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A fiver for your thoughts: Why education is a business matter

Education and business do not always have the easiest relationship: but taking just a little more notice of education can bring real benefits for the business world.

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Business education – what’s the point?

Entrepreneurs pride themselves on forging their own path: but can learning through traditional education routes still be useful?

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The benefits of completing a MSc from an entrepreneur’s perspective

With a wealth of options out there when it comes to sharpening your business skills, Kaffeination co-founder Matthias Schmid tells us why his decision to complete a MSc in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at Manchester Business School paid off for him.

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Education entrepreneur George Burgess’ battle to bring technology to the classroom

While most students would have used the excuse of poor revision materials to give studying a miss, born-and-bred 17 year-old entrepreneur George Burgess saw an opportunity.

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August Equity makes maiden education investment and first outlay from new fund

Mid-market investor August Equity has made a first play from its August Equity Partners III by adding an education business to its portfolio.

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UK business schools and mid-sized companies implored to increase collaboration

A call to action has been issued to mid-sized businesses in an effort to encourage closer ties with business schools.

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Back to school for Graphite as it backs Explore Learning

Mid-market private equity firm Explore Learning has backed the management buy-out of Explore Learning.

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GLE changes hands

Following seven years of private equity ownership under Veronis Suhler Stevenson, GL Education Group has been sold to Investcorp.

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Gradwell looks to the education market

Internet communications company Gradwell has acquired an ISP business from Apple products dealer Solutions.

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Dawn Capital invests in Manic Monkey

Educational software company Manic Monkey has received venture capital finance from Dawn Capital.

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UK business schools dominate European top ten

Five of the top ten European MBA programmes in an annual ranking from The Economist magazine are based in the UK.

Entrepreneurs

MBAs: switched-on thinking

It's about 100 years since the first MBA course was launched in the US. They're now more popular than ever.