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The latest employment data for the MBA class who graduated in 2012 (ie who enrolled in September 2011) is below. We will post a more detailed employment report on our website when that is ready. … Read More

I will be the first to admit that while business schools are very good at persuading students and corporate clients about the need to develop skills, their record in developing their own staff is more patchy. Some … Read More

About 9 months ago, I wrote about a new initiative that we were launching, a platform that would give some of our students with interests in emerging countries to share how the one year that they spent in Cambridge has … Read More

This is a short blog post, much shorter than what I usually write. But I wanted to share a piece of news with you that I received just as I was about to go to sleep here in Hong Kong. One of … Read More

In my last post, I talked about three instances that got me thinking. First, feedback from students about more lecture notes and for more snazzy powerpoint slides; second, Kevin Roberts talk about a super VUCA (Vibrant, … Read More

This will be a cryptic post arising from me connecting the dots from three unrelated interactions that I had this week. First, I was having a conversation with some colleagues who noted that … Read More

The Financial Times published its annual MBA rankings today and the Cambridge MBA came in joint 16th, an improvement of 10 places over last year. We were also ranked 26th two years ago. Much of the improvement in the … Read More

I have been reflecting on the lessons that we have learnt from our use of social media. Over the last three years, we have intensified our use of social media to convey elements of the … Read More

One of the main factors that MBA candidates consider when deciding on a programme is the school’s alumni network. I was very privileged that Gill Parker, our new Head of Alumni Relations, agreed to be interviewed … Read More

One of the strongest traditions in Cambridge is the system of supervision where small groups (between one and three) of undergraduates meet weekly with a member of faculty or doctoral student of their college for an … Read More