The number of students who are funding themselves rather than being funded by their company has increased from 20% to 90% over the last four years on Bradford University School of Management’s Dubai-based MBA programme. The School of Management’s Dubai programme has also seen a shift in the sectors that MBA students are coming from, … UK business school: more MBA students in Dubai funding themselves
Aon, the UK’s largest insurance broker, has appointed The P&A Group of Companies in a competitive pitch process, to look after its international debt recovery services. P&A, one of the largest independent insolvency and debt collection firms in the country, won the contract in a competitive tender process. Commenting on the appointment, Aon’s managing director … P&A and Aon to partner in international debt collection
Top 25 European business school, Bradford University School of Management, is launching a new executive modular MBA in Manila in October. The MBA, will be offered in partnership with the Australian International School (AIS) and will be the only MBA in the Philippines which features in the prestigious Financial Times top 100 worldwide MBA listings … Leading UK business school launches executive modular MBA in Manila
An award-winning university admissions team is urging students collecting their A Level results on Thursday (18 August) to start researching courses that will be available through clearing in advance. An increase in applications from prospective students looking to avoid fee increases in 2012 means that clearing options will be especially limited this year. York St … Clearing: Do your homework before A Level results come out
Leading Yorkshire PR agency Northern Lights has called on the communications industry in the North of England to work with them to address the lack of diversity in the communications profession. Northern Lights ran the second year of its paid PR internship for BAME graduates this July 2011. The Harrogate consultancy’s intense three week training … Northern Lights PR pioneers diversity internship in North – and calls on others for support
A newly published Ofsted report has rated York St John University ‘outstanding’ for its secondary teacher education and ‘good’ for its primary programmes. York St John, which has been training teachers for 170 years, received particular praise for its recruitment and selection process and for its leadership. The report states: “The selection procedures are rigorous … York St John’s ‘outstanding’ teacher education highlighted in Ofsted report
Administrators for Plymouth Argyle Football Company Limited (in administration) have asked Bishop International Limited to produce funds to pay August wages for players and staff and to confirm that they will complete the purchase of the club by the middle of the month. “Like many other parties both ourselves and Walker Morris have waived a … Statement from The P&A Partnership re Plymouth Argyle Football Company Limited (in administration)
The Bribery Act 2010, which came into force on July 1, will not be the ‘death of corporate hospitality’, according to a leading lawyer and fraud expert. Andrew Northage, a director in the Regulatory group at Walker Morris, was speaking at a lunch at The Cooking School, Halifax about the impact of the new Act … Bribery Act – businesses advised to set up a corporate hospitality register
More than two years after the introduction of a code of conduct to crack down on late payment in business a new survey shows that the problem is getting worse. Now the Sheffield-based industry experts who conducted the survey are calling for legislation and warning that an escalating culture of late payment is holding back … Call for legislation as P&A survey shows culture of late payment escalating
