 27 April 2008
The Sunday Telegraph
Who are Britain`s top business people?
The Telegraph is spotlighting 1,000 British-based movers and shakers. Newark-born Nigel Doughty received an MBA from Cranfield School of Management in 1984 and with Richard Hanson formed private-equity fund manager Doughty Hanson. The firm has since made over 100 investments worth euro23bn and become one of Europe`s leading private-equity fund managers, buying and selling companies including Dunlop Standard Aerospace, Tag Heuer and Umbro. Doughty is owner and chairman of Nottingham Forest football club and is giving pounds 250,000 a year for at least five years to Cranfield to fund the creation of the Cranfield Centre for Corporate Responsibility and a Doughty chair in corporate responsibility.
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27 April 2008
The Sunday Times
Rich List 2008
Nigel Doughty, Cranfield MBA, 1984 appears in the Sunday Times 2008 Rich List. Nigel is co-founder of Doughty-Hanson, the London-based equity business and is also owner and chairman of Nottingham Forest Football Club.
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22 April 2008
BBC World Service
Radio interview
Séan Rickard was interviewed live on the BBC’s World Service programme commenting on the food crisis.
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21 April 2008
Financial Times
The future is fuelled by innovation
EasyJet’s Chief Executive, Andy Harrison, MBA, 1983 is mentioned in an article that reports on the airline industry’s efforts to clean-up. Andy points out that current aircraft are 70 per cent cleaner and 75 per cent quieter than their counterparts of 40 years ago.
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21 April 2008
Financial Times
Making the bigger ideas work
To date, there has been limited academic research into programme management, but this is set to change. Cranfield School of Management, in partnership with EDS, the global IT-services provider, has recently launched a research centre dedicated to programme management – Harvey Maylor, is the director of The International Centre for Programme Management (ICPM).
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20 April 2008
The Observer
Speculators fuel bubble in global food costs
In a piece highlighting global food costs, Séan Rickard said “High prices will bring forth quite a significant increase in land area used for cereals this year, and Australia will come rocketing back now that its drought is over”. Sean predicts a 40 per cent drop in wheat prices in 2009.
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18 April 2008
BBC Radio 4
Radio interview
Séan Rickard was interviewed live on the Today programme commenting on rising food prices.
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17 April 2008
The Independent
A potent mix of MBAs and politics
An understanding of local and global issues is crucial for students to negotiate the minefields of modern business. Cranfield School of Management offers MBA students a politics module in globalisation and society, which looks at growing inequality, sustainability, and potential sources of future conflict.
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17 April 2008
The Independent
Beyond the profit principle
Chris Prior, MBA, 1983 gives his views on how an MBA has sharpened his business acumen. Chris elected to take a year out from his work in Asia in the 1980s for an MBA at Cranfield. Over two decades later, he still finds the knowledge he acquired on the course to be a foundation for his work in assisting small businesses in the developing world. “The MBA gave me the discipline, the ability to work under pressure and to analyse and develop my ideas more clearly”, he says.
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17 April 2008
The Independent
How to get ahead of the pack
Both Riz Lateef and Ian Watson, Cranfield MBAs, 1995 are featured in a piece which says an MBA is a good way to stay in front of the competition in the changing world of journalism,. Riz is a BBC London News reporter and Ian is International Director of BBC Worldwide.
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17 April 2008
The Independent
Why greed is no good
At Cranfield, issues of corporate social responsibility and sustainability are now part of the core curriculum, while students are encouraged to work for the Cranfield Trust, an organisation which supports small UK charities.
David Grayson, director of the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility said, “Often students are ahead of the institutions. Quite a number now come in with a strong interest in what should be the role of business and business people”.
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17 April 2008
The Independent
The crunch question
Peter Fennah, Director Career Development Service, is quoted in a feature highlighting the credit crunch and the effect this may have on MBA applications.
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17 April 2008
The Independent
MBAs: Creating a team
Business schools are adding team building exercises to their induction programmes. Cranfield School of Management offers ‘partner days’ where partners can take part in some of the MBA sessions to get a flavour of the programme.
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17 April 2008
The Independent
Time against money
Cranfield School of Management offers two scholarships worth £14,000 each in partnership with Aurora. This can go towards either the full-time or the Executive MBA programme.
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06 April 2008
The Sunday Times
China can add some stardust to an MBA
The piece highlights how taking an elective in China during a British-based MBA can be a real boost for the career of a professional in the UK. MBA 07, James Bolle is featured. On his return to his company, following eight days visiting companies in China, he was promoted to technical and development director with a pay rise of 30%. International Director, David Simmons said the school’s trips to China could be filled twice over, such was the demand. David believes that the students will form friendships that will be important for their future careers.
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05 April 2008
BBC World Service
Radio interview
Séan Rickard participated in a live discussion about ‘Growing Food Insecurity’ on BBC World Service radio.
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03 April 2008
The DailyTelegraph
The DailyTelegraph
The credit crunch is producing a `back to school` rush. Business schools are reporting a sharp increase in applications for courses with specialist financial disciplines and say the fall-out from the jobs cull now under way in the City is contributing to the upsurge. Not all schools have seen a marked change in volume of applications. Sean Rickard, director of the full-time MBA programme at Cranfield School of Management, said: "I don`t think the evidence is clear cut one way or the other."
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