Sian Phillips

Sep 25, 2024 | businessbecause.com | Sian Phillips

Business school is not only a way to add an impressive degree to your résumé, elevate your personal brand, and gain the expertise to land a top job at a great company. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, studying for a business master’s or MBA can also equip you with the right skills and knowledge to start—or develop—your own business. This is exactly what two students from Africa did by taking MBA degrees at European business schools.

Jul 12, 2024 | businessbecause.com | Sian Phillips

A Telugu actor, former advisor to the Prime Minister of India, journalist, bowler and an endurance runner: this year’s Postgraduate Program in Management (PGP-M) batch at Indian School of Business Postgraduate has an unexpected profile. In addition to a clutch of candidates offering something different from the usual engineering or commerce background, ISB also reports an increase in female candidates in its 2025 batch. This year, women take 47% of the seats, up from 40% for the Class of 2024.

Apr 17, 2024 | businessbecause.com | Sian Phillips

With the advent of ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DALL-E and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools, it’s no surprise that there’s been a surge in interest in learning AI skills at business school. Demand for AI content and programs at business school grew by 38% year-over-year, according the 2024 Prospective Student Survey from the Graduate Management Admission Council.

Mar 4, 2024 | businessbecause.com | Sian Phillips

Online MBAs have mushroomed in the wake of Covid. But back in 2020, when the pandemic struck, GLOBIS University’s Online MBA Program had already been in place for five years. As well as laying claim to Asia’s first Online MBA, the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University, offers an accelerated one-year, in-person Full-time MBA, at its Tokyo HQ, and a hybrid Part-time MBA.

Sep 21, 2023 | businessbecause.com | Sian Phillips

The winner of the $1 million Hult Prize 2023, the world’s biggest student social entrepreneurship business competition, was announced in Paris on September 22nd by fashion superstar, Stella McCartney. Banofi Leather of Yale University triumphed over five other global university start-ups, marking the end of the year-long student challenge.