School of Management awarded Accredited Doctoral Training Centre status by ESRC
The University of Bath has been named as an accredited Doctoral Training Centre by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
The School of Management has been successful in winning a place as the ‘management pathway leader’ in a joint bid for accreditation with Bristol and Exeter universities. Only a handful of business schools have been awarded the title.
Together, the Universities of Bath, Bristol and Exeter have formed the South West Doctoral Training Centre (SWDTC), creating one of the UK’s largest centres of postgraduate research training for social scientists.
As one of only 21 accredited centres in the UK, the SWDTC will be part of a national network to be launched in October 2011 that will train a new generation of business and social scientists. The SWDTC draws together the established research excellence of more than 770 academic and research staff across the three institutions and has been allocated 41 studentships per year.
This accreditation demonstrates recognition of the School of Management’s formal, systematic and comprehensive research training programme for all its doctoral students.
Professor Edmund Thompson, Director of Studies (PhD, MPhil), said:
“The School of Management has developed a rigorous and formal programme of professional business research framing for those seeking to get a PhD and become professional management scholars. The award of accredited Doctoral Training Centre status is testimony to the high levels of quality in research training that the School gives all PhD candidates to ensure their future career success.”
Notes to Editors
The ESRC is the UK's largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues. For more information on their 21 accredited Doctoral Training Centres, click here
The School of Management is a leading international centre for management research ranked 5th in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). We offer a number of research degree programmes within our Graduate Division.
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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.
