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EDITORIAL Head of editorial Colette Doyle c.doyle@amba-bga.com Content editor Tim Banerjee Dhoul t.dhoul@amba-bga.com
Commending brilliance in education, from this year’s Excellence Awards to an impressive accreditation record
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Art editor Sam Price Sub-editor Heather Ford
his is a celebratory issue: not only do we have a full round-up of the 2024 AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards – an event that was held in London last month and which honoured no fewer than 11 business schools and affiliated individuals – we also have a feature from the University of Leicester, which is celebrating a quarter of a century of AMBA accreditation. Faculty members Dr Deborah Price and Dr Olga Suhomlinova reflect on 25 years of the institution’s MBA programme; Leicester is a pioneer in the field of distance learning, following the establishment of the Management Centre set up in 1989 by Professor Peter Jackson. The lecturers identify a number of reasons why this mode of learning has always been such a core ingredient of Leicester’s success. They believe that it democratises the MBA degree, as it facilitates access to postgraduate study for those whose career and life commitments prevent them from undertaking a full-time, on-campus qualification. In addition, it enables the school to tap into a global talent pool, thereby creating a truly international student body that strengthens the school’s diverse and inclusive community. Diversity and inclusion were also on the agenda at our recent Asia Pacific Deans and Directors conference held in Bangkok. Jenifer Lewis of Nazarbayev University’s Graduate School of Business and Professor Sarah Kelly of the School of Business at Queensland University of Technology took part in a panel debate chaired by BGA membership and account manager Ben Maheson. Delegates heard how DE&I practices must be embedded in curricula and implemented every day, as well as how schools need to possess the humility to learn what works and what doesn’t. Enjoy the issue; we’ll be back next month with a feature on nature-positive finance, the story of a social entrepreneurship initiative in Ecuador and a timely article on how to attract and retain female talent in business schools.
Insight, content and PR manager Ellen Buchan e.buchan@amba-bga.com CORPORATE Commercial relations director Max Braithwaite m.braithwaite@amba-bga.com
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Head of events Carolyn Armsby
HR and employer relations manager Aarti Bhasin Finance and commercial Director Catherine Walker
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THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Chief executive o cer Andrew Main Wilson
Executive assistant to the CEO Amy Youngs a.youngs@amba-bga.com ACCREDITATION ENQUIRIES accreditation@amba-bga.com
PIERRE CASSE
MARI IIZUKA
ELNURA IRMATOVA
DEBORAH PRICE
NAZAHAH RAHIM
OLGA SUHOMLINOVA
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