Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places

The solution to burnout isn’t rest or a couple of days off. Instead, people need different workplace conditions — and a new approach to personal growth. https://mitsmr.com/46PBgC7

Delighted to see our paper on how to foster talent management champions published in @mitsmr.bsky.social w/ @amcdonnellhrm.bsky.social & Agnieszka Skuza. #talentmanagement #research @ucc.ie and The University of Queensland. sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-...

We are hiring! You can find detailed information on all roles at the university jobs site: ore.ucc.ie

Ireland is seeking top class global academic research talent. Get in touch if interested in exploring but note the short time window www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob... #AOM2025

Want to learn how the social relations of platform work shape workers’ acts of resistance then have a read of our #openaccess paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @prakritidasgupta.bsky.social

Delighted to be here in Munich for the #EFMDAnnual Conference with more than 500 others

NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...

Can you have a psychological contract with an algorithm? In this new open access paper we unpack this question by adopting a theory of the mind perspective #platformwork #algorithms #psychologicalcontract @uccresearch.bsky.social

This week saw us celebrate student success at the Inaugural CUBS Student Work Placement Awards that recognised the achievements of our talented students across 6 programmes: BComm; BSc Accounting; Business Information Systems; Finance; Food Marketing & Entrepreneurship; International Development

All cases to date under new remote and flexible working legislation rejected by the WRC www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...

Many of the ideas emphasised in this paper are influenced by Burawoy’s ‘making out on the shop floor’, and this a tribute to his scholarship and influence on researchers like me who are not trained sociologist, in light of his untimely passing.

In this paper we critically discuss the broad spectrum of resistance approaches employed by platform workers, bringing attention to how the heterogeneity and novelty of some practices stem from the dynamic and complex #socialrelations of #platformwork, and conclude with a future agenda 💡

doi.org/10.1080/1356... #openaccess

Happy to now have another paper from the PhD out with @ronancarbery.bsky.social @amcdonnellhrm.bsky.social, and Stefan Jooss! 😊 This paper finds home in an exciting special issue on 'Power relations in the digital economy', which will be out in due course (Link to paper in comments)

The rise of hushed hybrid working! hhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0209/1495440-remote-working/

UCC Quad shrouded in an early morning mist. What a lovely way to start the day

We’re hiring a Lecturer in Management in Cork University Business School, UCC. Full details and how to apply at: ore.ucc.ie

Fantastic research @prakritidasgupta.bsky.social reviewing the mass of literature on platform work resistance - a great resource for future research A Systematic Review on Worker Voice in the Platform Economy: The Constitution of a Grassroots Voice Mechanism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A much needed inquiry into important issues affecting workers in the gig economy - doi.org/10.1111/1748...

We are hiring here at Cork University Business School, University College Cork for a Chair of Business Analytics. A great opportunity to join an ambitious, double accredited business school in the great city of Cork, Ireland. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLL778/c... #academicjobs #chair #AI #Analytics