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THE BENEFIT OF AN MBA – How Can It Help Your Career?
What can an MBA do for you? The best way to know about the true value of an MBA is to ask students and alumni about the postgraduate management degree. The Association of MBAs’ Global AMBAssadors talk about their MBA experience and how it has helped in their career.
Prior to his MBA, the Association of MBAs’ Global AMBAssador, Bruce Cooper was working as a consultant in France, assisting foreign companies wishing to secure contracts in the French marketplace. After seven years he decided that an MBA was the “next logical step”.
The 2008 financial crisis had hit the steel industry hard, and whilst he was working on one project, the next job in the pipeline kept getting postponed, which as he says “is a risk when you’re in consultancy”. He also wanted a change, to “be part of a company with objectives and an international perspective”.
“For the money you pay for an MBA, you get many things back - most importantly the quality of the teaching and the careers service,” says Bruce. “The value of an accredited MBA lies in it being recognised as guaranteeing high standards.”
Bruce believes the MBA brings together the experience you have with the qualifications you have and fully prepares you for an international career. He says the benefits are many and include, “the worldwide network established within the class, the experience shared through
working with my cohort, the many business tools presented by the professors and the ability to know how to tackle almost any problem that may arise in everyday work situations.”
The British citizen chose to stay in France for his MBA and completed a full-time International MBA at EM Lyon in 2011. He says that his 31 classmates represented 13 nationalities, and that many students came from the engineering industry.
“For them, the MBA is the perfect cap to their career as companies often look
Bruce Cooper - MBA’s Global AMBAssador Nidhi Singh - Global AMBAssador
Global AMBAssador Nidhi Singh says the benefits of doing an MBA are immense. “It has given me a unified vision, as the MBA put together all my past experiences and has given me a path for the future.”
“It opens a whole new world of strategic thinking and leadership styles. The case based learning brings a plethora of new information about companies in other
Nausherwan Akram - Ashridge Business School MBA alimni
Adela Papac - Marketing and Communications
professional, Adela Papac is completing her MBA at Westminster and says it has changed the way she looks at business, and has given her additional confidence in dealing with a wide variety of complex issues.
for employees who have specialised in a certain field, but also have an overview of how to run a company.”
The skills Bruce gained from his MBA will now help him in the new role he took on in August, as Executive Development Consultant at AirBusiness Academy.
sectors, their issues, challenges and achievements.”
Nidhi is a technology graduate from India who is completing her full-time MBA at Bristol Business School. A software engineer by profession, Nidhi worked with one of the leading IT firms of India. Before starting her MBA she worked with a small NGO promoting Adult Literacy and women empowerment, and formed a small Fair Trade group in India, working with the underprivileged artisan groups in rural parts of country to provide them access to fair wages and equality by promoting their handmade products in the National/International markets.
She says the MBA helps give students an important global and general overview of management
“Often we are stuck in our departments and think only about sales, marketing or finance. It is imperative that we think about the global picture, on how a particular business impacts the society.” Ashridge Business School MBA alumni, Nausherwan Akram is originally from Pakistan. He chose
to take an MBA after more than ten years’ experience in business development, strategic planning and project management.
Naush says he believes the MBA was an “excellent opportunity for the sharing of great ideas and meeting of hearts and minds”.
Naush’s MBA allowed him to steer and direct his career. Before his MBA Naush was founder and manager of a professional education consultancy in Pakistan, since his MBA Naush has taken up the role of Global Restructuring Manager with ESAB Holdings Ltd., a UK based global leader in welding and cutting.
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The visa and immigration issues highlighted in the recent media coverage around London Metropolitan University and the UK Borders Agency (UKBA) have understandably raised concerns within the international student community. Students have been protesting outside of the UK Home Office and the UK Government is deep in talks of how to prevent this happening again and to question how it could have happened in the first place.
Now is the time to reassure international students that British business schools and universities are still very much open for business and indeed keen to maintain and foster links with students from around the globe.
As befits the area of study in the global era, a third of business and management students come from outside the UK, and a quarter from outside the EU.
In 2008/09 students from over 200 different countries came to the UK to study business and management from Azerbaijan to Zambia, with students from China, India,
Nigeria, Germany and France
“After being in business for so many years, I have to admit that I had developed a degree of complacency and a bit of an attitude that everything you need in business, you learn through your work experience, and not in the business school. The MBA was the right challenge to prove just how wrong I was!
“The MBA shifts your mind to think differently. It not only integrates and properly organises knowledge you already have, it also gives you a lot of new insights, challenges your old beliefs and offers a new perspective on things.” To find out more about the Association of MBAs, to research MBA study and to find an accredited MBA programme, visit
www.ambaguide.com or visit the accredited MBA Fair on Saturday 20 October at the Park Plaza, Victoria, London from 13:30 to 16:30.
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the most numerous. There are also over 1,000 students from the USA studying business and management here. UK business schools and departments of management are clearly providing an education that is attractive and relevant to students from across the globe.
• Career focused – Employability is at the centre of learning in Scotland. Scottish degrees focus upon giving you the skills and experience to gain employment once your course is completed. Graduates from Scotland’s universities have the highest rate of positive destinations and highest starting salaries, sixth months after graduating than anywhere else in the UK (HESA, 2011).
• Heritage – For a country with a relatively small population Scotland punches far above its weight in terms of famous people and inventors. Some of the world’s most important
The economy has faced major, indeed unprecedented, challenges over the past year. The ongoing crisis in the Eurozone, the recurring problems in the financial sector and the deleveraging by the government, by companies and by individuals have combined to create an almost perfect economic storm. Business schools in the United Kingdom have not been immune from this storm. The graduate employment market is challenging, corporate investment in management development has shrunk, and public research funding has declined. For the business school community these challenges have been compounded by policy changes which have impacted significantly on the operations of individual schools and their parent universities. Although radical changes in the undergraduate fee regime are the
most high profile of the policy changes, the impact of immigration policy and the reconfiguration of the regional economic development infrastructure have had at least as great an impact.
Respectively these latter changes have damaged business schools’ ability to attract the brightest and the best students to the UK in the face of intense international competition and disrupted – it must be made clear that international students are a vital part of any universities programmes, enriching the student mix, bringing experiences and cultural insight to bear.
The overseas presence has also enabled UK business schools to internationalise the culture on campus a hugely important benefit.
inventions all originated in Scotland. John Logie Baird (television), Alexander Fleming (penicillin) and Turner prize winners studied in Scotland too including Simon Starling, Richard Wright and Martin Boyce.
• Festivals - Scotland has a reputation for putting on some of the best festivals in world. Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The International Festival, and The Winter Festivals (a trio of truly Scottish celebrations – St Andrew’s Day, Hogmanay and Burns Day).and the T-In the Park music festival to name just a few.
It is unfortunate that university students have become entangled in the way immigration has become a subject of debate in the UK. Immigration is a vital electoral issue, all these issues are being discussed at high level within the UK Government – but in the meantime students from all around the world should not be put off by coming to the UK to study, we would encourage students to keep the UK at the top of their list of chosen study destinations.
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The UK offers word class research, learning and teaching facilities with eminent academics within its business school community, you as an international student are very much welcome to our country and our globally renowned education system.
ABS as an organisation has been involved in lobbying government on behalf of our members (over 110 UK business schools) and discussing these issues with our stakeholders, we will be raising our concerns and recommendations via a publication soon to be launched at the party conferences, the document: Business Schools Seizing the Future will shortly be available from our website.
Details of all our members can be found at: www.
associationofbusinessschools.org and a business and management course directory will soon be launched giving you access to our members courses.
Remember, the UK wants you! Twitter: @Londonabs
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renowned for its world-class education system. Every year, more than 30,000 international students from more than 180 countries choose to study in Scotland.
Students are not only rewarded with a great education, but also lively cities, spectacular landscapes, and a thrilling sports, arts, entertainment and social scene.
Scotland has a population of just over 5 million and its people are renowned for their welcoming and friendly attitude towards visitors. It has six major cities including the capital Edinburgh in which you will experience, awe inspiring buildings and a rich history. The largest city is Glasgow, which has one of Europe's most vibrant, dynamic and stylish urban centres.
STUDY IN AUSTRALIA STUDY AT CQUNIVERSITY
Central Queensland University (CQU), offers international students an incredible amount of fantastic study opportunities.
CQUniversity is a multi-campus progressive Australian university and is committed to providing international students the opportunity to embark on a rewarding and exciting learning journey in preparation for a future career.
What comes to mind when you think of Australia? Is it, by any chance, sandy beaches and a deep azure ocean, cold cans of lager, and barbeques? Perhaps you might add a volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica’s worth of weird and wonderful creatures (amongst which more than a few are poisonous enough to kill you), miles upon miles of unpeopled wilderness, and an almost maniacal love of sport.
Our experience in providing quality learning opportunities and personal and academic support has seen CQUniversity acknowledged as a major provider of higher education to Australian and international students.
It's why students from all over the world have made CQUniversity their first choice.
What can I study? Business, Accounting
There is, undoubtedly an element of truth to these common suppositions. Australia does boast two beaches known as the Eighty Mile Beach, and Ninety Mile Beach (and 10,683 other smaller beaches on its mainland alone), Australians – particularly students – do enjoy a drink on the weekend, and the warm weather does indeed lend itself to the outdoor preparation of food. But this by no means an entire portrait of the country.
CQUniversity’s postgraduate business and accounting programs are designed to expand and build on your existing expertise and skills, in turn, equipping you with everything you need.
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Education Want to make a difference and encourage others to learn? CQU has an extensive range of courses available within the field of Education.
Every one of the Group of Eight, an alliance between Australia’s leading research universities – think of it as an Antipodean Ivy League – makes it into the top 100, and in total, 25 of the country’s universities
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For one thing there is no mention of the country’s strength in higher education. Only the United States and United Kingdom have more institutions in the top 100 of the QS World University Rankings, and they are both have significantly bigger populations, and, accordingly, far more universities.
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you. Enjoy world class facilities, performance venues and teaching
staff and hone your talent. Find out more, click here: Science and Environment
Offering a balance of theoretical knowledge and practical skills, science and environment programs allow you to develop specialised knowledge and real-world skills.
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There is no federal or state level application system for international students applying to universities in Australia, so you will need to apply directly to the university, most probably online. Be ready to pay for the pleasure. Australian universities certainly aren’t cheap, with average fees for international students hovering above the US$20,000 mark. This will vary from university to university, and subject to subject – a humanities student will pay substantially less than someone studying medicine. If cost is going to be an issue, then make sure you do some research.
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make the top 700 of the rankings. Australian universities are also known to be extremely keen on internationalization, to the extent that only coal, ore and tourism bring more money into the country.
Engineering, Mining and Technology
Located in the engine room of Australia's resources boom, CQUniversity Australia is developing some of the most cutting-edge mining and engineering programs in Australia in consultation with the multi-national companies leading the boom.
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Health and Medical Sciences Discover state-of-the-art facilities, including a new health clinic on Rockhampton campus, sophisticated teaching techniques and workplace integrated learning with CQUniversity Health and Medical Science degrees.
The combination of a keen welcome, high-calibre universities, and a quality of life that hold its own with anywhere in the world has made Australia one of the world’s leading destinations for international students. In 2009, the last year for which OECD figures are available, 257,637 international students studied in Australia, again putting it only behind the US and UK. In terms of the percentage of students from overseas, no other country comes close to Australia’s figure of 21.5%.
You can be sure, therefore, to find yourself in a cosmopolitan
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Humanities, Psychology and Social Work
Gain lifelong learning and transferable skills, study human behaviour or learn how to assist your community with family, personal and social issues.
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Multi-Media and IT Enjoy a challenging and dynamic industry where where you can expect to work for a range of industries and organisations upon graduation.
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environment, in which you will almost certainly be able to seek out your compatriots if you begin to feel homesick. But, better still, why not immerse yourself in some Australian culture? There’s a lot more to it than the stereotypes, but at the end of the day, stereotypes which involve sunny beaches and a solid commitment to having a good time don’t bad, do
really sound all that they?
CQUniversity has a campus based in Australia’s largest and most exciting city, Sydney. Sydney is located around what many regard as the most beautiful harbour in the world. Framed by the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and the stunning Opera House, this natural wonder provides a spectacular backdrop to
Brisbane
Queensland's great all-year-round climate, outdoor living and friendly people make CQUniversity Brisbane, located in the heart of the central business district, a great place to study and live. The campus is conveniently located near major amenities such as the
country fall under. The Process For Obtaining A Student Visa Is As Follows:
Brisbane Arcade and Central train station. The campus is also a short walk away from the picturesque
In order to study for an undergraduate degree (or a taught master’s degree) in Australia you will need a Higher Education Sector: Temporary Visa (Subclass 573). The process you will need to follow will depend on which assessment level citizens of your
Studying in Sydney
activities as varied as sailing, fishing and fine dining.
With a population of over four million people, Sydney has all the excitement of a world-class city and a truly international outlook, being the unofficial business and finance capital of Australia.
• To be eligible you must be accepted onto a course which is registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions of Courses (CRICOS). You’ll need an online code, a copy of your confirmation of enrolment, or an offer letter to serve as proof of this. You will be able to change
Botanic Gardens, the State Library of Queensland, Queensland Performing Arts complex and Southbank Parklands.
course, but it must be to one of the same level, or else you will need to be apply for a new visa.
In 2012, Brisbane was voted the 22nd best city in the world for students.
www.topuniversities.com/ student-life/best-student-cities/2012/ QS Best Student Cities 2012
• Students who fall into assessment level 1 will simply need to attest that they have enough money, while students at all other levels will need to prove that they have at least enough money to cover the first year of their stay. At present this is deemed to be A$18,000 (this is on top of tuition), which is around US$19,250. Boarding fees paid to your institution in advance can be deducted from the total. If you are receiving full funding you simply need to provide proof of this. • You may be required to take a
Sydney has a magnificent climate with many spacious parks and gardens and world-famous beaches like Bondi. Best of all, CQUniversity Sydney is located on Kent Street in the heart of the city.
CQU’s Syndey Campus is an incredible place to choose
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Other university cities include the beautiful and historic Dundee which is situated where the River Tay meets the North Sea and has a buzzing redeveloped waterfront. The flourishing granite city of Aberdeen is also worth considering with its surrounding wonderful countryside, national parks as well as its coastal location.
All of Scotland offers unparalleled access to stunning mountainous countryside and beautiful rugged coastlines.
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