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WELCOME TO YOUR BGA MEMBERSHIP
Accessing the range benefits available to your School, your students, and graduates as part
of the exclusive BGA network.
Welcome Congratulations on joining the Business Graduates Association (BGA). As a member of the BGA family, your Business School is able to access our exclusive range of benefits.
This document contains information on the resources we have to support you on your progression to accreditation, an overview of our award-winning events, details on our mission and charitable activities, as well as useful contact details for key functions in the organisation.
Our Mission Our mission is to ensure that Business Schools innovate and venture beyond conventional means of teaching, where the impact and results of that teaching are stressed in our quality assurance process.
That’s why the benefits of BGA membership are designed to help your institution, faculty, students and graduates achieve excellence in their chosen roles.
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KEY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
� Your students can access free BGA membership, accessing a raft of career-enhancing services. � Desktop Review – a comprehensive consultative service. � Enjoy preferential rates and discounts on our award-winning events. � Access a wealth of thought-leadership through our Research and Insight Centre and Business Impact magazine. � Receive marketing and PR support to raise awareness of the achievements of your School.
BGA's quality assurance processes are designed to support Business Schools to direct their attention to the impact they
have on a range of activities.
As a member institution, your School is now eligible to undergo BGA validation and/or accreditation processes.
BGA validationBGA validation is a cost-effective, time-efficient, and flexible quality assurance process for Business Schools wishing to attain a kite-mark demonstrating their achievement of international standards against those outlined in the BGA Charter.
Validation allows Schools to demonstrate integrity by staying ahead of the curve in continuous improvement, innovation, graduate employability, and social responsibility. Validation is considered a great stepping-stone to achieving accreditation.
BGA accreditation BGA accreditation is a holistic and rigorous institutional accreditation with a focus on continuous improvement, impact, and responsible management. This gold-standard quality mark is awarded to institutions that can clearly demonstrate an increasing impact on their students and communities over a measurable period, using BGA’s Continuous Impact Model (CIM), which assesses the improvement in impact across a range of metrics.
BGA accreditation is designed to provide impact-driven quality assurance and quality enhancement mechanisms for institutions worldwide, in order to ensure the value of the qualification for potential students, graduates, employers and society.
Accreditation plays a key role in informing prospective students and employers about the quality of the institution and its programmes.
For more information about BGA validation and/or accreditation, email [email protected]
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Validation and accreditation
Student and Graduate Membership
Your students are eligible to join our professional membership association free of charge. Membership
eligibility applies to all of your institution's current business students. Graduates of our validated and accredited Schools also gain access to membership.
By joining our network, your students will be able to:
�� Access an international and professionally diverse community of business students and graduates BGA Business Schools. �� attend free webinars, seminars and networking events held around the world.�� access the Career Development Centre (CDC) – an online portal with a wealth of resources including CV, cover letter and elevator pitch builders, employer viewpoints, a self-employment module, access to an exclusive careers app and much more.�� receive access to exclusive Business Impact content, crafted for business students.�� purchase exclusively discounted best-selling leadership and management books from our BGA Book Club.�� take advantage of our exclusively negotiated benefits with hand-picked partners, including The Economist and the Financial Times.
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AMBA & BGA Event Discounts
AMBA and BGA's award-winning global events and conferences are tailor-made for Business School leaders.
They provide an excellent opportunity to develop professionally, network and stay up to date on the latest trends impacting the business education sector. We have seven core events for Business School leaders who want to grow in their role, broaden their networks and develop professionally.
� Global Conference – our largest event that attracts delegates from across the globe. This conference is for senior Business School decision makers. � Asia Pacific Conference and Latin America Conference – regional conferences that focus on trends, patterns and concerns specific to their location. They are for senior Business School decision makers. � Business School Professionals Conference – this multi-function event is for Business School staff working in programme management, marketing, admissions, careers or alumni relations. � Accreditation Forum – a forum led by our team of expert accreditors and guest speakers. It is designed to help Business Schools prepare for AMBA and/or BGA accreditation/reaccreditation. � Careers and Talent Forum – a one-day event that brings together careers and alumni professionals from AMBA & BGA's network of accredited Schools and talent acquisition specialists representing global employers. � The Excellence Awards & Gala Dinner – an evening celebrating the quality and achievements of business education at the forefront of leadership excellence, recognising the talents and contributions made by AMBA-accredited and BGA Business Schools, their students and graduates. As a delegate from a BGA School, you’ll be able to purchase your tickets at our special discounted rate. You can discover more information on all our upcoming events, including our free to attend webinars on our website. Visit businessgraduatesassociation.com/events/ for further details.
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Business ImpactBusiness Impact is the Business Graduates Association's
online magazine publication. Business Impact aims to address the top business challenges of modern times. A key focus is our mission to bring you worldclass thought leadership and to campaign for change on the issues that matter in business and society.
We’ll send your School a printed copy of Business Impact quarterly as well as digital versions via email. If you’d like to take the opportunity to contribute articles or interviews about your School in our magazine, or if you’re not receiving your regular edition, please email [email protected].
You can view our regularly updated Business Impact online articles here www.businessgraduatesassociation.com/business-impact/
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Research and Insight
BGA’s Research and Insight Centre provides thought leadership and understanding to the global Business School and wider
business community. We gather the perspectives of deans, senior Business School professionals, prospective and graduate students, employers and senior business managers, harness their understanding and knowledge on key themes and turn it into high-quality, original and impactful research.
You can view our latest research pieces and find out more about our campaigns on our website at businessgraduatesassociation.com/about-us/research/
If you’re interested in collaborating with us on a research project, you can find out how you can get involved by emailing [email protected].
Marketing and PR support
BGA supports member Business Schools through a thriving PR outreach strategy and our international magazine and
online publications, through which we can support you in raising awareness of your School's achievements. Examples could include:
�� A feature on the BGA website in our Business School search function.
�� Press release distribution service, to raise awareness of your accreditation to our network of more than 4,000 journalists across the globe (available to accredited institutions).
�� A communications kit, including:• media guidelines containing advice to target key audiences.• quotations from our CEO to add value to your
member-related news and press releases.• press release templates to raise awareness of
your accreditation (available to accredited institutions).
�� Use of the BGA member logo for your website and other marketing/communications collateral. You can download the BGA member logo at businessgraduatesassociation.com/brand-resource-centre/.
�� Pitching case studies about your School’s achievements to journalists and influencers.
�� Availability of our Marketing, Social Media and PR teams, on a complimentary basis, to support you with raising awareness of your initiatives and successes. Please contact [email protected] for more information on how we can support you.
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BGA’s role in the business education sector
As a charitable organisation, BGA supports the advancement of business education across the world.
Our strategic objectives bring together our key stakeholders and beneficiaries – Business Schools, business students and alumni, and employers – to nurture ethical best practice in business thought and action.
All the funds we generate are returned into the work the organisation does. The following are some examples what we’ve done this over the past three years.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
�� Promoting our ethical business agenda: championing sustainability, social mobility and poverty alleviation and putting Business Schools at the forefront of this movement.�� Positioning the role of the Business School as 'a force for good' in an uncertain world, and attracting potential students to study at Schools within our network.��World-class research looking into issues such as poverty, volatility, organisational development and climate change, which we make available on a complimentary basis.�� Thought leadership magazine Business Impact, provided on a complimentary basis and tailored for Business Schools respectively.
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� Complimentary events for employers to attend and network with Business Schools around issues focused on careers and recruitment of business students. � Campaigning with and on behalf of our Schools on issues that impact them – from rankings to poverty.
RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND GRADUATES
� Career Development Centre for students and graduates to support them in developing their resumes to be ready to tackle the world of work. �Our exclusive BGA Book Club, offering significant discounts to course materials and relevant reading for business students and graduates. � Regular learning events and mentoring for students and graduates, all over the world, provided on a complimentary basis.
RECOGNISING POTENTIAL AND REWARDING EXCELLENCE
� The AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards: celebrating the achievements of sustainable, ethical Business Schools and their eminent students and graduates.
Congratulations on becoming a BGA member SchoolDon't forget to display the BGA member School logo on your School's website and in relevant marketing materials.
You may find our logo and branding guidelines by heading to businessgraduatesassociation.com/brand-resource-centre
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KEY EMAIL ADDRESSES
Accreditation [email protected]
Events [email protected]
Student and graduate [email protected]
Research
AMBA [email protected]
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