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Business schools are preparing for MBA student decline
New statistics reveal that business schools could be facing a 10-15% drop in applications for MBA programmes. In a recent report from the Financial Times – which covers the 16 full-time MBA programmes that participate in its 2012 rankings – enrolment of UK students is down by 15% and enrolment ... More
Imperial College is to hold online and on-campus information sessions
In February, Imperial College Business School will be holding both an online and an on-campus information session about its MSc in Finance and MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering. These information sessions are the best way to find out about the exciting programmes that you can study at Imperial College, ... More
Exeter Business School is hosting a Postgraduate Open Event
The Business School at the University of Exeter is holding a Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 25th January from 1-4.30pm. This event is open to current Exeter students, alumni and visitors and is an ideal opportunity for potential students to find out more about the range of Masters programmes that ... More
Imperial College is hosting an Online Information Session for its MSc in Strategic Marketing
The Business School at Imperial College London is hosting an Online Information Session for its new Master's in Strategic Marketing on Wednesday 25th January from 1-2pm. This new postgraduate programme has been specifically designed to focus on the latest technology, communication techniques and social media networks and is ideal for ... More
UEA is hosting a postgraduate open day
If you are considering postgraduate study you should attend the University of East Anglia Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 18th January. This open day gives prospective students the opportunity to talk to the academic staff at UEA and find out more about the different subjects available to study at Masters ... More
Imperial is hosting an Online Information Session for its Master's in Management
Imperial College Business School is hosting an Online Information Session for its Master's in Management on Wednesday 11th January from 1-2pm. This MSc Management programme is designed for recent graduates whose degrees are not in business or management. It will prepare them for a wide range of careers in management ... More
Imperial is hosting an Information Session for its MSc in Economics and Strategy for Business
Imperial College Business School is hosting an Information Session for its new Master's programme - MSc Economics and Strategy for Business - on Wednesday 18th January from 6.15–8.30pm. This Information Session is an ideal way to find out more about this new Master's programme, as well as to see what ... More
Imperial is hosting an Information Session for its MSc Finance/ MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering
Imperial College Business School is hosting an MSc Finance/ MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering Information Session on Tuesday 17th January 2012 from 6-9pm. This information session is a great way to find out about these postgraduate programmes and to get an idea about what it's like to study at ... More
BPP to offer PR module in its new MSc in Professional Marketing
BPP University College is to offer a public relations module within its new MSc in Professional Marketing (Public Relations) with the help of PR Academy. From January 2012, BPP students will be able to choose from a number of topics that provide specialisation within marketing management. These topics include the ... More
ESCP Europe is holding an open day
If you are considering postgraduate study to further your career in business and finance you should attend the open day at ESCP Europe on Friday 3rd February 2012 from 1-3pm. ESCP Europe was ranked 2nd in the UK and 7th in Europe by the Financial Times 2010, and ESCP Europe ... More
BPP Law School launches a new masters business programme
BPP Law School is launching a bespoke masters business programme in January 2012 to give students the chance to graduate with a masters in business in just 15 weeks after completing their Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC.) The Legal Services Act has lead to more ... More
London South Bank University is holding an open evening for postgraduate business and computing courses
On Wednesday 23rd November 5-7pm London South Bank University is holding an open evening for postgraduate business and computing courses starting January 2012.This is an opportunity for potential students to talk to academics in one-to-one sessions to help make a more informed decision about suitable postgraduate options.We offer courses in:• ... More
Bangor Business School is in London!
Bangor University has taken its teaching into London as Bangor Business School has launched a teaching base in the City of London. Bangor Business School is currently ranked as the leading institution in the UK for Accounting, Banking and Finance research. Head of Bangor Business School, Professor Phil Molyneux, says, ... More
ESCP Europe is hosting an Open Day
ESCP Europe Business School is hosting an Open Day on Friday 25th November from 1.30-3.30pm. This event will give you the opportunity to learn more about ESCP Europe and the programmes they offer, as well as meet faculty and students, and get advice on application procedures, scholarships and internships. ESCP ... More
Bolton to host postgraduate open day
The University of Bolton is hosting a Postgraduate Open Day on Saturday 12th November from 9.30am–2pm. At this event potential students will get the opportunity to tour the University of Bolton and get advice from course tutors about their subject of interest, as well as find out about funding that ... More
Warwick Business School is 6th best in WhichMBA? ranking
Warwick Business School has retained its position as 6th best in the UK in the WhichMBA?/global MBA ranking which is produced by the Economist. It is ranked 55th internationally. The Which MBA? ranking assesses four broad areas of full-time MBA programmes. These are career opportunities; personal development and educational experience; ... More
Newcastle Business School launches two new postgraduate programmes
Newcastle Business School - the business school at Northumbria University - is launching two new postgraduate business programmes for 2012. These new programmes are the MSc in Business with Arts Management and the MSc in Business with Entrepreneurship. Both of these new postgraduate programmes are one-year, full-time courses, and have ... More
Birmingham MBA celebrates 25 years
The MBA programme at the University of Birmingham is celebrating its 25-year anniversary. The Birmingham MBA, which is highly ranked in the Global Top 100s, is taught in a variety of flexible formats to meet the needs of busy professionals. Also, in these financially challenging times, from October 2011, students ... More
Sign up for help with your postgraduate future and win an iPad2, plus the chance to apply for a £500 study bursary!
If you have just started the final year of your undergraduate course and are considering starting a postgraduate programme in 2012, Postgrad Solutions is here to help you make the right choice. Sign up to our Student Services at Postgrad.com and you will receive the most up-to-date postgraduate news, as ... More
Meet the MSc Alumni Webinar at Aston Business School
Aston Business School is hosting a Meet the Alumni webinar on Wednesday 12th October from 2.30-3.30pm. This event will feature presentations and tips from international alumni on their experience of getting into the global job market. The alumni scheduled to present are:• Benjamin Socal (MSc Business and Management 2009-2010), Associate ... More
UEA is hosting open evening to highlight its business courses
The University of East Anglia is holding an open evening to highlight MBA (Master of Business Administration) programmes available in its Norwich Business School on Thursday 13th October. This event will give potential students the chance to find out about the MBA courses, which are designed to accelerate career prospects ... More
Warwick Business School globally ranked by the Financial Times
The MSc in Management programme at Warwick Business School has been ranked 48th in the world and 7th in the UK in its first participation in the Financial Times ranking of Masters in Management programmes. Warwick Business School's MSc in Management was ranked globally as number 2 in Marketing, number ... More
Former Kent student wins Doctoral Prize
A former PhD student of Kent Business School has won first prize for the Operational Research Society’s 2010 Doctoral Prize. Federico Liberatore was presented with the first prize in the UK Operational Research Society’s 2010 Doctoral Prize for ‘Best Dissertation in Management Science’ at the Operational Research Society’s Annual Conference ... More
City postgrads win leading computer games development award
Students on the MSc in Computer Games Technology at City University London have won the Teams' Choice award at Dare to be Digital - the UK's premier video games competition. Lecturer in Computer Games Technology at City University London, Chris Child, says, "Dare to be Digital is an internationally renowned ... More
Professor at Swansea is recognised as outstanding!
Professor Steve Cook from Swansea University’s School of Business and Economics has been named the winner of the 2011 Outstanding Teaching Award for Economics in the UK. Professor Cook topped the list following an unprecedented number of nominations for this national award from the Economics Network of the Higher Education ... More
Derby is developing computer games to help cystic fibrosis sufferers
Computer games which help young people with cystic fibrosis cope better with treatment, and improve monitoring of their condition, are being developed by the University of Derby. Experts at the University of Derby have developed four prototype computer games designed to help young people with cystic fibrosis cope better with ... More
Aston Business School is hosting a Distance Learning MBA webinar!
Aston Business School is holding a webinar for its Distance Learning MBA (DLMBA) on Wednesday 14th September. This event will feature short presentations, as well as the opportunity for potential students to have any of their questions answered by Aston's course experts. In this interactive webinar, potential students will learn ... More
UEA is holding an open evening for business students
This month the University of East Anglia is holding an open evening to highlight the Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses available in its Norwich Business School. The event is going to be held on Thursday 8th September from 6-8.30pm, and is aimed to give potential students the chance to ... More
Portsmouth graduate has successful wedding photography company
A digital marketing graduate from Portsmouth Business School who set up a wedding photography business while studying for her masters degree is enjoying great success. Gemma Austin, who graduated from Portsmouth Business School this month, has quintupled her target bookings and seen the business become a massive success. Gemma set ... More
Sunderland honours media entrepreneur
Media sector entrepreneur Paul Campbell received an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from the University of Sunderland. This was in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the media and software industries, and his work in encouraging entrepreneurship within the North-East region. Paul Campbell grew up in North Shields and studied ... More
Loughborough University has five studentships available!
Loughborough University School of Business and Economics has five PhD studentships worth £13,590 per year on offer. The School of Business and Economics is now inviting research scholarship applications for its new PhD in Business and Management students starting in October 2011. There are up to five PhD Studentships available, ... More
Kent Business School celebrates PhD Poster Day
Kent Business School celebrated its 4th annual PhD Poster Day on Tuesday 28th June in Canterbury. Kent Business School runs this annual event to highlight its excellent reputation for research. And at the PhD Poster Day 39 PhD students displayed posters from a wide range of business and management disciplines ... More
UEA is hosting open evening to showcase its MBA courses
The University of East Anglia is holding an open evening to highlight Master of Business Administration courses available in its Norwich Business School on Thursday 7th July from 6-8.30pm. This event is aimed to give potential students the chance to find out about the MBA courses. These courses are designed ... More
Bangor Business School launches new base in the City of London
Bangor Business School has launched a new teaching base in the City of London. This makes Bangor University the only Welsh higher education institution to take its teaching into London. The University’s Bangor Business School is currently ranked as the leading institution in the UK for Accounting, Banking and Finance ... More
ifs School of Finance Vice Principal is appointed to new role by HEFCE
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has appointed a committee member from a private education provider for the first time. Martin Day, the Vice Principal of ifs School of Finance, has been appointed by HEFCE to be a member of its Teaching, Quality and the Student Experience Strategic ... More
MBA taster sessions now available at the University of Herts
The University of Hertfordshire is offering MBA taster sessions. At these events potential students will have the opportunity to discover more about the MBA programme, speak with professors from the university and hear about the scholarships available for local business professionals. Details of the taster sessions are as follows: Saturday ... More
Bradford University is offering several MBA scholarships
Bradford University School of Management has a number of scholarships available for its full-time and part-time Executive and Accelerated MBA programmes. These MBA scholarships are available for student whose postgraduate programmes are during the academic year 2011/12. The following MBA scholarships are available: • 5 scholarships of £5,000 each to ... More
Birmingham Business School launches MBA in Public Service
Birmingham Business School at the University of Birmingham is launching a part-time MBA in Public Service, which will receive its first intake of students in October 2011. The MBA Public Service is designed to deliver structured personal and professional development to current and future leaders working across the public, voluntary, ... More
Manchester Business School launches new MBA scholarships
Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester has launched four new MBA scholarships. This is thanks to generous donations from prominent alumni. Dean of Manchester Business School, Professor Michael Luger, says, "We are extremely grateful to the alumni who have made these scholarships possible and are delighted that they ... More
Postgrad Solutions launches fantastic new design competition
Postgrad Solutions has launched a great new design competition with the winning prize of an iPad2, not to mention a fantastic boost to your CV! We have teamed up with renowned information designer and author of Information is Beautiful, David McCandless, for an exclusive design competition. David, an independent data ... More
Manchester Metropolitan University to host 2-day course on business and enterprise skills
Manchester Metropolitan University is holding a free two-day course aimed at providing the participants with the skills to start their own business and improve their enterprising skills. This course - which is being held on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th June - is an intensive two-day programme for students and ... More
Strathclyde launches Executive Masters in Hospitality and Tourism Leadership
The Business School at the University of Strathclyde has launched an Executive Masters in Hospitality and Tourism Leadership. The International Leadership School in Scotland (ILSS), has enlisted Strathclyde Business School to lead this innovative programme with support from Cornell University in the US and Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland. ... More
Herts is hosting a Corporate Professional Development Summer School
This summer the University of Hertfordshire is hosting a Corporate Professional Development Summer School. This is the perfect way to gain a professional qualification with the University of Hertfordshire Business School. At the Corporate Professional Development summer school The Business School at the University of Hertfordshire will be offering professional ... More
Professor at De Montfort University wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
De Montfort University’s (DMU) Professor Susan Marlow has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for her outstanding contribution to promoting enterprise skills. She is one of only two professors in Britain to honoured with this award this year. Susan Marlow is the Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, and she ... More
Portsmouth Business School trains Russian railway managers
Thirty senior Russian Railways managers have recently spent a week at the University of Portsmouth Business School for a financial training course. This is the second trip that the Russian managers have made to Portsmouth as part of their MBA (Masters of Business Administration) degree programme which they are studying ... More
Hull University Business School gets AACSB accreditation
Hull University Business School has been awarded AACSB accreditation. Three representatives from the Business School recently flew to New York where they were officially presented with the AACSB accreditation. Former Dean of School, Professor Mike Jackson, Acting Dean, Dr Barbara Allan and Head of Administration, Sue Stephens, all went to ... More
Leeds Trinity rewards masters student in "Dragons' Den" style competition
A postgraduate business student at Leeds Trinity University College has won a cash injection for his business enterprise. The entrepreneurial student - Chris Hale - is studying a Masters in Business Management at the university, and came out on top in the business competition at Leeds Trinity for his “Justbreathe” ... More
LSBU is partners with the International Academy of Management in Hong Kong
A memorandum of co-operation has been signed between London South Bank University's Faculty of Business and the Hong Kong based International Academy of Management for the franchise of the Doctor in Business Administration. Martin Earwicker, the Vice Chancellor of London South Bank University, signed a memorandum of co-operation, with William ... More
Kent MSc in Value Chain Management gains CIM accreditation
The MSC in Value Chain Management at Kent Business School has received Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) accreditation. This MSc at the University of Kent is one of only a few masters programmes in the United Kingdom that is accredited by the CIM for a Dual Award. This Dual Award ... More
Bradford University School of Management is launching joint MBA with an Italian university
Bradford University School of Management is teaming up with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Perugia in Italy. Bradford University School of Management is a Top 25 European business school, and this new MBA programme will bring management expertise to the Italian manufacturing and engineering sector. The Perugia ... More
Students at the University of Nottingham have been praised at SIFE awards
Students at the University of Nottingham have been praised for raising the standard of social enterprise at the tenth Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) awards. This is through a number of life changing projects both in the UK and overseas. The SIFE awards are held to celebrate the positive impact ... More
UEA postgrad students win internships to the Caribbean
Two postgraduate students at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have won an internship in the Caribbean. UEA joined forces with Hotel Chocolat to look for creativity and innovation through its EUREKA business plan competition - and the top prize was an all expenses paid internship at Hotel Chocolat's Rabot ... More
Enterprise Thursdays at the University of Sussex is having a Grand Celebration!
The Enterprise Thursdays Grand Celebration event at the University of Sussex is taking place on Thursday 12th May. This event will feature prizes and presentations from some exceptional entrepreneurial students, as well as a speech from Marc Koska, OBE, founder of trailblazing health charity SafePoint. Marc Koska says: "I am ... More
Leeds Trinity has success at Yorkshire Internship Awards
Leeds Trinity University College had a double award-winner at the Yorkshire Internship Awards 2011 - this repeats its success of 2010! The careers service at Leeds Trinity boasted two out of the four shortlisted candidates for the West Yorkshire Internship of the Year award at this month's award ceremony. Alex ... More
UEA is offering scholarships for its MRes in Social Science Research Methods
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is offering scholarships worth £4,500 for students starting its MRes Social Science Research Methods programme in October 2011. The MRes Social Science Research Methods degree is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences at UEA and is an advanced programme of research training. On ... More
Salford Business School eligible for CEEMAN accreditation
Salford Business School at the University of Salford is pleased to announce that it has passed the eligibility requirements for CEEMAN accreditation. CEEMAN is an international management development association that aims to accelerate growth in quality of management development in central and eastern Europe. School Acting Head, Jean Mulhall, says ... More
ACCA awards the Business School at Manchester Met platinum status!
Manchester Metropolitan University has been awarded Platinum provider status by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) - this top grade gives trainee accountants even more reasons to choose to study at Manchester Metropolitan University. The status is currently held by only a handful of UK providers. Platinum awards recognise ... More
Register for Loughborough’s Open Day for Masters in Management, Banking, Finance and Economics Programmes
Loughborough University is holding an open day for students interested in enrolling on its taught Masters in Management, Banking, Finance and Economics on Wednesday 18th May from 1pm–4pm (buffet lunch at 1pm, event begins at 2pm). This open day at the School of Business and Economics will provide potential students ... More
LSE appoints new interim director
Professor Judith Rees has been appointed interim director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. She will take up this new post from Monday 2nd May 2011. Professor Judith Rees, CBE, was pro director of the School from 1998 to 2004 and is currently director of the Grantham ... More
Research at Strathclyde Business School shows that TV is helping to promote entrepreneurship
According to research by Dr Jonathan Levie of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Business School more people are opting to be their own bosses due to coverage of entrepreneurs in the media in television programmes like programmes Dragon’s Den, The Apprentice and The Secret Millionaire. Dr Levie and ... More
Loughborough launches competitive scholarships for its Economics Masters
Loughborough University has launched competitive scholarships for students starting its economics masters programmes in September 2011. The School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University is offering up to 40 MSc/MA scholarships ranging from 10% to full fees. It is also offering up to five full fees scholarships for its ... More
Manchester Business School announces line up for Vital Topics 2011
Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester has attracted some very influential business leaders to speak at its Vital topics lecture series. Professor Michael Luger, Dean of Manchester Business School says, "This year's series gives the North West business community the opportunity to hear from a diverse range of ... More
Nottingham University Business School has new scholarships available
Nottingham University Business School has Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) scholarships available for PhD students. The University of Nottingham has won substantial awards from the ESRC to establish one of only 21 accredited Doctoral Training Centres in the UK. Over the next five years, the new training centre will ... More
IE appoints Visiting Professor for world's first business course for architects
The Chairman of Wordsearch, Peter Murray, has been appointed Visiting Professor for the Masters in Architectural Management and Design at IE Business School - this is the world's first ever business course for architects. The Masters Degree in Architectural Management and Design has been designed by Madrid's IE University School ... More
Nottingham Business School forges strong links in China
Nottingham Business School, part of Nottingham Trent University, has three new contracts with Chinese organisations in deals worth up to £600,000 per year. These deals have the potential to bring in a total of approximately £3 million over three years. A minimum of 15 senior executives from global communications companies, ... More
Prestigious fellowships awarded to economics students at Sussex
Two economics DPhil students at the University of Sussex have been awarded prestigious AMID Researcher Fellowships. Maria Leone and Antonio Martuscelli were both delighted to receive these prestigious fellowships which are sponsored by Marie Curie Initial Training Networks and funded under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme. Maria will be spending ... More
Birmingham City University awards honorary doctoral degree to manufacturing mogul
Manufacturing mogul, Charles Morgan, received an honorary doctoral degree from Birmingham City University on Friday 25th February. This was awarded to him in recognition of his outstanding contribution to British automotive engineering and his long-standing relationship with the University. The ceremony was held at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham and ... More
Bournemouth University Business School launches funded MBA scholarships
Bournemouth University is pleased to announce a series of brand new scholarships for high–calibre students who want to study the flagship Bournemouth MBA. The Business School is offering six fully–funded places worth £15,000 each for UK/EU and International students, and six part–funded places for International (non–EU) students that are worth ... More
Cass Business School has risen 9 places in the FT's MBA rankings
Cass Business School, part of City University London, has risen nine places in the prestigious Financial Times Full-Time Global MBA 2011 rankings. It is now ranked 32nd in the world. Overall this means that Cass Business School’s full-time MBA programme is ranked fifth in the UK and 11th in Europe ... More
Leeds Trinity launches entrepreneur evening classes
Leed's Trinity University College is running a six-week evening masterclass for aspiring business people. This business masterclass is aimed at would-be entrepreneurs, and is being run from Leeds Trinity's Horsforth campus. The course will cover business planning, marketing and publicity, developing a website and IT systems, business finance and how ... More
Birmingham City University enters partnership with steel company
Birmingham City University and ESSAR Steel are pioneering a revolutionary method of treating steel. The two organisations have set up a Knowledge Based Partnership (KTP) in order to help to drive the commercial benefits of this market leading service, branded as the Smooth Clean Surface (SCS) technique. ESSAR Steel decided ... More
Win an Apple iPad!
If you fill in this quick social media survey you will get the opportunity to win an Apple ipad! Euro RSCG Heist - an independent market research company - is conducting a survey on behalf of a number of UK universities. This survey will take students no more than 20 ... More
The University of Lincoln unveils new business and law building
The University of Lincoln has unveiled the £6m conversion of a former office block into a brand new base for its Faculty of Business and Law. This means the university can now offer some of the most cutting-edge facilities for business and law students in the UK. The new Faculty ... More
University of Sussex to launch enterprising Spring programme
The University of Sussex is launching its Enterprise Thursdays seminar programme on Thursday 3rd February, with a master class in how to turn your offline business into an internet success story. This series of business seminars will all feature leading entrepreneurs, and the University of Sussex's Enterprise Team are inviting ... More
Birkbeck has launched a series of business breakfast workshops
Birkbeck, University of London has launched Breakfast at Birkbeck, a flexible development programme for those interested in business and management. Birkbeck is well known for providing high-quality university evening education, and the Breakfast at Birkbeck initiative, which is being run by Birkbeck's Business School, will see the learning take place ... More
Kent Business School achieves fantastic rankings in The Sunday Times
Kent Business School at the University of Kent has been ranked first among universities in the South East by The Sunday Times for its management studies courses. As well as reaching the top spot for its management courses, Kent Business School was placed third in the UK for students satisfied ... More
MSc Strategic Marketing – New at Imperial for 2011
Imperial College Business School has launched MSc Strategic Marketing – a new one-year programme designed to give you the skills to shape your future in marketing in a range of established businesses or entrepreneurial ventures. Taught by Business School faculty ranked 7th in the world for marketing* together with expert ... More
Portsmouth Business School's collaboration with HP is a success
Employees from Hewlett Packard who have been studying a tailor-made Master's programme at Portsmouth Business School have declared it a success. Hewlett Packard 'Black Belts' were hand-picked from around Europe to study for the tailored Master's degree in Strategic Quality Management at the Portsmouth Business School. The HP employees, known ... More
Salford student is named Student of the Year by the Chartered Quality Institute
A student from Salford Business School has been awarded the title of Student of the Year by the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI). Susan Mawer, an MBA student 2009/10, received prizes including cash and a year's Associate Membership of CQI. Susan completed her MBA at Salford Business School in November 2010, ... More
Birmingham City professor wins national personnel prize
One of Birmingham City University's professors - Chris Edger - has been awarded a top prize in the Personnel Today Awards. Professor Edger is one of the university's newest appointments, joining Birmingham City Business School (BCBS) in July as Professor of Multi-Unit Leadership. He is attached to the Birmingham City ... More
Leeds Metropolitan University celebrates success of international students
Leeds Metropolitan University is going to celebrate the success of 200 international students at the Faculty of Business and Law’s winter graduation ceremonies on Friday 26th November. The day will consist of two ceremonies, which are being held at the Gandhi Hall at Headingley Campus of Leeds Metropolitan University. The ... More
Postgrad Solutions announces the 10 lucky £500 bursary winners for 2010!
Postgrad Solutions has awarded 10 lucky postgraduate students a £500 study bursary each to help with the cost of their postgraduate programmes. The winners are from all over the world - from Peru and Pakistan, to The USA and Zimbabwe, and yes there are even a couple from the UK! ... More
Liverpool Hope University makes innovative changes to its International MBA programme
Liverpool Hope University has transformed its International MBA programme in response to market needs, including student expectations and employer requirements. Now, along with its global business-focused curriculums, the International MBA offers more industry exposure, work experience development, soft-skills training and campus placement opportunities. Dr Bob Doherty, Head of Liverpool Hope’s ... More
University of East Anglia internship programme is a success
An internship programme run by the University of East Anglia has now helped 100 local businesses and graduates. The Project Evolve Graduate Internship Programme was set up to support both graduates and organisations through the economic downturn, and in October it placed its 100th graduate Nina Rusowicz with Wymondham-based organisation ... More
Leeds Met is recruiting for Green Computing Masters
Leeds Metropolitan University is recruiting students for its Masters programme in Green Computing in January 2011. This is the UK's first Masters programme in Green Computing and was launched in September 2009. The MSc Green Computing is aimed at Information Technology professionals and graduates who want to use their skills ... More
FT declares ESCP Europe’s Master in Management programme as the World’s best!
The Financial Times has put ESCP Europe’s Master in Management programme at the top of its 2010 league table. This is an improvement on 2009's already impressive third place. The FT announced its 2010 league table on Monday 20th September - and it placed ESCP Europe top for its cross-border ... More
Birmingham City Business School opens new Postgraduate and Professional Teaching Suite
Birmingham City Business School, part of Birmingham City University, has opened a new Postgraduate and Professional Teaching Suite. The fifth floor of Galton Building at Birmingham City University's City North Campus in Perry Barr has been completely refurbished to become the brand new Postgraduate and Professional Teaching Suite. It will ... More
BI Norwegian School of Management welcomes increasing numbers of international masters students
This autumn 221 new international students will begin studying at masters level at BI Norwegian School of Management - this is an increase from last year's figure of 204. This means that around 50 different nationalities will be studying at BI in the autumn, and the numbers from India and ... More
The University of Bolton launches new online programmes
The University of Bolton is launching a range of online undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Business and Computing in October. The first online programmes to be launched are: BA (Hons) Business Management, BSc (Hons) Computing, MBA and MSc Information Technology. They are all being launcehd under the name BoltOnline Four ... More
BPP: It's our 35th anniversary! Join the celebration
Proudly marking our 35-year commitment to high-quality training programmes for business and law professionals. Celebrate with us by receiving a 35% discount on our LLM, MBA and MSc courses at our London centres* *On selected courses (see below). Offer valid until 5pm on 24th September 2010. Courses BPP Business School ... More
Scholarships available for UEA’s Strategic Carbon Management MBA
Two different scholarships are being offered to candidates of the modular, part-time MBA in Strategic Carbon Management based at the University of East Anglia’s London Study Centre which begins in January 2011. Two general scholarships worth £5,000 each and 3 commuter scholarships worth £4,000 each are being offered. The Scholarships ... More
Reduce carbon emissions and improve business performance with new MBA from the University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia’s new London base is hosting an opening evening to provide more information on its pioneering new Strategic Carbon Management Master of Business Administration (MBA) course on 2nd September. Whilst the course originally began in 2007, the new modular concept based in London, near to ... More
Bournemouth University Launches MBA Scholarships
Bournemouth University has begun a competition to search for 10 talented business professionals who will be given a fully funded MBA scholarship. The scholarship to study for an MBA at Bournemouth University’s Executive Business Centre is worth £14,000, and comes courtesy of a donation by the Harvard graduate, serial entrepreneur ... More
IE Business School's Master in International Management
IE Business School, based in Madrid, is recognized as one of the best business schools in the world and was ranked 5th in Europe and 1st in Spain by the Financial Times in 2009. On its centrally located campus IE Business School boasts students from more than 85 countries and ... More
7 ways to fund your Masters!
Funding a Masters degree can be tough - especially in the current economic climate. Click here to see seven sensational ways to afford your degree programme. Looking for funding for postgraduate studies in 2010? Check out the exclusive bursaries on offer from Postgrad Solutions. Content added on 23rd July 2010. More
Birmingham City University forms a unique collaboration with SAP
Birmingham City University and business software company SAP have joined forces to create unique collaboration with SAP to establish unique collaboration between business, academia and local government. Birmingham City University has launched an ‘Institute of Innovation for Enterprise Systems’ through close collaboration with Birmingham City Council and the University Alliances ... More
BI Norwegian School of Management students awarded the Alarga scholarship
Two students from BI Norwegian School of Management have been awarded the Alarga Scholarship worth NOK 100,000 (approx £10,400). The Alarga scholarship is awarded to selected top students with a multi-cultural background and this year has been awarded to Javad Mushtaq and Manveer S. Sidhu. In addition to receiving the ... More
BI Norwegian School of Management students receive Korean MSc award
Norwegian marketing students studying at the BI Norwegian School of Management have won second and third place in an international research competition in South Korea Kristine Vabø and Marie Buraas Østvik were the only Norwegian candidates in the finals. They came second for their MSc thesis on convenience. 'Our research ... More
Postgraduate students from Birmingham Business School consult for PC World
A group of postgraduate students from the Business School at the University of Birmingham received a substantial financial award from DSG International after impressing top executives with their ideas to improve PC World’s marketing strategy. As part of their Master’s degree at Birmingham Business School, students work with real companies ... More
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants reduces prices globally!
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has launched a new global pricing strategy with a 60% price reduction for new students registering to study CIMA anywhere in the world. This initiative, launched on the 1st July, marks a global commitment by CIMA to make its qualification even more accessible ... More
Warwick Business School tops Guardian league table
Warwick Business School has been given the Number 1 spot for Business and Management in the latest Guardian University Guide league table. Professor Mark Taylor, Dean of Warwick Business School says, 'I would like (once again) to commend all those involved in our undergraduate programmes for achieving this distinction. We ... More
University of Portsmouth and Hewlett-Packard join forces
One of the world's largest multinational IT Corporations - Hewlett-Packard (HP) - has signed a deal with the University of Portsmouth to train its 'Black Belt' change champions. These people will study a bespoke Masters programme to support 'lean' methodology, designed to help them turn HP into a more responsive ... More
Kent Business School has been awarded EU funding
The Business School at the University of Kent has been awarded EU funding to conduct Value Chain Analysis in Mediterranean Partner Countries. Kent Business School is part of an international research consortium that has been awarded 2 million euros by the European Union (EU) to conduct a 3-year study to ... More
First Midlands MBA Career Fair to be held on Friday 4th June
The first Midlands MBA Career Fair is being held on Friday 4th June at Aston Villa conference centre. This collaborative event has been organised by four of the UK's leading Business Schools - Aston, Birmingham, Nottingham & Warwick - all of which are based in the same region. The purpose ... More
Manchester Met Business School in successful partnership with McCann Manchester
Manchester Metropolitan University Business School has helped McCann Manchester - the largest marketing communications agency in the North - gain a Gold Award. McCann Manchester is the largest marketing communications agency outside of London. This agency has just scooped Gold from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) for its ... More
Hope Business School gets second PhD success
Vish Maheshwari from Liverpool Hope has become the Business School's second PhD success after successfully defending his thesis. His PhD, entitled, Interpreting Place Branding and its significance in Sustainable Development used advanced CAQDAS (NVivo) techniques to explore the various facets of the place brand, how these interact with each other ... More
Eight marketing scholarships worth £5,000 each available at Birmingham Business School
An alumnus of Birmingham Business School - Simon Evans - has made funds of £5,000 each available for eight exceptional students to gain access onto marketing courses for 2010 entry. To be eligible for these awards students need to be a UK resident. First of all the student needs to ... More
Awards for innovative, enterprising Leeds business graduates
An innovative product design consultancy, called Plus Minus Design, won the Sir Peter Thompson Enterprise Award at a prestigious awards evening at the University of Leeds at the beginning of May. Plus Minus Design was formed by three University of Leeds graduates - Adam Robinson, Henry James and Tom Eales. ... More
Business academics at Loughborough University recognised as world leaders
Two academics from the Business School at Loughborough University have been named in international paper for export expertise, and have been recognised as leaders in research into export business and marketing. Professor of International Marketing Anne Souchon, and Professor of Marketing John Cadogan, have been named in a Journal of ... More
Warwick rises in Executive Education FT rankings
Warwick Business School has risen nine places in the Financial Times ranking of custom programme providers. Warwick Business School is now ranked by the FT as 45th in the World, and 5th in the UK. This is fantastic progress, following on from a rise of ten places last year. Dr ... More
Glamorgan celebrates its MBA success
Last month Glamorgan Business School held a celebration dinner at the Millennium Stadium to mark the success of its Masters in Business Administration course. Past and present students attended the event during which Glamorgan MBA graduate and former Welsh international athlete and rugby player Nigel Walker, spoke about his experiences ... More
Manchester MBS Doctoral Programme ranked highly by FT
Once again, the MBS Doctoral Programme has been rated very highly in the 2010 Financial Times Rankings. This year this programme has been ranked second in the world. The postgraduate research programme is the largest business and management programme in a campus-based UK business school. And the students at Manchester ... More
Cranfield University to host Europe's MBA Business Plan of the Year Competition
This year's European Business Plan of the Year Competition (EBPYC) is to be held at the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurial Performance at Cranfield School of Management. The EBPYC is Europe’s longest running MBA business plan competition, and it is designed to encourage entrepreneurship and new business ventures. The competition is ... More
BI ranked well by FT
BI Norwegian School of Management has been ranked as number 29 in the Financial Times ranking of customised competence and management development programmes among European universities and business schools. The institution has also retained its place among the world’s 65 best business schools. Tom Colbjørnsen, President of BI Norwegian School ... More
BI Norwegian School of Management starts new mentor programme
Last month 18 students started on BI Norwegian School of Management's International Mentor Programme for Master of Science. Their first meeting was on 21st April - and the programme will continue for a year. Through BI's mentor programme it is expected that the master students will increase their competence level ... More
ESCP Europe open day
ESCP Europe Business School is having an open day on Friday 14th May from 1pm-3.30pm. If you are considering postgraduate studies and are interested in the world of business and finance, there’s still time to make a career decision that will pay off for years to come. To see how ... More
UEA to host open evening for its business courses
The University of East Anglia (UEA) will be holding an open evening for students interested in the Master of Business Administration (MB) courses available at Norwich Business School on Thursday 6th May. This event will give potential students the chance to find out about the Norwich Business School’s MBA courses, ... More
UEA has MSc in Brand Leadership
The University of East Anglia has launched the MSc Brand Leadership which is a unique collaboration between senior industry professionals and the business experts at Norwich Business School at the university. This is the world's first programme in brand leadership, and is a one-year course. The course is led by ... More
Cranfield launches new Masters programme to produce global business leaders
Cranfield University has launched a brand new Masters programme - Global Product Development and Management - which is aimed at producing business leaders that can deal effectively with the challenges and demands of modern globalised markets. As the world becomes increasingly connected, there is a whole host of new challenges ... More
Master’s graduates in high demand according to Norwegian business school
Figures from BI Norwegian School of Management’s annual job market survey reveal great results for its graduates. The survey shows that 96% of all graduates from BI with Master’s, and Business and Economics degrees have jobs after finishing their studies. These results demonstrate a definite increase on 2008, when 90% ... More
Portsmouth lecturer is computer gamer intent on saving the world!
A lecturer from the University of Portsmouth has a lead role in a new online computer game aimed at solving some of the world's most difficult problems such as poverty, hunger and disaster - and is the only person in Europe to achieve this. Simon Brookes, a lecturer in entrepreneurship ... More
Two great Birmingham institutions unite for business networking event!
Birmingham Business School and Aston Business School are collaborating to offer two exclusive networking events for postgraduate alumni and students these events are known as Second City First. The first Second City First event will take place at Aston Business School on Thursday 18th March from 6pm - 8.30pm, and ... More
Warwick Business School has appointed a new Dean
Professor Mark Taylor has been appointed by the University of Warwick as the new Dean at the Warwick Business School, and he will take up his new post in the summer term. Professor Taylor comes with outstanding credentials in the worlds of academia and business. Since 1999 Professor Taylor has ... More
City University London is to host an MSc in Management information session
City University London is to host an MSc in Management information session on Wednesday 17th March. The event starts at midday and is to be held at the Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, EC1Y 8TZ. A specialist Masters degree can be an essential step towards your desired career. But ... More
US Economic Envoy visits Queen’s University Belfast
The United States Special Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland, Declan Kelly, visited Queen’s University Belfast – the UK’s Entrepreneurial University of the Year – on Tuesday 23rd February. The purpose of his visit was to meet with business students studying entrepreneurship and to visit the University's Centre for Cancer Research ... More
Portsmouth launches new course for forensic accountants
A new distance-learning forensic accounting course has been launched at the University of Portsmouth Business School to meet the growing demand for forensic accountants. The economic downturn and the massive rise in fraud and legal disputes have resulted in forensic accounting becoming one of the fastest growing areas of accounting. ... More
University of Hertfordshire launches new Applied Accounting course
This year the University of Hertfordshire Business School has created a new Applied Accounting Masters degree, that will help improve the employability of its students. As the accounting job market becomes ever more competitive, the need to make your CV stand out becomes even more important. So, to help the ... More
UEA London MBA scholarship deadline approaching!
The scholarship deadline for students interested in the MBA Stategic Carbon Management is Sunday 28th February. This MBA from the Norwich Business School is to be taught out of the University of East Anglia's London campus in Middlesex Street, E1. The MBA is designed to maximise knowledge and practical business ... More
Aston Business School gets No 1 ranking
Career progress on Aston Business School’s (ABS’s) MBA programme has been ranked first in the UK and fifth in the world in prestigious global rankings released by the Financial Times on 25th January. This measure of career progression compares job level held by full-time MBA graduates and size of company ... More
Researcher from Trinity College Dublin has received a European Research Council Grant
A €1.4 million grant has been awarded to Professor Kevin O’Rourke of the Economics department at Trinity College Dublin. This grant will enable him to research the inter-relationships between trade, trade policy and the Great Depression. Professor O’Rourke is the first Irish-based researcher to receive a European Research Council (ERC) ... More
UWIC to open new high-spec management facility
The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) is to open a high-spec new management facility. The new Cardiff School of Management building is scheduled to open in Autumn 2010. This spectacular building will enable UWIC to become a leading centre in the UK for teaching and researching subjects including Business, ... More
Birmingham Business School rises in FT Global MBA Rankings
The 2010 Financial Times Global MBA rankings has positioned Birmingham Business School’s MBA at 75th in the world, 21st in Europe and 13th in the UK. This illustrates Birmingham’s continued commitment to provide international management expertise across a range of business disciplines. 'This is really good news and reflects the ... More
University of Oxford launches new MSc
The Said Business School at the University of Oxford is launching a new MSc in Law and Finance in October 2010. The new degree will be a full-time nine-month programme, offering students with a prior background in law the chance to develop an advanced interdisciplinary understanding of the economic and ... More
MMUBS launches brand new training and consultancy service
Manchester Metropolitan University Business School has launched a new training and consultancy service aimed at providing commercial clients with tailored training programmes. The Commercial Academy will provide businesses and individuals with first class training in a variety of business disciplines. In addition to the two-day workshops which are open to ... More
Birmingham Business School to host guest lecture by Man U’s Chief Exec
Manchester United Chief Executive David Gill and a panel of special guests will discuss a variety of topics including elite football and profit, footballers as role models, corporate responsibility and globalisation in a special guest lecture at the Business School at Birmingham University. Mr Gill first joined Manchester United as ... More
UEA’s innovative MBA to be delivered from new London-based study centre
The University of East Anglia’s MBA in Strategic Carbon Management will be delivered in a part-time modular format from the University of East Anglia’s new study centre based in the heart of London from March 2010. The MBA is designed to maximise knowledge and practical business experience in climate change ... More
Business school launches programme of academic enterprise seminars
Manchester Metroplitan University Business School has started its Academic Enterprise Seminars programme for 2010. These seminars are hosted by a series of experts and practitioners in the fields of enterprise and knowledge transfer. The first seminar took place on Tuesday 19th January, and the next one will be held on ... More
Finnish business school has become part of a newly created university
The Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) has become part of Aalto University. This happened on 1st January 2010 - and the leading Finnish business school will now be known as the Aalto University School of Economics. HSE was the largest and leading business school in Finland, and a globally acknowledged ... More
Former MSc International Development student returns to Dutch university as Associate Professor
A former student at leading Dutch institution, Wageningen University, has returned to her place of learning as an Associate Professor. Monique Nuijten who studied MSc International Development Studies at Wageningen University, has always been interested in social inequality, research and different nationalities, and feels that this institution is the ideal ... More
Finnish business school ranked amongst Europe’s Top 20
Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) came in 18th in the European Business Schools ranking results published by the Financial Times in December 2009. The Financial Times European Business Schools ranking gathers the annual ranking results of the publication from various fields in business economics education. Earlier this year, the paper ... More
EDHEC Business School expands in Asia
EDHEC Business School is to expand into Singapore, Asia. Singapore is regarded as a hub for research and education in Asia, as well as being the second financial marketplace in the region, it is therefore seen as the ideal city in which to develop EDHEC Business School’s activities in this ... More
Professor David Storey at Warwick Business School awarded OBE
Professor David Storey from Warwick Business School was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year honours list. Professor Storey works in the Centre for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. He has worked at Warwick Business School since 1987, where he coordinated the largest research programme ... More
LSE launches brand new MSc in Finance and Private Equity
The Department of Finance at the London School of Economics is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new programme - MSc Finance and Private Equity - which commences in September 2010. This MSc programme is part of a major new initiative in the study and teaching of private ... More
The Vice-Chancellor of Aston University has been named the UK’s Low Carbon Business Ambassador
The Vice-Chancellor of Aston University in Birmingham has been named by the Government as the UK’s Low Carbon Business Ambassador. Professor Julia King will join 24 business and education leaders appointed by the Prime Minister since 2008, to promote the UK’s excellence internationally, to inspire UK companies to export, and ... More
Loughborough University has appointed a new Dean for its Business School
Professor Angus Laing has been appointed Dean of the Business School and Economics at Loughborough University. In this role he will lead the implementation of an ambitious strategy to further enhance the national and international profile of the Business School and Economics, and strengthen their position as leaders in their ... More
Nottingham University Business School has leading ‘entrepreneurial’ professor
Professor Mike Wright - Director of the Centre for Management Buy-out Research and Professor of Financial Studies at Nottingham University Business School — has been awarded three international accolades for his exceptional contributions to the study of entrepreneurship. The Academy of Management’s Entrepreneurship Division named Professor Wright the recipient of ... More
FT ranks IE Business School No. 5 in Europe and No. 1 in Spain
IE Business School - which is based in Madrid - has been ranked No. 5 in Europe and No. 1 in Spain, in the 2009 ranking of European business schools published by the Financial Times. The annual report is based on the results obtained by leading European business schools in ... More
The University of Cambridge is hosting a Masters in Management Open Day
The University of Cambridge is hosting a Masters in Management Open Day on Tuesday 19th January 2010 from 9.30am - 1.00pm. This one-year Masters degree from the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School will open many doors for exceptional graduates. It’s an innovative programme, designed for those who have not ... More
Nottingham Trent University Business School develops new bespoke MSc in Management and Leadership
International engineering and construction company, Kentz Group, has chosen Nottingham Business School to deliver a bespoke MSc in Management and Leadership for its potential future leaders. Kentz provides specialist engineering solutions and has over 10,000 employees operating in 26 countries worldwide. Nottingham Business School, part of Nottingham Trent University, is ... More
Financial Times puts Aston Business School in Europe’s Top 40
Aston Business School (ABS) has climbed sixteen places in the Financial Times (FT) European Business Schools rankings. The overall league table, an amalgam of the FT’s MBA, Executive MBA, Masters in Management and Executive Education rankings, places ABS 31st in Europe - a sixteen place improvement on 2008. It also ... More
ESCP Europe Alumni is The Independent 2009 Student of the Year
A graduate of ESCP Europe’s European Executive MBA programme has won The Independent 2009 Student of the Year Award. Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke received this accolade at the Annual Gala of the Association of MBAs (AMBA) in London. The award was set up twelve years ago by AMBA and the British newspaper ... More
Norwegian business school gets high European ranking
Eduniversal’s Top Business Schools Worldwide survey for 2009 has ranked BI Norwegian School of Management as among Europe’s best-known business schools. The survey has also given BI a top rating - on the level of schools such as London Business School, INSEAD and HEC School of Management. The survey rates ... More
French business school is offering early bird reduction in tuition fees
To avoid a rush during the peak period, EDHEC Business School is offering a reduction of 5% in the tuition fees for early enrolment on its MBA programme before Monday 1st February 2010. EDHEC Business School in France offers the shortest MBA possible - it is a highly intensive 10 ... More
New Master’s course at Kent University awarded professional accreditation
Programme leaders for Kent Business School’s MSc in Value Chain Management have received confirmation that the Chartered Institute of Purchase and Supply (CIPS) has awarded the programme a certificate of accreditation. This means that graduates of this programme - which was launched in September 2009 - who meet the work ... More
IE Business School ranked top by Latin American businesses
IE Business School in Madrid has been rated as the top business school in Europe, and number 7 worldwide in the field of executive education, according to the latest ranking published by Latin American publication, América Economía. The report considers IE Business School’s executive education programmes to be among the ... More
University of Southampton renames MSc programme to reflect new focus
The Masters programme in Management Sciences at the University of Southampton’s School of Management will have a new name from autumn 2010 - it will become the MSc in Business Analytics and Management Sciences. This name change reflects the changing nature of the subject and the greater focus on scientific ... More
Teesside is University of the Year
There was plenty to celebrate at Teesside University after it was named the University of the Year by the Times Higher Education magazine. The award - one of the most prestigious in the higher education calendar - was presented to the Vice Chancellor of Teesside University, Professor Graham Henderson, at ... More
Nottingham Business School begins 30th anniversary celebrations!
Nottingham Business School, part of Nottingham Trent University, began its 30 year anniversary celebrations with a guest lecture from Richard Lambert, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry. The lecture - Business and universities in challenging times - was about the impact of the current economic and political environment ... More
Finnish school is ranked higher by the Financial Times
The Helsinki School of Economics Executive MBA Programme has risen twelve places on the Financial Times EMBA ranking list. The programme is now ranked 55th in the world, whereas its previous ranking was 67th overall. The ‘Top Executive MBA Programmes’ list includes 95 of the best Executive MBA programmes in ... More
Aston Business School named as leading business institution
The Economist’s Which MBA Ranking 2009 has once again named the MBA programme at Aston Business School in Birmingham as one of the best in the world. According to the newly-released ranking, Aston’s MBA is 67th in the world, ahead of prestigious institutions such as Imperial College Business School. The ... More
ESCP Europe Business School Open Day
There is still time to make a career decision that will pay off for years to come. To see how ESCP Europe can help you, go along to their open day and check out the postgraduate opportunities for ambitious business minds. The event will take place on Friday 30th October ... More
Salford Business School announces AMBA accreditation
Salford Business School has received accreditation for its MBA from the Association of MBAs (AMBA) following an accreditation visit in September 2009. The Business School Executive decided to seek AMBA accreditation back in January 2007, and everyone is delighted that this has now been achieved just three years after the ... More
European business school ranked No 1 in the UK by the Financial Times
In the yearly league tables for global Masters in Management programmes published by the Financial Times this October, ESCP Europe’s Master in Management was ranked first in the UK, and third worldwide. The European business school was also recognised in terms of the success of its graduates, with the FT ... More
EDHEC Business School launches new summer course for 2010
French business school, EDHEC, has announced the launch of an exciting new course for next year. Entitled ‘Strategies for Europe’, it is an intensive four-week course that will take place on both the Lille and Nice campuses from May 17th to June 12th 2010. It is designed to teach its ... More
Kent Business School announces exciting new partnership
The successful award of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between Kent Business School and Albatross Group Ltd heralds the start of an exciting new stage for both parties. It will enable Albatross - a major provider of group tourism services - to analyse existing business processes whilst reviewing and implementing ... More
Business Masters 2009 to be held at Karlsruhe University (TH) in Germany
The School of Economics and Business Engineering at Karlsruhe University (TH) in Germany is to host Business Masters 2009 - the international case study competition. The application deadline was back in September, but the competition itself will take place between 11-14th November 2009. The competition will see teams from around ... More
Manchester Met University finance students win the cup!
Three Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (MMUBS) students successfully fought off competition from four other teams to win the Seven Investment Management (7IM) University Challenge Cup. This is the second year that a team from MMUBS has won this competition - this year the winning team consisted of Dale Morgan, ... More
Aston Business School’s Masters ranked number one globally
Aston Business School’s Masters programmes have achieved first in the world for careers, in rankings released by the Financial Times this October. This measure of career progression surveyed alumni of Aston Business School’s MSc in International Business three years after they completed their course, asking them to indicate their level ... More
Manchester Business School launches online publication
September saw Manchester Business School launch Transforming Management, a new online publication that brings together some of the world's most influential strategists, practitioners and policy-makers to share their views on the most challenging issues facing modern business. The ethos of the publication is built on the city of Manchester’s history ... More
Loughborough University leads the way with new global perspective
A network of researchers, led by Loughborough University, has devised a way to regularly measure the links between key cities around the world, which will provide a new perspective on how the world’s economy is changing. The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) – the leading academic think tank ... More
Nottingham Business School professor celebrates publication of article
Nottingham Trent University Business School's Professor Alistair Mutch, is celebrating after becoming the first academic from a post-1992 university to be published in Organization Science, for his recent article, Technology, Organisation and Structure - a Morphogenetic Approach. Organization Science is currently ranked 5th in the world by citations. Professor Mutch’s ... More
University expert believes entrepreneurs could hold the key to a brighter financial future
Dr Lorraine Warren - an academic from the School of Management at Southampton University - believes that entrepreneurs could play a key part in getting Britain out of the recession. Dr Warren, who is the university’s Director of Postgraduate Programmes, believes that the innovative ideas of entrepreneurs, especially in coming ... More
Former Spanish minister joins Madrid business school
Spain's former Minister of Public Administrations - Jordi Sevilla Segura - has joined Instituto de Empresa Business School (IE) in Madrid for the start of the 2009-2010 academic year. He will be teaching economic environment and country analysis as an associate professor. Sevilla holds a degree in economic sciences from ... More
International sporting success for Loughborough Business School student
Loughborough Business School is toasting the success of its student Hollie Avil, who has become the new world under 23 triathlon champion after helping secure a British one-two at the ITU Triathlon Under 23 World Championships on Australia’s Gold Coast on Friday 11th September. Ms Avil, who has also just ... More
25th birthday celebrations for Kingston University MBA
This month two hundred guests gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Kingston Business School MBA. The event took place at the fabulous Waldorf Hilton in central London, where guests were greeted with a champagne reception, followed by a dinner-dance to celebrate this important milestone. Guests included many staff ... More
Madrid business school is ranked top by Wall Street
The Instituto de Empresa Business School (IE) in Madrid is the number one business school worldwide for one-year programmes, according to the Wall Street Journal’s ranking. This result further consolidates the business school’s position as an international leader in the field of management education. The ranking is based on the ... More
Professor at Helsinki School of Economics in prestigious new role
Professor of Economics Matti Liski from the Helsinki School of Economics, has been appointed as an editor for The Scandinavian Journal of Economics starting from the current issue - September 2009. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics is one of the oldest and most distinguished economics journals in the world. It publishes ... More
University of Glamorgan Business School appoints new dean
The new dean of the Glamorgan Business School - Monica Gibson-Sweet - will take up her post on 1st October 2009. She has a wealth of experience in higher education in the UK, most recently as Assistant Director of the Higher Education Academy. Although originally hailing from Merseyside, she lived ... More
Kent Business School director speaks at international conferences
Professor Paul Phillips, a director of the Kent Business School, has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the 9th Hellenic European Research on Computer Mathematics and its Applications Conference 2009 in Athens, Greece on 24th-26th September 2009. Professor Phillips will deliver a lecture entitled ‘Organizational Flexibility: The Seven Factors ... More
Professors at Exeter Business School score a hat-trick
This month the excellence of three economics professors at the University of Exeter has been recognised. Professor John Maloney received a special overall award for the student nominated and outstanding teaching categories. The accolade came with the following remarks from the awarding body: ‘We received a record number of nominations ... More
INSEAD celebrates half a century of excellence!
Since its inception and first MBA intake in1959, the school has been committed to providing a unique multicultural learning environment that brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world. To honour this historic event and launch INSEAD’s 50th anniversary celebrations, the school hosted an exclusive ceremony on its ... More
Deadline extended to 21st September for applications for subsidised postgraduate courses at Trinity College Dublin
This autumn Trinity College Dublin (TCD) introduced two new subsidised postgraduate courses in computing with an interdisciplinary outlook - and the date for applying has just been extended to Monday 21st September. The diplomas were established by TCD’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, together with its School of Linguistic, ... More
Imperial College London’s MBA students hit the jackpot!
Students from Imperial College’s Business School have been rewarded for all the hard work they’ve been doing over the last six months on Imperial’s MBA flagship course Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design (IED). The group of six MBA students have spent half a year developing an idea which was initially provided ... More
UK sales professionals' pay outstrips colleagues
Sales professionals are some of the best paid employees in business in the UK, according to the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s latest Croner Sales Rewards study, with both basic pay and bonuses rising. Sales professionals’ average basic pay exceeded that of their colleagues in marketing, finance and HR across most ... More
CIMA and BPP join forces to help graduates through toughest job market in a decade
CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, and professional training provider, BPP, have joined forces to subsidise courses for graduates coming onto the job market in the toughest market in a decade. From 7th May, students can sign up to study CIMA Certificate and Managerial level courses at a BPP ... More
EADA-Barcelona debuts innovative Retail Management Centre
The International Business School of Upper Management and Business Administration (EADA) has set up a Retail Management Centre in response to growing market needs for research in the retailing sector and in order to address the consultancy needs of companies. The mission of the Retail Management Centre is to promote ... More
ESCP-EAP is awarded re-accreditation from EQUIS
On 9 March 2009, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris - Ecole Européenne des Affaires (ESCP-EAP) was awarded re-accreditation from the EFMD European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), the leading international system of quality assessment and improvement of higher education institutions in management. Only 116 institutions in the world, 17 of ... More
Bath School of Management lecturer receives prestigious literary award
Dr Fotios Pasiouras, Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Bath School of Management, was recently chosen as a Highly Commended Award Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009 for his paper entitled “Consolidation in the Greek banking industry: Which banks are acquired?” Dr Pasiouras co-authored his ... More
Salford Business School celebrates strong showing in 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
Results from the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) show Salford Business School having significantly strengthened research quality as compared with the previous exercise in 2001. The submission to the Library and Information Management (LIM) panel brought particularly outstanding results, 75% of activity being rated at an 'international' standard, including 25% ... More
Exeter unveils generous funding support for MBA study
The University of Exeter Business School recently announced new funding opportunities for students taking up places on the School’s full time, one year MBA programme. The scholarship will cover five full fee scholarships, worth £17,000 each, to eligible applicants taking up the course for the 2009/10 academic year. The scholarships ... More
Brandeis University expanding its respected international business school
Whatever your business career outlook - managing investment portfolios, designing government trade and financial policies, or overseeing company's finances – a firm and comprehensive understanding of the forces driving the global economy is critical . The Brandeis University International Business School MA is an innovative, two-year degree that targets the ... More
Develop international management skills at the London Metropolitan University School of Business
London Metropolitan University’s MA in International Business develops specialist knowledge and skills in managing business internationally. Critical analysis of complex and volatile economic, political, cultural and competitive environments is covered in order to understanding the dynamism of international business. The international student body ensures that MA candidates will gain valuable ... More
Westminster offers generous scholarships for international postgraduate business programmes
The University of Westminster School of Business MA in International Business is focused on developing a critical understanding of communications and efficient international transportation, international relocation of production and service provision, and the significant increase in economic migration. A commitment to effectively increasingly students’ knowledge on these factors in international ... More
Critical analysis central to International Business programme at University of Greenwich
The MA in International Business at the University of Greenwhich heavily explores the complexity and diversity of business theory and practice in an increasingly interconnected world. Students engage in critical analysis of international business practice and explore the growing international context of business today. Drawing on current and evolving University ... More
MA in International Business at Europe’s top ranked HEC School of Management
Located in the heart of Paris, the École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris (HEC Paris) was recently named the top business school by the Financial Times for the forth year running. The HEC's Master in International Business (HEC MIB) is a 12-month full-time Master program taught in English. The ... More
Liverpool John Moores University wins top business award
Liverpool John Moores University recently received a coveted award in recognition of the University's outstanding performance and competitive business positioning. At a ceremony in London, HRH The Princess Royal, Patron of the British Quality Foundation (BQF) presented the 2008 British Quality Foundation UK Excellence Award, one of the UK's most recognised ... More
Sotheby’s MA in Art Business prepares students for international commercial art career
Sotheby's MA in Art Buisness is designed for students who already have an art history degree or want to pursue a career in this exciting and expanding field. The programme hopes to build an understanding of business theories and practices, as well as the technical and structural elements of the ... More
Bank of England offers postgraduate internship and sponsorship opportunities
The Bank of England is offering students attractive professional work experiences and postgraduate funding for students studying economics and/or finance and have in interest in working for the Bank. Those who are selected will be offered full sponsorship of their MSc/MPhil fees (or 1 year of a 2 year course) ... More
The latest Financial Times Master’s in Management Ranking is launched
The Financial Times has published its latest 2008 Master’s in Management Ranking on its website. This annual series ranks master’s in management programmes through comparing a combination of weighted salary, career progression, percentage in employment three months after graduation and the level of international exposure enjoyed by the students of ... More
Nice in theory, but in practice…
Recent research undertaken by Nick Wilson and his team at Kingston Business School for Cripps Sears and Partners, the executive search firm, has shown that what employers thought they wanted, highly motivated and innovative leaders, ie entrepreneurs, was very different from what they were actually happy to appoint and work ... More
Edinburgh’s new MSc in Accounting and Finance gets a seal of approval
The University of Edinburgh’s MSc in Accounting and Finance has been approved as an Education Partner of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA(c)) Institute, the global membership organisation that awards the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst designation. This means that the MSc is judged by the Institute as covering at least 70% ... More
Cambridge Business School launches International Human Resource Management Centre
The Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge was pleased to announce on 28 July 2008 the launch of a major new forum devoted to excellence in global human resource management – the Centre for International Human Resource Management (CIHRM). Through strong partnerships between industry and academia, and sponsors ... More
Tanaka Business School gets a new name
The Business School at Imperial College London is changing its name from Tanaka Business School to Imperial College Business School. The change is being made to emphasise that the School is an integral part of the College by incorporating the Imperial College name directly into its title. The renaming comes ... More
City University launches unique M&A Research Centre
An M&A Research Centre (MARC) has been established at City’s Cass Business School. It is the only active M&A centre to be found at a major global business school and will act as a hub for industry-focused, thought-leading research. The Centre will derive the majority of its funding from a ... More
A cutting-edge entrepreneurship event comes to the University of Oxford
Now in its eighth year, ‘Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford’ is one of Europe’s leading entrepreneurship events. At this year’s forum, which takes place from 23–24 November 2008, entrepreneurs and innovators will provide a ‘360° View of the Valley’. As in previous years, the event will comprise a vibrant and ... More
Ashridge Business School launches innovative Award
Ashridge Business School, in partnership with the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and supported by HP and WWF, has launched the Ashridge Sustainable Innovation Award 2008/09. The award is designed to generate the best ideas from MBA and other postgraduate students on how organisations can create value from ... More
Breaking the mould at London Business School
London Business School announced on 29 September 2008 the launch of a ground-breaking new addition to its existing degree programme portfolio. The new Master’s in Management degree will welcome students from around the world for its first intake in August 2009. The London Business School Master's in Management will attract ... More
Aston Business School leads the world
In global rankings announced on 29 September by The Financial Times, graduates of Aston Business School’s Masters in Management programmes topped the table for their career status. This measure of career progression surveyed alumni three years after they completed their course, asking them to rate their experience. It also factored ... More
Shortlist of UK academic excellence
For the fourth year, The Times Higher Education magazine will be recognising outstanding university programming across the UK. This year, an impressive 130 institutions have submitted over 500 entries to various panels of judges for each of the following categories: • Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology • Outstanding Support ... More
Great interest in Brunel Business School’s new programmes
Brunel Business School’s new MSc in Global Supply Chain Management is already attracting a great deal of interest. Available both full time and part time for the first time since September 2008, the course is designed specifically to equip students to take advantage of the growing number of career opportunities ... More
