School of Management awards two honorary degrees
Two honorary degrees were conferred during the School of Management’s graduation award ceremonies which took place last month in the splendour of Bath Abbey.
Professor Richard Mawditt OBE, founder of the DBA in Higher Education Management, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws.
Richard began his career at the University Bath when he was appointed as Director of Finance. He then went on to become Secretary and Registrar of the University until he took early retirement in 1994. After this, Richard joined the School of Management as an academic and founded a new degree in 2002: a professional doctorate in Higher Education Management.
The programme was immediately successful, enabling participants to engage creatively in the serious study and analysis of higher education at all levels. Attracting leading administrators and academics, the DBA (HEM) has produced nine graduates since its inception with another eight expected to graduate later this year. More than 80 students from all over the world are currently enrolled on what is one of the only programmes of its kind in the UK.
In recognition of his work in higher education, particularly in Africa, Richard was awarded the UNESCO chair in Higher Education Management, and this in addition to the OBE award in 1989 for his services to higher education.
Bob Wigley, an alumnus of the BSc in Business Administration class of 1983 and Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe, Middle East and Africa, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Business Administration.
Since graduating, Bob has had an extraordinary career in the notoriously volatile investment banking sector. After building a world-class reputation in Mergers, Acquisitions and Flotations – leading, for example, the teams that worked on Asda’s £7bn sale to WalMart, the £13bn merger of Cable & Wireless Communications with NTL, Philip Green’s £1bn acquisition of Arcadia, the £1.25bn flotation of Burberry and Logica’s £1bn merger with CMG - Bob has achieved equally impressive executive success within Merrill Lynch.
Professor Avi Shankar, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies for the MSc in Marketing, provided the oration for Sir Ian Botham’s award, Doctor of Laws.
The awards were presented to Richard and Bob on 26th June 2008. Photos from the ceremony can be viewed here
Notes to Editors
ICHEM's Doctor of Business Administration in Higher Education Management is a part-time professional /practice-based doctorate in higher education management with a structure that combines coursework and substantial research enquiry. Download details of the DBA 
or contact Dr Rajani Naidoo, The DBA (HEM) Director of Studies, for further information.
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General Notes For Editors:
The University of Bath School of Management has consistently achieved both top research and teaching ratings in the UK's Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) assessments. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the School was rated 5th in the UK for management research.
We are one of a select number of international business schools accredited by EQUIS, the European Foundation for Management Development's quality inspectorate and the Bath MBA has been accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) since 1976. The School is consistently ranked among the top UK business schools by The Times, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian.
The centrality of research to teaching is an essential feature of all our programmes. The School offers a full range of programmes from undergraduate to postgraduate up to PhD level and post-experience programmes including the world-ranked Bath MBA. The School also provides tailored executive development programmes for middle and senior management.
The School of Management has a faculty of around 90 teaching and research staff, including visiting academics, with a support team of around 70 managerial and administrative staff. Research income averages £2 million per annum. There are approximately 2,100 students in total comprising some 200 MBA students, 460 Master’s students, 210 full- and part-time research students, and over 1100 undergraduates following BSc degrees. The School also runs joint undergraduate programmes with Departments in the Faculties of Engineering and Design, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences.
