DBA in Higher Education Management
Meet our students
DBA students & graduates
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There are a couple of reasons
why I chose the DBA. It attracted
me because of the way it’s
structured. It’s a residential
programme which means I can
come the best part of 20,000km
and spend an intensive period
of time and go back again
rather than trying to do it in a
more piecemeal way; so that
was important.
The second reason is that the two
main course leaders are highly
respected: Dr Rajani Naidoo and
Professor Jeroen Huisman. I also
know people who have completed
the programme and who said
very good things about it. I also
chose it because England is an
easy place for someone like me to
go rather than the US for example
which has got a very different
system. Professor Hal Swerissen DBA Student Pro Vice-Chancellor (Regional), Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne. |
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The DBA (HEM) is an excellent programme that prepares managers for the increasingly complex environment of higher education, no matter which part of the world you are from. The programme also provides an excellent structure for practitioners who, because of their busy schedules, could sometimes get frustrated in a typical PhD programme. The Programme Director, Dr Rajani Naidoo, and her team, are wonderfully supportive and assist participants in fulfilling their goals. It is an outstanding programme both in structure and content as well as in terms of the academic and administrative staff who support it. |
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My main research interest in the DBA is about the role of universities in a
knowledge economy in the context of developing countries. Within this I have
carried out the first diagnosis of the situation of university research in Nicaragua
and have written a critical analysis to the bill of the Law on Science and
Technology. I have also prepared a proposal to organise a National System of
Researchers and a National Strategy for Scientific Training in Nicaragua. Edmundo Torres DBA Student Director General of the UNAN-León - Sida, Nicaragua. Current DBA (HEM) participant. |
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I specifically chose the DBA (HEM) above other doctoral awards because I liked the focus on higher education and the opportunity to gain an extensive understanding of prevailing issues in higher education, both within the UK and internationally. |
