Birmingham Vs Nottingham Vs Leicester Vs Kent Vs Cardiff

hina.jatal...

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Posted Mar 14, 2012 13:50

Hi,

I am from India and looking forward to do my MBA from UK. I have offers from Nottingham Birmingham Kent cardiff and Leicester. I have 4 years of experience in SAP and now would like to switch my career in consulting. Can you please help me suggesting the best amongst above schools in terms of value addition, teaching and most importantly employment. As I would be taking loan so I would really look forward to have job for some time atleast in UK so that i can pay off my loan..Kinldy advise.. Thanks in advance

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Sarames

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Posted Mar 15, 2012 00:37

Hi Hina,

From the uni itself i think Birmingham is the best out of the ones you have mentioned and from jobs perspective too Birmingham has more opportunities.
Nottingham as a city has a high crime rate. Personally i couldn't get past that, but i think Nottingham uni is good too.

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Duncan

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Posted Mar 15, 2012 01:30

Ignore the programmes like Cardiff without AMBA accreditation. I would look at the in the order you have them:
1. Birmingham > Nottingham

Then a big gap

2. Leicester and Kent

Then a big gap.

3. Cardiff

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hina.jatal...

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Posted Mar 15, 2012 17:09

Thanks Duncon for your valuable input. Kinldy suggest me on the best MBA course offered by Birmingham and nottingham..

Thanks once again..

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hina.jatal...

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Posted Mar 15, 2012 17:12

Thanks Sarames.. Can you please let me know about the birmingham employment stats and practically how many from the class(international studenta) get a fair chance to get the job

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Sarames

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Posted Mar 16, 2012 06:36

Thanks Sarames.. Can you please let me know about the birmingham employment stats and practically how many from the class(international studenta) get a fair chance to get the job

Its best if you do some research on that yourself. Also, Contact the Admissions team, they can give you accurate information with regards to the employment etc. In addition, look up immigration laws relating to yourself if you need a visa, which you do, to study in England and if/for how long, can you work in England after graduation.
http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/
as far as i remember, they were not giving work visas any longer to international students. However, since the universities did not support this decision, the laws were altered again. I am not sure! So before you make plans to work in England ensure that you are eligible for a work permit/work visa.
again, the admissions team will be able to guide you with that.

<blockquote>Thanks Sarames.. Can you please let me know about the birmingham employment stats and practically how many from the class(international studenta) get a fair chance to get the job </blockquote>

Its best if you do some research on that yourself. Also, Contact the Admissions team, they can give you accurate information with regards to the employment etc. In addition, look up immigration laws relating to yourself if you need a visa, which you do, to study in England and if/for how long, can you work in England after graduation.
http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/
as far as i remember, they were not giving work visas any longer to international students. However, since the universities did not support this decision, the laws were altered again. I am not sure! So before you make plans to work in England ensure that you are eligible for a work permit/work visa.
again, the admissions team will be able to guide you with that.

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Duncan

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Posted Mar 16, 2012 08:44

This post summarises the work permit position: http://www.find-mba.com/board/24830

It's pretty easy really.

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Mamit

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Posted Mar 17, 2012 09:12

Thanks Duncon for your valuable input. Kinldy suggest me on the best MBA course offered by Birmingham and nottingham..

Thanks once again..

I would strongly recommend Birmingham over Nottingham and being a candidate from SAP background, I would suggest you can opt for either of these 2 options at Birmingham. Due to uncertainty in the UK labour market and frequent changes in UK visa rules, its not advisable to choose the school based on their past employment rate, as these figures are very different for International students, which high level of uncertainty.

MBA Global Banking and Finance (1st preference)
MBA Strategy and Procurement Management

<blockquote>Thanks Duncon for your valuable input. Kinldy suggest me on the best MBA course offered by Birmingham and nottingham..

Thanks once again..</blockquote>
I would strongly recommend Birmingham over Nottingham and being a candidate from SAP background, I would suggest you can opt for either of these 2 options at Birmingham. Due to uncertainty in the UK labour market and frequent changes in UK visa rules, its not advisable to choose the school based on their past employment rate, as these figures are very different for International students, which high level of uncertainty.

MBA Global Banking and Finance (1st preference)
MBA Strategy and Procurement Management

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hina.jatal...

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Posted Mar 17, 2012 13:57

Thanks for the reply. Actually I have applied for General MBA and not for the options which you have written. Can you please suggest me the future emplyoment status of the General MBA? I wasnt sure about the MBA Global banking and MBA Strategry and Procurement so applied for general mba to be on safer option. Please suggest, I dont want to regret my decision later. Thanks in advance

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Mamit

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Posted Mar 17, 2012 14:24

Thanks for the reply. Actually I have applied for General MBA and not for the options which you have written. Can you please suggest me the future emplyoment status of the General MBA? I wasnt sure about the MBA Global banking and MBA Strategry and Procurement so applied for general mba to be on safer option. Please suggest, I dont want to regret my decision later. Thanks in advance

Dont worry you can always change your course while registering with the University. Even MBA general is good provided how many choices of elective they offer.
Mamit

<blockquote>Thanks for the reply. Actually I have applied for General MBA and not for the options which you have written. Can you please suggest me the future emplyoment status of the General MBA? I wasnt sure about the MBA Global banking and MBA Strategry and Procurement so applied for general mba to be on safer option. Please suggest, I dont want to regret my decision later. Thanks in advance</blockquote>

Dont worry you can always change your course while registering with the University. Even MBA general is good provided how many choices of elective they offer.
Mamit

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hina.jatal...

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Posted Mar 18, 2012 03:36

Thanks for the quick reply. Can you please throw some light on CSR MBA. I could not get enough information from Nottingham Uni site about the job type after this MBA. One can make out what type of job he/she will be doing after Finance MBA or may be operations. But as CSR MBA of nottingham is one of the best MBA, I would really like to know more about it if you have any clue. Thanks.

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Duncan

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Posted Mar 18, 2012 10:04

Read http://www.find-mba.com/board/22135

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Mamit

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Posted Mar 18, 2012 10:22

Thanks for the quick reply. Can you please throw some light on CSR MBA. I could not get enough information from Nottingham Uni site about the job type after this MBA. One can make out what type of job he/she will be doing after Finance MBA or may be operations. But as CSR MBA of nottingham is one of the best MBA, I would really like to know more about it if you have any clue. Thanks.

I do understand that CSR MBA at Nottingham is well known, but i am not very sure about the job prospects, as the number of openings in these areas are not as wide as in finance, Admin, general management or any other related areas where they have openings at various levels, but i think this is not the case with CSR. therefore i think it would be little risky in taking up MBA CSR.
Mamit

<blockquote>Thanks for the quick reply. Can you please throw some light on CSR MBA. I could not get enough information from Nottingham Uni site about the job type after this MBA. One can make out what type of job he/she will be doing after Finance MBA or may be operations. But as CSR MBA of nottingham is one of the best MBA, I would really like to know more about it if you have any clue. Thanks.</blockquote>
I do understand that CSR MBA at Nottingham is well known, but i am not very sure about the job prospects, as the number of openings in these areas are not as wide as in finance, Admin, general management or any other related areas where they have openings at various levels, but i think this is not the case with CSR. therefore i think it would be little risky in taking up MBA CSR.
Mamit

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hina.jatal...

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Posted Mar 20, 2012 11:24

Thanks a lot for valuable input.. helped me a lot..

Thanks Duncon..

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