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Dr Kevin D. Tennent

@kevindtennent.bsky.social

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Reader in Management at the #University of York and general business history expert. Research interests include corporate governance, sport, transport and teaching and learning using history. Opinions expressed are mine, not the University's.

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 24d

Now out digitally and releasing in print on Wednesday - a unique narrative of how the British contributed to the Olympic Games as an institution.

🗃️ #history #sportshistory #businesshistory #managementhistory

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Foundations of Managing British Olympics - Alex G. Gillett|Kevin D. Tennent

This interdisciplinary study examines the organisation, administration, and public benefits of Olympic Games in the United Kingdom. In particular, the study will examine the events of the twentieth century, the 1908 and 1948 Olympic Games, drawing upon archive materials.

bookstore.emerald.com

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 12h

And don't forget the women won it twice more before then, in 2009 and 2017!

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 14h

Somehow it doesn't have the simplicity and beauty of the Swiss clock, but I guess we will have to wait and see it in operation to decide.

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Charles!

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Andrew!

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 1d

If you missed it, I won the British Academy of Management Medal for Contribution to Communities.

www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...

York academic receives British Academy of Management medal

Dr Kevin Tennent has been awarded the Medal for Contribution to Communities by the British Academy of Management (BAM).

www.york.ac.uk

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 2d

In a field like health where demand is very specific and highly divergeant between localities, it makes sense to tailor the approach as much as possible. This would make it difficult to establish a 'single best approach' - and in a qualitative system the best is subjective anyway.

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 6d

People with a degree are still more likely to be employed than those without one.

The common view that having a degree is pointless in today's world is simply erroneous.

www.ft.com/content/ea9e...

What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong

People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

www.ft.com

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 8d

I think the AI 'industry' can afford it, or does the free market and property rights only work in certain circumstances.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 8d

Good to see the back of this!

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 9d

The original order was the 141s for West Yorkshire, which I think were delivered in 1984. The 142s followed on from this, attempting to learn from the problems with the automotive parts.

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 10d

Its good to see the Pacer controversey just won't die - they did not save rural railways.

And I've yet to see actual numbers to evidence that they did.

Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 12d

The claim that "Pacers saved rural railway lines" seems not to have fully died a death yet. It's completely ahistoric on several fronts:

1. Pacers were never deployed on rural railway lines.
2. They cost more to buy and operate than Sprinters.
3. Several lines were closed during their tenure.

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 10d

Broadly they were conceived for semi-urban lines and a good proportion commissioned by PTEs such as Tyne and Wear and West Yorkshire for inter-urban routes. Its true that some ran on rural lines as well, but the project was never intended to be about rural lines.

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 13d

Always nice to have the physical copy in your hands.

Two hardback copies of the book Foundations of Managing British Olympics: Institutions through Time by Alex G. Gillett & Kevin D. Tennent. Emerald.

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 16d

A good free summary of the HE sector's problems.

Of course, to the public, HE is just one of many British sectors in crisis where an instituitonal rethink is overdue.

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 16d

New from me: a *free* short version of my Political Quarterly piece on universities... The issue is settled now: the massified and accessible Higher Education system we have spent tens of billions building since the 1970s is coming to an end. (1/2)
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/where-n...

Where now for Britain’s Universities?

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

politicalquarterly.org.uk

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 16d

Where the train shakes from side to side when moving at speed. Heavily associated with Pacers but the DLR had it too.

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 16d

Do they still have a massive hunting problem or has this stock solved it?

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 16d

The Historic England Research Magazine issue on 200 years of Rail seems quite good - and a free resource. historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/re...

Historic England Research Magazine | Historic England

Keep up to date with a selection of highlights from the latest applied research into the historic environment by Historic England and our partners.

historicengland.org.uk

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 17d

The golden age of manufacturer product placement too.

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 19d

@martycricket.bsky.social You know a match is getting serious when they send in @kevinhowells.bsky.social

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 19d

@martycricket.bsky.social feels like its going to be a very long afternoon...even if the rain or bad light intervenes.

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 20d

And now it seems bad light in that match...

Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 22d

A great micro-business history that shows that tourism wasn't just a seaside industry in late 19th century Britain.

Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 22d

A tiny snapshot of a tiny community that had - as it happens - forgotten this element of its past.

Working with @leicsvcht.bsky.social, the people of Nanpantan, have rediscovered its heritage as a place of leisure for the growing town of Loughborough and its labouring people. #LocalHistory 🗃️

Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 22d

Pamela Fisher - @leicsvcht.bsky.social - has written for the @ihr.bsky.social 'On History' blog about her recent community history project on the minute holiday resort of Nanpantan.

A handful of farms, a pub, a crossroads, a leisure space for the working people of #Loughborough. #Skystorians

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 22d

OUT NOW: Foundations of Managing British Olympics

Our introductory history of the British Olympic Movement from the 18th century up to 1906! 🗃️ #sport #olympics #history #sporthistory

soccermadboffins.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-...

New Book Out Now: Foundations of Managing British Olympics

It has been some time coming, but the first of our long promised books on the Olympics is finally here! Foundations of Managing British Ol...

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Dr Kevin D. Tennent @kevindtennent.bsky.social · 22d

Some good news, given the needless faffing with this over the years.

Martin Emmerson @martycricket.bsky.social · 23d

Common sense prevails. And nothing to do with "Ludittes" who were actually progressive.

Nick Webb @nickwebb2017.bsky.social · 23d

🏏No championship change👏🏼

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...