At forefront of business training; northumbria UNIVERSITY.

AS AN integral part of Northumbria University, Newcastle Business School is one of the fastest-growing business schools in the UK.

It has a first-class reputation regionally, nationally and internationally. Such is the quality of the teaching, it has twice been rated as excellent by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

The size, infrastructure, and resources enable Newcastle Business School (NBS) to offer an unprecedented range of programmes designed to deliver relevant, cutting-edge skills for the business leaders of today and to prepare tomorrow's leaders for a successful future.

Now based in a new multimillion-pound building, NBS is ideally situated to inspire excellence and position itself as one of the UK's leading professional business schools.

Newcastle Business School leads the way in developing HR professional excellence, working in collaboration regionally, nationally and internationally with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

NBS has developed hundreds of HR managers worldwide to achieve Chartered CIPD membership status through accredited programmes.

With research informed programmes and short courses, NBS HR graduates achieve professional excellence and career development.

Its alumni are HR leaders in organisations around the world, trained to focus on developing and managing people to add value to business performance.

Research into various aspects of HRM in NBS is innovative, directly impacting upon programmes and HR practice.

Prof Paul Croney said: "As Dean of Newcastle Business School and a chartered member of the CIPD I am delighted that Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University is once again sponsoring the CIPD North East HR Awards."

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MODERN: The school is on the Manors campus