Its here !! - University of Wales DBA thro RDI-USA

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  1. JeepNerd

    JeepNerd New Member

    I have a couple quick questions:

    The DBA itself, is this being issued "from" University of Wales? I see where there is UofW - xyz, and xyz is the "college" but UW is the degree granting university.

    So is this basically University of Wales - RDI? Or U of W - ???

    You mentioned staffing, are the courses taught by RDI staff, or U of W staff?

    The program sounds VERY interesting, but I have a little difficulty comparing the number of "credits" in the prospectus to the US semester hour system?

    Is there a specific list of classes that are taken or I am misunderstanding how this system works? Can we specialize in a given area (accounting being my personal interest)?

    I think it is pretty exciting to have you here and addressing these questions!!!
     
  2. RDI CEO

    RDI CEO Guest

    Hi JeepNerd

    Please see answers below:

    The DBA has been developed by RDI Faculty and is validated by the University of Wales. The DBA is awarded by the Unviersity of Wales. This is the case for all University of Wales validated programmes.

    The Faculty are RDI's and approved by the University of Wales through the externally scrutinised Research Degrees Committee that manages the DBA programme.

    I'm afraid I can't help here with a US comparison but can confirm that the DBA consists of the following UK Higher Education credits:

    Relevant Masters Degree - 180 credits required prior to 540 Creditsadmission
    Reflective Practice - 60 Credits
    Research Methods - 30 Credits
    Research Design - 30 Credits
    Research Thesis - 240 Credits

    A total of 540 Credits is required to be awarded the DBA

    Normally, Reflective Practice, Research Methods and Research Design are taken during the first 18 months of the DBA and are online supervisor directed research modules. This is followed by independent research resulting in the Thesis.

    Best regards

    Phil
     
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  3. AUTiger00

    AUTiger00 New Member

    I wasn't attempting to criticize, either. My apologies. Just seems that to move up in the rankings all a school would need to do is increase the number of banner ads it places on websites. I don't think schools like Yale, Dartmouth, etc really feel the need to spend a lot on advertising.
     
  4. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    Welcome to the board, Dr. Hallam. Thank you for the opportunity to direct questions to you.

    Please don't think that the following questions are combative. Most of the participants on this board are Americans, familiar with distance learning provided directly by universities. Many of us are less familiar with the idea of a university's programs being delivered by 'validated' third-parties.

    Could you please expand a bit on what that means? What exactly is an "independent provider of UK university distance learning education"? What functions does the independent provider perform in distance learning provision?

    What does "offering and supporting" involve?

    That's confusing. Will students in your U. of Wales DBA program actually be studying with University of Wales professors? Or will they be studying with a different set of British university professors, retained by RDI and approved by Wales? (In that case, wouldn't RDI be the one providing the faculty services?)

    Again, I don't mean anything accusatory by that. Perhaps RDI makes a stronger array of professors and expertise available than Wales could by itself. I'm just trying to gain a clearer idea of how this program is structured and of who is offering what.

    On the doctoral level, especially in the British 'research degree' model, a great deal depends on precisely who the professors are, on what they are working on themselves, and on what sort of dissertation/thesis topics they are prepared to supervise. It might be helpful for your prospective students if you could feature your faculty list more prominently and include a short cv for each.
     
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  5. RDI CEO

    RDI CEO Guest

    Hi Bill

    Firstly apologies for the delay in responding. As a new user on this forum all my posts are being moderated so it is taking up to 24 hours for them to be published.

    Thank you for your questions. We do not consider them combative. We have nothing to hide. I wouldn't be posting here if we did. Everything we do is externally scrutinised and the information is available in the public domain. In fact we are very proud of our achievements and in some ways are quite unique in the education sector, so we understand there are important matters that often require clarification.

    In this context, ‘independent’ means privately owned and unconstrained by public funding caveats. We are a family business founded 20 years ago to provide business and management education by distance learning to individuals across the world. Quite a vision in those days.

    We have long term partnerships with several UK universities to whom we provide services that can include the development and publication of learning materials, marketing and recruitment, management of the student experience, academic tutors, and assessment management. All of the services we provide are approved, continually monitored and quality assured by our University partners to ensure they meet with their standards and those of the QAA.

    I believe I have explained this in a previous post that hopefully will be published by the Moderators soon. For more information about the University of Wales and how they work please visit their web site.

    The RDI DBA student is allocated a team of three experienced Doctoral Supervisors with one of them being the main day-to-day Supervisor. The allocation is made by the Research Degrees Committee (RDC) that scrutinises the nature of the proposed DBA research and aligns this with appropriately qualified and experienced Supervisors. The student will know the CV’s of the Supervisors and holds discussions with them before beginning their Thesis. This process allows the student to raise any concerns about their Supervision in advance of their research taking place with the RDC. We will feature more details of our Faculty in future.
     
  6. RDI CEO

    RDI CEO Guest

    I also responded in detail to JeepNerd yeterday but it has not been published? Would the Moderators please take a look at my replies and please publish my response to JeepNerd.

    Many thanks
     
  7. dl_mba

    dl_mba Member

    I think you should try reposting ur reply.

     
  8. JeepNerd

    JeepNerd New Member

    Weird, I actually GOT your response via email / as notice that the thread had been updated.

    I am PASTING what I received below, please understand folks this is from the RDI CEO, thx!!

    **********

    Hi JeepNerd

    Please see answers below:


    ---Quote (Originally by JeepNerd)---

    The DBA itself, is this being issued "from" University of Wales? I see where there is UofW - xyz, and xyz is the "college" but UW is the degree granting university.

    So is this basically University of Wales - RDI? Or U of W - ???
    ---End Quote---
    The DBA has been developed by RDI Faculty and is validated by the University of Wales. The DBA is awarded by the Unviersity of Wales. This is the case for all University of Wales validated programmes.


    ---Quote (Originally by JeepNerd)---
    You mentioned staffing, are the courses taught by RDI staff, or U of W staff?
    ---End Quote---
    The Faculty are RDI's and approved by the University of Wales through the externally scrutinised Research Degrees Committee that manages the DBA programme.


    ---Quote (Originally by JeepNerd)---
    The program sounds VERY interesting, but I have a little difficulty comparing the number of "credits" in the prospectus to the US semester hour system?
    ---End Quote---
    I'm afraid I can't help here with a US comparison but can confirm that the DBA consists of the following UK Higher Education credits:

    Relevant Masters Degree - 180 credits required prior to 540 Creditsadmission Reflective Practice - 60 Credits Research Methods - 30 Credits Research Design - 30 Credits Research Thesis - 240 Credits

    A total of 540 Credits is required to be awarded the DBA


    ---Quote (Originally by JeepNerd)---
    Is there a specific list of classes that are taken or I am misunderstanding how this system works? Can we specialize in a given area (accounting being my personal interest)?
    ---End Quote---
    Normally, Reflective Practice, Research Methods and Research Design are taken during the first 18 months of the DBA and are online supervisor directed research modules. This is followed by independent research resulting in the Thesis.

    Best regards

    Phil
    ***************
     
  9. tomball

    tomball New Member

    Wales

    A great way to go, RDI attempted a DBA with Charles Darwin but it fall apart in 2008.

    This program is well needed in the DL area and the price is right!

    My thoughts,

    It gets a GREEN light
     
  10. tomball

    tomball New Member

    Green & red

    I'm still a BIG fan of Charles Darwin University's DBA program.

    If you need a Ph.D go with Leicester, a DBA go with Wales, if you just need a degree and are willing to spend 120K go with PENN.

    (Stay away from NCU - bottom of the bunch) my 2 cents
     
  11. nmatolo

    nmatolo New Member

    Wales Online

    Hi all,

    Nice to join this forum, am a newbee.

    I'm currently pursuing an online MBA with the Uni of Wales through RDI. I must say, as Dr Phillip Hallam explained, the program is validated. My cert will not be any different from that of a student who attended class at the same Uni. The content is analytical and in-depth, with the lecturers being cooperative especially in the virtual classrooms and online chats. Personally, i've had a good experience with the whole learning process since i began the course.

    Come to think of it, online DBA is the way to go for me. Thumbs up RDI.
     
  12. TEKMAN

    TEKMAN Semper Fi!

    Tom,

    Do you have any link that Leicster offers Ph.D in Business Administration?
     
  13. Arch23

    Arch23 New Member

    I don't put any credibility in any ranking that tries to pit schools from different countries against each other. Each country has its own educational system and sub-systems within it that just doing a ranking within its own borders is already problematic.

    Moreover, the top schools in such rankings usually come from only two or three countries, one of which is always the country that conducts the survey. The bias is always so obvious.
     
  14. tomball

    tomball New Member


    So mine is 902, I guess that better then most (Boy I liked PHOENIX.EDU)

    Joking - It's Bocconi
     
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