High Potential Scholarship on MSc Management

MSc Management launched the High Potential Scholarship scheme in 2018 to recognise those students who really stand out. As a part of the application process, students have to submit their CV to be reviewed by the programme director and the careers team. There have been some real gems of applicants who have demonstrated commitment to […]

Thinking strategically in times of uncertainty

A recent online LUMS event brought together applicants, students and alumni from around the world, each curious about how strategies evolve in a time of global pandemic. Dr Radka Newton, MSc Management Programme Director, shared insights into recent changes in consumer behaviour and potential socio-economic scenarios resulting from the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The event, hosted […]

MSc Management programme update July 2020 by Dr Radka Newton

Keeping the MSc Management community going despite the global pandemic restrictions has been our absolute priority this summer. Our current students are now deep into their final dissertation projects and we felt we all needed a bit of a boost and encouragement. What better way to do this than to get together for a lunch […]

MSc Management update from Dr Radka Newton

When the world stopped, we kept going! The current MSc Management cohort will never forget that Friday of 13th March 2020. I am not a superstitious person but that day definitely confirmed the curse. We never imagined this would be the last time we would see each other in our spacious Lecture Theatre 2. The […]

MSc Management: new cohort, new business engagement

This year, the MSc Management welcomed 89 students from a variety of cultural and also academic backgrounds. This truly special melting pot of ambitious students from all over the world started their studies in an unusual way: playing human Bingo, reading Wordsworth poems in the middle of the beautiful Lake District, and sharing photos of […]

How LUMS changed my life – Guest Blog by Gor Stepanyan

I started my journey in the world of business in 2010 when I joined MSc Management program at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS). The education process at LUMS was a great combination of theory and practice during which we focused a lot on real world business cases. Moreover, as a part of my education at […]

MSc Management student secures graduate role

One of the key elements that attracted me to MSc Management at Lancaster was the inclusion of a dedicated Professional and Career Development module that aims to offer students guidance and opportunities to get ahead in the competitive graduate job market. As the UK graduate job market for the 2019 intake was fast approaching, I […]

5 Reasons why I chose Lancaster University

My journey of making the decision to pursue Management from Lancaster University has been very unique. It was a bright sunny day early in February when I decided to attend the college fair organised by a counselling agency in Delhi. I chose it because, with a full-time job, I knew I would not be able to […]

Privacy in the world of Big Data

A few weeks ago, I was sitting in my Business Ethics class for a guest lecture, wondering about what I had just heard. The slide was titled, “ I am an Advertiser, you can trust me!” It got me thinking about the ways in which consumers are being manipulated. But then it got me thinking […]

Guest Post: Job offers by November!

MSc Management student, Keira, started receiving job offers in November 2017, and has already secured a management position in a fast-expanding UK-based company, with months to go before graduation. She tells us her job-hunting story here… First things first, start early. There is no such thing as ‘starting too early’ for career seeking. My first […]