‘Innovative’ MBA shortlisted for Reimagine Education Award

TheGriffith MBAhas been shortlisted for the 2017Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards.

The Griffith Accelerated Online MBA is one of the shortlisted projects named in the ‘MBA & Executive EducationAward’ category.

The finalists will be announced on November 27 with the overall winners to be unveiled at the Reimagine Education Awards and Conferencein Philadelphia from December 4-5.

“Once more, Griffith’s MBA has been acknowledged by the prestigious Reimagine Education Awards which showcase innovation in education on a world stage,” Professor Nick Barter (left), Academic Director, Griffith Online, said.

“This represents sustained recognition of the collaborative and supportive digital learning environment in which our sophisticated MBA program is delivered.

The nomination comes on the back of recent successes for the ground-breaking program.

Griffith’s MBA placed 16th overall in the Corporate Knights Better World MBA ranking last month and first in the Asia-Pacific region. In August a Griffith MBA team was placed in the top seven of the Global Business Challenge for its sustainable solution to the ‘fossil-fuels to renewable energy’ quandary.

Griffith MBA Director, Associate Professor Chris Fleming (right), welcomed news of the Reimagine Education shortlisting.

“We continue to meet the demands of the 21st century MBA student through flexibility in terms of delivery and innovation in terms of the digital resources that students can access,” he said.

“Griffith University offers a world-class MBA program and it is fitting we are recognised in this kind of global education setting.”