International

Ashridge is the first private education provider in the UK to join the Santander Universities network – a network of over 800 institutions across the world. The Santander partnership agreement, which totals £120,000, includes:
• Scholarships for Iberamerican applicants to the Ashridge MBA programme
• Mobility awards for students and staff of Ashridge to support international study visits to Iberamerica for the purpose of lectures, company and cultural   visits or exchanges

The University of Plymouth hosted the ‘Graduates into Work’ session last month and was so inundated with requests that it is laying on a follow-up on Wednesday 19 May.

‘Graduates into Work’ is designed to help those out-of-work to assess their career options and their development needs, view and apply for current graduate job vacancies, access career advice, find out about business start-up support and learn about postgraduate study and the alumni programme.

Louise Kenworthy, Salford’s SIFE Adviser, beat off competition from universities across the UK to pick up the award at a ceremony in Canary Wharf, London, on Thursday, 22 April. 
 
SIFE is an international not-for-profit organisation which works with top leaders to challenge students to make a difference in their communities through the positive power of business.
 

The 2010 Hydrogen Global Professionals on the Move Report reveals that for 60 percent of respondents the recession has had ‘no impact’ on their willingness to move overseas, and 94 per cent are either already working internationally, or want to do so.

This groundbreaking study is of 3,155 mid- to senior-level professionals earning an average salary of $125,000 USD and virtually all holding a professional qualification or above – half with postgraduate degrees such as an MBA.

Justyna Zolich won the first Herbert Hughes Gripple Bursary, set up to support second year undergraduates of Hispanic studies with management, business studies or law in their studies and year abroad work placements. The three-year bursary is worth £2,000 and was open to applicants from both universities in Sheffield.

Justyna is currently on an 18-month placement in Spain as part of her degree in International Business with Spanish. She is spending six months in Gijon, northern Spain, and a year in Madrid on work placement.