Lyndon Simkin, Professor of Strategic Marketing

The Business School assists PLCs, SMEs and public sector organisations in addressing their imperatives. We bring these real life experiences to our lectures. As well as informing our teaching, these insights increase students’ ability to apply theory.

Students learn from cutting-edge research

Our lecturers are authors of many of the most widely used textbooks in business schools worldwide. So students learn from cutting-edge research which examines key issues facing companies in today’s challenging markets. What we teach helps practitioners and adds value to how organisations behave.

We also bring in practitioners to explore real life business issues, consider solutions and encourage our students to discuss and critique their approaches.

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We offer high-quality postgraduate programmes, underpinned by practically focused teaching and learning, an emphasis on research leadership, and our working partnerships with world-leading organisations and professional bodies.

Why study at Oxford Brookes?

At the Business School we have an excellent reputation for our innovative, student-centred teaching and learning. Read more…

Our academic staff includes leading authors of best-selling textbooks across the business disciplines, and we draw on the expertise and experience of employers in developing our courses. Above all, our aim is to give our students the confidence to grow as professionals and leaders in the challenging and constantly changing world of business and management.

With a range of partners across the world, teaching staff from many countries and a diverse cohort of students, the Business School provides an international context for teaching and learning. All our programmes have an international focus and, as a result, our graduates go on to enjoy careers across the world.

As well as being home to one of the country’s  strongest MBA programmes and a full range of other taught courses, we are an active research community with doctoral students joining academics in a supportive, multicultural research environment. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008), 70% of our research was judged to be internationally recognised. Our
research shapes our teaching, links us to the world of business and enables us to make a significant contribution to knowledge in business and management practice across the world.

We are one of only five business schools designated a UK Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning and since 1999 we have hosted the UK Higher Education Academy’s subject centre for Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism and, since 2006, for Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance, putting us at the centre of UK business education.

We combine a location in one of the world’s leading academic cities with easy access to London and being part of the UK’s greatest concentration of technology and knowledge-based entrepreneurial communities. The breadth of enterprise and opportunities in Oxford creates a unique and stimulating place in which to live and learn.

What are the benefits?

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  • Full ACCA, AMBA and EPAS accreditation for flagship programmes.
  • UK Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning – one of only five business schools recognised in this way.
  • Opportunities to engage in commercial projects with commercial and third sector organisations.
  • Strong links with prestigious employers, locally and nationally, such as IBM Global Business Solutions, BMW and Microsoft.
  • Postgraduate Centre offering dedicated social learning space.

Research

The Business School undertakes research across a wide range of management issues in the private, public and non-profit sectors. We adopt a flexible, practice- based approach derived from the experience and expertise of our staff. Read more…

To find out more please visit our research degree pages.

Taught Courses

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About our courses

We offer the following types of taught course:

  • MBA – offered in three modes - full-time, part-time (Executive), distance learning (Global)
  • General and specialist MSc courses
  • Part-time professional development courses.

Our courses provide a solid foundation across core business and management subjects with opportunities for you to specialise, helping you to shape your learning around your interests and career aspirations. The commercial experience of our academic staff ensures that your learning is grounded in real-life business knowledge.

Our courses are designed to have an international focus and are constantly renewed through dialogue with employers, professional bodies, alumni and current students. We maintain links with prestigious employers to enhance your career opportunities and develop the key skills that employers actively seek, such as cross-cultural
awareness, leadership skills and experience in consultancy.

Professional Accreditation

  • We are members of the Association of Business Schools (ABS) and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), the two organisations which represent UK and European schools of business.
  • Our MBA provision is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and by EPAS, which are badges of excellence in postgraduate education.
  • We were one of the first European universities to receive EFMD’s EPAS accreditation and the first in the world to achieve five-year accreditation.
  • Our Human Resource Management courses are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
  • We are a member of the international body, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools in Business (AACSB).
  • We work in partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the largest global professional accountancy body.

Which courses can I study to start in 2012?

Learn more about the courses you can study to start in September 2012. Read more…