One of the most important reasons for choosing Portsmouth Business School is our close involvement with both private and public sector organisations. On the MBA programme you will benefit from:

• Undertaking consultancy and business innovation projects with local/regional organisations
• Project work which can be applied to organisations internationally
• Evening Hot Topic seminars which will encourage you to exchange ideas and present you with opportunities to network with managers from outside the University and with MBA Alumni
• Talks by visiting speakers on topical themes and organisational visits (in Portsmouth and on the MBA European residential week)
• Applied coursework which will develop your effectiveness and your soft-skills by applying new concepts and theoretical knowledge to complex situations in real organisations.

As well as ensuring that the development of our MBA continues to meet the needs of employing organisations, these links also encourage direct collaboration on specific opportunities.

We also have strong ties with the Institute of Directors and the Chartered Management Institute which both award annual prizes to Portsmouth MBA graduates.

Example of guest lecture

Geoff Brown, Chief Executive of our local Credit Union, is passionate about 'People helping People'. Having 'cut his teeth' in two northern Credit Union branches he is trying to make his mark in Portsmouth to ensure the Credit Union is an asset to our community and economy. The presentation covered:

• An example of quantifying benefit, to Leeds City Council, and the effect it has had
• Inbuilt prejudices and how to get the message across
• Advice for others on evaluating impact on lives 

Hugo Griffiths developed a Social Return on Investment analysis for Brendoncare's clubs division. He has a stong professional interest in the Third Sector, an encyclopaedic knowledge of contemporty cinema and in currently attempting to learn the acoustic guitar. Hugo's presentation covered:

• measuring health and wellbeing using Social Return on Investment
• an example of how to do it
• an example of results application to a service for the elderly in Hampshire

This event is a past Hot Topic seminar, please see link for further details.