Liverpool, Henley, Ellis or Heriot Watt University?

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  1. shaofu

    shaofu New Member

    Hi there,

    I'm going for an distance/online MBA program and was wondering if you can help me decide whether University of Liverpool, Henley, Ellis, or Heriot Watt is the best option -- money aside.

    Here's the one liner I've got on each of them:
    > Liverpool: Decent program from a "brick & mortor" school, ranked around 150-200 worldwide, easy to get in.
    > Henley: Top 26 in world program, but probably very hard to get in? Anyone there with Henley?
    > Ellis: associated with NYIT & derived from Cardean.
    > Heriot Watt: Slightly better then Liverpool but probably less well known?

    Thanks, Allen
     
  2. dl_mba

    dl_mba Member

    You have other better and easy options here.

    UMASS
    Texas A&M Commerce
    U of Florida
    Colorado state
    Uni of North Alabama
    Cal state Uni - DH


    Out of your list Henley is a good option.

    For the $$ and time you spend you might want to consider a school with AACSB (an option to teach in a AACSB school).

    Liverpool is too easy to get in/out with an MBA - i think tution is increased.

    Heriot Watt is very cost effective but exam based.

    Ellis i think is too expensive for a non AACSB degree.
     
  3. morganplus8

    morganplus8 New Member

    I can speak of one of these, namely the University of Liverpool. It's a great program and I find it challenging and very rewarding. You are asking posters to comment on schools they are not familiar with, so that won't help you much. I would be happy to provide you with information about a school that I currently attend. Acceptance at Liverpool was last stated at a 1 in 9 chance to get in so I wouldn't call it easy to get in. We are talking about a basic MBA here so all you need is an undergraduate degree of any sort and a letter of reference. Big deal but there are many others that just want your money like Walden U.

    Henley and Heriot are well known schools with good reputations as well. What country are you from and why are you focused on the U.K.???

    Again, U of L is a great school, ranked 151 in the world if you are into that stuff. Hopefully you can get more students to talk about their school experience and less tire kickers who have no experience at all, before you make that important decision!

    Good Luck!
     
  4. shaofu

    shaofu New Member

    Thanks

    Yes... if there are anyone else out there who's had first hand experiences / ill-experience with any of my listed programs -- please post them.

    morganplus8, have some questions for you...

    1. Liverpool is accredited by the UK Government in the form of a Royal Charter and is also a member of the International Association of Universities. Does that mean the MBA is recognized by major USA and Canadian universities? Ie. is it comparable to Regional Accreditation in the states?

    2. How did you find the interactions between students? A great plus with offline MBA programs is you get to share expertise and "network" with peers.


    Thanks, Allen
     
  5. morganplus8

    morganplus8 New Member

    My undergraduate degree is the equivalent of a Bcom with business and economics as double majors. I spent my time in very small classrooms during the 4th year and interacted with students in a major way. I find this format to be even more intense than the B & M system and I feel I learn a great deal more as we are not distracted by "outside influences".

    The program is heavy on communication between your peers and the professor and you need to set aside quite a bit of time to make the system work. If you are planning on doing an MBA with only 15 - 20 hours of effort per week chose something else! This program is taking on average 35 - 45 hours for a decent mark.

    It is possible to spend 25 hours a week if you want this to be your terminal degree but I need to achieve high marks to continue onto my PhD program. Some of the students are making good use of VOIP to communicate with their peers and this is working out well for the group assignments. Yes, there is a great deal of interaction between students and in fact you can't pass without it. So plan on a big commentment and not the 15 - 20 hours of time that some courses provide.

    I'm currently going through "World Education Services" to have my marks converted into %'s and GPA for a PHD program. The school is recognized by the Canadian universites and I'm having no problem transfering credits etc. on the Canadian side.

    As for Walden University, they are accepting transfer without the WES conversion and therefore are fully accepting my transcripts without challenge either. They are actually far too easy to enroll into as they are bending over backwards to sign me up. I find it annoying at this point. Now U of L and Walden are directly connected through Laureate Online Education.

    Here is some propaganda from the school. The online program started in 2000 and so there aren't many comments found in ratings Websites at this point. Check out the U of L Website for further details!

    Hope this helps!

    http://www.liv.ac.uk/newsroom/press_releases/2004/11/rankings.htm
     
  6. edowave

    edowave Active Member

    If you are going purely for name recognition, I think Henely will be your best bet.

    Heriot-Watt is a great program. I was both a DL and on-campus student. There is a lot of interaction about students in "the Watercooler.'" HW is also the most flexible. You can take your exams anywhere in the world, in any order, in any amount. If you think you might be moving around a lot, that might be a better choice. There are some very good first hand reviews about the program on the Watercooler's student site pages.

    http://watercooler.20m.com/studentsites.html
     

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