by Malik Runswick | May 22, 2020 | Business Law
During his 22 years at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, Doug Shackelford has helped its MBA programme adapt to a number of serious economic shocks. Following the turmoil after the dotcom bubble burst and the 9/11 terror attacks, he helped lead the school as head of academic affairs. Then in the recession […]
by Malik Runswick | Apr 30, 2020 | Business Education
The heads of leading British business schools have vowed to thwart government plans to axe the MBA apprenticeship by splitting the study into two, with the majority still being covered by the training programme.Apprenticeships for senior executives have mushroomed...
by Malik Runswick | Apr 20, 2020 | Business Law
When the coronavirus crisis hit earlier this year, some business schools thought that one knock-on effect of the uncertainty and lay-offs might be a rise in the numbers of applicants hoping to begin MBA courses later this year. In late February and early March, which...
by Malik Runswick | Apr 20, 2020 | Business News
A controversial MBA apprenticeship scheme that allowed companies in England to send senior executives to business school with money earmarked for on-the-job training is set to be axed. The move to scrap the qualification was revealed when the Institute for...
by Malik Runswick | Apr 14, 2020 | Business Ownership
MBA students at some of the world’s leading business schools are demanding a refund on their tuition fees as compensation for campus closures and the switch to what they view as inferior online learning.A petition circulating among students at The Wharton School,...
