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Paul Nieuwenhuis

AS AN ACADEMIC I’ve worked a lot from home, but always commuted on foot or bicycle because I’ve lived nearby. Cardiff University – where I was co-director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at the Business School – was half-an-hour’s walk or a ten-minute ride. I’ve just retired, yet I still need to go out on foot or my bike every morning.

I feel more productive outside the University. Business schools still train people for the world of the ’60s, but some of us

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