Tag Archives: Circular Economy MBA

An emerging global business model: An introduction to circular economy

Posted by Michele Miller on Wednesday, June 29, 2016

We have limited resources – and yet we have continued to utilise our global assets as if they were endless. We freely discard items which we regard as no longer relevant to us with barely a second thought and ‘throw them away’ – as if there is an ‘away’ to throw them (think about it);… Read More »

Setting sail for a circular economy

Posted by Ellen MacArthur on Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Dame Ellen MacArthur is the record-breaking yachstwoman who launched the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2010 to encourage a global shift to a circular economy. She works with Bradford University School of Management to deliver a Circular Economy MBA and delivered this keynote address at the recent Re:Thinking Progress conference at the university. There are fundamental… Read More »

How can businesses innovate beyond obsolescence?

Posted by Mark Buckley on Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Mark Buckley is a 20-year-old product design student and won a place on the B&Q Youth Board as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which has worked with Bradford University School of Management to develop the Innovation, Enterprise and the Circular Economy MBA. It’s only when business leaders question the current ways of working, and… Read More »

Why being a mature student can help you get ahead

Posted by Mahmoona Begum on Thursday, July 11, 2013

Student accounting ambassador Mahmoona Begum is in her second year of a BSc Accountancy and Finance degree. Earlier this year, she wrote an award winning essay. Here she shares her journey on studying for a degree as a mature student. It’s amazing to think that eight years ago, I was working in a solicitor’s office… Read More »

Why Do a Masters? Five things To Think About!

Posted by Jacoub Sleibi on Monday, June 17, 2013

Some might consider it random that I have ended up doing an MSc in Global Finance and Banking when my degree was in computer science. However, my reasons were two-fold. First of all, my father was a banker and secondly, I want to help stabilise the economic climate in my country. … Read More »

Can money run out? Why we need to re:think world finances

Posted by Jon Reast on Monday, June 10, 2013

Jon Reast reviews Stephen King’s new book ‘When the money runs out’ and explains why his thinking on finances are part of the circular economy debate

Can business schools adapt to the challenges of declining MBA numbers?

Posted by Jon Reast on Monday, January 28, 2013

Earlier this week, the FT came out with dramatic headlines about the UK’s top business schools seeing their MBA numbers fall dramatically. The graph below demonstrates the point. The cause is down to a ‘perfect storm’ of different factors converging. The UK has had a concerted campaign to reduce the number of immigrants. To do… Read More »