London School of Business and Finance

Not to be confused with the London Business School, a constituent college of the University of London.

London School of Business and Finance
Motto	Shaping Success in Business and Finance
Established	2003
Type	Business School
Vice-Rector	Professor James Kirkbride
Patron	Prince Michael of Kent
Chairman	Professor Alfred Morris
Students	Approximately 20,000
Location	London, United Kingdom
Campuses	London, Birmingham, Manchester, Toronto, Singapore
Website	http://www.lsbf.org.uk

The London School of Business and Finance (informally the LSBF) is a private business school based in London, United Kingdom. It offers Master's degrees programmes in management and finance; bachelor degrees; executive and corporate training; and professional qualification training for the ACCA, CFA, CIM and CIMA qualifications. The LSBF's programmes are currently validated by partner institutions.

The LSBF is based in Holborn and Marble Arch in central London, with other locations in the UK and internationally. The LSBF's teaching and education philosophy is based on the concept of offering students the opportunity to pursue both an academic programme and a professional qualification.

Professor James Kirkbride has been Vice-Rector of the LSBF since September 2010 and Professor Alfred Morris has been Chairman of the Board of Governors since 2011. The LSBF's patron is Prince Michael of Kent.

History

The London School of Business and Finance was founded by Aaron Etingen in 2003.

The LSBF opened its first campus outside of the UK in Toronto, Canada in February 2011. In June 2011 the LSBF opened a campus in Singapore, currently the only Asia-Pacific campus of a UK-based business school.[5]

In September 2011 the LSBF formed a partnership with the India-based education provider CL Educate.[6].

In October 2011, the TV channel BBC Three featured LSBF School of English in a documentary about a group of young immigrants who went to the UK to realise their professional dreams. One of the students was an LSBF student who enrolled for an English course in order to be prepared for an important job interview.

Campuses and locations

The LSBF is based in Central London. In the United Kingdom it has campuses in Holborn and Marble Arch, London and Manchester and Birmingham. The LSBF currently has international campuses in Singapore and Toronto, Canada, which offer preparatory courses for the ACCA professional qualification as well as Executive and Corporate Training.

The LSBF has signed partnership agreement with a leading Chinese University which will see the formation of a new institute, the Shanghai-London School of Business and Finance.

The LSBF has representative offices in Colombia, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.

Buildings

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  LSBF builidng in Holborn, London

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  LSBF building in Marble Arch, London

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  LSBF building in New Court, London

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  LSBF building in Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  LSBF building in Manchester, United Kingdom

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  LSBF building in Toronto, Canada

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  LSBF building in Singapore

Academics

Professor and Vice Rector, James Kirkbride, at the LSBF Summer Graduation 2011 Ceremony.

Affiliations and accreditations

The LSBF collaborates with Grenoble Graduate School of Business to provide two year Master’s degree programmes including MBA, MSc in Finance, and Master of International Business (MIB) in addition to one undergraduate degree, Bachelor in International Business. LSBF collaborates with Grenoble Graduate School of Business to provide dual MBA programs, which combine an MBA degree with another program, such as ACCA, CFA or CIMA. LSBF developed its degree programs in partnership with the University of Wales, Bradford University and the University of Central Lancashire.

The LSBF is also certified by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for tuition for the Diploma in Financial Management

Online programmes

The LSBF delivers a wide range of programmes through an online learning platform called InterActive. This includes MBA, MSc in Finance, MSc in Marketing, ACCA, CIMA and CFA. Students have access to online classrooms, discussion forums and a range of resources including live and recorded video lectures, 24-hour technical support service, online library and Harvard Business School 'Case in Point' publications to support their learning activities. Students' activity is monitored and students who may have fallen behind are identified and supported.

In 2010 the LSBF developed two ground-breaking applications using the social media platform Facebook: The LSBF Prep Centre for ACCA, a comprehensive study resource for students of ACCA, and the LSBF Global MBA, the world's first Masters degree that is delivered entirely on Facebook, in a ‘try before you buy’ manner. Both applications offer high quality study material that is available for all to view, free of charge. Students of the LSBF Global MBA have an additional option to opt in for evaluation and pay for qualification certified by the University of Wales. Both applications have been recognized and reported in national and international media: the LSBF Global MBA was featured in the likes of The New York Times, Reuters, and Bloomberg, while the LSBF Prep Centre for ACCA was awarded the ‘Study Resource of the Year’ by PQ Magazine in February 2011.

Scholarships and bursaries

Prince Michael of Kent sponsors a scholarship scheme at the LSBF for outstanding students from emerging markets countries. LSBF's other scholarship programmes include a Corporate scholarship, with a focus on connecting students directly with corporate employers via the LSBF Corporate Division, The Women in Business Scholarship, intended as a conduit encouraging more female boardroom leaders who will one day become CEOs and Presidents of corporations, and the Diversity Scholarship, designed to ensure that students originate from varied backgrounds creating an opportunity to form global corporate networks.

The LSBF offers bursaries to Singaporean students who have completed the ACCA to pursue Master's degrees online, or in the UK. [7]

Guest lecturers

David Blunkett speaking at the LSBF in July 2011.

Former UK Home Secretary and Education Secretary, David Blunkett was appointed as a visiting lecturer at the LSBF in July 2011.[8]. Mr Blunkett’s first lecture, delivered at LSBF’s Marble Arch campus, focused on the key aspects of leadership, and the qualities needed to be an effective leader in both business and in politics.

Prince Michael of Kent Business Lectures

On 5 December 2011, HRH Prince Michael of Kent chaired the inaugural lecture of a new series of annual business lectures in partnership with the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).

Launching the new annual lecture programme, the guest speaker was former Director-General of the CBI and former Minister of State for Trade & Investment, Lord Digby Jones. Lord Jones is also UK Ambassador for UK Trade and Investment, and his speech, entitled 'Fixing Britain', addressed the essential reform urgently needed for growth of our nation and for the UK's competitiveness in the globalised 21st economy.

Rankings

In June 2011, the Grenoble Graduate School of Business MSc. Finance programme offered at LSBF was ranked 6th worldwide by the Financial Times.[9].

See also

• List of business schools in Europe
• An article, written by journalist, Christina Petrick-Löhr, who recently visited LSBF, was published in leading German newspaper, Die Welt, focusing on benefits of studying at LSBF as an international student See here for English translation
• An article, written by journalist Alison Damast was published in Bloomberg Business Week on September 20, 2011, focusing on the newly launched Trium programme.

External links

• London School of Business and Finance website