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UAE, November 2020: The positive impact that sustained investment in health, technology and education has had on the UAE’s efforts to reduce the impact of the coronavirus and move towards recovery are mapped out in a new Covid-19…

3 November 2020 (Dubai – United Arab Emirates): The Middle East Centre of The University of Manchester, one of the world’s leading universities, and Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) – the UAE’s leading platform for the…

Ahmad Qasem graduated with a University of Manchester MBA in 2012 and his study experience and MBA journey has made a deep and lasting impact on what was already a dynamic and entrepreneurial career. By his own admission, he…

The first students from the Middle East have completed the initial course conference to kick off the new blended learning, part-time MSc Real Estate programme. The course conferences are all planned to be face to face sessions,…

This year, the University of Manchester Middle East Centre’s Annual Career Networking event was a virtual occasion bringing together a range of senior speakers and corporate representatives, along with students and alumni from…

1. Could you explain the impact of the DBA on your career development – has your role/direction changed in any way, as a result? When I was enrolling for postgraduate studies, I knew that the curriculum provides candidates with…

Alliance Manchester Business School will host a new institute funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to make the UK economy more productive. The new £32m Productivity Institute is being funded by £26m from…

Mohamed started the Global MBA in 2016 at the Middle East Centre, graduating from the programme in December 2018. He is the Chair of Surgery and a Vascular Surgeon at Al Ain Hospital in Abu Dhabi, as well as an Honorary Senior…

Dubai’s leading English language radio station – Dubai Eye – has spoken to Randa Bessiso, Director – Middle East, The University of Manchester, about the recent increase in MBA in Dubai applications and enrolments in the region,…

University of Manchester alumna and teacher and researcher, Dr. Sawsan Al Halbouni, has sadly passed away and the entire University staff and community join with Sawsan’s family in remembering and celebrating her life. Her two…