Lancashire Business School
Lancashire Business School at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), England, is business school based in the city of Preston, Lancashire, and is one of 18 Schools within UCLan. It is located in a building at the heart of UCLan’s campus, close to the city centre.
Courses
Lancashire Business School delivers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including an MBA programme, as well as offering bespoke programmes to businesses and organisations.
Lancashire Business School’s academic programmes are supported by links with the business world.
Undergraduate
Students can study subject areas including –
- Accounting and Financial Studies
- Advertising and Marketing Communications
- Business
- Economics
- Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Retail Management
Postgraduate
Full-time
- The Lancashire Business School MBA
- MSc Business Management
- MSc International Business and Management
- MSc Business Information Management
- MA Strategic Marketing Leadership (Advanced Entry)
- MSc Marketing Management
- MSc International Applied Communication
- MA Strategic Communication
- MSc Financial Management
- MSc Human Resource Management
- MSc International Finance and Investment
- MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- MSc Operations Management
Part-time
- The Lancashire Business School MBA
- Postgraduate Certificate in Management (PGCM)
- Diploma in Management Studies (DMS)
- MSc/PGDip/PGCert Business Project Management
- PGDip Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Chartered Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (Stage 1 and Stage 2)
- Cert Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) CAM Diploma in Digital Marketing
- Cert/Prof Dip Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Professional Certificate in Marketing
- MA Strategic Marketing Leadership (Advanced Entry)
- MA Strategic Communication
- MSc/PGDip/PGCert Personnel Management and Development (CIPD)
- PGCert Management (Financial Services)
Research
Nearly a third of the research conducted at Lancashire Business School was rated as world-leading or of international significance in the recent Research Assessment Exercise RAE (2008) [1]
The school is home to two research institutes: The Institute of International Business (IIB)and the Institute of Innovation, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (i2e2).
Professors
- Professor Thankom Arun: Professor of Development Finance and Public Policy
- Professor Nigel Holden: Professor of Cross-Cultural Management
- Professor Graham Kelly: the Head of Doctoral Programmes
- Professor Andrei Kuznetsov: Professor in International Corporate Social Responsibility
- Professor Bob Ritchie: Professor of Risk Management
- Professor Phil Whyman: Professor of Economics
Accreditations
A number of the School's programmes have received accreditation from professional bodies, allowing either a joint award to be made on completion of a degree course, or direct entry to or advanced standing on professional qualifications.
- The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
- Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
- Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD)
- SAP University Alliance
Lancashire Business School is a member of the Association of Business Schools (ABS) and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).
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