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Royal Navy MBA Graduate Continues To Enjoy Management Success

He is currently working in strategic risk management and performance management as part of a team that orchestrates the management processes at the Royal Navy’s Fleet HQ. It’s a position for which an MBA is a prerequisite and one in which the skills and knowledge he developed during his MBA studies have become increasingly important.A […]

Improve Workplace Skills With Updated Manager’s Good Study Guide

It is edited by Sheila Tyler, a lecturer in management development at the Open University Business School. She has drawn together a team of contributors from the School and the wider university.This new version will help managers and students to work more effectively by:  developing their skills in constructing logical and persuasive arguments, in […]

Wanted: Scientific proof for learning arts

It’s also changing the way companies market their products to educators. But while everyone agrees the provision’s intentions are good, the law has created a host of new problems its authors never anticipated. Read the Full Story

Plugged In

The Borchardt Cyber Café – with locations near MacArthur Park and Chinatown – will provide seniors with free one-on-one basic computer training from USC student volunteers bilingual in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Tagalog and Armenian. Read the Full Story

A prescriptive study of early trends in implementing e-learning in the UK Higher Education Sector

This paper examines whether the benefits of e-learning have materialised and how this relates to organisational change, policies and strategies. Read the Full Story

30,000+ students register for courses with Athabasca University

Figures just released by the University show that, as of Feb. 1, 2004, Athabasca University has some 30,720 undergraduate students and 2,984 graduate students – the highest enrolment in the University’s 30-year history. Read the Full Story

E-learning grows in and out of university

There has been much talk of a coming revolution in higher education caused by electronic media and the ability of students to study whole courses from a distance. Read the Full Story

La. College Students Taking Courses Online

Louisiana’s public colleges offer about 700 online courses each semester, serving up to 15,000 students, said Mike Abbiatti, the state Board of Regents’ associate commissioner for information technology. The state offers 14 degrees totally through online courses, and the number grows every year, Abbiatti said. Read the Full Story

NAU [Northern Arizona University] taps demand for classes here

Enrollment in the distance learning programs Northern Arizona University offers in Tucson increased 14 percent in the last school year, and last fall 809 students were enrolled in a variety of evening, accelerated and online courses. Read the Full Story

Western Governors University is Filling a Big Hole in the Resume

SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 11, 2004–“I actually feel differently about myself, not that lack of self-esteem has ever been a big issue for me. I have a greater sense of validation regarding my skills both personally and professionally,” said Vicki Simek of Vineland, N.J., about her recent bachelor’s degree in business from Western Governors University […]