THE GLOBAL PLAYERS

MBS

Manchester Business School (MBS) is present in Dubai and supports more than 1,800 part time MBA students across the region. MBS signed an MOU in February 2015 with ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) – designed to enable more people in the region to study accountancy and enter the finance profession.

As part of the agreement both organisations will encourage networking across their large and growing professional communities in the region, as well as supporting ongoing professional development by creating privileged access to programmes. ACCA, for its part supports over 2,500 members and more than 15,000 students and affiliates working/studying across the Middle East.

CASS

Cass Business School, part of City University London, runs an Executive MBA programme aimed at ‘fast tracking’ career progression as well as opening up new areas of business for those looking to change their career paths, according to Ehsan Razavizadeh, regional director MENA. “In Dubai, Cass attracts students from all over the world and this year, students from 22 nationalities, all with substantial work experience, will take part in the school’s two-year course, which runs until the autumn of 2016,” he says.

The programme is plugged into an MBA network of over 6,500 MBA alumni and more than 35,000 Cass alumni pursuing careers worldwide – this in a wide range of professional fields, from consultancy, IT and banking to pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and the media.

LBS

London Business School’s (part of the University of London) EMBA-Dubai programme enjoys “high employability and career progression with the added benefit of studying in a truly global environment,” claims to Dina Dommett, executive director, Leadership Programmes.

“We are constantly in dialogue with employers, recruiters, consultants and analysts from across the region to ensure we are meeting the needs of the market, whilst being at the forefront of the region’s talent supply.

“We also organise regular thought-leadership forums at our Dubai Centre, in the Dubai International Financial Centre, with representatives from top employers opening up discussions about prevailing trends in the local and regional labour market,” she says.