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First DBA Colloquium held at EBS

A small group of prospective and active DBA students attended a DBA Research Colloquium at Edinburgh Business School (EBS) on Monday 8 June 2009.

Dr Iain Henderson (EBS Director of Research) introduced the session before students heard short talks from Professors Paul Hare and Neil Kay on the process of business and management research. This was followed by a session on qualitative case study research from Dr Andrew MacLennan, drawing on his recent PhD research.

Presentations were then made by members of EBS teaching faculty who are presently undertaking research at different stages of the DBA programme: Barbara Jamieson, Iain Lauder and Craig Robinson. Dr Bill Wallace (DBA Programme Director) and Adrian Carberry (DBA Programme Manager) were also in attendance. Professor Alex Scott (Academic Director of EBS) closed the session.

The attendees found the meeting useful and informative and it is hoped that this will be the first in a series of such colloquia, to which alumni will be invited in the future.

(Published on 22 June 2009)

New principal appointed

Heriot-Watt University recently announced that Professor Steve Chapman will succeed Professor Anton Muscatelli as Principal and Vice-Chancellor from 1 September 2009.

Professor Chapman, 50, is currently Vice-Principal (Pro Vice-Chancellor) for Planning, Resources and Research Policy at the University of Edinburgh. To read more, click here.

(Published on 15 June 2009)

EBS graduates celebrate in Trinidad

Professor Keith Lumsden (Director of Edinburgh Business School) and Alick Kitchin (Business Director) attended the annual celebration of achievement event in Trinidad on Saturday 19 April 2009.

The celebration, organised by EBS's local partner, the School of Business and Computer Science (SBCS), allows alumni to mark the occasion by crossing the stage and receiving hearty congratulations from Dr Robin Maraj (Executive Director of SBCS).

This year over 100 EBS alumni participated. Dr Elton Bobb (Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education, Government of Trinidad and Tobago) was in attendance and delivered an address.

Keith and Alick also toured SBCS's new campus in Trincity, its fourth in Trinidad.

(Published on 9 June 2009)

EBS announces African scholarship scheme

Edinburgh Business School is delighted to announce a major new scholarship initiative in Southern Africa.

The scheme, managed in partnership with the Canon Collins Trust (who also manage Chevening Scholarships and the Nelson Mandela Scholarship) is for individuals in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Kenya.

The scheme is open to disadvantaged individuals resident in Africa who are citizens of countries in the above countries who would find funding their MBA studies impossible.

Applicants will need to demonstrate financial need and relevant prior academic achievements, and are expected to use the knowledge and skills acquired through their MBA studies to contribute positively to the development of their home country.

There are two scholarship application rounds per year. The closing date for the first round is 30 September 2009, with applicants notified by the end of December 2009. The closing date for the second round is 30 March 2010, with applicants notified by the end of June 2010.

For more information and to make an application, click here.

(Published on 29 May 2009)

EBS student is first woman to head up immigration in Bermuda

EBS student Majiedah (Rozy) Azhar has been appointed as Bermuda's Chief Immigration Officer. She is the first woman to hold this position in the history of the Bermuda Government.

Full story.

(Published on 15 May 2009)

Edinburgh Business School in Namibia

EBS Southern Africa held a successful information event for approximately 20 students, prospective students and alumni at the Safari Conference Centre in Windhoek, Namibia on 25 March 2009.

EBS currently has 6 students studying EBS programmes and 9 graduates residing in Namibia who have successfully completed a degree programme through us.

Craig Knowles of EBS Canada was the guest speaker while Willem Baartman, EBS’s Alumni Ambassador in Namibia, shared his study experiences with the group.

(Published on 28 April 2009)

EBS MBA listed as the world’s most popular MBA outside the USA

In the annual review of 42 top distance learning and online MBAs published in the Financial Times newspaper on 16 March 2009, the Edinburgh Business School MBA is listed as the largest programme outside the USA (which is dominated by the for-profit University of Phoenix). View the full listing.

The article refers to EBS being "one of the pioneers of distance learning [that] offers a well-respected and fully accredited qualification".

It goes on to quote an EBS alumnus, Sures Muniandy, who says “I certainly obtained my objective, gaining so much knowledge, all with good support from the faculty boards".

Mr Muniandy went on to say that those considering the EBS programme should chat to others online who have experience of the programme. “We have an official alumni association and the unofficial site – ‘Watercooler’. It's famous; most EBS students get together to discuss issues. We’re all very well connected."

(Published on 24 March 2009)

EBS Australia holds event in Canberra

Edinburgh Business School’s partner in Australia, EBS Australia, held an event in Canberra in March 2009.

The evening event was principally for prospective students who had shown an interest in studying EBS programmes and who wanted to find out more. EBS Australia’s General Manager, Malcolm Kinns, made a short presentation before taking questions from the audience.

Nick Farr-Jones, the former captain of the Australia rugby team, was the guest speaker. He delivered some words of inspiration on how to get what you wanted in life through hard work, commitment and dedication. He should know – he captained the Australian team that won the 1991 Rugby World Cup!

(Published on 23 March 2009)

EBS to be represented at the Gulf Education and Training Exhibition

Edinburgh Business School (EBS) will be represented at the Gulf Education and Training Exhibition (GETEX), which takes place on 15–18 April 2009.

Shirin Jarrar, MBA Programme Director at Heriot-Watt University’s Dubai Campus, will be available to answer questions about the EBS programmes. The MBA is available in both English and Arabic.

GETEX is the largest education fair in the Middle East and Asia and will be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. For further information, please contact DubaiMBA@ebs.hw.ac.uk.

(Published on 18 March 2009)

Come and meet us at the QS World MBA Tour Africa 2009

Edinburgh Business School will be represented at this year's QS World MBA Tour in Africa at the end of March and beginning of April.

Representatives of EBS will be at the Fair in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa to answer questions and offer advice on its programmes. There is also an opportunity to attend seminars throughout the day. For further information go to www.topmba.com/mba_fairs.

(Published on 5 March 2009)

Edinburgh Business School hosts its annual Burns Supper

Edinburgh Business School’s on-campus students and staff gathered together for a very special Burns Supper to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland’s most famous poet.

As Burns Supper tradition dictates, the evening commenced with the Selkirk Grace, delivered by Dr Iain Henderson. The haggis was then piped in and Professor Alex Scott performed Burns’ famous poem “To A Haggis". Professor Keith Lumsden, Director of EBS, went on to recite one of Burns’ longest and most well-known poems, "Tam O’Shanter", before Iain Lauder toasted Burns’s Immortal Memory. Matt and Aditi, two of EBS’s students, brought the speeches to a close with their own specially written “Toast to the Lassies" and “Response to the Laddies".

The Heriot-Watt Dancers took to the floor and demonstrated some well-known Scottish country dances before inviting students and staff to join in and dance the night away.

(Published on 18 February 2009)

Edinburgh Business School purchases Adam Smith’s home

In 2008 Edinburgh Business School purchased Panmure House, located off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Panmure House was built in 1690 and was the city home of the Earls of Panmure before becoming home to Adam Smith when he was Commissioner of Customs. Smith was a pioneer of modern economics and in 1776 published The Wealth of Nations, the first publication to advocate a free market economy.

In recognition of the heritage significance of the building and the School’s commitment to serving the community, Panmure House will be carefully refurbished to provide a centre for education and research in the field of economics and related subjects. It will also provide a venue for open lectures, exhibitions and events. The project has international significance and will enhance EBS’s global economic and educational links.

(Published on 11 February 2009)

Edinburgh Business School launches new website

Edinburgh Business School launched its new global website on 7 January 2009.

The new site aims to make navigation simpler and more intuitive for users while being visually more stimulating and welcoming using bold colour and images taken from inside the business school.

“An informative yet practical website is more critical today than ever, and by using modern technology we were able to see where our users go, what information they’re most interested in and the routes they go to find it. This all helped lay the foundations for the new site" said Sally MacLeod, Business Development Manager at Edinburgh Business School.

(Published on 7 January 2009)

EBS information event, South Africa

EBS organised a successful information event for over 50 EBS students and prospective students at the Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg on 20 November 2008.

The image shows guest speaker Craig Knowles and EBS Business Director Alick Kitchin answering questions from the floor. EBS Southern Africa Manager Mel Sturmheit was also in attendance.

(Published on 2 December 2008)

Edinburgh Business School hosts reception in Cairo, Egypt

Over 120 alumni, students and staff attended a cocktail reception hosted by Edinburgh Business School at the Semiramis InterContinental Hotel in Cairo on 28 October 2008.

The event was hosted by EBS staff Sally MacLeod (Business Development Manager), Dr Moira Storey (Director of Quality and Standards) and Barbara Jamieson (Marketing Faculty), and was the second alumni event to be hosted by EBS in Cairo in the last 18 months.

EBS realises the immense value that this type of networking event provides to alumni and students and the opportunity that it affords them to make new and useful business contacts.

The reception was also attended by Marie-Betsy Sayegh Akl, CEO of EBS’s partner in the Middle East, EBS ArabWorld, along with senior members of faculty from the American University in Cairo and Ain Shams University.

The image on the left shows Dr Hussein Eissa (Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University), Marie-Betsy Sayegh Akl (EBS ArabWorld), Barbara Jamieson (EBS) and Dr Amr Elatraby (Programme Director, Ain Shams University).

(Published on 25 November 2008)

The top MBA down under

On 22 October 2008, EBS Director Professor Keith Lumsden and Business Director Alick Kitchin attended a student and alumni event held at the offices of EBS Australia in Sydney.

EBS has been active in Australia since 1991 and Heriot-Watt University has awarded the MBA degree to over 200 Australians.

In the past year, Heriot-Watt University has been the first European university approved to offer degrees by the New South Wales authorities, and the EBS MBA programme has been the first to be recognised and approved for local delivery.

Edinburgh Business School has also set up EBS Australia, in association with Think Education Group, as its permanent headquarters in the country.

Professor Lumsden said: “the international recognition and portability of the MBA programme has long made it an attractive option for Australian business professionals. In a country of huge distances, a flexible, distance learning MBA degree is also of great value."

Malcolm Kinns, the executive responsible for the EBS MBA programme in Australia and New Zealand, said that “interest in the MBA programme is expected to increase as more and more business professionals seek to upgrade their skills and employability in a time of economic downturn".

Last year, EBS ran exam centres in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Rockhampton, Roxby Downs and Sydney.

(Published on 14 November 2008)

EBS takes part in the World MBA Tour

In autumn 2008, Edinburgh Business School participated in the QS World MBA Tour, held in the Americas.

The MBA Tour, the biggest event of its kind in the world, affords candidates the unique opportunity to meet faculty, alumni and recruiting staff from participating business schools and investigate the many available programmes face-to-face. They can also participate in free seminars covering various topics related to studying towards an MBA.

The strength and uniqueness of the EBS distance learning MBA attracted large numbers of professionals in all the major centres across the United States, Canada and South America.

(Published on 14 November 2008)

Career Times interview with EBS Director

On his recent visit to Hong Kong, EBS Director Keith Lumsden was interviewed by Career Times about EBS's flexible and rigorous approach to business education. To read the full article, click here.

(Published on 14 November 2008)

Economics lecture: 'Climate, Science, Economics and the Orientation of Policies: A Dissenter's Perspective'

Staff and students are invited to attend this lecture on Tuesday 18 November at 6.00pm in the Edinburgh Business School Auditorium. This lecture will be presented by David Henderson, a renowned author and consultant, who is currently an Honorary Fellow of Lincoln College, as well as a Visiting Professor at both the Westminster Business School, London, and the London School of Economics.

The University is delighted to welcome David, who was formerly (1984–92) Head of the Economics and Statistics Department of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (the OECD) in Paris. Before this, he was an academic economist in Britain, first in Oxford (Fellow of Lincoln College) and later (1975–83) in University College London (Professor of Economics). He also served as an Economic Advisor in Her Majesty's Treasury – in the 1960s he was Chief Economist in the UK Ministry of Aviation – and as an international civil servant with the World Bank (1969–75), where he was at one stage Director of the Economics Department. In 1985 he gave the BBC Reith Lectures, which were published in book form under the title Innocence and Design: The Influence of Economic Ideas on Policy (Blackwell, 1986).

Since leaving the OECD he has been an independent author and consultant, and has acted as Visiting Fellow or Professor at the OECD Development Centre (Paris), the Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels), Monash University (Melbourne), the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Paris), the University of Melbourne, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (London), the New Zealand Business Roundtable, the Melbourne Business School and the Institute of Economic Affairs (London).

If you would like to attend what will be a most informative lecture, please respond to pr@hw.ac.uk by Friday 14 November.

(Published on 6 November 2008)

EBS Director addresses the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers

On 20 October 2008, Professor Keith Lumsden was invited to give a keynote address to the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers. This event was held in facilities provided by EBS's partner in Hong Kong, CyberU of Hong Kong Poly University.

Professor Lumsden’s speech focused on the financial tsunami – and provided insight in to its cause, its likely duration and the steps needed to restore confidence and growth in the markets.

(Published on 31 October 2008)

History of Financial Markets training course a sell-out success

An EBS executive development course, A History of Financial Markets, has become a runaway success due to the recent financial turmoil.

Created by a group of experts in the field, with over 150 years’ experience between them, this course is available as both a 2-day seminar and as part of the EBS MBA. Until recently, it catered for a very specialist audience but it is now oversubscribed.

The executive seminars are now sold out in Europe and Asia until Spring 2009, with lead author Russell Napier commenting: “Demand for knowledge about how the financial markets have performed in previous times of crisis is at an all-time high as the new generation of financiers struggle with the downturn".

The course is available as a distance learning elective in the renowned EBS MBA programme, which is one of the world’s largest and most successful MBA programmes.

(Published on 16 October 2008)

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