University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Business School

The School

The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Business School is the newest Business School in the UK, yet its history spans almost a century of business and management education at Newcastle. It was formed in 2002 from the merger of three long-established departments (Accounting & Finance, Economics and Management) together with staff from the university’s internationally renowned Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS).

Finance at the Business School

Finance is an integral part of the programme, taught throughout both years of the course. There have been exciting developments in the Accounting and Finance subject area. In teaching, we have established an innovative joint-venture undergraduate degree programme with the ICAEW and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the only programme of its kind in the UK. This new programme supplements our existing successful undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. In research, the subject area was awarded a 5 in the 2001 RAE and we are looking to develop our research portfolio to build on that success. Most of our current research is in the spheres of accounting history, accounting and capital markets and international management accounting.

We also have a strong Economics subject group, with expertise across a range of areas including Economics and Safety, Health, Environment & Risk; Game Theory and Public Economics, and National and International Development.

Our research has informed national and international high-level policy debates, for example Professor Jones-Lee, Director of CASPAR, gave invited testimony to the Cullen Inquiry into rail safety. Professor Dolton's work on youth labour markets resulted in his giving evidence to the House of Commons Employment Committee on the New Deal for Young People.

The Newcastle MBA

Our AMBA-accredited MBA programme has been running since 1974. The Executive MBA is delivered on a block-mode basis over two years, in block of 3 days every four weeks, 16 blocks in total. As befits an AMBA-accredited course, we examine all aspects of business and management, but three particular themes are stressed:

• Technology & Innovation: The Executive MBA includes modules on Business Innovation, Information Management and e-business, all taught by professors of international standing in these fields. Collaboration with leading-edge companies such as Apple and Microsoft provides students with critical insights into the ways in which business is developing.
• Globalisation & International Issues: The global nature of modern business is stressed so often it has almost become a cliché. Nevertheless, the influence of a global business environment is a matter of everyday experience for managers in all business sectors, and indeed the public and not-for-profit sectors as well. These themes are emphasised throughout the programme.
• Personal & Organizational Development: An Executive MBA is a major investment in time and money by the individual and the organization, and we emphasise the importance of ensuring that both parties see major benefits from the course right from the outset. Students are encouraged to see their own development as one of the key value propositions of the programme, and this is supported through international field trips which bring together the learning from the programme. The programme also requires students to apply their learning back in their own organization, through two major work-based consultancy projects.

For further information on the Business School and the Newcastle MBA, contact nubs@ncl.ac.uk, or 0191 2227440, or view our website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/about/