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Henley Management College merged with the University of Reading to create a new world-class business school, Henley Business School. The merger brings together two highly complementary business education offerings. Henley Management College has long been a leading international provider of executive education and MBA programmes, while the University of Reading Business School has been a world leader in international business research, with centres of excellence in business education for the financial and real estate markets. Together they will constitute one of the largest and best business schools in Europe, offering a full range of programmes and a powerful combination of academic research and thought leadership.

Henley Management College University of Reading • Founded in 1945, the oldest business • One of the world’s top 200 universities school in the UK (THE 2008 ranking 180) • World’s third largest supplier of • One of UK’s 10 most research-intensive MBA education universities • One of the first UK business schools • Ranked 1 in the world for overall to receive (AMBA, student satisfaction for overseas students EQUIS, AACSB) (i-graduate 2008) • Full-time MBA ranked 2 in UK, 5 in Europe, University of Reading Business School 10 in world (EIU 2007) • One of only 8 schools 5-rated for business • Executive education ranked 1 in UK, 5 in and management research in both of the Europe for new skills and learning (FT 2007) last two RAEs. • Ranked 1 in UK, 5 in Europe for participant • Ranked 1 in UK for student satisfaction on quality on open programmes (FT 2007) management programmes, 2005 and 2006 (NSS) • Ranked 5 in UK for career prospects, management programmes (The Guardian)

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Our vision at Henley has always been to be a world leader in the delivery of business and management education for organisations and individuals on the global stage.

Combining our resources with those of the University of Reading will create a business school with the strengths and capabilities to meet this ambition, and rise to the challenges of twenty-first-century management and leadership development.

Paul Walsh CEO, Diageo plc and Chair, Henley Business School Strategy Board

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The University of Reading is an ambitious institution and this will be a transforming step in further developing our world-class reputation for teaching, research and enterprise.

The new business school will have enviable core strengths and the potential for truly innovative offerings to students, academics and corporate clients alike.

Gordon Marshall Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading

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A distinctive proposition

As a full-service business school, we offer a wide range of programmes, from undergraduate to board level, from management to finance, from classroom teaching to mentoring, facilitation, team building and consulting. To every student, programme member, and client organisation we bring the same commitment to service and attention to detail, addressing the needs of those with whom we work, helping them to grow as leaders and future leaders.

Our reach and scale are global, and run across all sectors. Of our 7,000 degree programme participants at any one time, over half are based outside the UK. Our teaching is delivered, both face-to-face and through distance learning technologies, across five continents. Through our tailored corporate programmes we help to grow the capabilities of a broad range of major European, American and Asian corporations.

Combining the traditions of Reading and Henley, our faculty includes some of the world’s most distinguished research academics and some of its most innovative practically-oriented thought leaders, working together to enhance learning and add value, combining academic rigour with practical insights and relevance to the needs of tomorrow.

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Our distinctive approach

At Henley Business School we always put the learner first. This means understanding what is appropriate for different stages of life, different levels of experience, and different individuals, and building close collaborations with partner organisations to fully understand and respond to their needs.

In this context, our learning approach is pragmatic. Our learning processes combine both intellectual and experiential learning, both skills and knowledge, both personal and, where appropriate, organisational development. For experienced managers in particular, we know that learning comes as much from working with other managers as from working with faculty, and we build and support our learning teams accordingly.

We are committed to innovative learning approaches, always looking to blend interactive, face-to-face learning with state-of-the-art virtual environments, independent study and guided experiential learning, putting skills into practice and reflecting on them, to best effect for our different learning communities.

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‘Henley Business School combines ‘Whilst our reach and scale are the values and the collective thought genuinely global, our service and leadership of two highly respected attention to detail will always be institutions – each a leader in its personal to the needs of each student field for over 60 years – and we are and to the organisations with which justifiably proud to continue in the we work. future as one of the very few global ‘Henley Business School will develop business schools to maintain triple managers and leaders to make the accredited status. right choices; right for themselves, ‘Together we offer a compelling right for their organisations and right proposition – pragmatic and for the wider communities in which relevant programmes supported by they exist.’

the highest standards of rigorous Professor Chris Bones academic research. Dean of Henley Business School

Our distinctive values Whatever the area of application our approach is underpinned by our core values: The central importance of the learners and their continuing development. The importance of character and integrity in a manager as well as capability. The importance of wealth creation for society as a whole and of building management and leadership as a contribution to the wealth and welfare of society.

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The ICMA Centre

The ICMA Centre is the premier institution in Europe for undergraduate, post- graduate and executive education tailored to the capital markets industry. Established in 1991 with funding provided by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) in Zurich, the Centre is housed in a purpose-built modernist building with state-of-the-art facilities including two dealing rooms using software similar to those found in major investment banks.

The ICMA Centre delivers: • Strong links with global finance • A comprehensive suite of degrees ‘The ICMA Centre provided companies as well as trade and in finance and investment an exciting and interactive professional organisations. banking, including CFA and environment which gave PRMIA accreditation and new MSc • Industry standard facilities includ- me the knowledge and skills ing terminals running the latest programmes in fast developing Reuters, Bloomberg and Datast- areas such as Compliance and used in the markets. I am ream products. Islamic Finance. sure the course secured • The successful integration of • A wide range of executive my position in a top tier theory and practice integral to all programmes including ICMA investment bank, which programmes. IFID, FINRA Regulation and Com- will expand my future pliance Programmes and PRMIA • Unique access to dealing room possibilities.’ and PRM Training. facilities. Oliver Wheble • Using a unique ILE (Interactive Academic research at the ICMA Senior Financial Analyst, JPMorgan Chase. Learning Environment), the first Centre focuses on quantitative finance MSc to be offered on a finance, market microstructure, distance-learning basis. fund management, risk manage- ment and regulation. The Centre also regularly provides research and consultancy services to finan- cial institutions and government agencies.

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School of Real Estate & Planning Forty years of leadership positions the School of Real Estate & Planning ‘Reading is one of our as the largest and most prestigious in the UK for research and teaching principal suppliers of in this area. graduates each year and The School is consistently ranked in the top 3 in both the UK and Europe, we consistently find that and was recently ranked as the leading Real Estate centre in Europe by the students are of the the US-based Urban Land Institute. It is also the only major UK real estate highest calibre. We have school to be located within a business school, and this reflects its close a significant number of and longstanding collaborative relationships with industry and the pro- fessions. These relationships inform its teaching and research, and help Reading alumni at all levels make it one of the most influential actors in public policy debates in its of our business.’ field. Anthony Doyle Director, DTZ With a high entry tariff and almost 100% graduate employment, the School’s BSc programmes are amongst the strongest at Reading, prepar- ing students for careers across the property sector, and increasingly in banks and financial services. The MSc programmes, focused on real estate finance and investment, combine cutting edge research with state-of-the- art practice. The School is a global leader in the provision of executive education to the real estate and related professions. Research at the School embraces both pure academic and applied practice perspectives, and excels in combining the two. The School conducts sig- nificant research for government and industry, and many of the faculty are well known authorities with a strong media presence.

Research centres affiliated to the School of Real Estate & Planning:

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School of Economics

The School of Economics built its reputation in the 1960s and 1970s as the world’s premier centre of international business research. The John H. Dunning Centre for International Business, which operates across the Schools of Economics and Management, still leads the world in its field today with an unequalled array of internationally distinguished professors and innovative young researchers. The School of Econom- ics, however, has evolved into a large, full-range school with particular strengths in institutional economics generally and more specifically in the economics of development, emerging markets and the economics of energy, spatial and housing economics, banking and finance, as well as in core areas of macroeconomics and theoretical and applied econometrics. With 30 core faculty, the School offers a range of undergraduate and MSc programmes, and has a strong doctoral programme. It is also home to the reading Business group, which conducts economic research and consult- ing for government departments and agencies.

Research centres affiliated to the School of Economics ‘The impact of the Centre The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies for Euro-Asian Studies on The John H. Dunning Centre for International Business (formerly the Centre for training and influencing International Business and Strategy) a whole generation of The Centre for Institutional Performance business leaders and The International Centre for Housing and Urban Economics policy makers has been The Centre for Spatial and Real Estate Economics impressive.’ Dr Martin Raiser Country Manager, The World Bank

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School of Management

The School of Management is the From Reading’s parkland White- largest constituent part of the Henley knights campus, the School offers Business School, with about 60 a range of BA, BSc and MSc degrees faculty on two sites and a full range in business, international manage- of activities from BA and BSc to MBA ment, marketing and accounting and MSc to DBA and PhD, and from to a roughly equal mix of UK and pure academic research to senior overseas students. Also based at executive programmes. Whiteknights are a thriving PhD At its heart are five thought programme and world-leading leadership communities, which research centres in international bring together the latest in aca- business and international business Research Centres history. demic research with the latest in affiliated to the School of practitioner insights and apply From the riverside Management include them to problems faced by our campus, it offers the Henley MBA course members and partner and a range of specialist MSc pro- The John H. Dunning Centre for International Business (formerly the organisations. grammes, together with Henley’s Centre for International Business prestigious executive programmes and Strategy) and Europe’s largest and most The five thought- The John Madejski Centre renowned DBA programme. leadership communities for Reputation As the new Henley Business School • Reputation and relationships The Centre for takes shape, these activities will International Business History • Management knowledge increasingly come together and The Centre for and learning feed and learn from each other, Institutional Performance • Leadership, change and HR creating a unique and exciting The HR Centre of Excellence • Projects, processes and systems School of Management. The Huck Centre of • Growth, innovation Management Research and enterprise The Centre for Customer Management Knowledge Management Forum

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The Henley MBA Specifically designed for the for the duration of the MBA pro- ‘My MBA has given me experienced manager, the Henley gramme. Known for its supportive tools that have helped me culture Henley offers maximum MBA is different. It delivers inte- deliver in many prominent grative thinking, values the team support for MBA programme approach and emphasises personal members, through personal and organisations and projects. development. The programme is subject tutors, social media, team The Henley MBA has a highly highly practical and recognises that work and networking. practical approach. At Henley values are as important as value. At The Henley MBA comes in you constantly look at how any one time over 4000 individuals three study modes. The flagship management principles are are studying for a Henley MBA in Executive Full-time MBA, ranked applied in the real world. more than 112 countries. 10th in the world by the Econo- This was great for me. In my The Henley MBA programme is mist Intelligence Unit, prepares working life I’ve been able to an intense and rewarding expe- experienced, practising managers build on the lessons’. rience. For some it offers new from across the world for transi- opportunities; for others it hones tion to senior leadership roles. The Alan Hughes Former Chief Executive of fitness for senior leadership roles; Executive Modular MBA combines First Direct Bank but for everyone it challenges intensive study with a full-time job thinking about business and the and seeks to maximise the ben- practical art of management. efits from this combination, with a substantial programme of per- MBA programme members work sonal development and in-company alongside leading international projects. The Distance Learning faculty and talented international MBA blends e-learning technolo- managers to understand the gies with face-to-face learning to dynamics of management and provide a unique and flexible business choices. These areas are learning experience. underpinned with a continuous theme of personal development

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Corporate education

The Corporate Learning Division Our Executive Development We are a world leader in the design develops close partnerships with Programmes develop managers and delivery of Tailored Corporate corporate clients to build long-term and leaders of and for the future. Programmes, matching our skills relationships to work together to A range of highly pragmatic and and resources to your organisa- co-design, co-create and deliver relevant programmes ranging from tional needs in a collaborative customised programmes aligned to 3 days to 3 weeks are specifically learning partnership. critical challenges for the future. designed to create impact back in Many corporate partners the working environment. Making the right things happen currently entrust their from executive development lies Corporate Qualification management development in building individual capability Programmes are tailored qualifi- to Henley Business School. linked through to organisational cation programmes that can be performance. Individual leaders delivered to Masters Level. Using a can make a considerable impact on blend of face-to-face and distance their organisation through improv- learning these programmes develop ing individual capability. deep functional expertise in a com- mercial context.

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Research and enterprise highlights at Reading The Walker Institute for The School of Construction Management Climate Change Research and Engineering Bringing together the unrivalled breadth and depth of The School of Construction Management and Engineer- climate change in the University of Reading, the Walker ing is a world leader in teaching and research about the Institute’s vision is to be a world leader in integrated management, design and economics of engineered tech- climate system research, in order to deliver better nologies, primarily in the construction field. knowledge and understanding of future climate and its Its global reputation for innovation, focused on real- impacts for the benefit of society. world problems facing the management of the built The Walker Institute aims to answer fundamental ques- environment, attracts academics, students and industry tions in understanding and forecasting climate and its professionals of the highest calibre from across the impacts across a range of applications and in so doing world. to improve predictions of the climate on all timescales and provide more confident assessments of the future The School of Food Biosciences impacts of climate change on society. The School of Food Biosciences is the largest of its kind in the UK. Alongside an outstanding record of academic The Knowledge Transfer Centre research it also has one of the University’s largest indus- Quite simply, the largest, most successful knowledge trial funded research programmes and maintains close transfer partnership centre in the UK. ties with all of the world’s major food manufacturers.

15 Henley Business School key contacts Dean’s Office Business and Market School of Real Estate & Planning Professor Christopher Bones Development – Corporate Professor Ginny Gibson Dean Linda Irwin Head of School [email protected] Executive Director, [email protected] Corporate Development [email protected] +44 (0)118 378 8174 +44 (0)118 378 7195 [email protected] +44 (0)1491 418 831 +44 (0)1491 418 717 School of Economics Professor John Hendry Deputy Dean Professor Uma Kambhampati Business and Market Head of School [email protected] Development – MBAs, MScs [email protected] +44 (0)118 378 8226 and International +44 (0)118 378 5248 Neil Gibbons Professor Stephen Lee Executive Director, Business Development Director, Strategy [email protected] ICMA Centre [email protected] +44 (0)1491 414 529 Professor John Board +44 (0)1491 571 454 Director ICMA Centre Neil Logan [email protected] Director, International Business Development Corporate Learning +44 (0)118 378 8239 [email protected] Hugh Evans +44 (0)1491 418 763 Director, Corporate Learning School of Management [email protected] Professor John Hendry +44 (0)1491 418 779 Head of School [email protected] +44 (0)118 378 8226

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For more information, please contact: Henley Business School Henley Business School University of Reading Greenlands Whiteknights Henley-on-Thames Reading, RG6 6AA Oxfordshire, RG9 3AU +44 (0)118 378 8226 +44 (0)1491 418 767 www.henley.reading.ac.uk