gap is a widely discussed issue. The Financial Times has picked it up and has published a series of articles on the gender pay gap. One of the articles is quoting Dr Elisabeth Kelan, Lecturer in the Department of Management at King's College London, who speaks about research findings on pay inequalities in executive positions. Her comment stresses that while much of the gender pay gap on an executive level can be explained through size of company or job tenure, discrimination cannot be ruled out. Earlier this year, she published an opinion piece on the topic of gender and MBA education, also in the Financial Times. This article stressed that gender awareness is currently lacking in management education which will limit the effectiveness of future managers.
Can women help clean up the world's economic mess?
The Calgary Herald 19 November 2010
The economic crisis could put a spotlight on what women offer as leaders who could help repair the damage. The article includes comment from Dr Elisabeth Kelan, Department of Management.
Government to overhaul vocational courses
Daily Telegraph 9 September 2010
Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, will today announce a major review of skills-based courses for 14- to 19-year-olds. The review will be led by Alison Wolf, professor of public sector management at King’s College London. *Also in the FT.
Artificial meat? Food for thought by 2050
The Guardian (p1) 16 August 2010
Leading scientists say meat grown in vats may be necessary to feed 9 billion people expected to be alive by middle of century. The article includes comment from Professor Jenifer Piesse, Professor of International Business, Department of Management.
Our Oxbridge elite needs a university education
The Times (p18) 16 August 2010
Alison Wolf, Professor of Public Sector Management, writes that our current politics, combining fiscal pressures with a protected Oxbridge elite, is bad news for the quality of undergraduate education
Academy sponsors oppose pay 'straitjacket'
Financial Times (p2) 15 July 2010
Academy school sponsors are urging Michael Gove not to 'straitjacket' their freedoms, after the education secretary threatened to impose a wage cap in response to a furore over a primary headteacher’s salary. Professor Alison Wolf, Department of Management, said the “bizarre obsession” with the headteacher's earnings showed a lack of understanding of how public sector pay scales 'handicap managers and make it more difficult to motivate people'.
Gender issues should be integral to MBA courses
Financial Times (p15) 12 July 2010
Dr Elisabeth Kelan, Department of Management, writes that MBA programmes have made special efforts to attract women through initiatives such as women’s scholarships and women-only courses, yet female numbers are unlikely to equal men’s without a concerted effort to increase gender awareness across the MBA curriculum.
Defence research must be protected from cuts
Financial Times (p13) 21 June 2010
Editorial written by Professor Alison Wolf of the Department of Management, on the planned government cuts to the defence R&D budget
Ministers should stop treating adults as stupid children
The Independent (p4) 1 April 2010
Professor Alison Wolf, Department of Management, writes that governments need to stop treating adults and employers as stupid children, telling them exactly what to learn, and how to train.
British Airways strike letter: 'Macho Walsh wants to break the union'
The Guardian 25 March 2010
Leading industrial relations academics sent this letter to the Guardian condemning BA's tactics. One of the signatories is Dr Matt Vidal, Department of Management.
Easystudents jet in to UK universities
The Sunday Times (p13) 21 March 2010
Thousands of east Europeans are making use of budget airlines to study in Britain. The article includes comment from Alison Wolf, professor of public sector management, Department of Management.
Younger women face "gender fatigue," subtle bias
Reuters 8 March 2010
Gender diversity's move into the mainstream gives an impression that gender issues at work have been 'solved', which makes more subtle discrimination harder to spot and can even disadvantage young women starting their careers. Professor Elisabeth Kelan from the Department of Management describes this situation as "gender fatigue", where people in the workplace lack the energy to tackle afresh something that they no longer see as a problem.
*Also on Yahoo India, DNA India.
Gender gaps in voting
BBC Radio 4, 7 March 2010
Professor Alison Wolf from the Department of Management presented the programme 'Babies and biscuits' about gender gaps in voting.
Pressure grows on national bargaining
THE (p10) 25 February 2010
Other universities may follow London South Bank University and withhold the nationally negotiated 0.5 per cent pay rise, Times Higher Education has learnt. Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths professor of public sector management, has argued that universities are "shackled" by national wage settlements.
Moral work in healthcare settings
Thinking Allowed, BBC Radio 4, 22 February 2010
Helena Webb was invited to talk about her recent paper, ‘I’ve put weight on cos I’ve been inactive, cos I’ve 'ad me knee done’: moral work in an obesity clinic’. The paper is based on her PhD work, which analysed doctor-patient interactions during consultations about obesity, and was published in a special issue of the journal Sociology of Health and Illness (‘Communication in healthcare settings’ Volume 31, Issue 6).
Primary maths teaching
Channel 4 'Dispatches - Kids Don't Count - part 2, 22 February 2010
Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management, discussed how children who are doing badly at the age of eleven tend to also be doing badly at age fifteen.
Primary maths teaching
Channel 4 'Dispatches - Kids Don't Count' 16 February 2010
Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management, discussed the absence of teachers with maths expertise in classrooms.
Primary school teachers fail to pass basic maths exam
The Observer (p19) 14 February 2010
Test reveals the majority of primary school staff cannot answer simple arithmetic questions. The article includes comment from Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management. *Also in The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph.
HR leaders uncertain about size of workforce needed and type of skills required for coming year
HR Magazine (online) 2 February 2010
'The State of HR: From Recession to Recovery', a survey of senior HR professionals by City law firm Speechly Bircham and King's College London HRM Learning Board, found workplace stress and grievances, brought on by issues with pay, bullying and harassment and relations with management, are expected to accelerate in the coming year.*Also in Personnel Today
A failure to do the maths?
The Guardian - Education (p1) 2 February 2010
The article on employment and qualifications includes a quote from Alison Wolf, professor of public sector management.
National pay rates
BBC Radio 4 'Today' 1 February 2010
It is cheaper to live in the south east of England than in the north. So why should people who work for the public services get paid the same wherever they live? Professor Alison Wolf, Department of Management, and Sarah Veale of the TUC debate whether national pay rates should be abolished.
The real north-south divide crippling Britain
The Sunday Times (p21) 31 January 2010
Alison Wolf, Professor of public sector management, Department of Management, writes about public sector pay scales being almost entirely uniform across England.
