Mary Cook

1 month ago | advance-he.ac.uk | Aaron Porter |Mary Cook |Kamran Razmdoost

In our second Big Conversation workshop, Aaron Porter chaired keynote speakers Mary Curnock Cook and Kamran Razmdoost who offered their insights into the role of governance in shaping both financially and socially sustainable institutions. Their perspectives revealed a shared recognition that good governance is not simply a matter of compliance or structure - it is a dynamic, values-driven process that must evolve with the challenges and complexities facing the higher education sector today.

Dec 4, 2024 | sjuhawknews.com | Mary Cook

December 4, 2024 You don’t have to be a risk management and insurance (RMI) or actuarial science major to realize that the “business of risk” — understanding it, predicting it and estimating its costs, including the level of risk that’s acceptable to achieve your goals — surrounds us these days. Why not use the same framework for managing risk and uncertainty in our everyday lives that Fortune 500 businesses use?

Nov 21, 2024 | hotelexecutive.com | Mary Cook

What do we mean by the word "trend?" A trend is an idea, activity, philosophy, or action that’s constantly changing over time. It’s a general shift in the direction of behavior, that’s developing and becoming increasingly common. Whether it’s fashion, design, aesthetics, products, or anything else, people make trends, and they reflect their psychology. There are uptrends, downtrends, and horizontal trends. Trends can be seasonal, cyclical, or irregular.

Jan 21, 2024 | researchprofessionalnews.com | Mary Cook

Mary Curnock Cook warns that Ucas’s Journey to a Million campaign may be misplacedThe January deadline for students to apply for courses through Ucas is slightly later than usual this year, coming at the end of the month. This will leave us waiting until mid or late February to get a readout of how university applications are faring for the 2024 admissions cycle.