It's sometimes thought that undergraduate life is too closeted to provide any real preparation for the world of work
Today Asia, and more particularly China, drives the world’s economy. What better Global Business Experience for me than this trip to Hong Kong to study private equity?
If you read the prospectus of any top ten business school in the world, they will all claim to be 'truly global' - but what does this mean?
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Helena Pozniak finds out why the number of women in business schools is rising
It's hard work and the end might not always be in sight - but it's important to love what you're studying, says Harriet Williamson
Q: I am interested in becoming a social worker, and want to know what path you'd recommend, after I graduate in history this summer.
You've got more work and less structure, and most of your uni friends have moved on and away into the world of work. Is a Masters isolating, asks Harriet Williamson
Days of wild clubbing abandon and blagging your way through reading are no more when it comes to a Masters degree, but that doesn't mean your old life is gone for good...
Andrew Main Wilson is to be the new chief executive of AMBA, it has been announced, on the first day of the Association's conference in Poland
It's never been harder for students to pay for postgraduate degrees. So what's to be done?
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An ode to my MA dissertation
19 June 2013 04:49 PM
It's hard work and the end might not always be in sight - but it's important to love what you're studying, says Harriet Williamson
Postgraduate queries: Social work, affording a Masters and stage management
19 June 2013 11:28 AM
Q: I am interested in becoming a social worker, and want to know what path you'd recommend, after I graduate in history this summer.
Research matters: 'How can we help young talents develop?'
19 June 2013 11:24 AM
RCUK wants to know how you've used your PhD, says Rick Rylance
The science of giving back: An MSc in social work
19 June 2013 11:23 AM
It's sometimes thought that undergraduate life is too closeted to provide any real preparation for the world of work. One career path that illustrates this neatly is social work. How could life in lecture theatres, seminars and nightclubs prepare a 21-year-old for the potential anguish and grit of social work?
Postgraduate criminology: Investigating criminal minds
19 June 2013 11:13 AM
A life in criminology isn't for the faint of heart, says Jessica Moore, but it can help make society safer
Studying great works with a gothic flavour
18 June 2013 12:26 PM
Stephen Hoare investigates Manchester Metropolitan University's new centre tackling the dark side of the arts
Is a Masters an isolating experience?
05 June 2013 03:02 PM
You've got more work and less structure, and most of your uni friends have moved on and away into the world of work. Is a Masters isolating, asks Harriet Williamson
MBA Blog: The Hong Kong Global Business Experience was the best way to finish my MBA
04 June 2013 03:31 PM
Private equity has always fascinated me. To understand how general partners turn around a company when it is in distress or position it to sustain its success and foster its growth, has always been exciting to me. Today Asia, and more particularly China, drives the world’s economy. What better Global Business Experience for me than this trip to Hong Kong to study private equity?
'When you see the planet from space it puts the common challenges faced by all humans into perspective'
28 May 2013 12:36 PM
American astronaut Ron Garan returned from his time on the International Space Station in a Russian capsule - and new faith in the power of global collaboration
The insider’s guide to a humanities MA
22 May 2013 03:48 PM
Days of wild clubbing abandon and blagging your way through reading are no more when it comes to a Masters degree, but that doesn't mean your old life is gone for good. There's a lot to look out for, so here is my insider’s guide to an MA in the humanities.
MBA blog: What do business schools mean when they call themselves 'truly global'
21 May 2013 04:52 PM
If you read the prospectus of any top ten business school in the world, they will all claim to be 'truly global'.
Enough is enough: Masters loans need to change
16 May 2013 11:28 AM
Postgrads are vital, not just to the economy but to the furtherance of human learning. So why is getting funding so hard?
Association of MBAs announces new chief executive
15 May 2013 01:49 PM
Andrew Main Wilson is to be the new chief executive of AMBA, it has been announced on the first day of the Association's conference in Poland.
Ethnic and gender inequalities in postgraduate study STILL aren't being addressed
02 May 2013 10:47 AM
Yet another new study highlighting marked ethnic and gender inequalities in the postgraduate sector has been released
The nightmare of Masters funding
30 April 2013 11:21 AM
It's becoming more than just a pain to pay for a postgraduate degree, says Harriet Williamson. In fact, it's downright diffcult
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