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September

Samuelson Appau

DEI is no longer just about ethics, it’s about profits, academics say

Australian business schools are providing an increasing amount of diversity components to reflect a growing corporate demand.

  • Gus McCubbing

July

Harvard Business School’s marketing guru Anita Elberse.

Executives, celebrities are rushing to take this scholar’s $18K course

Marketing guru Anita Elberse’s program has become a blockbuster for Harvard Business School.

  • Austin Carr

June

Sydney University student Cynthia Huynh: “Now everything has changed because of the exposure to the companies and professors at Berkeley and Stanford.”

Why Cynthia’s uni trip to Silicon Valley was life-changing

Study-abroad programs have become something of a rite of passage for Australian university students, and it can be a life-changing experience.

  • Julie Hare

February

MBA graduates were more likely to expand their companies with acquisitions rather than organic growth.

Why your MBA might be a giant waste of money

The cover story CEOs with an MBA were noticeably worse at sustaining superior performance than the MBA-free ones.

  • Pilita Clark

November 2023

McKinsey has a 45,000-strong workforce.

Party’s over for graduates as consulting firms freeze starting salaries

McKinsey and BCG among those in the US holding pay at last year’s levels as growth slows.

  • Stephen Foley
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August 2023

Pita Limjaroenrat

The MBA that prepared this Thai politician for a tough election

Former classmates of Pita Limjaroenrat say his negotiating and strategising skills from his US education are top-notch. He’s going to need them.

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  • Emma Connors

April 2023

Professor Sarah Todd, vice- president (global) Griffith University.

‘A mockery of the system’: Indian students dodge visa rules

The integrity of the student visa system is in question as universities and reputable colleges say poaching is rife.

  • Julie Hare

September 2022

The AFR BOSS ranking of the best business schools recognises that increasingly institutions will be measured on the experience they provide to students.

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
 A scaffolded approach helps students at the UNSW business school to explore and achieve.

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
Edith Cowan students

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
Rachael Haynes

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
Bond university students Grace Knight and Emily Krogsboel enjoy the great outdoors.

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
Bond University

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

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
The pandemic created the need for health management skills as mass vaccination hubs opened and social distancing and mask-wearing changed people’s behaviours.

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
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Carla Dias Wadewitz, the director of Flinders University’s new MBA, sees students with management experience and those without it learning from each other.

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
Melbourne Business School is No.1 in Reputation in the AFR BOSS ranking of Best Business Schools 2022.

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
Holly Richards founded Amplefolk after testing her business idea with her business school colleagues.

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

PhD Transport Engineering  students - Sharon Dong and Shantanu Chakraborty are currently involved in innovative research their Professors Ian Gibson and Travis Waller at UNSW, Kensington.

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

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