Business down-under: Pioneering UK-Australian degree programme
Newcastle Business School, part of Northumbria University, has joined forces with an Australian university to launch an innovative international dual site Masters business degree. |
Representatives from the Business School have travelled to Australia to attend a launch event of the MSc Global Financial Management, in conjunction with the Master of Commerce (International Business) programme at Swinburne University this week.
The new programme, which is expected to have its first intake later this year, will give students the opportunity to graduate with two Masters degrees in two years, studying in two countries – one from Northumbria University and the other from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia.
As part of their studies, students will be required to spend one year in Newcastle and the other in Melbourne, Australia.
Ceridwyn Bessant, Associate Dean for Postgraduate Programmes at Newcastle Business School, said: “I’m delighted to be here at the official launch of this exciting collaboration between our two universities that will provide students the opportunity to experience and develop a truly global perspective by studying in Australia and the UK.
“This programme initiative comes at a crucial time in terms of the current economic climate and will deliver the knowledge and skills to enable graduates to work in an international marketplace.”
Professor Mike Donnelly, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Enterprise at Swinburne, said: “As we emerge from global financial crisis, these graduates will find that they are in demand, employable in many different areas and with the technical and theoretical knowledge to work in a global economy.”
It is expected that the programme will attract students with a global mindset who are ready to accept the challenge of living and working in two different countries.
Date posted: July 2, 2010
