The Dean's Message
Dear all,
The end of the year is not just a time to celebrate the festive season, it is also a time to look back on what we have achieved during the year. It has been a successful year for us all here at Bayes. This year, we climbed 10 places in the annual FT European business schools ranking. We are now 2nd in London and 6th in the UK.
That is a testament to the work of everyone in the school.
During the year we have welcomed students onto campus from throughout the world. At a time when other business schools are struggling, we have attracted a record number of students onto our undergraduate programmes. In addition, we have continued to see our undergraduate programmes climb in the rankings, including the Times Good University Guide. These programmes are now among the largest and most sort after in the country.
We have launched our redesigned MBA programme - which now offers an MBA for the future. Similarly, many of our MSc degrees have been refreshed to reflect changing skills needs in particular professions. Our new careers support offer, available to all our Masters students, will significantly boost the appeal of those programmes. Finally, we are proud to launch our new executive masters in cultural leadership which will be formally unveiled next month.
The year has also brought important achievement on the research front. We have launched our four School wide research themes - business and the transforming world, the future of finance and insurance, business solving social challenges, and technology and AI. You will hear more about these themes next year. Our leading faculty continue to publish cutting edge research in top journals as well as attract grant funding from around the world. I am always buoyed by the range of problems that our academic colleagues are seeking to alleviate through their research. They include the representation of women on boards, decision making among entrepreneurs, investment in alternative asset classes like fine wine and art, the impact of central bank independence and how modelling changes in response to management fads.
As a school we have always been proud of our engagement with the professions, business people and policy makers in London – and around the world. Once again we hosted leading experts at Bayes through the year. They have ranged from European Central Bank Executive Board member, Isabel Schnabel, to the CEO of Ireland’s biggest social enterprise, Shane Logan, and the musician and artist Brian Eno. More than 500 students have worked on industry projects with our corporate partners. In addition, we have welcomed hundreds of practitioners to talk with, and advise, our students. Finally, we have held events around the world which have given our alumni the opportunity to rekindle old links and build new ones.
All these things are only achieved through the hard work of so many people at Bayes - from people working on the front desk, to the researcher working on a project, to a lecturer advising a student, and a careers advisor coaching students. We also rely on the contributions from alumni who mentor students, share positive news about the school, and support our school. Each one of the people in Bayes Business School makes a difference through their work and efforts. I am immensely grateful for these efforts.
Thanks to everyone in the Bayes community for your support during the year.
Andre