SINGAPORE
- Media OutReach - 13 January 2017 - The University
of Nottingham, founding member of the UK's Russell Group (the equivalent of the
Ivy League schools in the US), will celebrate its latest class of 27 graduates
from its Master of Business Administration degree programme at a commencement
dinner in Singapore this evening.

(from left to right): The University of Nottingham campuses in China, the UK and Malaysia. Singapore MBA students at PSB Academy are offered opportunities to study modules in Nottingham's campuses, and participate in international business study tours. The University is a Founding Member of the Russell Group of Research-Intensive UK Universities, and University of the Year for Graduate Employment (The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016).
Offered
in partnership with PSB Academy, Singapore's
best private education institution*, the postgraduate degree programme will see
27 students graduate from the University of Nottingham. Amongst whom, 19
students will receive a Master in Business Administration and eight of them
will receive a Master in Business Administration in Finance.
These
graduates from the Nottingham School of Business will receive a
globally-recognised Top 12 MBA for Responsible Business Education (Corporate
Knights Better World MBA Ranking 2016), before Harvard Business School (13),
and Stanford Graduate School of Business (18). The assessment ranks graduate
business programs according to their effectiveness in integrating
sustainability into the education of future business leaders. This ability to
assimilate sustainable practices into core business strategies has become
increasingly pertinent among corporate brands, in line with the Singapore
government's advocacy for smarter and greener businesses as part of the $1.5
billion, 15-year Sustainable Singapore Blueprint launched by Prime Minister Lee
Hsien Loong in 2014.
Graduates
from the programme feel confident about their future prospects as they start
the year with a sense of newfound vigour upon completing their MBAs. Chan Fang
Yih, who majored in finance, topped his MBA cohort this year, and looks forward
to exploring a new role and opportunities in the finance industry. "Investment
in education has equipped us with the right tools and knowledge and more
importantly, holistic perspectives in business management, which will help one
become a more nimble team leader and adaptable problem-solver to face future
challenges," says Fang Yih, who has accumulated years of experience in the
engineering industry.
"Today marks a most significant point in a
major chapter of our graduates' lives, and we are all very proud of their
achievements. The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide rated us
last year as The University of the Year for Graduate Employment--and that is
testament to the reputation and calibre of our graduates from across the world.
We hope that through their achievements, and as their careers further develop, that
they will become effective business leaders that make a positive difference to
the global community," says Professor Graham Kendall, Provost and CEO of The
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.
As
part of their expansion with a new 100,000+ square foot "Academy of the future"
in the heart of the city this year, PSB Academy welcomed its postgraduate
students to the new campus in September last year. In anticipation of greater
demand for its brand of industry-ready courses, PSB Academy is planning to nurture
more future leaders in its new facility that boasts MBA seminar rooms equipped
with advanced video conferencing and other teaching technology to facilitate
learning and interaction when it fully opens in May 2017.
"PSB
Academy remains a proud partner of The University of Nottingham and we look
forward to deepening our partnership, to revolutionize the way management
education is conducted, together, and take the Nottingham experience into the
future in our Future Academy at Marina Square," says Dr Tan Boon Leing, Head,
School of Postgraduate Studies, PSB Academy.
*PSB Academy was
conferred 2016 Best Private Education Institution in Singapore (Icons of
Learning Awards, Business Excellence and Research Group)
About PSB
Academy
Productivity
is at the heart of PSB Academy. Once known as Singapore's Productivity and
Standards Board, PSB Academy is known today as "The Future Academy", with an
approach to education that focuses on what really matters: performance in the
real-world.
The
Academy was this year conferred "Best private education institution in
Singapore" by the Business Excellence and Research Group, and "Best private
education institution for Engineering" by CareerBuilder Singapore. It hosts
over 11,000 local and international students in its slate of certificate,
diploma, degree and postgraduate programmes every year.
PSB
Academy voluntarily commissions reputable external research firms to conduct
graduate employment surveys as one of several key measures of graduate
outcomes. Last year, idstats research consultancy found that around nine in 10
local/ international students found perm/temp employment within six months of
graduation; six in 10 benefitted from pay raises and/or career progression; and
that graduates took 2.1 months on average to find employment.
PSB
Academy is situated at two campuses in Singapore: PSB Academy Delta and PSB
Academy City Campus at Marina Square. Learn more at: www.psb-academy.edu.sg.
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