http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ZIFF/v1-ch15.htm :

Heriot-Watt is fully accredited by the British government and accepted by colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada, as well as the rest of the world. Furthermore, it has been welcomed by the North American business community, with many major and mid-sized companies subsidising their employees' educational expenses for the program.

The MBA at Edinburgh has the same standing as any other higher degree offered by Heriot-Watt University.

The school has an annual turnover of Euro 8,400,000. There are 250 students attending face-to-face and a further 16,000 enrolled at a distance. The school is linked to Pitman Publishing. They mail the course materials, texts and other distance education materials to the students all over the world.

Heriot-Watt University gives employment to 2,400 staff. Of these 50 are employed in the distance learning programme:
Full-time administration 15
Full-time academic 6
Full-time technical 4
Part-time academic 25
Part-time admin/tech 0

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6 Full-time academics for more than 16,000 students. Does not sound too promising.

<blockquote>http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ZIFF/v1-ch15.htm :

Heriot-Watt is fully accredited by the British government and accepted by colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada, as well as the rest of the world.

Heriot-Watt University gives employment to 2,400 staff. Of these 50 are employed in the distance learning programme:
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6 Full-time academics for more than 16,000 students. Does not sound too promising.</blockquote>

I really have to respond to this annoying post.

Read the complete article! Of the 50 in the distance learning program part time academic = 25.

Doesn't sound like the person who posted this nonsense is MBA material as he/she ignored the 25 contract (part-time) professors that are employed by the online program. Most schools love contract workers for two reasons. 1) Low overhead, 2) Contract workers in MBA programs usually are practicing businessmen or managers thus provide real world knowledge. Everyone benefits.

So 25 contract professors sounds very good after all!

Heriot-Watt does not hold your hand or wipe your nose. You can't cheat or offload onto another student as you do not work on group projects. You stand on your two feet and do the best you can. Advantages are that you graduate as someone who can solve problems by yourself. There is no better team player than one who knows all sides. That's what you will achieve as a Heriot-Watt MBA graduate.

Another comment I have on group project work.
Group project work is an outdated and outmoded form of instruction. There is no way that slackers and cheaters are rooted out of the process as it is far too difficult for professors to maintain the kind of vigilance required. I have three degrees in the Arts and Sciences and Engineering from NA. Without exception every group project I have participated in has had major slackers who passed the course despite their performance. I assume that this is the usual experience and have verified this in countless discussions. Most professors also do not have the time nor motivation to act as academic policemen so they tend to assume that group "players" are equal to some extent - and it's expedient.

I applaud Heriot-Watt for forcing students to work on their own and prove what that they can achieve. In addition It is far more time consuming and difficult to evaluate individuals rather than a group - so it is more costly to the University.

Benefit to you? Feedback that is directed exactly at your own work and that you can use to improve yourself.

Slackers and cheaters beware! This is not the school for you!

<blockquote>Hi all,

I recently was admitted to the MBA program at Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University and wanted to get some input on what the program was like - it's not accredited by any private MBA associations, so I'm interested in finding out the quality of teaching, its reputation within the UK as a good MBA program, the employability of its graduates, etc.

Any help would be most appreciated!

Thanks!
Kate</blockquote>

A friend of mine just received the job of a lifetime because of this degree. He JUST graduated and nailed it! I'm enrolling ASAP! He worked very hard and gave up many weekends but the result was outstanding!

Can anyone tell me what the enrollment process is like or share their experience with applying and enrollment?

hi,
i m tajudeen alaya by name from nigeria. i just wanted to ask and make inquiries on masters programme at the edinburge business school. i want to know their tuition fees and what processes someone can pass through before been given an admission. pls email the details to my email at [email protected]

read, read

http://www.ebsglobal.net/information/pages/prospectivestudents/application/applicationintroduction.html

Exactly. Simple as quick google, innit.

Wha?! Doing your OWN research?! That might be asking too much to ask of the aspiring future business leaders of the world.

he, he, that's what is wrong with the world today. some in power take advantage of people's laziness to research to ruin things! mostly in the developed world ................

<blockquote>he, he, that's what is wrong with the world today. some in power take advantage of people's laziness to research to ruin things! mostly in the developed world ................ </blockquote>

= Global financial meltdown. Maybe.

Speaking of which, this is always a fun podcast:

http://thetruthaboutmarkets.wordpress.com/

Personally, unless I'm already well-established, I wouldn't recommend a distance learning institution, for the simple fact that there isn't any face-to-face experience. And networking personally is also very important.