The Economist Ranks London MBA Programs
The Economist has revealed its annual ranking of the top full-time MBA Programs in the world. This year, five London schools made it onto the list, with three schools landing in the top 50.
Cranfield School of Management’s Executive Development Program Receives High Honors
The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) recently bestowed high honors upon the Cranfield School of Management for its executive development program.
The gold award specifically acknowledged the school’s Center for Customized Executive Education (CCED), which has a longstanding partnership with oil and gas company BG Group.
Cranfield School of Management Announces New Scholarship
The Cranfield School of Management recently announced a full MBA scholarship sponsored by Essentra PLC, a supplier of specialized products for various industries including healthcare, manufacturing and distribution.
Essentra CEO Colin Day earned his MBA from Cranfield in 1980. He served as chief financial officer at various companies before joining Essentra.
Cranfield Chosen to Deliver Project Leadership Programme for the Cabinet Office
Cranfield School of Management has been selected by the Cabinet Office to run a Project Leadership Programme (PLP), in collaboration with PA Consulting Group and The Project Academy, for senior civil servants responsible for major government projects.
Cranfield will work closely with PA Consulting Group and The Project Academy to deliver a customised programme to over 300 government staff each year for the next five years.
The programme will combine expert academic theory with practical hands-on learning and will build the skills and capacity of senior project leaders across government to deliver large and complex projects on time and on budget.
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Cranfield Holds Successful Leadership Summit
Experts from Cranfield School of Management and dozens of industry practitioners came together for the second Cranfield Leadership Summit in late March.
The two-day summit was opened and closed by Professor Maury Peiperl, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Director of School, who said: “While it’s commonly acknowledged that managers run things and leaders change things, I also strongly believe that leadership is support for learning.”
Chaired throughout by Professor Joe Nellis, the summit explored British, European and world challenges and opportunities for organisations in view of various (political, social, technological, economic and environmental) global megatrends.
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Two Cranfield MBAs Become Dragons In The Den
The BBC has announced that Cranfield MBA alums Sarah Willingham and Nick Jenkins will join its “Dragons’ Den” show for series 13.
Both Sarah and Nick are active members of the Cranfield alumni community, regularly returning to the campus to offer help and advice to students.
Sarah, who completed the MBA in 2003, bought The Bombay Bicycle Club soon after graduating and turned it into the largest and most successful Indian restaurant chain in the UK before selling it a few years later. Sarah now combines running letssavesomemoney.com, the consumer personal finance website, with a portfolio of business investments.
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