Ashridge Business School
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Ashridge Business School
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| Established | 1959 |
| Type | Business school |
| Admin. staff | 400 + |
| Location | Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Website | www.ashridge.org.uk |
Ashridge Business School is an independent, non-profit making organisation, near Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England. Its activities include open and tailored executive education programmes, MBA, MSc and Diploma qualifications, organisation consulting, applied research and online learning. Ashridge works with private and public organisations from around the world. It is based at Ashridge House, one of the largest Gothic Revival country houses in England.
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Academic performance
In the latest Financial Times rankings (May 2012), Ashridge was ranked number one business school in the UK for its customised executive education programmes.[1]
In the latest Business Week rankings (2011) Ashridge was placed 2nd in the UK, 7th in Europe and 16th in the world. The ranking is published every two years and features only the top 20 schools.
In the latest Which MBA/Economist rankings (2011), the Ashridge MBA is currently ranked 11th in the UK and 25th in Europe.[2]
Ashridge is one of a handful of business schools in the world to be triple accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), The European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and The Association of MBAs (AMBA).
History of the building
The 7th Earl of Bridgewater commissioned James Wyatt to build the present neo-gothic building as his home: it was completed in 1813.[3] The boundary between Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire originally passed through the dining room, though the house is now entirely in Hertfordshire.
In 1921 the house was acquired by a trust established by Andrew Bonar Law, a former Prime Minister and in 1929 it became a "College of Citizenship" established to help the Conservative Party develop its intellectual forces in struggles with left-wing organisations such as the Fabian Society.[4] It became a cross between a think-tank and a training centre and had Arthur Bryant as its educational adviser. During World War II, the building and the lawn in front of it was used as a secondary site for Charing Cross Hospital.[5]
After the war, the College of Citizenship was briefly re-launched. In 1959 it was re-launched again as a College to provide management training.[6]
The building is now a Grade 1 listed building.[7]
Constitution
Ashridge Business School is constituted as a registered charity, formally named The Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) Trust, and is one of the 150 largest UK charitable organisations ranked by annual expenditure.[8]
See also
Further reading
- Sanecki, K.A., Ashridge - A Living History, Phillimore & Co, 1996, ISBN 1-86077-020-7
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ashridge |
- Ashridge Business School
- The Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) Trust, Registered Charity no. 311096 at the Charity Commission
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