Dubai Knowledge Village to host workshop

Around 350 MBA students from across the Middle East (50% from the UAE) - all mature working professionals in middle to senior management positions or specialists in finance, engineering and construction - will descend on Dubai Knowledge Village in October for the ultimate challenge of testing their knowledge and progress against peers and visiting faculty - eminent academics and distinguished thought leaders in their fields, and many of whom are active business consultants - from the UK.

All the students are studying with Manchester Business School (MBS) Worldwide, through the Middle East regional centre in Dubai which
coordinates around 400 students in the region who are following blended learning specialist MBA programmes (Finance, Engineering Business Management and the unique 'Construction MBA' with the school, which is ranked 22 in the world by the Financial Times.

Just over 50% of the students in the region are following the engineering business management MBA, 33% finance, and the balance construction.

The workshops bring together students from across the region to meet with the school's visiting faculty, who will lead workshops covering the MBA programme modules, including:

Corporate Finance Prof. Phil Bourke Corporate Risk Management Dr Dave Ayling Financial Accounting Financial Accounting Dr Assad Kusar Financial Analysis/ Financial Management Prof.

Bob Ryan International Business Strategy Prof Charles Schell Managerial Economics Prof.

Paddy McNutt and Prof Xavier Duran Marketing Strategy Prof Andrew McAuley Maintenance Strategy Mr Paul Wheelhouse Operations Management Prof Paul Taaffe Project Management Mr Phil Baylis Risk Management Dr Tony Merna Strategic Management Prof Bob Vass Treasury, Foreign Exchange and Trade Finance Prof Mohamed Boulkeroua

Randa Bessiso, MBSW Director for the Middle East, comments:

"Our blended learning students benefit from 250 hours of face to face contact with visiting faculty, which is close to the level enjoyed by full time MBA students on campus. Workshops are intense and demanprding but also the most stimulating and productive elements of the programmes we offer to students in the region. Dubai is also becoming an increasingly popular destination for MBA students from our other international centres to visit for workshops and we have students of 32 nationalities coming to Dubai from within and outside the region."