Birmingham Business School Profile:
Birmingham Business School is the UK's first business school, founded in 1902. As Britain's oldest business school, has been its excellent teaching and research level is known.
Birmingham Business School has more than 80 lecturers and researchers, many of whom are in their respective areas of research enjoys a high international reputation.
Birmingham Business School to open the economy, finance, management and other aspects of the curriculum. At the same time and many companies have a good working relationship, to provide internship opportunities for students to achieve a combination of theory and practice, to ensure that students are able to adapt to the rapid development of today's social and economic needs.
Birmingham Business School History
In 1901, Sir William Ashley took the first Chair of Commerce at the school, where he fostered the development of its commercial programme. From 1902 until 1923 he served as first Professor of Commerce and Dean of the Faculty, which he was instrumental in founding. At the time it was England's first Faculty of Commerce, and a hundred years later there are over one hundred Business Schools in the UK; Birmingham can perhaps claim to be the ancestor of them all. Ashley said in 1902[citation needed] that the aim of the new Faculty was the education not of the "rank and file, but of the officers of the industrial and commercial army: of those who, as principals, directors, managers, secretaries, heads of department, etc., will ultimately guide the business activity of the country."In its first year, the annual costs of the Faculty, including staff salaries, were £8,200 - there were six students, a lecture room and two classrooms. By 1908, fifteen men had graduated from the School, many with businesses waiting for their skills. Ashley stated[citation needed]: "I quite expect that before I retire I shall be able to gather round me a room full of Managers and Managing Directors who have been students in the Faculty of Commerce." A large room would be needed now: over the past 100 years it is estimated that more than 15,000 students have passed successfully through the School.
Birmingham Business School History:
In 1901, Sir William Ashley took the first Chair of Commerce at the school, where he fostered the development of its commercial programme. From 1902 until 1923 he served as first Professor of Commerce and Dean of the Faculty, which he was instrumental in founding. At the time it was England's first Faculty of Commerce, and a hundred years later there are over one hundred Business Schools in the UK; Birmingham can perhaps claim to be the ancestor of them all. Ashley said in 1902[citation needed] that the aim of the new Faculty was the education not of the "rank and file, but of the officers of the industrial and commercial army: of those who, as principals, directors, managers, secretaries, heads of department, etc., will ultimately guide the business activity of the country."In its first year, the annual costs of the Faculty, including staff salaries, were £8,200 - there were six students, a lecture room and two classrooms. By 1908, fifteen men had graduated from the School, many with businesses waiting for their skills. Ashley stated[citation needed]: "I quite expect that before I retire I shall be able to gather round me a room full of Managers and Managing Directors who have been students in the Faculty of Commerce." A large room would be needed now: over the past 100 years it is estimated that more than 15,000 students have passed successfully through the School.
The Birmingham Business School Today:
The School is now an internationally renowned research institution with over 130 teaching and research staff delivering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and tailor-made programmes to companies and senior management teams. The School is accredited by both AMBA and EQUIS and has a thriving post-graduate research community.In 2002, the School celebrated its cetenary and in March 2005 the School's new £20m home, University House, was officially opened by Sir Dominic Cadbury.
In 2008, the School expanded to include the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies and the Department of Economics. The 'new look' BBS now includes five academic departments, comprising: Management, Marketing, Accounting and Finance, Economics, and the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies.
In addition, the Business School includes a number of highly active research centres including the Centre for Business Strategy and Procurement, the Institute for Economic Development Policy, the Centre for International Business and Organisational Research, and the Centre for Research on Productivity, Management and the Workplace.
Recent research in the School has attracted widespread media attention, for example on the effects of the MG Rover collapse and the policy response to this (click here).
The current Director of the School is David Bailey, who has written extensively on industrial and regional policy and globalisation, especially in relation to the auto industry. Outside of Birmingham, Bailey is also Chair of the Regional Studies Association, a blogger at the Birmingham Post and a Non-Executive Director at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Previous directors have included Jonathan Michie, Peter Turnbull, John Samuels and Colin Rickwood.
The School has an active, high-powered International Advisory Board chaired by Lord Digby Jones of Birmingham.
In 2008 the School's MBA programme was ranked 67th best in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit in their annual ranking of the Top 100 MBA programmes in the world, with the School 4th best in the world in terms of diversity of recruiters and 7th best in terms of student quality.
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the Birmingham Business School was submitted under the Business and Management Studies sub-panel, and 90% of research activity submitted by the School was rated as being of international standing. There are various metrics that can be used to construct research rankings. When looking at the proportion of activity ranked at the 4* (world class) level, Birmingham was ranked 14th out of 90 Business submissions. At the 3*/4* level it ranks at 21 out of 90, and on various other measures it ranks at 19. This puts the Birmingham Business School in the same category of business schools as Aston, Cranfield, Leeds and Loughborough.
Birmingham Business School rankings:
• Founded in 1902, the Birmingham Business School, is the first British university business school
• In 2007-08, the "Economist" Global MBA ranking, ranked 67
• In 2010, "Financial Times" Global MBA rankings, ranked No. 75
• In 2010, "The Economist" Global MBA rankings, ranked 68th (11th UK)
• In 2011, "Financial Times" Global MBA rankings, ranked 68th (11th UK)
• Birmingham Business School, respectively, the European EQUIS and AMBA Certification UK, has been named an outstanding business school.
Birmingham Business School, the employment situation:
Birmingham Business School graduate students generally have access to satisfying work, and their employment opportunities are very broad, such as accountants, managers, e-commerce, retail, social work, and the teaching profession. And Birmingham University Career Center provides career guidance for graduates and tracking services.
