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<item><title>Top business schools set sail for 22nd Cranfield Regatta</title>
<description><![CDATA[Over two hundred MBA students and alumni from some of the world’s top business schools are expected in Portsmouth next month (5-7 July) to compete in the <a href="/som/p15724/About-Cranfield/Events/Mba-Regatta">Cranfield MBA Regatta</a> which celebrates its 22nd anniversary this year.  The event is the longest-running yachting regatta in Europe and is organised annually by MBA students from Cranfield School of Management. ]]></description>
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<item><title>Voluntary sector gets funding boost</title>
<description><![CDATA[At a time when third sector leaders are experiencing financial pressures there is an increasing need for strong management skills in leaders and managers. To support third sector leaders The Cranfield Trust and Cranfield School of Management are offering two full fee scholarships on Cranfields world class MBA programme to voluntary sector leaders in Europe but applications for this funding must be received by 12 November 2010.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Research highlights leadership challenges in humanitarian sector</title>
<description><![CDATA[International NGOs widely agree that they must improve the speed quality and effectiveness of their humanitarian leadership response to overcome the challenges that arise from climate change global insecurity scarce resources and increasing scrutiny from a wide range of stakeholders.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Latest news from the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield</title>
<description><![CDATA[New research from the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility shows leading companies are evolving how they engage their stakeholders. Data from 51 leading companies in the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index show how companies are moving from risk-ba<span></span>sed stakeholder engagement towards opportunity-ba<span></span>sed engagement and are using more outward-oriented initiatives to engage.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>New Cranfield course challenges conventional approach to project leadership</title>
<description><![CDATA[Increasingly conventional approaches to project and programme management are failing to successfully address complexity uncertainty and rapidly changing environments.  That is the conclusion of experts at Cranfield School of Management home to the International Centre for Programme Management (ICPM) which boasts Europes largest specialist faculty in the field of programme and project management.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Retailers save 650 million pounds a year by automating business transactions</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Siemens Traffic Solutions wins Britain`s Best Factory Award</title>
<description><![CDATA[A company that designs and manufactures traffic lights and control systems for highway agencies and local authorities across the world has been named the Toyota Material Handling Factory of the Year for 2010 at the Best Factory Awards (BFAs) run by Cranfield School of Management in partnership with the magazine Works Management.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Lack of women at the top of India`s leading companies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Women comprise barely over 5% of the boards of Indias top companies as listed by the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE-100) according to a report from Cranfield School of Management Community Business and Standard Chartered Bank.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Finalists announced for 2010 Best Factory Awards</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cranfield School of Management is pleased to announce the UK manufacturers that have been short-listed for the 2010 Best Factory Awards.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>UK business school welcomes John Key’s business scholarships</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cranfield School of Management in the United Kingdom welcomes the recent announcement from Prime Minister John Key that the Government is launching a $1 million scholarship scheme for New Zealanders to apply to study at an internationally recognised business school.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Stantonbury students win Milton Keynes Business Challenge</title>
<description><![CDATA[Five sixth-formers from Stantonbury Campus in Milton Keynes fought off competition from eight other local schools to win the grand final of the Arts Business Challenge held at Cranfield School of Management recently ranked the top UK business school for customised executive development by the Financial Times.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>News from the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility</title>
<description><![CDATA[Do we need a new economic paradigm? That is the question posed in the first of the Doughty Centres Hot Topic papers by associate Chris Marsden OBE.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Business students set sail to Cowes for 19th Cranfield Regatta</title>
<description><![CDATA[Teams from top European business schools will make their mark on the horizon of the Solent this weekend (10-11 July) when they compete in the 19th Cranfield MBA Regatta (www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/mba/regatta).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Bedford Modern win Cranfield Business Challenge</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of A-level sixth-form students from Bedford Modern School have won this years Cranfield Business Challenge held at Cranfield School of Management recently ranked the top UK business school for customised executive development by the Financial Times.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Boardroom survey reveals ingredients to supply chain strategy success</title>
<description><![CDATA[New research from Cranfield School of Management and Solving Efeso has revealed the key ingredients to developing and implementing supply chain strategies successfully. The survey of over 180 senior global supply chain professionals analysed the strategic development and implementation process in some of the worlds leading organisations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>To plan or not to plan - is not the right question</title>
<description><![CDATA[New research from the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurial Performance  Economics at Cranfield School of Management and the Centre for SMEs at Warwick Business School has revealed that having the right business plan for a new venture can mean the difference between success and failure.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Winner of European Business Plan of the Year Competition announced</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of MBA entrepreneurs from ALBA Graduate Business School in Greece has won the €3000 first prize in the 18th European Business Plan of the Year Competition for their business plan for `OnMyOwn Ltd. The venture aims to improve the quality of life for people with sensory disabilities. Their main product `Touch  Hear is a multi-functional bracelet that can be used to identify ob<span></span>jects by reproducing a recognizable sound for each ob<span></span>ject detected.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Top UK business school to deliver programme in Dubai</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cranfield School of Management a world-class provider of executive education is hosting a two-day open executive education programme at Le Meridien Hotel in Dubai on 22-23 June.  The programme `Working with competing agendas:  leading in complex times is part of the Schools highly successful General Management Programmes portfolio and is designed to help senior managers develop productive and effective business relationships in todays complex and high pressured business environment of the Middle East.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Social entrepreneurs offered bursaries to participate in the UK`s leading Business Growth and Development Programme</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cranfield School of Management has joined forces with Coutts  Co to offer a bursary scheme to help ambitious social entrepreneurs participate in the world-renowned Business Growth and Development Programme (BGP) at Cranfield this autumn.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Cranfield to host Europe`s MBA Business Plan of the Year Competition</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurial Performance at Cranfield School of Management has announced that it is to host the 2010 European Business Plan of the Year Competition (EBPYC). The EBPYC is Europes longest running MBA business plan competition designed to encourage entrepreneurship and new business ventures. The event will be held on 28 - 29 May 2010 at the Cranfield School of Management campus in Bedfordshire UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>New Third Sector PhD scholarship in Performance Management</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cranfield School of Management and The Cranfield Trust are working together to support a major research programme on third sector performance measurement. Cranfield is offering funding for a student to study for a full-time PhD under the ti<span></span>tle `Performance Management in the Third Sector starting in September 2010.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Network with UK`s leading entrepreneurs at Cranfield VentureDay</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the countrys leading entrepreneurs will be at Cranfield School of Management on Thursday 13 May to share their secrets to success at VentureDay the annual one-day conference and networking event for entrepreneurs and those interested in cutting-edge entrepreneurial performance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Impact of daily experiences of the Election campaign on `floating voters`</title>
<description><![CDATA[A ground-breaking evaluation tool has been developed by Cranfield School of Management and UK-ba<span></span>sed research agency MESH Planning to evaluate the impact of the many ways in which `floating voters come into contact with the UK Election Campaign from advertising to televised debates to word-of-mouth.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Cranfield MBAs take on the London Marathon</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the eleventh consecutive year a team of full-time MBA students from Cranfield will be running the London Marathon. This year they are raising money for Vitalise a charity that provides breaks for people with disabilities and those who support them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>New Third Sector PhD scholarship in Performance Management</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cranfield School of Management and The Cranfield Trust are working together to support a major research programme on third sector performance measurement.  Cranfield is offering funding for a student to study for a full-time PhD under the ti<span></span>tle `Performance Management in the Third Sector starting in September 2010.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
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