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Essex Business School

From MBA to Management Trainee, my experience of studying for my MBA during Covid-19

Kooh Kah Ming completed her MBA year during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and has since secured a dream role on a corporate training scheme with global logistics multi-national Expeditors back in her home country of Malaysia. We caught up with her to find out how she managed to maintain her studies and morale through various lockdowns and how she’s getting on now in her new role.

Essex Business School

17 February 2022

Eliot Wood and Oliver Bourne, Co-Founders of social media "Friendvertising" app WYSPR and Essex Business School alumni, tell us about their entrepreneurial journey with WYSPR. From coming up with the idea on their placement year to being directors of a successful new venture.

Essex Business School

17 December 2021

Tackling racism through social media innovation in Mexico

José Antonio Aguilar Contreras graduated from The Essex MBA in 2015. Already an established LGBT rights activist and magazine publisher in his native Mexico, after completing his MBA Jose set his sights on tackling racism in his homeland.

Essex Business School

17 December 2021

From MBA to Aviation: an entrepreneurial journey

The Essex MBA can be the vehicle which drives professional success. We caught up with Mandeep Sandhu, who graduated from The Essex MBA (Essex Business School) in 2015. Mandeep is now the CEO and Founder of AirLuxxis Aviation Services.

Essex Business School

16 December 2021

Du Li, MSc Accounting and Finance graduate, is now working back home in China as a Chief of the Corporate Audit Section for a District Government in China. We caught up with her eleven years on from her graduation in 2010 to reflect on her time at Essex and look to her future as a working professional.

Alumni team, Essex Business School

13 December 2021

How mentors are helping women entrepreneurs in Malawi

Dr Danson Kimani

16 November 2021

What lies at the heart of a successful PhD

Magda Oldziejewska

12 November 2021

Possible dialogues – a view of COP26 from outside the conference hall

Sandra Moog

11 November 2021

Metaverse: how Facebook rebrand reflects a dangerous trend in growing power of tech monopolies

Professor Peter Bloom

08 November 2021

Life after graduating: career advice from recent Essex graduates

Catch up with talks from Essex graduates as they share their experience and advice from the paths they've taken since Essex.

Alumni team

20 October 2021

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Essex Business School

From MBA to Management Trainee, my experience of studying for my MBA during Covid-19

WYSPR an entrepreneurial success story

Tackling racism through social media innovation in Mexico

From MBA to Aviation: an entrepreneurial journey

Spotlight on an Auditor

How mentors are helping women entrepreneurs in Malawi

What lies at the heart of a successful PhD

Possible dialogues – a view of COP26 from outside the conference hall

Metaverse: how Facebook rebrand reflects a dangerous trend in growing power of tech monopolies

Life after graduating: career advice from recent Essex graduates