September 2022
UNSW the top-ranked business school for career prospects
Personalised programs help propel UNSW to the top of the career impact category in the inaugural AFR BOSS Best Business Schools list.
- Therese Raft
The AFR BOSS ranking of best business schools explained
There are separate indices for reputation, quality and career impact and an overall ranking. The three categories are drawn from publicly available information.
- Professor Tim Brown and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker
Edith Cowan the top-ranked business school for quality
Perth-based university is No. 1 ranked for quality in the inaugural AFR BOSS Best Business Schools list.
- Julie Hare
Private universities make a mark with industry links
Vastly outnumbered by public universities, Australia’s private universities have forged strong links with their students and key industry groups.
- Mark Eggleton
Flexible approach an advantage for regional universities
Regional universities specialise in meeting industry needs and offering courses that combine flexibility with responsiveness to global trends.
- Mark Eggleton
Surf, sun and study just the ticket for international students
University rankings aside, Australian beaches and lifestyle are strong drawcards for international students.
- Nina Hendy
Experience no bar as students rush to join upskilling frenzy
Management work experience is not a prerequisite for learning and many cohorts consist of a mix of upwardly mobile mid-career managers and fresh graduates.
- Therese Raft
What’s hot in postgraduate business courses
Business schools are responding to the changes in the job market induced by the pandemic, hybrid work arrangements and the rapid onset of the digital economy.
- Sian Powell
Melbourne University the top-ranked business school for reputation
The list of the best business schools by reputation was dominated by the Go8 universities.
- Sian Powell
How online short courses are developing the next crop of executives
The nation’s universities are brimming with short courses aimed squarely at the executive sector.
- Nina Hendy
These executives did an MBA and started their own companies
Business schools are incubators of the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Three MBA students reveal how they were inspired to turn ideas into businesses.
- Sian Powell
How to choose the best business school for you
With so many business schools, making a decision as to where to study can be surprisingly difficult. A recent survey asked students what was important to them.
- Julie Hare
February 2022
Networking returns at university business schools
As business schools return to face-to-face teaching, they are incorporating some lessons of the past two years.
- Alexandra Cain
October 2021
Greenstreaming becomes the mainstream
UQ and UniSA show how MBAs are being transformed to include the notions of boundaries of growth and sustainability in their curriculum.
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- Jonathan Porter
‘Mix of pain and pleasure’: MBA students battle through pandemic
In-person classes at Australia’s top business schools have been cancelled, ending the networking MBAs are prized for.
- Updated
- Aaron Patrick
March 2021
Education formats to suit the climate of the day
Monash has developed face-to-face programs and subjects that blend in-person and online components, suitable for a post-pandemic world.
- Alexandra Cain
Data strategies can drive growth
Companies are scrambling to get their house in order after the pandemic, with many pondering how a sound data strategy could help them make a strong come-back.
- Nina Hendy
Sky’s the limit if you start with the goals you want
Micro-credentials or full-length course - that is the question facing many students, who want to know how best they can use the study in their workplace.
- Patrick Lawnham
It’s a big leap from the drawing board to action
The biggest gap for leaders isn’t coming up with good ideas, it’s the gulf between the vision and the execution.
- Beverley Head
July 2020
Watchdog finds builders' elections improper
The watchdog for unions and employer groups has found Victoria's peak construction body had been improperly electing some of its top officials for years.
- David Marin-Guzman