The Association of Business School (ABS) and the British Council Forge Links

The Association of Business School (ABS) is pleased to announce a formal collaboration with the British Council by way of a reciprocal membership agreement.

This comes at an exciting time for the ABS as Paul Marshall has recently taken over as Chief Executive and the ABS is also celebrating its 20th anniversary.

This development will allow more opportunities for the organisations to offer mutual support where appropriate.

Professor Angus Laing, Chair of the ABS and Dean of the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University, welcomed this development, and said:

“This announcement comes at a pivotal moment in ABS’ development. Business and management by its very nature is global and we, as an Association need to reflect this in our strategic plan, alliances and offerings to our membership. It is a very exciting opportunity indeed.

The very nature of business and management education is global and, as we extend our reach as an Association need to have the partnerships on the ground internationally. We are hosting a group of UK business school marketers on a study visit to Delhi next week (to Lancaster University Management School and the Faculty of Management Studies at Delhi University) and are delighted that the British Council will be presenting with us – this is the start of a more coherent way of working globally.”

Other reciprocal members include:

Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools
Association of Graduate Recruiters
Baltic Management Development Association
Chartered Institute of Public Relations; and the
European Foundation for Management Development.