MBAs Guide

How to choose your course as MBA's change with the times

When Michael Osbaldeston graduated with a degree in biochemistry from Liverpool University, he thought he might enjoy working in business. Although he had no experience of the corporate world, his local authority paid for him to study for a new qualification called an MBA at Liverpool Business School. His fellow students were in their twenties, mostly from the UK and predominantly male. He was 22 when he completed his MBA in 1971, after what he later described as a "leisurely" two years.

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Professional links are a match made in heaven for career prospects

Thursday, 12 June 2008

For the past three years, all new full-time employees at a small Warwickshire consultancy firm have been MBA graduates from Birmingham Business School. Every year, the oil and gas company Exxon Mobil visits Manchester University Business School in search of recruits and earlier this month, the London Business School organised a recruitment event attended by more than one hundred FTSE 100 companies, including Boston Consulting, Proctor and Gamble and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

On your marks, get set...it's the MBA tournament

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Training sessions in Regent's Park, London, are not on the MBA curriculum at Cass Business School but there is no doubt how seriously they are taken by the students. The goal is the MBA Tournament, or MBAT for short, and the strategy is total fitness.

Knowledge is power on the international stage

Thursday, 12 June 2008

When Jessica Zhu, an official in the Chinese Ministry of Education, was given the opportunity to study for a Masters abroad, she jumped at the chance to do an MBA in the UK.

The art of finding a specialism

Thursday, 12 June 2008

After a year working at the London Stock Exchange, Ed Boyd decided that finance wasn't for him. He needed a change of direction.

Shortage of business gurus with doctorates poses threat to schools in Britain and the US

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Business schools have been getting more and more bums on seats for years. But soon there could be some very important chairs going vacant. A number of factors are causing a looming shortage in the number of academically qualified staff teaching in business schools, and with huge competition for talent from business, schools are having to get creative to try and combat the problem.

Innovation for a greener generation

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Selling washing powder may not be the most obvious way to change the world, but according to Gemma Clarke, founder of Footprint International, it's a start. She hopes her brand of super-concentrated, eco-friendly washing powder will be part of a gradual revolution in shopping habits that will encourage big business to "green" their products and services.