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Prof. David Faulkner
Dean of Magna Carta College
Co-Founder and Tutor
I am the Dean and founder of the college, and have spent over 25Y in Higher Education in the UK teaching…
About Professor David Faulkner
I have spent much of my academic life (25 years) in the state sector. I was part of the four men team that set up the Said Business School in Oxford University; I ran the MBA there and was Director of both undergraduate and graduate studies in Oxford. I then ran the MBA at Royal Holloway University of London and am now an Emeritus Professor from London University. I also taught at Cambridge, Cranfield, Warwick. The Open and Henley Business Schools.When I retired from London University, I set up a new college, Magna Carta College Oxford, focusing on the MBA, as I was convinced that the MBA, whatever its limitations, gave a young executive the grounding for a successful career in business, and particularly looked impressive on their CV.
I was also certain from my experience, that given adequate motivation every student could succeed to achieve an MBA and it was not necessary to pay the very large fees that top business schools charge in essence to buy their brand name. Furthermore the idea of taking at least one year off work to study a face to face MBA was not necessary, and burdened the student with unnecessary debt.
So on the back of MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses promoted by MIT et al) I opened an online college that was both ‘learn as you earn’ and economic in fee terms, yet had the content quality of an Oxbridge programme with which I am very familiar. In this way you get the best of both worlds; a quality MBA without a high level of debt and no need to take a break in your career. Good Luck !
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Prof. John Child
Chair of the Academic Advisory Board
John Child is Professor of Commerce at the University of Birmingham, UK, Professor of Management at…
About Professor John Child
Before entering the academic field, Professor Child worked for Rolls-Royce. He then worked as a Research Fellow in the Aston Programme of Organization Studies before moving to the London Business School, returning to Aston in 1973 as Professor of Organizational Behaviour. He served as Dean of the Aston Business School from 1986 to 1989. He was seconded to be Dean and Director of the European Community’s management program in China in 1989-1990, building it into the China-Europe Management Institute, the forerunner of the China-Europe International Business School [CEIBS] in Shanghai. In 1991 he was appointed Diageo Professor of Management in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge.He has also been a Visiting Professor at universities in Brazil, China Denmark, and the UAE.
John Child has published 23 books and approximately 150 articles primarily in the fields of international business and business organization. His book, co-authored with Suzana Rodrigues, Corporate Co-evolution (Wiley 2008) won the 2009 Terry Book Award of the Academy of Management. In 2013 he co-authored The Dynamics of Corporate Co-evolution, published by Edward Elgar. This is a study of how YICT, China’s largest container terminal, developed in relation to its institutional environment. Also in 2013, he co-edited Knowledge and the Study of Organization and Management – Building on the Work of Max Boisot. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Professor Child has been editor-in-chief of Organization Studies and Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review. His current interests are primarily in problems of organizational hierarchy and how smaller firms internationalize.
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Ian Fraser
Adviser
Ian Fraser is and Adviser at Magna Carta College and is the former Director of Marketing and…
About Ian Fraser
Ian Fraser is an Adviser at Magna Carta College and is the former Director of Marketing and Business Development at the Association of Business Executives (ABE). His initial career was in aviation, but he then worked for educational bodies such as the Institute of Risk Management and the British Safety Council as well as business service providers in e-learning, publications and database management. He has a Master’s degree and four diplomas in Marketing is a Chartered Marketer, Certified Member of the Market Research Society and is a Fellow of the Institutes of Direct Marketing and of Sales and Marketing Management. He also serves as the Principal of iQualify UK.Close
Dr Paul Dudley
Associate Professor
I have worked as an educator in Higher Education since 1998, starting my career at London Metropolitan and…
About Dr Paul Dudley
Paul is an experienced educator in Higher Education, with several key positions held including, online MBA Programme Director and Academic Board Member (at a famous distance learning provider), Visiting Professor ESCP Europe and Visiting Professor Richmond University (American University in London). Paul has held a number of External Examining roles and has extensive experience of Quality Assurance processes and line management experience.Prior to entering Higher Education, Paul was a Branch Manager for a large blue chip retailer in the UK.Close
Prof. David Newton
Academic Adviser
I look forward to working with you on one of our degree or professional development programmes.
About Professor David Newton
Professor Newton is an experienced University tutor and senior manager who has worked with the both full time and online/distance learning students for many years. He holds degrees in Economics, Management and Corporate Planning, and a PhD in Industrial Economics. His main expertise lies in the field of Strategic Management and the Management of Change, in both larger and SME businesses and this will be David’s main area of teaching with MCC.
A founding Dean of the Business School at the Royal Agricultural University and Vice Principal, Professor Newton has worked with a wide range of UK and international universities, and sat on the board of several public bodies, private companies and not-for-profit organisations. In addition he has owned and been a board member of a number of successful management consultancy businesses.
He has research interests and publications focussing upon educational quality assurance, international business strategy, international trade, market entry strategies, organisational structures, international investment and the operation of the multinational corporation. Professor Newton is also an executive editor/consulting editor for three international management journals.
For the students of MCC When not working with MCC he enjoys sailing, music, cricket, and traveling to as many places where the sun shines as possible. !Close
Dr Jack Colford
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
I began my career with a PhD in Chemistry and since then my career has stretched over 40 years. 25 of these were in …
About Dr Jack Colford
Jack is an experienced business manager and academic. Having obtained a BSc and PhD and worked for a number of private sector businesses, he retrained as a specialist in the teaching of Higher Education students and has spent 15 years working as a senior lecturer for a number of ‘bricks and mortar’ and online university providers including management education at Oxford Brookes University.
Jack has expertise in the management of international business operations, in particular in the fields of logistics, procurement, project, operations and quality management.
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Gareth Thomas
Associate Professor
I am a tutor for the Economics, Finance and Management Accounting subjects including Strategic Investment…
About Gareth Thomas
Until recently Gareth was principal lecturer in Finance and Economics, and Vice Dean in the School of Business at the Royal Agricultural University. He also tutored on the online learning programmes for famous online/distance learning providers, the UK Open University and on Royal Agricultural University degrees in China. Gareth developed coursesfor Higher Education programmes in Vietnam and Kygyztan on behalf of the European Union, and ran business development courses in several countries including Romania, Malaysia, Moldova and Vietnam
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Professor Angela F Danil de Namor
Associate Fellow
My areas of expertise are Physical Chemistry with emphasis on Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry…
About Professor Angela F Danil de Namor
Angela F Danil de Namor is the first woman Professor of Chemistry at the University of Surrey. She was born in Argentina and graduated from the National University of the South in Bahia Blanca with a degree in Biochemistry. She moved to the UK in 1970.In 1971 she was awarded a scholarship from the University of Surrey from where she gained a PhD degree in 1973 for her work in the field of ion exchange. From 1974 to 1977 she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Chemistry Department sponsored by Unilever Research Laboratories, Isleworth.. She was appointed Research Officer with lecturing duties in 1977, lecturer in 1984 ,Reader in 1996 and Professor in 1999. Since 1988 she has been in charge of the Thermochemistry Laboratory, where particular emphasis is placed on thermodynamic aspects of Supramolecular Chemistry . In this area the Group has gained international recognition as reflected by the number of Plenary and Keynote addresses ( fifteen in the 2000-2009 period) at international Conferences. She has supervised over 45 PhD thesis and over 70 at MSc level. She has chaired several international conferences in the UK and abroad and has very strong collaboration with universities in South America where she has established three MSc courses in chemistry and related areas. She has been the Co-ordinator of several European Union research programmes in the area of Supramolecular Chemistry as applied to water decontamination processes .with the participation of research institutions in Latin America (Argentina, Peru, Chile, Brazil ), Europe (France, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany), non-European Mediterranean Countries ( Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine) and Countries of the ex-Soviet Union ( Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Armenia) . She has published over 140 research papers in highly rated chemistry journals.Angela is the first woman elected as Foreign Member of the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina. She is also a Fellow of the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Honorary Professor at the Universities of San Agustin, Catholic Santa Maria and Altiplano, Peru. She was awarded the ‘Doctor ‘Honoris Causa ‘by the Universities Catholic of Santa Maria and Alas Peruanas for her contributions to the development of Chemistry in Latin America ‘
Since 2008 she is i) the Scientific and Technological Representative to the European Commission of the National Institute of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Production , Argentina and ii) an Emeritus Professor at the Division of Chemical Sciences at the University of Surrey where she continues her research activities including her internationallinks, leading research Groups in Argentina and Peru and collaborating with researchers in Europe and non European Mediterranean Countries.. She has and is currently a Member of the Panel of Experts in the various EU Framework Programmes.
Angela enjoys considerable international success. In 2004 she was given a prestigious Eclipse award to celebrate her inclusion in the American publication ‘Great Women of the 21st Century.
As one of the 1000 most influential and creative women of the 21st century, she is cited in ‘Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.
She is married with a grown family, a son and a daughter born while she was an undergraduate student in Argentina. She has two grandchildren.
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Marta Dziedzicka
Registrar and Student Experience Manager
At the Magna Carta College, Oxford I am a Registrar and Student Experience Manager…
About Marta Dziedzicka
Marta initially studied at two universities in Poland obtaining both BSc and MSc degrees in the Faculty of Law and Administration. She also obtained a further postgraduate diploma in International Business from the University of Economics and Business, in conjunction with winning a place on the highly coveted student exchange programme at the Faculty of Law at the University of Pisa.
Marta has a decade of professional experience. She has been working in higher education on both mainland Europe and in the UK, also working for an array of successful law companies. With a personal fascination for linguistics Marta has studied English, Italian, German and Russian among others.
At Magna Carta College, Oxford, Marta is committed to the success of every single Magna Carta student and dedicated in providing personalised support to facilitate this. Above all she is a strong advocate that “Education is the most powerful weapon which can be used to change the world” (Nelson Mandela).
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S.M. Raza Hussain
Marketing Manager
Syed Muhammad Raza Hussain serves as the Marketing Manager at Magna Carta College. Along with having a…
About S.M. Raza Hussain
Syed Muhammad Raza Hussain serves as the Marketing Manager at Magna Carta College. Along with having a decade of experience in digital marketing and communications in the IT, Media and Education sector, Mr. Hussain holds an MBA in Advertising and Media Management from Institute of Business Management (IoBM)
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Maggie Faulkner
Co-Founder and Tutor
I was Educated at Harvard, Suffolk and Oxford Universities. I studied modern History at Oxford and then converted to Law. Committed to ensuring that education is made available to all, I am now..
About Maggie Faulkner
Maggie was educated at Harvard, Suffolk and Oxford University. She gained her first degree in Modern History, at Oxford University followed by a PGCE there. An overriding interest in law led her to undertake a conversion course in Law. She then did the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law, being called to the Bar in 2000. She is a member of Lincoln’s Inn, one of the four Inns of Court in London. She spent three years as a tutor in Law at Greyfriars Hall, a permanent private hall of Oxford University, Maggie then Co- founded a private college in Oxford and held the position of Vice Dean. She also spent a number of years in public relations and two years as Project Director for a charity for the homeless.
Committed to ensuring that education is made available to all, she is now a trustee of Such Hope Subsaharan Childrens Charity, which provides the funding for the education of orphans in Zimbabwe. The charity has now enabled its students to progress to university, with more to follow this year.
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Ejaz Ashraf Chowdary
Director Operations
I look forward to working with you on one of our degree or professional development programmes.
About Ejaz Ashraf Chowdary
Ejaz Chowdary is a Director of Magna Carta College and is the former CEO and MD of Cranford College. He has a rich experience of running and establishing colleges in Further and Higher Education sector in the United Kingdom spanning over almost a decade. Prior to joining the education industry, he was an IT professional and has post-graduate degrees in Computer Science, Business Administration and AI. He has experience of running franchise and validated degrees from the University of Wales and the University of Gloucestershire.
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Dr Peter Murray
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
I have worked in a number of senior management positions in the pharmaceutical industry, the UK…
About Peter Murray
Peter initially studied at the University of Cape Town, obtaining both BSc and MSc degrees. A PhD from the University of Cambridge followed and postgraduate diploma in Management studies. Peter lectured at the University of Hull and the University of Sheffield for 10 years and remains an Honorary Senior Fellow of the former. Since 2009 Peter has also taught online students on behalf of famous online/distance learning providers.
Peter has performed just about every senior quality assurance role in a university setting including Director of PhD and DBA programmes, membership of Academic Board and Senate, Chair of planning and audit committees and Head of the Management System subject group. He has been External Examiner for Henley Management Centre, Derbyshire Business School and the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
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Sumbal Manzoor
Head of Academics
Sumbal Manzoor is an experienced academician and management professional who is currently working as the…
About Sumbal Manzoor
Sumbal Manzoor is an experienced academician and management professional who is currently working as the Head of the Academics at Magna Carta College. She has been associated with the higher education sector, in UK and Pakistan, for the past decade working in different capacities that include Lecturer, Programme Coordinator, Education Manager and Research Supervisor.Along with holding a Chartered Manger status, she acquired her Graduate & Post Graduate qualifications in Business Administration & Strategic Management and Leadership from Buckinghamshire New University. Sumbal continues to work with the Chartered Management Institute-UK as a Lecturer, vocational trainer and assessor pursuing professional management qualifications.
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John Bowdrey
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
After leaving Oxford University with MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics I studied for an MSc in political science at…
About John Bowdrey
John studied at both Oxford and Strathclyde Universities gaining both an MA and MSc. He initially worked at Henley Management College where he at authored distance-learning material in managerial economics and also carried out consultancy work undertaking country analysis for foreign exchange forecasting and researching UK and EU policy for the stimulation and development of small and medium sized enterprises. He also wrote (and continues to write) distance learning material in areas such as managing resources, the business environment and public finance. After further work with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, John then took a secondment with a research body looking at quality of service and its regulation in (the then) newly privatised organisations such as British Telecom, British Gas and the British Airports Authority (BAA).
For the last ten years John has run his own business, carrying out writing, lecturing and other educational/academic activities including working with students of MCC.
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Ian McPhee
Associate Professor
I have over twenty years experience of authoring, teaching, tutoring, supervising and assessing at postgraduate and…
About Ian McPhee
I have over twenty years experience of authoring, teaching, tutoring, supervising and assessing at post and under-graduate level with Arden University (formerly RDI); University of Wolverhampton; the Open University and the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. A similar period has also been spent supervising P/G and U/G dissertations. My principal subject areas are: Strategic Management; Entrepreneurship and Marketing. I have authored the course materials for a large number of post and undergraduate modules for the University of Wolverhampton and the Royal Agricultural University including: Strategic Management; Change Management; Enterprise Strategy; Business Strategy & Marketing; Strategic Entrepreneurship & Change; Enterprise: From Idea To Market and Global Entrepreneurship. I wrote and delivered the Change Management module to a group of MBA students in Tyumen, Siberia.The majority of assessed work for the modules I’m involved with is of a student-centred nature – both individual and team focused. The assignments invariably require students to focus on practical issues from their own work environment: how to spot what the key problems are; encouraging creative approaches towards solving them, and facilitating change mechanisms at individual, team and organisational levels.I have considerable consultation and business mentoring experience (past and current) with middle and senior management. In addition to undertaking business assists for the Institute of Innovation & Enterprise funded by Advantage West Midlands, I have worked with the European Bank For Reconstruction & Development to provide strategic and marketing support for their European-wide partner organisations. As well as the UK, I have undertaken consultancy projects in Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Cuba and St.Kitts & Nevis.
Working abroad and communicating with students from new, diverse cultures has always been a source of inspiration for me (I have experience in Denmark, Russia, Eire, Cyprus and Greece). One of my additional tasks used to be as an admissions tutor: visiting feeder colleges, attending recruitment fairs, talking with prospective students and helping them decide what benefits they could derive from studying abroad. In addition to teaching abroad, these recruitment visits have helped enormously in understanding the differences in national cultures (as well as the similarities) that can assist communication.
Paid work aside, I raised over £2k for the Child Brain Injury Trust by cycling Le Jog – Lands End to John O’Groats, all 900 odd miles of it! I have also recently cycled the Alpine and Pyrenean Raids and up some of the biggest climbs in Europe including Mont Ventoux, Le Col De Tourmalet and Hautacam. I play the guitar and love a wide variety of music genres.
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Dr. Anthony Stevenson
Visiting Associate Professor
Dr. Anthony ‘Tony’ Stevenson is a tutor for Accounting, Economics and Finance subjects….
About Dr Anthony
He has a Ph.D. in Finance Banking from Loughborough University along with an MSc in Finance and an MBA in Finance from University of Leicester.He is currently serving as Academic Lead Accounting and Finance at University of Derby since 2017. He has experience in teaching internationally having taught in Asia and many other parts of the world including serving as the Head of the school at KDU University College Penang, Malaysia in 2016, the Director of Banking Studies Senior Lecturer Banking and Finance from 2014-2016 at James Cook University Singapore and as the Director of Finance and Banking Senior Lecturer Finance University of Bedfordshire
(2006 – 2010).In addition, he has published research papers in the areas of bank lending behavior and the impact of constrained liquidity on small firms in Europe. The research also extends to the examination of how banks manage risk using derivative instruments.
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Dr.Shahid
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
I have several years experience of teaching, tutoring, supervising and assessing at…
About Dr Shahid
Hello and welcome to Magna Carta College. I have worked in academia for several years. I have been teaching and researching in a number of leading universities including Information Technology University (ITU), Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), and the University of Sussex. I have experience in teaching and mentoring both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and have done so with great enthusiasm. My interest is to teach the multiple facets of Business and Management, and my broad experience demonstrates this. My other interests include travelling, reading and sports.Close
Ehsan Usmani
Admissions Assistant
Serving as Admissions Assistant in Magna Carta College, Oxford…
About Ehsan Usmani
With a degree in Human Resource Management and nearly four years of working experience, I am serving as Admissions Assistant in Magna Carta College, Oxford. I have worked with media-related organizations providing media monitoring services to the confidential organizations. My job at Magna Carta College, Oxford is to help students get enrolled in prestigious partner universities and certificate awarding bodies.
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Prof. David Faulkner
Dean of Magna Carta College
Co-Founder and Tutor
I am the Dean and founder of the college, and have spent over 25Y in Higher Education in the UK teaching…
About Professor David Faulkner
I have spent much of my academic life (25 years) in the state sector. I was part of the four men team that set up the Said Business School in Oxford University; I ran the MBA there and was Director of both undergraduate and graduate studies in Oxford. I then ran the MBA at Royal Holloway University of London and am now an Emeritus Professor from London University. I also taught at Cambridge, Cranfield, Warwick. The Open and Henley Business Schools.When I retired from London University, I set up a new college, Magna Carta College Oxford, focusing on the MBA, as I was convinced that the MBA, whatever its limitations, gave a young executive the grounding for a successful career in business, and particularly looked impressive on their CV.
I was also certain from my experience, that given adequate motivation every student could succeed to achieve an MBA and it was not necessary to pay the very large fees that top business schools charge in essence to buy their brand name. Furthermore the idea of taking at least one year off work to study a face to face MBA was not necessary, and burdened the student with unnecessary debt.
So on the back of MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses promoted by MIT et al) I opened an online college that was both ‘learn as you earn’ and economic in fee terms, yet had the content quality of an Oxbridge programme with which I am very familiar. In this way you get the best of both worlds; a quality MBA without a high level of debt and no need to take a break in your career. Good Luck !
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Chair of the Academic Advisory Board
John Child is Professor of Commerce at the University of Birmingham, UK, Professor of Management at…
About Professor John Child
Before entering the academic field, Professor Child worked for Rolls-Royce. He then worked as a Research Fellow in the Aston Programme of Organization Studies before moving to the London Business School, returning to Aston in 1973 as Professor of Organizational Behaviour. He served as Dean of the Aston Business School from 1986 to 1989. He was seconded to be Dean and Director of the European Community’s management program in China in 1989-1990, building it into the China-Europe Management Institute, the forerunner of the China-Europe International Business School [CEIBS] in Shanghai. In 1991 he was appointed Diageo Professor of Management in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge.He has also been a Visiting Professor at universities in Brazil, China Denmark, and the UAE.
John Child has published 23 books and approximately 150 articles primarily in the fields of international business and business organization. His book, co-authored with Suzana Rodrigues, Corporate Co-evolution (Wiley 2008) won the 2009 Terry Book Award of the Academy of Management. In 2013 he co-authored The Dynamics of Corporate Co-evolution, published by Edward Elgar. This is a study of how YICT, China’s largest container terminal, developed in relation to its institutional environment. Also in 2013, he co-edited Knowledge and the Study of Organization and Management – Building on the Work of Max Boisot. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Professor Child has been editor-in-chief of Organization Studies and Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review. His current interests are primarily in problems of organizational hierarchy and how smaller firms internationalize.
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Adviser
Ian Fraser is and Adviser at Magna Carta College and is the former Director of Marketing and…
About Ian Fraser
Ian Fraser is an Adviser at Magna Carta College and is the former Director of Marketing and Business Development at the Association of Business Executives (ABE). His initial career was in aviation, but he then worked for educational bodies such as the Institute of Risk Management and the British Safety Council as well as business service providers in e-learning, publications and database management. He has a Master’s degree and four diplomas in Marketing is a Chartered Marketer, Certified Member of the Market Research Society and is a Fellow of the Institutes of Direct Marketing and of Sales and Marketing Management. He also serves as the Principal of iQualify UK.Close
Dr Paul Dudley
Associate Professor
I have worked as an educator in Higher Education since 1998, starting my career at London Metropolitan and…
About Dr Paul Dudley
Paul is an experienced educator in Higher Education, with several key positions held including, online MBA Programme Director (at a famous distance learning provider), online Masters Coordinator and supervisor (New Buckinghamshire University), Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University Business School, business developer for China and the Middle East for Oxford Brookes University, Visiting Professor ESCP Europe, Online tutor for University of Derby and the University of Essex (Kaplan), Visiting Professor Richmond University (American University in London). Paul has held a number of External Examining roles. And has extensive experience of Quality Assurance processes and line management experience.
Prior to entering Higher Education, Paul was a Manager for Superdrug, having managed several significant stores including what was at the time the flagship store in central London.
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Academic Adviser
I look forward to working with you on one of our degree or professional development programmes.
About Professor David Newton
Professor Newton is an experienced University tutor and senior manager who has worked with the both full time and online/distance learning students for many years. He holds degrees in Economics, Management and Corporate Planning, and a PhD in Industrial Economics. His main expertise lies in the field of Strategic Management and the Management of Change, in both larger and SME businesses and this will be David’s main area of teaching with MCC.
A founding Dean of the Business School at the Royal Agricultural University and Vice Principal, Professor Newton has worked with a wide range of UK and international universities, and sat on the board of several public bodies, private companies and not-for-profit organisations. In addition he has owned and been a board member of a number of successful management consultancy businesses.
He has research interests and publications focussing upon educational quality assurance, international business strategy, international trade, market entry strategies, organisational structures, international investment and the operation of the multinational corporation. Professor Newton is also an executive editor/consulting editor for three international management journals.
For the students of MCC When not working with MCC he enjoys sailing, music, cricket, and traveling to as many places where the sun shines as possible. !CloseDr Jack Colford
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
I began my career with a PhD in Chemistry and since then my career has stretched over 40 years. 25 of these were in …
About Dr Jack Colford
Jack is an experienced business manager and academic. Having obtained a BSc and PhD and worked for a number of private sector businesses, he retrained as a specialist in the teaching of Higher Education students and has spent 15 years working as a senior lecturer for a number of ‘bricks and mortar’ and online university providers including management education at Oxford Brookes University.
Jack has expertise in the management of international business operations, in particular in the fields of logistics, procurement, project, operations and quality management.
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Associate Professor
I am a tutor for the Economics, Finance and Management Accounting subjects including Strategic Investment…
About Gareth Thomas
Until recently Gareth was principal lecturer in Finance and Economics, and Vice Dean in the School of Business at the Royal Agricultural University. He also tutored on the online learning programmes for famous online/distance learning providers, the UK Open University and on Royal Agricultural University degrees in China. Gareth developed coursesfor Higher Education programmes in Vietnam and Kygyztan on behalf of the European Union, and ran business development courses in several countries including Romania, Malaysia, Moldova and Vietnam
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Associate Fellow
My areas of expertise are Physical Chemistry with emphasis on Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry…
About Professor Angela F Danil de Namor
Angela F Danil de Namor is the first woman Professor of Chemistry at the University of Surrey. She was born in Argentina and graduated from the National University of the South in Bahia Blanca with a degree in Biochemistry. She moved to the UK in 1970.In 1971 she was awarded a scholarship from the University of Surrey from where she gained a PhD degree in 1973 for her work in the field of ion exchange. From 1974 to 1977 she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Chemistry Department sponsored by Unilever Research Laboratories, Isleworth.. She was appointed Research Officer with lecturing duties in 1977, lecturer in 1984 ,Reader in 1996 and Professor in 1999. Since 1988 she has been in charge of the Thermochemistry Laboratory, where particular emphasis is placed on thermodynamic aspects of Supramolecular Chemistry . In this area the Group has gained international recognition as reflected by the number of Plenary and Keynote addresses ( fifteen in the 2000-2009 period) at international Conferences. She has supervised over 45 PhD thesis and over 70 at MSc level. She has chaired several international conferences in the UK and abroad and has very strong collaboration with universities in South America where she has established three MSc courses in chemistry and related areas. She has been the Co-ordinator of several European Union research programmes in the area of Supramolecular Chemistry as applied to water decontamination processes .with the participation of research institutions in Latin America (Argentina, Peru, Chile, Brazil ), Europe (France, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany), non-European Mediterranean Countries ( Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine) and Countries of the ex-Soviet Union ( Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Armenia) . She has published over 140 research papers in highly rated chemistry journals.Angela is the first woman elected as Foreign Member of the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina. She is also a Fellow of the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Honorary Professor at the Universities of San Agustin, Catholic Santa Maria and Altiplano, Peru. She was awarded the ‘Doctor ‘Honoris Causa ‘by the Universities Catholic of Santa Maria and Alas Peruanas for her contributions to the development of Chemistry in Latin America ‘
Since 2008 she is i) the Scientific and Technological Representative to the European Commission of the National Institute of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Production , Argentina and ii) an Emeritus Professor at the Division of Chemical Sciences at the University of Surrey where she continues her research activities including her internationallinks, leading research Groups in Argentina and Peru and collaborating with researchers in Europe and non European Mediterranean Countries.. She has and is currently a Member of the Panel of Experts in the various EU Framework Programmes.
Angela enjoys considerable international success. In 2004 she was given a prestigious Eclipse award to celebrate her inclusion in the American publication ‘Great Women of the 21st Century.
As one of the 1000 most influential and creative women of the 21st century, she is cited in ‘Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.
She is married with a grown family, a son and a daughter born while she was an undergraduate student in Argentina. She has two grandchildren.
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Registrar and Student Experience Manager
At the Magna Carta College, Oxford I am a Registrar and Student Experience Manager…
About Marta Dziedzicka
Marta initially studied at two universities in Poland obtaining both BSc and MSc degrees in the Faculty of Law and Administration. She also obtained a further postgraduate diploma in International Business from the University of Economics and Business, in conjunction with winning a place on the highly coveted student exchange programme at the Faculty of Law at the University of Pisa.
Marta has a decade of professional experience. She has been working in higher education on both mainland Europe and in the UK, also working for an array of successful law companies. With a personal fascination for linguistics Marta has studied English, Italian, German and Russian among others.
At Magna Carta College, Oxford, Marta is committed to the success of every single Magna Carta student and dedicated in providing personalised support to facilitate this. Above all she is a strong advocate that “Education is the most powerful weapon which can be used to change the world” (Nelson Mandela).
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Marketing Manager
Syed Muhammad Raza Hussain serves as the Marketing Manager at Magna Carta College…
About S.M Raza Hussain
Syed Muhammad Raza Hussain serves as the Marketing Manager at Magna Carta College. Along with having a decade of experience in digital marketing and communications in the IT, Media and Education sector, Mr. Hussain holds an MBA in Advertising and Media Management from Institute of Business Management (IoBM)
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Maggie Faulkner
Co-Founder and Tutor
I was Educated at Harvard, Suffolk and Oxford Universities. I studied modern History at Oxford and then converted to Law. Committed to ensuring that education is made available to all, I am now..
About Maggie Faulkner
Maggie was educated at Harvard, Suffolk and Oxford University. She gained her first degree in Modern History, at Oxford University followed by a PGCE there. An overriding interest in law led her to undertake a conversion course in Law. She then did the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law, being called to the Bar in 2000. She is a member of Lincoln’s Inn, one of the four Inns of Court in London. She spent three years as a tutor in Law at Greyfriars Hall, a permanent private hall of Oxford University, Maggie then Co- founded a private college in Oxford and held the position of Vice Dean. She also spent a number of years in public relations and two years as Project Director for a charity for the homeless.
Committed to ensuring that education is made available to all, she is now a trustee of Such Hope Subsaharan Childrens Charity, which provides the funding for the education of orphans in Zimbabwe. The charity has now enabled its students to progress to university, with more to follow this year.
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Director Operations
I look forward to working with you on one of our degree or professional development programmes.
About Ejaz Ashraf Chowdary
Ejaz Chowdary is a Director of Magna Carta College and is the former CEO and MD of Cranford College. He has a rich experience of running and establishing colleges in Further and Higher Education sector in the United Kingdom spanning over almost a decade. Prior to joining the education industry, he was an IT professional and has post-graduate degrees in Computer Science, Business Administration and AI. He has experience of running franchise and validated degrees from the University of Wales and the University of Gloucestershire.
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Usman Akram
Director Development
I look forward to working with you on one of our degree or professional development programmes.
About Usman Akram
Usman Akram is an experienced education professional who has managed and promoted private education institutions in the UK and Pakistan for many years, as well as working with UK Awarding Organisations. He has worked in other industries and so has a broad knowledge of business as a result. He is particularly skilled in business development and has been the driver behind the development of the Corporate Learning Academy.
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
I have worked in a number of senior management positions in the pharmaceutical industry, the UK…
About Peter Murray
Peter initially studied at the University of Cape Town, obtaining both BSc and MSc degrees. A PhD from the University of Cambridge followed and postgraduate diploma in Management studies. Peter lectured at the University of Hull and the University of Sheffield for 10 years and remains an Honorary Senior Fellow of the former. Since 2009 Peter has also taught online students on behalf of famous online/distance learning providers.
Peter has performed just about every senior quality assurance role in a university setting including Director of PhD and DBA programmes, membership of Academic Board and Senate, Chair of planning and audit committees and Head of the Management System subject group. He has been External Examiner for Henley Management Centre, Derbyshire Business School and the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
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Head of Academics
Sumbal Manzoor is an experienced academician and management professional who is currently working as the…
About Sumbal Manzoor
Sumbal Manzoor is an experienced academician and management professional who is currently working as the Head of the Academics at Magna Carta College. She has been associated with the higher education sector, in UK and Pakistan, for the past decade working in different capacities that include Lecturer, Programme Coordinator, Education Manager and Research Supervisor.Along with holding a Chartered Manager status, she acquired her Graduate & Post Graduate qualifications in Business Administration & Strategic Management and Leadership from Buckinghamshire New University. Sumbal continues to work with the Chartered Management Institute-UK as a Lecturer, vocational trainer and assessor pursuing professional management qualifications.
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
After leaving Oxford University with MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics I studied for an MSc in political science at…
About John Bowdrey
John studied at both Oxford and Strathclyde Universities gaining both an MA and MSc. He initially worked at Henley Management College where he at authored distance-learning material in managerial economics and also carried out consultancy work undertaking country analysis for foreign exchange forecasting and researching UK and EU policy for the stimulation and development of small and medium sized enterprises. He also wrote (and continues to write) distance learning material in areas such as managing resources, the business environment and public finance. After further work with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, John then took a secondment with a research body looking at quality of service and its regulation in (the then) newly privatised organisations such as British Telecom, British Gas and the British Airports Authority (BAA).
For the last ten years John has run his own business, carrying out writing, lecturing and other educational/academic activities including working with students of MCC.
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Associate Professor
I have over twenty years experience of authoring, teaching, tutoring, supervising and assessing at postgraduate and…
About Ian McPhee
I have over twenty years experience of authoring, teaching, tutoring, supervising and assessing at post and under-graduate level with Arden University (formerly RDI); University of Wolverhampton; the Open University and the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. A similar period has also been spent supervising P/G and U/G dissertations. My principal subject areas are: Strategic Management; Entrepreneurship and Marketing. I have authored the course materials for a large number of post and undergraduate modules for the University of Wolverhampton and the Royal Agricultural University including: Strategic Management; Change Management; Enterprise Strategy; Business Strategy & Marketing; Strategic Entrepreneurship & Change; Enterprise: From Idea To Market and Global Entrepreneurship. I wrote and delivered the Change Management module to a group of MBA students in Tyumen, Siberia.The majority of assessed work for the modules I’m involved with is of a student-centred nature – both individual and team focused. The assignments invariably require students to focus on practical issues from their own work environment: how to spot what the key problems are; encouraging creative approaches towards solving them, and facilitating change mechanisms at individual, team and organisational levels.I have considerable consultation and business mentoring experience (past and current) with middle and senior management. In addition to undertaking business assists for the Institute of Innovation & Enterprise funded by Advantage West Midlands, I have worked with the European Bank For Reconstruction & Development to provide strategic and marketing support for their European-wide partner organisations. As well as the UK, I have undertaken consultancy projects in Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Cuba and St.Kitts & Nevis.
Working abroad and communicating with students from new, diverse cultures has always been a source of inspiration for me (I have experience in Denmark, Russia, Eire, Cyprus and Greece). One of my additional tasks used to be as an admissions tutor: visiting feeder colleges, attending recruitment fairs, talking with prospective students and helping them decide what benefits they could derive from studying abroad. In addition to teaching abroad, these recruitment visits have helped enormously in understanding the differences in national cultures (as well as the similarities) that can assist communication.
Paid work aside, I raised over £2k for the Child Brain Injury Trust by cycling Le Jog – Lands End to John O’Groats, all 900 odd miles of it! I have also recently cycled the Alpine and Pyrenean Raids and up some of the biggest climbs in Europe including Mont Ventoux, Le Col De Tourmalet and Hautacam. I play the guitar and love a wide variety of music genres.
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Visiting Associate Professor
Dr. Anthony ‘Tony’ Stevenson is a tutor for Accounting, Economics and Finance subjects….
About Dr Anthony
He has a Ph.D. in Finance Banking from Loughborough University along with an MSc in Finance and an MBA in Finance from University of Leicester.He is currently serving as Academic Lead Accounting and Finance at University of Derby since 2017. He has experience in teaching internationally having taught in Asia and many other parts of the world including serving as the Head of the school at KDU University College Penang, Malaysia in 2016, the Director of Banking Studies Senior Lecturer Banking and Finance from 2014-2016 at James Cook University Singapore and as the Director of Finance and Banking Senior Lecturer Finance University of Bedfordshire
(2006 – 2010).In addition, he has published research papers in the areas of bank lending behavior and the impact of constrained liquidity on small firms in Europe. The research also extends to the examination of how banks manage risk using derivative instruments.
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
I have several years experience of teaching, tutoring, supervising and assessing at…
About Dr Shahid
Hello and welcome to Magna Carta College. I have worked in academia for several years. I have been teaching and researching in a number of leading universities including Information Technology University (ITU), Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), and the University of Sussex. I have experience in teaching and mentoring both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and have done so with great enthusiasm. My interest is to teach the multiple facets of Business and Management, and my broad experience demonstrates this. My other interests include travelling, reading and sports.CloseEhsan Usmani
Admissions Assistant
Serving as Admissions Assistant in Magna Carta College, Oxford…
About Ehsan Usmani
With a degree in Human Resource Management and nearly four years of working experience, I am serving as Admissions Assistant in Magna Carta College, Oxford. I have worked with media-related organizations providing media monitoring services to the confidential organizations. My job at Magna Carta College, Oxford is to help students get enrolled in prestigious partner universities and certificate awarding bodies.
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Prof. David Faulkner
Dean of Magna Carta College
Co-Founder and Tutor
I am the Dean and founder of the college, and have spent over 25Y in Higher Education in the UK teaching and…
About Professor David Faulkner
I have spent much of my academic life (25 years) in the state sector. I was part of the four men team that set up the Said Business School in Oxford University; I ran the MBA there and was Director of both undergraduate and graduate studies in Oxford. I then ran the MBA at Royal Holloway University of London and am now an Emeritus Professor from London University. I also taught at Cambridge, Cranfield, Warwick. The Open and Henley Business Schools.When I retired from London University, I set up a new college, Magna Carta College Oxford, focusing on the MBA, as I was convinced that the MBA, whatever its limitations, gave a young executive the grounding for a successful career in business, and particularly looked impressive on their CV.
I was also certain from my experience, that given adequate motivation every student could succeed to achieve an MBA and it was not necessary to pay the very large fees that top business schools charge in essence to buy their brand name. Furthermore the idea of taking at least one year off work to study a face to face MBA was not necessary, and burdened the student with unnecessary debt.
So on the back of MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses promoted by MIT et al) I opened an online college that was both ‘learn as you earn’ and economic in fee terms, yet had the content quality of an Oxbridge programme with which I am very familiar. In this way you get the best of both worlds; a quality MBA without a high level of debt and no need to take a break in your career. Good Luck !
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Co-Founder and Tutor
I was Educated at Harvard, Suffolk and Oxford Universities. I studied modern History at Oxford and then converted to Law…
About Maggie Faulkner
Maggie was educated at Harvard, Suffolk and Oxford University. She gained her first degree in Modern History, at Oxford University followed by a PGCE there. An overriding interest in law led her to undertake a conversion course in Law. She then did the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law, being called to the Bar in 2000. She is a member of Lincoln’s Inn, one of the four Inns of Court in London. She spent three years as a tutor in Law at Greyfriars Hall, a permanent private hall of Oxford University, Maggie then Co- founded a private college in Oxford and held the position of Vice Dean. She also spent a number of years in public relations and two years as Project Director for a charity for the homeless.
Committed to ensuring that education is made available to all, she is now a trustee of Such Hope Subsaharan Childrens Charity, which provides the funding for the education of orphans in Zimbabwe. The charity has now enabled its students to progress to university, with more to follow this year.
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Chair of the Academic Advisory Board
John Child is Professor of Commerce at the University of Birmingham, UK, Professor of Management at Plymouth…
About Professor John Child
Before entering the academic field, Professor Child worked for Rolls-Royce. He then worked as a Research Fellow in the Aston Programme of Organization Studies before moving to the London Business School, returning to Aston in 1973 as Professor of Organizational Behaviour. He served as Dean of the Aston Business School from 1986 to 1989. He was seconded to be Dean and Director of the European Community’s management program in China in 1989-1990, building it into the China-Europe Management Institute, the forerunner of the China-Europe International Business School [CEIBS] in Shanghai. In 1991 he was appointed Diageo Professor of Management in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge.He has also been a Visiting Professor at universities in Brazil, China Denmark, and the UAE.
John Child has published 23 books and approximately 150 articles primarily in the fields of international business and business organization. His book, co-authored with Suzana Rodrigues, Corporate Co-evolution (Wiley 2008) won the 2009 Terry Book Award of the Academy of Management. In 2013 he co-authored The Dynamics of Corporate Co-evolution, published by Edward Elgar. This is a study of how YICT, China’s largest container terminal, developed in relation to its institutional environment. Also in 2013, he co-edited Knowledge and the Study of Organization and Management – Building on the Work of Max Boisot. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Professor Child has been editor-in-chief of Organization Studies and Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review. His current interests are primarily in problems of organizational hierarchy and how smaller firms internationalize.
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Director Development
I look forward to working with you on one of our degree or professional development programmes.
About Ejaz Ashraf Chowdary
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Dr Paul Dudley
Tutor
I have worked as an educator in Higher Education since 1998, starting my career at London Metropolitan and London…
About Dr Paul Dudley
Paul is an experienced educator in Higher Education, with several key positions held including, online MBA Programme Director (at a famous distance learning provider), online Masters Coordinator and supervisor (New Buckinghamshire University), Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University Business School, business developer for China and the Middle East for Oxford Brookes University, Visiting Professor ESCP Europe, Online tutor for University of Derby and the University of Essex (Kaplan), Visiting Professor Richmond University (American University in London). Paul has held a number of External Examining roles. And has extensive experience of Quality Assurance processes and line management experience.
Prior to entering Higher Education, Paul was a Manager for Superdrug, having managed several significant stores including what was at the time the flagship store in central London.
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Head of Academics
Sumbal Manzoor is an experienced academician and management professional who is currently working…
About Sumbal Manzoor
Sumbal Manzoor is an experienced academician and management professional who is currently working as the Head of the Academics at Magna Carta College. She has been associated with the higher education sector, in UK and Pakistan, for the past decade working in different capacities that include Lecturer, Programme Coordinator, Education Manager and Research Supervisor.Along with holding a Chartered Manger status, she acquired her Graduate & Post Graduate qualifications in Business Administration & Strategic Management and Leadership from Buckinghamshire New University. Sumbal continues to work with the Chartered Management Institute-UK as a Lecturer, vocational trainer and assessor pursuing professional management qualifications.
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Registrar and Student Experience Manager
At the Magna Carta College, Oxford I am a Registrar and Student Experience Manager…
About Marta Dzidzicka
Marta initially studied at two universities in Poland obtaining both BSc and MSc degrees in the Faculty of Law and Administration. She also obtained a further postgraduate diploma in International Business from the University of Economics and Business, in conjunction with winning a place on the highly coveted student exchange programme at the Faculty of Law at the University of Pisa.
Marta has a decade of professional experience. She has been working in higher education on both mainland Europe and in the UK, also working for an array of successful law companies. With a personal fascination for linguistics Marta has studied English, Italian, German and Russian among others.
At Magna Carta College, Oxford, Marta is committed to the success of every single Magna Carta student and dedicated in providing personalised support to facilitate this. Above all she is a strong advocate that “Education is the most powerful weapon which can be used to change the world” (Nelson Mandela).
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Academic Adviser
Tutor
I look forward to working with you on one of our degree or professional development programmes.
About Professor David Newton
Professor Newton is an experienced University tutor and senior manager who has worked with the both full time and online/distance learning students for many years. He holds degrees in Economics, Management and Corporate Planning, and a PhD in Industrial Economics. His main expertise lies in the field of Strategic Management and the Management of Change, in both larger and SME businesses and this will be David’s main area of teaching with MCC.
A founding Dean of the Business School at the Royal Agricultural University and Vice Principal, Professor Newton has worked with a wide range of UK and international universities, and sat on the board of several public bodies, private companies and not-for-profit organisations. In addition he has owned and been a board member of a number of successful management consultancy businesses.
He has research interests and publications focussing upon educational quality assurance, international business strategy, international trade, market entry strategies, organisational structures, international investment and the operation of the multinational corporation. Professor Newton is also an executive editor/consulting editor for three international management journals.
For the students of MCC When not working with MCC he enjoys sailing, music, cricket, and traveling to as many places where the sun shines as possible. !CloseDr Jack Colford
Tutor
I began my career with a PhD in Chemistry and since then my career has stretched over 40 years. 25 of these were in …
About Dr Jack Colford
Jack is an experienced business manager and academic. Having obtained a BSc and PhD and worked for a number of private sector businesses, he retrained as a specialist in the teaching of Higher Education students and has spent 15 years working as a senior lecturer for a number of ‘bricks and mortar’ and online university providers including management education at Oxford Brookes University.
Jack has expertise in the management of international business operations, in particular in the fields of logistics, procurement, project, operations and quality management.
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Tutor
I have worked in a number of senior management positions in the pharmaceutical industry, the UK National Health Service…
About Peter Murray
Peter initially studied at the University of Cape Town, obtaining both BSc and MSc degrees. A PhD from the University of Cambridge followed and postgraduate diploma in Management studies. Peter lectured at the University of Hull and the University of Sheffield for 10 years and remains an Honorary Senior Fellow of the former. Since 2009 Peter has also taught online students on behalf of famous online/distance learning providers.
Peter has performed just about every senior quality assurance role in a university setting including Director of PhD and DBA programmes, membership of Academic Board and Senate, Chair of planning and audit committees and Head of the Management System subject group. He has been External Examiner for Henley Management Centre, Derbyshire Business School and the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
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Tutor
I am a tutor for the Economics, Finance and Management Accounting subjects including Strategic Investment…
About Gareth Thomas
Until recently Gareth was principal lecturer in Finance and Economics, and Vice Dean in the School of Business at the Royal Agricultural University. He also tutored on the online learning programmes for famous online/distance learning providers, the UK Open University and on Royal Agricultural University degrees in China. Gareth developed coursesfor Higher Education programmes in Vietnam and Kygyztan on behalf of the European Union, and ran business development courses in several countries including Romania, Malaysia, Moldova and Vietnam
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Tutor
After leaving Oxford University with MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics I studied for an MSc in political science at…
About John Bowdrey
John studied at both Oxford and Strathclyde Universities gaining both an MA and MSc. He initially worked at Henley Management College where he at authored distance-learning material in managerial economics and also carried out consultancy work undertaking country analysis for foreign exchange forecasting and researching UK and EU policy for the stimulation and development of small and medium sized enterprises. He also wrote (and continues to write) distance learning material in areas such as managing resources, the business environment and public finance. After further work with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, John then took a secondment with a research body looking at quality of service and its regulation in (the then) newly privatised organisations such as British Telecom, British Gas and the British Airports Authority (BAA).
For the last ten years John has run his own business, carrying out writing, lecturing and other educational/academic activities including working with students of MCC.
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Tutor
I have over twenty years experience of authoring, teaching, tutoring, supervising and assessing at postgraduate and…
About Ian McPhee
I have over twenty years experience of authoring, teaching, tutoring, supervising and assessing at post and under-graduate level with Arden University (formerly RDI); University of Wolverhampton; the Open University and the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. A similar period has also been spent supervising P/G and U/G dissertations. My principal subject areas are: Strategic Management; Entrepreneurship and Marketing. I have authored the course materials for a large number of post and undergraduate modules for the University of Wolverhampton and the Royal Agricultural University including: Strategic Management; Change Management; Enterprise Strategy; Business Strategy & Marketing; Strategic Entrepreneurship & Change; Enterprise: From Idea To Market and Global Entrepreneurship. I wrote and delivered the Change Management module to a group of MBA students in Tyumen, Siberia.The majority of assessed work for the modules I’m involved with is of a student-centred nature – both individual and team focused. The assignments invariably require students to focus on practical issues from their own work environment: how to spot what the key problems are; encouraging creative approaches towards solving them, and facilitating change mechanisms at individual, team and organisational levels.I have considerable consultation and business mentoring experience (past and current) with middle and senior management. In addition to undertaking business assists for the Institute of Innovation & Enterprise funded by Advantage West Midlands, I have worked with the European Bank For Reconstruction & Development to provide strategic and marketing support for their European-wide partner organisations. As well as the UK, I have undertaken consultancy projects in Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Cuba and St.Kitts & Nevis.
Working abroad and communicating with students from new, diverse cultures has always been a source of inspiration for me (I have experience in Denmark, Russia, Eire, Cyprus and Greece). One of my additional tasks used to be as an admissions tutor: visiting feeder colleges, attending recruitment fairs, talking with prospective students and helping them decide what benefits they could derive from studying abroad. In addition to teaching abroad, these recruitment visits have helped enormously in understanding the differences in national cultures (as well as the similarities) that can assist communication.
Paid work aside, I raised over £2k for the Child Brain Injury Trust by cycling Le Jog – Lands End to John O’Groats, all 900 odd miles of it! I have also recently cycled the Alpine and Pyrenean Raids and up some of the biggest climbs in Europe including Mont Ventoux, Le Col De Tourmalet and Hautacam. I play the guitar and love a wide variety of music genres.
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Associate Fellow
My areas of expertise are Physical Chemistry with emphasis on Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry, Supramolecular…
About Professor Angela F Danil de Namor
Angela F Danil de Namor is the first woman Professor of Chemistry at the University of Surrey. She was born in Argentina and graduated from the National University of the South in Bahia Blanca with a degree in Biochemistry. She moved to the UK in 1970.In 1971 she was awarded a scholarship from the University of Surrey from where she gained a PhD degree in 1973 for her work in the field of ion exchange. From 1974 to 1977 she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Chemistry Department sponsored by Unilever Research Laboratories, Isleworth.. She was appointed Research Officer with lecturing duties in 1977, lecturer in 1984 ,Reader in 1996 and Professor in 1999. Since 1988 she has been in charge of the Thermochemistry Laboratory, where particular emphasis is placed on thermodynamic aspects of Supramolecular Chemistry . In this area the Group has gained international recognition as reflected by the number of Plenary and Keynote addresses ( fifteen in the 2000-2009 period) at international Conferences. She has supervised over 45 PhD thesis and over 70 at MSc level. She has chaired several international conferences in the UK and abroad and has very strong collaboration with universities in South America where she has established three MSc courses in chemistry and related areas. She has been the Co-ordinator of several European Union research programmes in the area of Supramolecular Chemistry as applied to water decontamination processes .with the participation of research institutions in Latin America (Argentina, Peru, Chile, Brazil ), Europe (France, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany), non-European Mediterranean Countries ( Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine) and Countries of the ex-Soviet Union ( Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Armenia) . She has published over 140 research papers in highly rated chemistry journals.Angela is the first woman elected as Foreign Member of the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina. She is also a Fellow of the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Honorary Professor at the Universities of San Agustin, Catholic Santa Maria and Altiplano, Peru. She was awarded the ‘Doctor ‘Honoris Causa ‘by the Universities Catholic of Santa Maria and Alas Peruanas for her contributions to the development of Chemistry in Latin America ‘
Since 2008 she is i) the Scientific and Technological Representative to the European Commission of the National Institute of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Production , Argentina and ii) an Emeritus Professor at the Division of Chemical Sciences at the University of Surrey where she continues her research activities including her internationallinks, leading research Groups in Argentina and Peru and collaborating with researchers in Europe and non European Mediterranean Countries.. She has and is currently a Member of the Panel of Experts in the various EU Framework Programmes.
Angela enjoys considerable international success. In 2004 she was given a prestigious Eclipse award to celebrate her inclusion in the American publication ‘Great Women of the 21st Century.
As one of the 1000 most influential and creative women of the 21st century, she is cited in ‘Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.
She is married with a grown family, a son and a daughter born while she was an undergraduate student in Argentina. She has two grandchildren.
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Tutor
I have several years experience of teaching, tutoring, supervising and assessing at…
About Dr Shahid
Hello and welcome to Magna Carta College. I have worked in academia for several years. I have been teaching and researching in a number of leading universities including Information Technology University (ITU), Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), and the University of Sussex. I have experience in teaching and mentoring both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and have done so with great enthusiasm. My interest is to teach the multiple facets of Business and Management, and my broad experience demonstrates this. My other interests include travelling, reading and sports.CloseEhsan Usmani
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
With a degree in Human Resource Management and nearly four years of working experience…
About Ehsan Usmani
With a degree in Human Resource Management and nearly four years of working experience, I am serving as Admissions Assistant in Magna Carta College, Oxford. I have worked with media-related organizations providing media monitoring services to the confidential organizations. My job at Magna Carta College, Oxford is to help students get enrolled in prestigious partner universities and certificate awarding bodies.
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Marketing Manager
Syed Muhammad Raza Hussain serves as the Marketing Manager at Magna Carta College…
About S.M Raza Hussain
Syed Muhammad Raza Hussain serves as the Marketing Manager at Magna Carta College. Along with having a decade of experience in digital marketing and communications in the IT, Media and Education sector, Mr. Hussain holds an MBA in Advertising and Media Management from Institute of Business Management (IoBM)
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