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The school has [[triple accreditation]] by [[European Quality Improvement System|EQUIS]], [[Association of MBAs|AMBA]] and the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business|AACSB]]. It is ranked among the world's top 50 business schools by the ''Financial Times''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings-2014|title=Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2015|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> and the ''Economist''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.economist.com/whichmba/full-time-mba-ranking?page=3|title=The Economist Which MBA? Full time MBA ranking|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref>
The school has [[triple accreditation]] by [[European Quality Improvement System|EQUIS]], [[Association of MBAs|AMBA]] and the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business|AACSB]]. It is ranked among the world's top 50 business schools by the ''Financial Times''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings-2014|title=Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2015|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> and the ''Economist''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.economist.com/whichmba/full-time-mba-ranking?page=3|title=The Economist Which MBA? Full time MBA ranking|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref>

At any given time, Henley has around 7,000 students and programme members from more than 140 countries (directly or through its affiliates), ranging from the UK and Europe to Asia and Africa, from North and South America to Australasia. As one of the oldest business school in the UK, it has over 68,000 alumni members in 154 countries.


The current dean is Professor John Board.
The current dean is Professor John Board.
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===1945-1981===
===1945-1981===
The Administrative Staff College was set up in 1945 at [[Henley-on-Thames]] as the civilian equivalent of the military [[staff college]]s. It offered short courses in problems of advanced management. The college was offered the use of [[Greenlands]] by the [[William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden|3rd Viscount Hambledon]] in 1946, and was bought outright from the family in 1952. In its early years, the college was influenced by the management consultant and writer [[Lyndall Urwick]], the academic [[Hector Hetherington]], the civil servant [[Donald Banks|Sir Donald Banks]] and the businessman [[Geoffrey Heyworth, 1st Baron Heyworth|Sir Geoffrey Heyworth]] (later Lord Heyworth);<ref>Brech, Edward, Andrew Thomson & John F Wilson, ''Lyndall Urwick, Management Pioneer: A Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2010.</ref> its curriculum was designed by its first principal, [[Noel Frederick Hall|Noel Hall]]. From the beginning, its intention was to bring together executives from [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Her Majesty's Civil Service]], private business and [[Nationalization#United Kingdom|nationalised industries]] to help develop their skills for promotion to senior management.
The Administrative Staff College was set up in 1945 at [[Henley-on-Thames]] as the civilian equivalent of the military [[staff college]]s. It offered short courses in problems of advanced management. The college was offered the use of [[Greenlands]] by the [[William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden|3rd Viscount Hambledon]] in 1946, and was bought outright from the family in 1952. In its early years, the college was influenced by the management consultant and writer [[Lyndall Urwick]], the academic [[Hector Hetherington]], the civil servant [[Donald Banks|Sir Donald Banks]] and the businessman [[Geoffrey Heyworth, 1st Baron Heyworth|Sir Geoffrey Heyworth]] (later Lord Heyworth);<ref>Brech, Edward, Andrew Thomson & John F Wilson, ''Lyndall Urwick, Management Pioneer: A Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2010.</ref> its curriculum was designed by its first principal, [[Noel Frederick Hall|Noel Hall]]. From the beginning, its intention was to bring together executives from [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Her Majesty's Civil Service]], private business and [[Nationalization#United Kingdom|nationalised industries]] to help develop their skills for promotion to senior management.

Henley ran its first Masters in Business in 1974<ref>{{Cite book|last=Carnall|first=Colin A.|title=MBA Futures: Managing MBAs in the 1990s|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|year=1992|isbn=9781349111794|pages=5}}</ref>. This was renamed [[MBA]] by the end of the 1970s.


[[Image:ICMA Thomson Reuters.JPG|thumb|right|The [[ICMA Centre]] Thomson Reuters Trading Rooms]]
[[Image:ICMA Thomson Reuters.JPG|thumb|right|The [[ICMA Centre]] Thomson Reuters Trading Rooms]]


===1981-2008===
===1981-2008===
In 1981, the college changed its name from its original title to '''Henley - The Management College'''. This was changed again to the '''Henley Management College''' when it was awarded a [[Royal charter#United Kingdom|royal charter]] in 1991. In the 1980s the college's full time and part time MBA education were based at Brunel University. In the beginning the MBAs were awarded by Brunel University. By 2002, the college achieved [[triple accreditation]] status from the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB), the [[Association of MBAs]] (AMBA) and the [[European Quality Improvement System]] (EQUIS).<ref>{{cite web|title=Henley Business School rankings and facts|url=http://www.henley.ac.uk/about/hbs-business-school-rankings.aspx|publisher=Henley Business School|access-date=18 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015003500/http://www.henley.ac.uk/about/hbs-business-school-rankings.aspx|archive-date=15 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Greenlands campus of the college is located on the banks of the river [[Thames]] near Henley-on-Thames, on a [[country estate]] and former home of the [[WH Smith]] family.
In 1981, the college changed its name from its original title to '''Henley - The Management College'''. This was changed again to the '''Henley Management College''' when it was awarded a [[Royal charter#United Kingdom|royal charter]] in 1991. In the 1980s the college's full time and part time MBA education were based at Brunel University. In the beginning the MBAs were awarded by Brunel University.
Operations overseas began in 1988 in Hong Kong, Finland, Denmark and Germany. In 1992, [[Henley Business School South Africa|Henley Business School Africa]] was established in Johannesburg.
By 2002, the college achieved [[triple accreditation]] status from the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB), the [[Association of MBAs]] (AMBA) and the [[European Quality Improvement System]] (EQUIS).<ref>{{cite web|title=Henley Business School rankings and facts|url=http://www.henley.ac.uk/about/hbs-business-school-rankings.aspx|publisher=Henley Business School|access-date=18 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015003500/http://www.henley.ac.uk/about/hbs-business-school-rankings.aspx|archive-date=15 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] and corporate learning are offered from the Greenlands campus. This part of the school is located on the banks of the river [[Thames]] near Henley-on-Thames, on a [[country estate]] and former home of the [[WH Smith]] family.


===2008-present===
===2008-present===
In 2008, the Henley Management College merged with the University of Reading to form the '''Henley Business School'''. It consists of the School of International Business and Strategy; the School of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; the School of Marketing and Reputation; the School of Business Informatics, Systems and Accountancy (which includes the Informatics Research Centre); the School of Real Estate & Planning; the [[ICMA Centre]]; and Executive Education Programmes.
In 2008, the Henley Management College merged with the [[University of Reading]] to form the '''Henley Business School'''. It consists of the School of International Business and Strategy; the School of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; the School of Marketing and Reputation; the School of Business Informatics, Systems and Accountancy (which includes the Informatics Research Centre); the School of Real Estate & Planning; the [[ICMA Centre]]; and Executive Education Programmes. Spread across both sites are 24 specialist research and knowledge centres<ref>{{Cite web|title=Research centres|url=https://www.henley.ac.uk/research/centres|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Henley Business School|language=en}}</ref>.

All [[undergraduate]], [[postgraduate]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] courses are offered from the Whiteknights campus of the [[University of Reading]]. A former country estate of the [[Marquis of Blandford]], the 130 hectare [[Whiteknights Campus|Whiteknights campus]] holds conservation meadows, a rare tree collection and a large lake. In 2009 the school moved into a new building in Whiteknights, with facilities for lectures, conferences and visitors.

Henley Business School and Reading Real Estate Foundation launched Pathways to Property in 2010, a programme for Year 12 students in UK state schools and colleges who would like to find out more about a career in the property sector<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pathways to Property|url=https://www.segro.com/esg/case_studies/our-people/talent-diversity-pathways?sc_lang=en|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.segro.com|language=en}}</ref>.

In 2017 it was announced that Henley Business School and the University of Reading would be working in partnership with the [[British Army]] on the Army Higher Education Pathway (AHEP). The following year (2018) the AHEP programme won at the UK's Chartered Association for Business Schools Executive Education Awards<ref>{{Cite news|last=Millar|first=Roddy|date=13 June 2018|title=Excellence in Executive Education|work=IEDP|url=https://www.iedp.com/articles/excellence-in-executive-education/|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>.


==Reputation and awards==
==Reputation and awards==

Revision as of 11:14, 25 June 2021

For other uses, see Henley College (disambiguation).

51°33′47″N 0°52′57″W / 51.56306°N 0.88250°W / 51.56306; -0.88250

Henley Business School is a business school which now forms part of the University of Reading. It was formed by merging the previously independent Henley Management College (formerly the Administrative Staff College) with the existing business school of the University of Reading. As a result of the merger it now occupies two sites: Greenlands Campus, near the town of Henley-on-Thames, the original site of the Henley Management College, and Whiteknights Campus in Reading.

The school has triple accreditation by EQUIS, AMBA and the AACSB. It is ranked among the world's top 50 business schools by the Financial Times[1] and the Economist.[2]

At any given time, Henley has around 7,000 students and programme members from more than 140 countries (directly or through its affiliates), ranging from the UK and Europe to Asia and Africa, from North and South America to Australasia. As one of the oldest business school in the UK, it has over 68,000 alumni members in 154 countries.

The current dean is Professor John Board.

History

Greenlands campus on the banks of the river Thames

1945-1981

The Administrative Staff College was set up in 1945 at Henley-on-Thames as the civilian equivalent of the military staff colleges. It offered short courses in problems of advanced management. The college was offered the use of Greenlands by the 3rd Viscount Hambledon in 1946, and was bought outright from the family in 1952. In its early years, the college was influenced by the management consultant and writer Lyndall Urwick, the academic Hector Hetherington, the civil servant Sir Donald Banks and the businessman Sir Geoffrey Heyworth (later Lord Heyworth);[3] its curriculum was designed by its first principal, Noel Hall. From the beginning, its intention was to bring together executives from Her Majesty's Civil Service, private business and nationalised industries to help develop their skills for promotion to senior management.

Henley ran its first Masters in Business in 1974[4]. This was renamed MBA by the end of the 1970s.

The ICMA Centre Thomson Reuters Trading Rooms

1981-2008

In 1981, the college changed its name from its original title to Henley - The Management College. This was changed again to the Henley Management College when it was awarded a royal charter in 1991. In the 1980s the college's full time and part time MBA education were based at Brunel University. In the beginning the MBAs were awarded by Brunel University.

Operations overseas began in 1988 in Hong Kong, Finland, Denmark and Germany. In 1992, Henley Business School Africa was established in Johannesburg.

By 2002, the college achieved triple accreditation status from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).[5] The MBA and corporate learning are offered from the Greenlands campus. This part of the school is located on the banks of the river Thames near Henley-on-Thames, on a country estate and former home of the WH Smith family.

2008-present

In 2008, the Henley Management College merged with the University of Reading to form the Henley Business School. It consists of the School of International Business and Strategy; the School of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; the School of Marketing and Reputation; the School of Business Informatics, Systems and Accountancy (which includes the Informatics Research Centre); the School of Real Estate & Planning; the ICMA Centre; and Executive Education Programmes. Spread across both sites are 24 specialist research and knowledge centres[6].

All undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD courses are offered from the Whiteknights campus of the University of Reading. A former country estate of the Marquis of Blandford, the 130 hectare Whiteknights campus holds conservation meadows, a rare tree collection and a large lake. In 2009 the school moved into a new building in Whiteknights, with facilities for lectures, conferences and visitors.

Henley Business School and Reading Real Estate Foundation launched Pathways to Property in 2010, a programme for Year 12 students in UK state schools and colleges who would like to find out more about a career in the property sector[7].

In 2017 it was announced that Henley Business School and the University of Reading would be working in partnership with the British Army on the Army Higher Education Pathway (AHEP). The following year (2018) the AHEP programme won at the UK's Chartered Association for Business Schools Executive Education Awards[8].

Reputation and awards

Henley Business School holds triple-accredited status from AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB.[9][10]

In 2021 the pre-experience Masters in Finance programme was ranked 7th in the UK and 39th in the world.[11]

The Henley MBA programme has been ranked at 34 globally, number one regionally and first worldwide for potential to network and breadth of alumni. The executive MBA (EMBA) programme has been ranked at 36 worldwide by The Economist's, Which MBA? 2014 rankings[2].

The school's Centre for Coaching won a 2019 Global Coaching Award from the European Mentoring & Coaching Council in January 2020[12].

The Research Excellence Framework 2014 ranked Henley in the top 10% for internationally excellent and world-leading research[13].

References

  1. ^ "Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2015". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "The Economist Which MBA? Full time MBA ranking". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ Brech, Edward, Andrew Thomson & John F Wilson, Lyndall Urwick, Management Pioneer: A Biography, Oxford University Press, 2010.
  4. ^ Carnall, Colin A. (1992). MBA Futures: Managing MBAs in the 1990s. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 5. ISBN 9781349111794.
  5. ^ "Henley Business School rankings and facts". Henley Business School. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Research centres". Henley Business School. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  7. ^ "Pathways to Property". www.segro.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  8. ^ Millar, Roddy (13 June 2018). "Excellence in Executive Education". IEDP. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Accreditations". Henley Business School. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  10. ^ "Find AACSB-Accredited Business Schools | AACSB". www.aacsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  11. ^ "Masters in Finance pre-experience 2021 - Business school rankings". 25 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "EMCC Press release coaching awards". 31 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ REF 2014 resultshttps://www.ref.ac.uk/2014/media/ref/content/pub/REF%2001%202014%20-%20full%20document.pdf

External links

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