Help for women to get MBA
Chandler said.
Debbie said the new hairdressing service was welcomed by many in the homeless community.
“There are so many homeless people who need a haircut,” she said.
School director Helen Dunne said the program was a local branch of the international program Hair Aid. As Debbie ran her hands through her trimmed locks she said she could not have been happier with the cut.
“I’m just trying to get back on my feet — get a job. It (her hair) looks pretty good, doesn’t it?” A NEW Deakin University scholarship program aims to encourage and enable more women to study an MBA.
Data shows only 30 per cent of students studying MBA courses are women — with socio-economic issues, family responsibility and lifestyle commitments seen as barriers for many women.
Dr Andrea North-Samardzic said Deakin Business School has partnered with corporate sponsors and philan- thropists to provide 10 cofunded gender equity scholarships to encourage access and limit barriers to entry
“Being a woman should not be a barrier to further education,” Dr North-Samardzic said. “An MBA is an internationally recognised degree for people with work experience and it provides the opportunity to develop leadership and management capabilities, along with networking opportunities to progress careers.”