Business schools

Stung by alumni reaction to his intervention on Israel-Gaza crisis, new dean of Insead says creating a ‘cauldron of cultures’ is a better way of contributing to the world

Overseas enrolment on postgraduate courses down at three-quarters of institutions responding to sector survey

Institutions can compete for students with giant American counterparts by offering continental take on diversity, says IESE deputy dean

Strong engagement with students from socially deprived backgrounds rebuts claims of ‘middle-class grab’ of degree apprenticeships, finds audit

Beyond despair’s cold comfort lies the possibility of doing things differently, starting with what is within our own power, say Carl Rhodes and Alison Pullen

Susan Lapworth tells business school deans that regulator has learned lessons from first investigations into quality of their provision

Changes to visas and foundation years likely to hit income, deans fear, with big repercussions for parent universities

Business schools show the power of collaboration, common purpose and internationalisation outlook, says Mark Smith

Schools should bring together academics, students and practitioners to address urgent business issues, say Kakoli Sen and Anindo Bhattacharjee

MBAs replaced liberal arts with business courses. Demands for humanised corporations require a reversal, say Donald Drakeman and Kendall Hack

London-based provider told to remove text from website that implied it could award postgraduate degrees

We have a duty to teach the next generation of business leaders about inclusivity, sustainability and corporate responsibility, say Erika H. James and Ilian Mihov

Tackling global warming needs a radical shift in business management. Graduates must force it on their employers, says Oliver Laasch

With public rivals putting a ceiling on tuition fees, the demands of debt servicing and digitisation mean private schools must keep growing to avoid mergers or bankruptcy

Survey portrays field as especially dangerous case of obsession with journal metrics, although chief accreditor promises aggressive bid on societal awareness

At best, a revitalised business education can help make tomorrow’s business leaders less destructive than their predecessors, says Carl Rhodes

Joint programme eyes trifecta of research skills, disciplinary knowledge and business acumen

With falling enrolments in traditional MBAs – and increased pressure to tackle diversity and sustainability agendas – business schools must change to stay relevant, says Haas dean

Business education should engage more with contemporary realities, which means abandoning things that can be learned for free elsewhere, according to Lord Hastings

A sunny outlook on student enrolments is marred by the persistent lack of money for research in the field, says association chair

The inequalities exacerbated by global capitalism must be challenged by institutions in the service of citizens rather than corporations, says Carl Rhodes

Unless research culture fundamentally changes, academics will continue to be fixated with journal rankings, says Carl Rhodes

Despite being the second largest REF submitter, business ranks 30th of 34 disciplines on research income per FTE, says Robert MacIntosh

If Jordan Peterson and his ilk think business schools have been taken over by a Marxist mob, they clearly haven’t been in one recently, says Carl Rhodes

Higher education in continental Europe needs to overcome its prejudices about DBAs if it is to meet demand from today’s senior managers, says Michel Kalika

They helped create the problems we face. Now business schools should be fundamentally reimagined as democratic institutions, says Carl Rhodes

Research that is neither rigorous nor insightful serves no one, say Stefan Stremersch, Nuno Camacho and Russell Winer

Paper also suggests higher performers in business schools received lower salary bump if climbing the departmental ladder

Gavin Reddin’s long business career allows him to supplement academic models with myriad real-life exceptions to the rules

Schools should be hubs of interdisciplinarity, co-producing research and solutions with key stakeholder groups, says Ansgar Richter

Funding is declining but business school research is as vital as science to post-pandemic economic recovery, says Zahir Irani

US universities rush to meet student demand driven by growth of SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin

As the David Cameron furore underlines, lobbying is big business, fraught with risk. So why have universities shied away from it, asks Alberto Alemanno

Events at the University of Leicester suggest an always tense relationship may be turning toxic, says Ursula Huws

While Greg Craven warns competition for business and law students could bankrupt some universities, colleagues disagree

Former education secretary says business schools must work harder to demonstrate their relevance

Parent institutions have increased their share of business school earnings, but external circumstances are putting pressure on that model

Four archetypal career tracks exist for business school academics − management, research, academic entrepreneurship and teaching − and you probably need to choose one

The child refugee and business prodigy discusses racial prejudice and personal perseverance, and the prospects for Kamala Harris

Corporate leaders are uninterested in academic research but do respond when told there is a better way to conduct their business, says Oliver Sibony

David McClough reflects on whether higher education should take to the morally higher ground

London institution says use of Sir John Cass’ name is ‘incompatible with our values of diversity and inclusivity’

Longevity experts predict that with universities forced online and desperate for new revenue, shift to older students will follow

Research England throws weight behind new innovation project that promises to raise nearly £1 billion in private capital

Institutions launch courses focused on top brands and spirits to boost international recruitment

Tim Cook will chair the business school’s advisory board  

Report confirms continuing decline in popularity of traditional MBA

Leading professor blames pressure to publish and lack of access to chief executives

Business and management schools are highly successful in financial terms, and provide valuable income to their wider universities. But opinion remains sharply divided on how successful they have been intellectually. Here, five business academics give their views on whether their discipline has done enough to earn the respect of the academy and wider society

Wen Hai, head of Peking University HSBC Business School’s Oxford outpost, says venture will help foster collaboration between Britain and China

Vast resources channelled into research, analysis of business schools finds

US university’s move means that its graduates are entitled to three years of post-study work, not one

European University of Business claims that it has university status

The Burgundy School of Business is building its reputation on the region’s winemaking history, but applicants must be able to show their passion to get in

Top bank chief and African college founder agree that campuses have limited role in building job skills

Rapid change in the business school market is ‘almost unmanageable’, according to report from the Chartered Association of Business schools

Business schools have launched new programmes to enrol more students, analysis shows

Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business suggests students want to spend more time at university, not less

Scientists and medics have the best chance of reaching the top job in the UK, leaving other disciplines looking for answers

Graduate programmes tipped to lure disillusioned millennials