Both earned their MBA degrees with distinctions - the only ones to do so from amongst the 336 students around the world graduating from the MBA programme this year. The two students - from India and Uzbecistan - are part of a group of 29 students graduating this year via Strathclyde's International Centre in Dubai, where the programme is administered by the British Council.
Christine Joyce, Distance Learning Manager at the British Council, said: "The British Council is delighted with the performance of all the Strathclyde MBA programme students in Dubai. The fact that two of our students - and both of them women - earned distinctions, demonstrates the quality of candidates that we are attracting and the potential of women students, and we are attracting more women every year. Strathclyde University will also be honouring all the Dubai centre MBA students at a graduation ceremony in Dubai, in December."
The 2002 academic year Strathclyde MBA intake - called 'Mackay' - every intake is named after a Scottish clan (tribe) - finished recently. Of the 66 applications received at the British Council, 50 candidates were accepted onto the programme, which started in October.
The British Council started the Strathclyde distance learning MBA programme in Dubai, in 1995. While Dubai is the centre for the programme, it attracts students from as far away as Kuwait, Oman and Qatar. This year, for the first time, the British Council also ran one programme module in Abu Dhabi, where there is a strong degree of interest.
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- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, November 16 - 2002 at 12:15
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The MBA graduation ceremony which took place last week at the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business, in Scotland, highlighted the achievements of two women students resident in Dubai.
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University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business
University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business is best recognised for the MBA. The school was the pioneer of the one-year full-time MBA in 1966, the part-time MBA in 1976 and the distance learning MBA in 1983. In 1993 it was awarded the Queen's Award for Export Achievement for its MBA programmes in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Since then USGSB has also established International Centres in Bahrain, Dubai, Greece, Switzerland. All MBA programmes have been accredited by the Association of MBAs. Strathclyde Business School has Equis accreditation, a European stamp of quality from the European Foundation for Management Development.
The full-time MBA takes one year to be studied at Glasgow or between 2 and 5 years through flexible learning via Glasgow headquarters or one of Strathclyde's international centres in Switzerland, Greece, Dubai, Oman, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Shanghai.
The programme attracts a wide range of expertise, experience, cultures and nationalities, which means individuals are able to learn from a breadth of work experience and the cultural diversity of fellow students.
There is an upper limit of 65 students for full-time MBA to allow for quality, personal teaching and learning. 2000 students are enrolled worldwide.
Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, News EditorSaturday, November 16 - 2002 at 12:15 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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