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Team on 24 May 2005
Pick of the crop at management school
A new scholarship for the agricultural sector is being launched by Cranfield School of Management.
A new scholarship for the agricultural sector is being launched by Cranfield School of Management The John Beckett Charitable Foundation Scholarship is aimed at the agricultural sector and will fund at least one student each year on Canfield's full time MBA
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 7 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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John Beckett, former chairman of Genus -the global agricultural consultancy, has initiated the scholarship scheme in recognition of the urgent need for the farming industry to equip itself with management skills and knowledge.
"The sector is technically and scientifically excellent but it lacks a culture of pure business management.
We are an industry with vision but with no strategy and I want the scholarships to produce future sector and industry leaders", said John Beckett.
"The agricultural scholarship will not be for a specialist farming MBA", says Sean Rickard of Cranfield School of Management.
"At Cranfield we do not offer any specialist MBAs, believing that the skills and knowledge that our students develop on the Cranfield MBA can be applied to any sector in any country worldwide." The scholarship is worth £26K and will cover the cost of the fees for the full time MBA.
Applications for the scholarships are invited now for the September 2005/6 intake.
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