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OLYMPIC ATHLETE TAKING ON NEW CHALLENGE OF AN EXECUTIVE MBA
SCHOOL : QUT Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) COUNTRY : Australia
“I played my last match at the Australian Open and got on a flight to Brisbane very early the next day and started my MBA on campus that morning,” he recalled, before explaining how this transition tempered his anxiety about the next chapter of his life. “I knew I was really going to struggle if I didn’t do something else straight away. It was a daunting prospect to think about.” Now Millman is six months into the two-year EMBA programme, enjoying having something to focus on and proud of the progress he has made. “It’s not just about learning sets of data and statistical analysis… doing an MBA gives you a chance to learn about what makes you you and what you can contribute.” The school’s Paralympian and Olympian scholarship covers 50 per cent of MBA tuition fees, a proportion that matches its other initiatives aimed at female entrepreneurs and indigenous leaders, among others. There is also a ‘full ride’ scholarship for exceptional female leaders that covers the full cost of an EMBA. EB
What do you do after you have reached the pinnacle of your sport? An MBA of course. QUT Graduate School of Business in Australia is seeking to prepare professional athletes for life and careers after sport through a new scholarship initiative. Two-time Olympic tennis player and a former world number 33, John Millman is the school’s inaugural recipient of the QUT MBA and executive MBA (EMBA) scholarship for Paralympians and Olympians. Millman, who retired from tennis after this year’s Australian Open, didn’t know what to do when he first realised that his body wouldn’t be able to cope with another season. However, after realising how much he had enjoyed being exposed to the administrative side of tennis during a two-year stint on the player council for the sport’s governing body, the Association of Tennis Professionals, Millman decided that a career in this area was worth pursuing.
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