Good times for Europe seem set to run, November 30 2007. Financial Times.
...“Most schools are reporting an increase in uptake of all courses,” says Jeanette Purcell, chief excutive of the Association of MBAs, the UK-based accreditation organisation...
...“Employer sponsorship is declining and I think that probably has an impact that is influencing the move to flexible programmes because more students are now funding themselves.”
Distance learning is more viable, she adds, because schools are making much better use of technology...
....At IE Business School in Madrid, applications have increased by 30 per cent for 2007 and student numbers stand at 290, an increase of 15 per cent.
For next year the school is considering moving to two intakes – in November and April – and combining its full-time Spanish MBA programme with its international MBA programme, taught in English.
David Bach, associate dean of the MBA programme, says that while the UK remains a tough market, there has been a great deal of interest from Asia and strong demand from India. There has also been greater interest from North America with 21 US participants on the international MBA programme.
Prof Bach puts this down to IE beefing up its US marketing. But what draws mainly US students to Europe and specifically IE, he says, is the international diversity on offer and the school’s one-year programme...
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