Prospects Postgrad UK 2007/2008 - (Page 74) 74 BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT www.prospects.ac.uk/PostgradUK SPONSORED BY WARWICK DOES THE BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL LINKS Warwick Business School has an excellent global reputation as a leader in business research and teaching. It was the first UK business school to gain the key accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. WBS works with businesses and organisations to produce world-leading research in all fields of management. This feeds back into its teaching, keeping it practical and relevant to business. Students often undertake consultancy projects for organisations. Recent sponsors include Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Hewlett Packard, Hilton International, and Vodafone. Its academics also consult at the highest level in organisations around the world. WBS encourages links with many different clients, resulting in a broad range of corporate and governmental contacts with organisations such as Abbey, Dunlop Aerospace, NHS, Royal Bank of Scotland, TNT, UBS and Xerox. EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS There is an exciting range of career opportunities and enormous scope for graduates of WBS, who are sought after by employers because of the specialist skills they acquire during their studies. Graduates go on to work all over the world in organisations like Accenture, British Airways, Cadbury Schweppes, HSBC, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, and LogicaCMG, to name just a few. As well as working for the big Blue Chip companies, WBS graduates have been known to set up their own businesses or to work as consultants. Postgraduates at WBS are encouraged to use the facilities and expertise of the University of Warwick Careers Service. One of the most effective tools available to students at WBS is networking with current and former students, many of whom will be working in senior positions throughout the world. Currently, the School has an active community of 21,000 graduates across the world. cinema, two theatres, and an art gallery, as well as housing the University of Warwick Music Centre. Superb provision is made for sports activity at the University including an Olympic standard floodlit athletics track, all-weather pitches, and indoor tennis centre. The Sports Centre houses LEARNING AT WBS a 25 meter swimming pool, sauna, squash There is a dedicated Postgraduate IT Centre at courts, weight training and fitness suites, WBS, Wi-Fi hotspots around the University, regional-standard climbing centre, martial arts and high-speed Internet connection in all and table tennis facilities, and several study bedrooms on campus. It has a bespoke virtual study environment; my.wbs, which helps multipurpose sports halls and studios. There are also over 75 sports clubs, from archery to yoga. students keep up-to-date with learning and with all the WBS news. WBS PORTFOLIO In addition to the one million titles held at the MSc Finance University library, the new Learning Grid area MSc Finance & Economics provides students with a unique 24/7 learning MSc Financial Mathematics environment for individual or group study, with MSc Information Systems & Management an impressive range of multimedia equipment. MSc Management LIFE AT WARWICK MSc Management Science & Operational Research MSc Marketing & Strategy MA European Industrial Relations MA Industrial Relations & Personnel Management MA Organisation Studies FUNDING SOURCES There are usually a number of WBS Scholarships available for international students on certain courses. In addition, the University of Warwick International Office offers a number of awards for international students. CONTACT DETAILS FOR ADMISSIONS Graduate Marketing & Recruitment Warwick Business School The University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL, UK +44 (0)24 7615 0333 masters@wbs.ac.uk Many of the courses offer students the opportunity to undertake their final project with an external organisation, allowing them to put their knowledge into practice to solve a real business problem. For many this is invaluable experience of working in the ‘real world’. The University of Warwick is situated in a unique and beautiful parkland campus in the heart of England but still only 80 minutes by train from London and close to Birmingham, Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon. Its lively campus is virtually self-contained and provides a huge range of social, sporting and cultural activities. As one of the largest in the country, the Students’ Union offers a varied entertainment programme and hundreds of student societies and sports clubs. Campus accommodation for postgraduate students consists of modern, en suite rooms situated in pleasant, green surroundings, close to all facilities. Another cultural focus of the campus is Warwick Arts Centre, the largest in the Midlands, with a 1,500 seat concert hall, http://www.prospects.ac.uk/PostgradUK http://www.wbs.ac.uk/ad/pguk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/ad/pguk
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