Ralph Darlington

{{Short description|British academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Use British English|date=November 2017}} '''Ralph Darlington''' is Professor of Employment Relations at Salford Business School, University of Salford. His research has been featured in national and local newspapers, radio and television.<ref name="profile">{{cite web|publisher=Salford Business School|url=http://business.salford.ac.uk/staff/ralphdarlington|title=Profile: Professor Ralph Darlington|accessdate=2009-11-12}}</ref> Darlington has published numerous books on his research.

==Early life== He obtained a First Class BA (Hons) Social Studies degree from Liverpool Polytechnic in 1987, before completing his MA in Labour Studies and PhD in Industrial Relations from the University of Warwick.<ref name="seek">{{cite web|publisher=University of Salford|url=http://www.seek.salford.ac.uk/pp.jsp?DarlingtonRalph393|title=SEEK Profile: Ralph Darlington|accessdate=2009-11-12}}</ref>

==Academic and research career== He joined the University of Salford in 2001.<ref name=seek/>

His research is concerned with the dynamics of trade union organisation, activity and consciousness in Britain and internationally both with a contemporary and within a historical context. He has authored, co-authored and edited six books.<ref name=profile/>

He was appointed as Professor of Employment Relations by Salford in 2008.<ref name="3profs">{{cite web|publisher=Salford Business School|url=http://business.salford.ac.uk/news/story.php?news_id=58|title=Three New Professors|accessdate=2009-11-12|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208161349/http://www.business.salford.ac.uk/news/story.php?news_id=58|archivedate=8 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Advisory and consultancy work== Since 1992 Darlington has been secretary of the Manchester Industrial Relations Society, the primary forum for academic and practitioner debates in the field of industrial relations in the north of England. Since 2005 he has also been a national executive member of the main professional association within his field, the British Universities' Industrial Relations Association. In addition to acting in an advisory capacity for a number of trade unions, his research has been featured in national and local newspapers, radio and television.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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==External links== * [http://business.salford.ac.uk/staff/ralphdarlington Ralph Darlington's profile at Salford Business School]

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