20 January 2023
What was 2022 like for you? Executive Dean Professor David Hillier reviews the year and what’s been happening in Strathclyde Business School.
At this time of year, when we get the chance to reflect on the last 12 months, it’s gratifying to take some time out, look back and see how our students, staff and alumni continue to strive and succeed.
Our November graduations saw many celebrating their Strathclyde journey and, as well as students from our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, we also saw our Executive Education courses and three cohorts of Breaking Barriers graduate in person.
This year we continued to work with organisations across industry and the third sector to move forward with our socially progressive agenda. Like our Breaking Barriers programme, I was delighted to see another partnership flourish.
Strathclyde Business School continues to move forward with innovative education programmes.
Our MBA offering was fully reviewed and updated this year, focusing on responsible leadership and strategy in practice. The new MBA includes extensive business engagement opportunities, including a new MBA leadership series of workshops, a case competition and networking events. We were also delighted to introduce our Global Practitioners initiative – thirty professionals from across the business world bridge theory and practice and play a crucial role in stimulating and facilitating learning for our MBA, executive education and specialist Masters students.
One of the key events in the academic calendar took place this year. As some of you will know, years of work go into the UK government’s Research Excellence Framework exercise. The latest one recognised the University of Strathclyde for its research and impact on society and the economy, where almost 90% of the University’s research has been rated ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. Reflecting Strathclyde’s motto as ‘the place of useful learning’, the University’s impact and research environment were recognised as particularly strong, with both quality profiles being above average for the sector.
Our MBA was ranked in the top 100 of the FTs Executive MBA and the top 95 of the FT’s European Business School rankings. Notably, we were one of just 17 UK business schools in the European ranking and one of only three in Scotland.
This year saw our MBA and Executive Education teams brought together under the same umbrella so that all our MBAs in Glasgow and overseas now sit in the same structure as our MBAs tailored to the specific needs of businesses such as Iberdrola and Babcock International. We have long-standing relationships with these companies, and it was fantastic to see them back on campus – some for the first time since starting their studies in 2021 due to Covid restrictions.
I am honoured and proud to lead SBS as we contribute to the University of Strathclyde’s role as a socially progressive leading international technological university. On all fronts, Strathclyde Business School aims to be a place of useful learning that makes a positive difference to the world. Despite the challenges the world has faced over the past twelve months, the Business School has continued to improve and impact the lives of our many students, staff and stakeholders.
The year ahead will no doubt bring its surprises, but with the quality of staff and students we have in the Business School and wider university, I have no doubt we’ll continue to be bold and ambitious, seek to innovate with our industry and societal partners and keep our people at the centre of all our operations.
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