Lord Ashcroft International Business School

Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAIBS) was the business school of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge and Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom. LAIBS was renamed to Faculty of Business and Law.[1] The Faculty of Business and Law has two schools, which are School of Economics, Finance and Law, and School of Management.[2][3]

Lord Ashcroft International Business School
TypePublic
EstablishedARU: 1858, LAIBS: 1992
DeanGary Packham
Students7200
Location
Cambridge
CampusUrban
AffiliationsEUA, EFMD, BAC, SPACE, BUTEX, ECREA, HUMANE, SUPC, CIMA, ACCA, CMI, ABS, PRME, AIESEC
Websitehttps://aru.ac.uk/business-and-law
Lord Ashcroft Building in Chelmsford, Essex.
Lord Ashcroft Building, seat of the business school, as seen from inside the campus in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

The Lord Ashcroft Buildings are located at ARU Cambridge[4] and ARU Chelmsford. Lord Michael Ashcroft, then Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University, donated ten million pounds to construct both business school buildings.[5][6][7] HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex inaugurated the Chelmsford building in 2003.[8]

Anglia Ruskin University has one of the largest business schools in the East of England, with nearly 100 full-time teaching staff and approximately 7,200 students from over 100 countries. Faculty of Business and Law of the Anglia Ruskin University is a global business school that provides business programmes through partner institutions worldwide as well.

ARU is a member of the EFMD and offers degrees. The Faculty of Business and Law has a strong global reputation and recognition. Several programmes are accredited by ACCA and CIMA, and many other professional bodies in the United Kingdom.

Awards

In 2014, Anglia Ruskin University were announced as the winner of the Entrepreneurial University of the Year at the Times Higher Education Award.[9]

In 2016, the university won the Duke of York Award for University Entrepreneurship at Lloyds Bank National Business Awards.[10][11]

Controversies

In March 2018, Lord Ashcroft graduate Pok Wong started a lawsuit against ARU for misrepresenting the career prospects of the degree she took.[12]

Alumni

References
  1. "Faculty of Business and Law - ARU". aru.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. "School of Economics, Finance and Law - ARU". aru.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Business and law - Management - ARU". aru.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. "Lord Ashcroft Building: Map of the University of Cambridge".
  5. "Anglia Ruskin University - Philanthropy - Michael Ashcroft". Lord Ashcroft. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  6. Watt, Nicholas; correspondent, political (25 May 2000). "Ashcroft plants British roots with university donation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  7. "Ashcroft funds business school". BusinessWeekly. 23 July 2009.
  8. "Anglia Ruskin University - Philanthropy - Michael Ashcroft". Lord Ashcroft. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  9. currant (28 November 2014). "Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2014 - Anglia Ruskin University". NCEE. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  10. "Anglia Ruskin wins British business 'Oscar' - ARU". aru.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  11. Winners of the Duke of York Award for University Entrepreneurship, retrieved 10 February 2023
  12. Bird, Steve (10 March 2018). "Graduate sues Anglia Ruskin University claiming she ended up with a 'Mickey Mouse' degree". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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