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Tue 05 May 2010'It has been a costly journey but we did this to get a competitive edge'
It’s the premium business degree, once the key to a better job and it took off in the good years when employers were happy to fund expensive MBAs for their high flying executives. LOUISE HOLDENtalks to one student who still feels the time and expense is still worthwhile
These days you expect people to hold on to what they have and pray for things to get better. However, the demand for MBA programmes is on the rise. Job losses, sectoral decline and uncertainty about the future have prompted former engineers, bankers, marketers and lawyers to invest the redundancy money or the family fortune on a roll of the academic dice.
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