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In today's challenging job market, a postgraduate degree from the University of Southampton Management School could give you the edge. We will introduce you to new concepts and knowledge which are highly valued by employers. Our high quality and challenging undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including MBA, DBA and PhD are taught by acknowledged experts in their field who are active in significant research at home and internationally. Outside the seminar room, there is an exciting programme of work-focused events. Influential business leaders visit frequently, we can offer professional skills training and employer visits. There are opportunities to take part in major student competitions, business simulation games and much more. The Management School's credentials are second to none. In the last research assessment exercise (RAE 2008), 55 per cent of the submitted research papers in a wide range of areas, from Management Science to Accountancy and Finance, were judged 'world class' or 'internationally excellent' in terms of originality, significance and rigour. In the latest assessment by the Quality Assurance Agency, which monitors the standards of teaching across the UK, the University was awarded the highest level of achievement for the standard of our educational provision. Postgraduate open dayRegistration and information: Postgraduate Team, tel. 023 8059 6965, email: Pgapply.FBL@soton.ac.uk or visit our website for more information about the Postgraduate Open Day. MBA open eveningsRegistration and information: MBA team on, tel. 023 8059 6904, email Pgapply.FBL@soton.ac.uk or visit our website for more information about the MBA 2011/12 Open Evenings. PhD Information SessionTo book your place on this event please email your contact details to PGRapply.FBL@soton.ac.uk Video placeholderWe have detected that you do not have JavaScript and/or Flash available. We recommend that you install the latest Flash plugin for your browser. If you prefer not to, you can still access the content using the links below: Videos: Onwards and UpwardsSee the story of a Management Sciences MSc student project with the Southampton University Hospital Trust. Please click the following link to see other videos from the School of management Management School PodcastCheck out the news from the Management School. Visit the University of Southampton's iTunesU website to download our latest audio and video Employability mattersTo support our students in securing a career on graduation we make a range of resources available through the School and the University. Management School staff will support you to get the skills you will need to succeed in your career, in collaboration with the University of Southampton's Career Destinations. Our postgraduate students can also take advantage of:
Career Destinations - The University Careers Service offers help and advice to postgraduate students throughout their time at Southampton and beyond. Graduate Passport - Launched in October 2009, the University of Southampton's achievement record recognises and rewards students for activities outside their studies which enhance their employability. 
Student Enterprise - Courses, seminars and one-on-one business surgeries can prepare you to start your own business or to improve your employability skills. Fish On Toast - is the student-led University of Southampton's Entrepreneurs' Society. It encourages entrepreneurial thinking and the development of good graduate skills among its members. Open to all students, it aims to help you turn your business ideas into reality. Research areas and centresOur academics carry out research at a national, European and international level, with private and public sector organisations. We also collaborate with many other academic institutions. Researchers work on a variety of projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the health services. Research within the School is based around three themes: Management Science - provides focus for research in mathematical and soft systems modelling to address current problems in business risks, health management and operations management Accounting and Finance - undertakes research in empirical accounting and finance modelling to address current problems in financial markets, international banking, risk calibration, value-at-risk calibrating, accountability and governance in organisations, corporate social responsibility and reporting, taxation and audit, and related areas. Management - contains a broad diversity of seven sub-disciplines with extensive collaborative work both within the cluster and with other clusters. The cluster has a strong, but not exclusive, qualitative methodological orientation, complementing the quantitative orientation of the Management Science cluster. Postgraduate programmesThe Management School offers 18 full-time and 5 part-time master's programmes:
MBA
The University of Southampton MBA will challenge your thinking and prepare you to take on senior management roles. It is academically rigorous and interactive. You will learn by putting theoretical concepts into the context of your own experience in business. The Southampton MBA attracts students who are international and diverse in their origins and experience, keen to question and debate ideas with other bright and similarly motivated managers and seeking all-round management education and development. Please visit our website to watch Management School staff, students and graduates talk about the MBA. DBAOur Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) is suitable for senior managers who wish to undertake a substantial original investigation into a real business and management issue while remaining in business on a full-time basis. It can facilitate a move to a portfolio career and open the gateway to a life in academia. It offers part-time block delivery over four years with personal supervision. PhD research programmesOur PhD programme has been awarded +3 recognition for full-time students by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The School has also received research studentships from the ESRC and the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) for our doctoral programme. Students are supervised across a broad range of topics, including: accounting, accountability and governance, entrepreneurship, financial markets, health management, information technology/systems, management science, marketing, and much more. FundingA number of bursaries and scholarships are available each year. Further information is available on the Money matters section of our website. Academic profileName: Professor Sally Brailsford Sally Brailsford's research applies the simulation and modelling approaches of Management Science and Operational Research (OR) to improve healthcare services, by redesigning processes and allocating resources more effectively. Sally has also developed models to evaluate clinical treatments and screening programmes. She is part of the LANCS Initiative, a UK-wide OR research collaboration awarded £5.4m by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and the Care Life Cycle, a £3.2m EPSRC-funded project developing new models for the supply and demand for health and social care. Sally's research has lead to improved healthcare outcomes across many disease areas, including HIV/AIDS, diabetes, mental health, cancer and emergency care. She has twice won the UK OR Society's Goodeve Medal, in 2004 for modelling emergency healthcare services in Nottingham, and in 2006 for modelling chlamydia infection. Sally chairs the EURO Working Group on OR Applied to Health Services (ORAHS). Contact detailswww.southampton.ac.uk/management Southampton Management School MSc and MBA enquiries & admissionsInternational onlyTelephone: +44 (0)23 8059 9699 UK & EU onlyTelephone: +44 (0)23 8059 6918 PhD all enquiries & admissionsTelephone: +44 (0)23 8059 6918 |
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