Search Results for: london business school (3345 results found) Meet The 2025 ClimateCAP Fellows: Motivated To Make A Difference (NEWS) By: Meghan Marrin | Last Updated: March 27, 2025 Now entering its third year, the ClimateCAP Fellowship has become a cornerstone for aspiring new leaders in climate-conscious business, especially MBAs. The Fellowship is a program of a broader ClimateCAP Initiative spearheaded by the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and it attracts well-qualified candidates… P&Q’s Must Reads: Wharton Claims Sole Possession Of First In New U.S. News MBA Ranking (NEWS) By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: April 11, 2025 Hello everyone — Welcome back to Poets&Quants’ Must Reads, a quick, digestible recap of the top business school news, sponsored by CentreCourt, P&Q's virtual admission events. I’m your host, Kristy Bleizeffer, and I’ll be highlighting the most important P&Q stories you might have missed. So, let’s get to it. No. 1: Wharton Claims Sole… MBA Roundup: LinkedIn Ranking: 50-Best Employers To Grow Your Career (NEWS) By: P&Q Staff | Last Updated: April 12, 2025 LinkedIn Ranking: 50-Best Employers To Grow Your Career Linkedin: “The only constant at work today is change. From the rise of generative AI to evolving expectations around hybrid work, professionals are facing more disruption — and ambiguity — than ever. To stay ahead, over half of professionals globally say they are open to pivoting into… The Top U.S. & European MBA Programs With AI Concentrations (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: July 1, 2025 Business schools have overwhelmingly embraced AI. In its 2024 Application Trends Survey, the Graduate Management Admission Council found that only 22% of programs surveyed haven’t integrated AI into student learning. That number will only go down as B-schools respond to the growing demand for expertise in AI within the business sector. “It is no longer… Tech Hiring Remains Unsteady In 2025. What That Means For MBAs About To Graduate (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: April 18, 2025 If 2023 and 2024 were the years tech hiring fell back to Earth, 2025 is proving that gravity still has a hold. The tech sector is stumbling through another year of caution, contraction, and recalibration. Layoffs are continuing at a steady clip — with more than 23,000 workers let go across 93 tech companies so… The 100 Best & Brightest MBAs: Class Of 2025 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 2, 2025 By any measure, Simi Shah is a success story. A Harvard undergrad and Wharton MBA, Shah boasts a resume that would land at the top of any company’s stack. Before business school, she served as the chief of staff to Indra Nooyi, former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. At Wharton, she was tapped to mentor… Oxford Saïd Tops The 2024 QS Executive MBA Ranking (NEWS) By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: May 6, 2025 For the second year in a row, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School claims the top spot in the QS Global Executive MBA Rankings. The 2025 rankings, released this week, evaluated 204 EMBA programs across the world on employer reputation, academic leadership, executive profile, diversity, and career outcomes. Oxford Saïd is followed by HEC Paris and… MBA Employers Want AI Skills — And They Say Higher Ed Must Step Up (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: May 3, 2025 A new report finds that UK businesses are increasingly eager to work with university researchers to close widening skills gaps — particularly in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analysis — but struggle to access the expertise they need. The report, Equipping Researchers for Impact: Unlocking the Potential of University-Business Relationships, commissioned by the Developing… The P&Q Interview: LBS’s Alex Edmans On Rewriting The ‘Bible of Finance’ (NEWS) By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: May 8, 2025 Alex Edmans knew the book front to back long before he was asked to help write it. He studied it as an undergrad at Oxford University. He was handed a copy when he joined Morgan Stanley as a new analyst where it sat on the shelf of every senior banker. He later taught Principles of… Oxford Wins The 2025 MBA Tournament, The Largest MBA Sports Event In Europe (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: May 9, 2025 Oxford Saïd Business School secured first place at the 2025 MBA Tournament, Europe’s largest MBA sports and cultural competition, hosted by HEC Paris from May 1-3, winning back the crown it claimed in 2023 but lost to London Business School last year. The event brought together more than 1,500 students from 16 international business schools… Visa Denied, Dream Rewritten: How Anshika Gupta Found Purpose At HEC Paris (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: May 14, 2025 It was supposed to be the start of a dream — admission to the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, the beginning of a new life in the U.S., and the next chapter in an already extraordinary story. But just ten days before departure, Anshika Gupta’s student visa was denied. Then, denied again. “I… Worried About U.S. Visa Revocations? Why International MBA Applicants May Face The Friendliest Odds In Years (NEWS) By: Kanishka Elupula | Last Updated: May 17, 2025 Since the Trump administration started terminating the F-1 status of hundreds (maybe a few thousand) international students in mid-March, prospective international MBA applicants have been asking whether it still makes sense to apply to U.S.-based programs in 2025. In late April, Inside Higher Ed put confirmed losses of visa status at 1,879; the American Immigration… Poets&Quants’ World’s Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors Of 2025 (NEWS) By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: May 21, 2025 If all business is global, then certainly a premier business education must be global as well. Take Tom Taiyi Yan 闫太一, an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior who teaches global leadership at University College London School of Management. Yan grew up in Beijing, then lived on a farm in Eastern Tennessee where he attended a Southern… MBA Application Rounds: What To Know About Round 1, Round 2, & Round 3 (NEWS) By: Judith Silverman Hodara, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: April 3, 2026 When it comes to applying to business school, timing matters – but perhaps not in the way many applicants assume. As the former Head of Admissions at Wharton, I’ve seen firsthand how timing intersects with readiness and how critical it is to apply when your candidacy is at its strongest. At Fortuna Admissions, some of… Past The Prospectus: Learning To Prioritize As A First Year MBA Student (NEWS) By: Kunaal Kankate | Last Updated: May 28, 2025 Before starting my MBA at London Business School, I expected it to be intense … just in a different way. I wasn’t looking for a break from work or a slower pace. I wanted a challenge, a broader perspective, and a chance to push myself beyond what I already knew. What I didn’t anticipate was… Meet Georgetown McDonough’s MBA Class Of 2026 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: June 11, 2025 Want to understand business? You’d better be curious about the world. The marketplace is segmented, you’ll hear. Different experiences, tastes, habits, and politics. Peel back further and you’ll find varying values, practices, traditions, and histories. In an increasingly interconnected world, it takes more effort than ever to build in-roads and influence. It requires a global… MBA Essay Tips That Get You In – Straight Talk From A Former Adcom Insider (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: April 8, 2026 Not sure how to make your MBA essays stand out? In this candid and tactical conversation, Poets&Quants’ John Byrne sits down with Fortuna Admissions Director Emma Bond to unpack exactly what it takes to write standout essays that resonate with the admissions committee. Emma - former Senior Admissions Manager at London Business School and a… 6 MBA Specializations To Supercharge Your Career (NEWS) By: Melissa Jones, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: March 30, 2026 Customizing your MBA can be a game-changer for your career. As business and technology evolve – especially with the rise of AI, sustainability imperatives, and global market shifts – your academic focus can significantly shape your job prospects, network, and long-term opportunities. While “MBA specialization” is a widely used umbrella term, leading programs offer a… What Europe’s MBA Admissions Directors Want You To Know (NEWS) By: Matt Symonds, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: April 3, 2026 Thinking of earning your MBA in Europe? From Barcelona to Fontainebleau, London to Lausanne, Europe’s top business schools offer a compelling alternative to the traditional two-year US model - combining global diversity, career mobility, and fast-track ROI. But what truly sets these programs apart goes beyond format or geography. I recently sat down with admissions… MBA Roundup: MIT Sloan Announces New Faculty Members (NEWS) By: P&Q Staff | Last Updated: July 13, 2025 MIT Sloan Announces New Faculty Members MIT Sloan: “Supply chain labor standards, the economics of privacy, front-line decision-making, and consumer attention: Meet the four new experts, including one newly minted dean, bringing their knowledge and skill sets to the MIT Sloan faculty. Alessandro Acquisti, Professor of Information Technology Comes from: Acquisti joins MIT Sloan from Carnegie Mellon… Best & Brightest Executive MBAs: Class Of 2025 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: August 7, 2025 Janitra Taylor is one of the best in her field. A veteran of JPMorgan Chase, Ernst & Young, and Bank of America, Taylor has collected awards from these institutions for outstanding leadership and service. In 2025, she was named one of American Banker’s Most Influential Women in Payments – an honor reserved for only 20… The MBA Programs That Give VCs A Measurable Edge (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: August 10, 2025 For years, Stanford Graduate School of Business finance professor Ilya Strebulaev has been known as the business school world’s “unicorn tracker,” analyzing how billion-dollar startups are built, who founds them, and which institutions supply their talent. His latest research, announced via his LinkedIn page, turns the lens on venture capitalists themselves — and how their… Faith & Leadership In The MBA World: Inside The MBA Ministry (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: August 20, 2025 Over the past two decades, purpose and values have moved closer to the center of the MBA experience. On some campuses, that shift has been shaped, in part, by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s MBA Ministry — a student-led network that has created space for MBAs to wrestle with questions of ethics, leadership, and vocation alongside their… MBAs To Watch: Class Of 2025 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: September 10, 2025 From banker to brewer… Now, that’s a catchy headline! And it sums up the journey of Helena Valentine. Just four years ago, she worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs’ London office. One of the firm’s youngest employees, you could find her presenting her financial analyses to members of Board of Directors and C-Suite… 20 Biggest Regrets Of MBA Graduates (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: August 27, 2025 Everyone does it. They look back. They wind back the clock. And they wince at their mistakes: the opportunities they lost, the time they squandered, and the fun they missed. In The Office, Cornell alum Andy Bernard sums up the sentiment best: "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old… 7 Things You Should Do Once You’ve Hit Submit On Your MBA Applications (NEWS) By: Emma Bond, Fortuna Admissions | Last Updated: April 3, 2026 You’ve done it. After months of wrestling with essays, polishing your resume, chasing recommendations, and rethinking your story, you’ve finally clicked “submit.” Take a moment to appreciate just how big that is - completing your MBA applications really is an achievement in itself! But while the hard grind of writing is behind you, the journey… July 24, 2025 (CALENDAR) By: aketzerdean | Last Updated: June 17, 2025 Campus Tour With An MBA Student Ambassador These tours are aimed at candidates interested in the London Business School MBA programmes. Register now to get a taste of the MBA student life by connecting with a member of the Recruitment and Admissions team or an MBA Student Ambassador for a tour around our campus in…