• Postgraduate

Consultancy for Innovation and Change (MBA) Masters in Business Administration

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Overview

Overview

Do you feel ready for a new challenge that has the potential to transform your career? Join our Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree - attendance is typically two day a week, Fri and Sat (9am - 5pm). 

This specialist consultancy MBA will help you develop both as a person and a professional.  You will:

  • learn from our highly-respected faculty and team of professional consultants
  • apply newly acquired skills on real-life projects and situations, not fictional case studies
  • learn how to win the hearts and minds of stakeholders to bring innovation and change initiatives to life. 

Innovation and change are more important than ever before, but the best idea is worth nothing if you do not know the processes to turn it into reality. 

This course aims to take you from the classroom through to securing boardroom impact by showing you how to implement your ideas in an organisation and get heard by key stakeholders.

This specialist Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is for people who want hands-on learning. Who are willing to roll up their sleeves to develop both as a person and a professional. 

This hands-on approach allows you not to just learn something new but to also built up a portfolio of real-life case studies. All along working with and learning from experienced consultants and your peers. 

Select your desired study option, then pick a start date to see relevant course information:

Study options:
We support flexible study by offering some of our courses part-time or via distance learning. To give you real world experience before you graduate, we also offer some courses with a placement or internship. All available options are listed here. Your choices may affect some details of your course, such as the duration and cost per year. Please re-check the details on this page if you change your selection.

Start date:

If your desired start date is not available, try selecting a different study option.

Why study Consultancy for Innovation and Change (MBA) with us?

Why study Consultancy for Innovation and Change (MBA) with us?

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What our students say…

MBA Consultancy for Innovation and Change is the only MBA course I have seen available on the market that really focuses on coaching students for success.

The course promotes independent, creative thinking and allows students to generate their own specialist subject knowledge to create solutions for real business challenges. In my opinion, this course feeds the world with a new generation of business leaders and consultants - creative advocates who don’t just adjust to transformation but drive it with impacts.

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Work with peers on real-life client projects
impress an organisation's boardroom
build a portfolio of real-life case studies
Turn your business idea into reality
Course detail & modules

Course detail & modules

On this specialist MBA you will be equipped with a consultative approach to translate challenges into innovative solutions. The challenges come in the form of real-life projects. Giving you the opportunity to apply your newly acquired skills in a real-life setting. 

The MBA is founded on a broad base of management and business thinking that is both strategic and interdisciplinary. The two-days a week face to face sessions (typically Friday and Saturday) have been designed to give you the leadership skills needed to design and implement innovation and change at a strategic level. Be this in major corporations, start-ups or SMEs.

What you will study

This specialist MBA in Consultancy for Innovation and Change consists of four modules. 

In the first module, you’ll work with your peers on a simulated project. Giving you the opportunity to apply newly acquired skills and knowledge in a safe environment.

In the second module, it’s about applying what you’ve learned to the real world.  You’ll be working with your peers on a real-life client project. UWLs academic faculty and roster of experienced consultants will support and guide you through it.

Module three gives you the opportunity to work towards becoming an expert on a chosen subject – this could be around neuroscience, biotech or other topics.  You will develop an evidence-based, innovative solution that adds value to organisations.

In module four, we equip you with the skills required to successfully influence stakeholders and win the hearts and minds of a real-life boardroom made up of investors and business owners. 

Across all modules, the learning is challenge-based and (real-life) project-driven. In this MBA, learning has many faces. It will be via seminars, workshops, innovation teams, networking events and peer coaching. All aimed to equip you with the skills and experience needed to succeed in real-life settings. For example:

Coaching - All learning will be project-based.  You will regularly review your own work and learn how to peer-coach through receiving and giving feedback to classmates on projects.  You will have a learning buddy within your team, through peer coaching and challenges, you will learn to excel under pressure.

Innovation teams - Teamwork and action learning is fundamental to this MBA.  As part of an Innovation Team you will learn to collaborate on module assignments framed as consultancy projects.

Compulsory modules

  • Base Camp Project

    This module is 60 credits.

    In this module you will be introduced to general concepts of business consultancy, innovation and change. In teams you will discover how to apply a consultative approach to an innovation and change simulated project. 

    Assessment will be through a group presentation, group report and individual report.

  • Group Consultancy Delivery Project

    This module is 40 credits.

    This module gives you the opportunity to apply your newly acquired skills on a real-life client project. In teams, you will work through an innovation or change project from A to Z. Defining project scope, drawing up solutions, understanding implications, identifying implementation options and so on. 

    Assessment is through a group presentation and individual report. 
     

  • Individual Innovation Project

    This module is 40 credits.

    In this module, you will work towards becoming an expert on a chosen special interest area. You will develop an evidence-based, innovative solution that adds value to organisations.

    Assessment is through an individual presentation and individual report. 



     

  • Board Impact Project

    This module is 40 credits.

    In this module you will focus on the scalability of your (or another) innovation solution from module 3. Your aim is to ‘sell’ your innovation to a real-life boardroom of investors, business owners, consultants and UWL academic faculty. 

    Assessment is via a group boardroom pitch and individual report. 

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

You should normally have the following:

  • First degree (2:1 or above)
  • minimum of 3+ years of professional work experience

In addition, we are looking for applicants with passion, imagination and the ability to follow through on commitments. You will have great interpersonal qualities and be:

  • generous, supportive of others, decisive and imaginative
  • capable of engaging with the world in a reflective way and value testing out new ideas
  • a collaborative learner who want to push innovation boundaries with others.
Selection process

The selection process consists of three steps.

Step 1. Fill out a short online application. If successful, you will be invited to the next step. 

Step 2. Attend our MBA assessment Centre. It consists of an interview and activities to explore skills such as team working and problem-solving. After the assessment centre you will be notified if you’ve made it to the final step.

Step 3. Write a commitment statement. A 1000-word statement addressing four aspects:

  1. Reasons for applying for the MBA CIC
  2. How the MBA CIC may benefit you and help to realise your goals
  3. How the MBA CIC will advance your career aspirations, longer term, and maximise your engagement and success on the course
  4. Special areas of interest (could be research based or related to your current role).

If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact the course leader Max Stricker.

6.5 IELTS or above

You need to meet our English language requirement of 6.5 overall score for IELTS, with a minimum of 5.5 for each of the 4 individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening). Visit our English language requirements page for information on other English language tests we accept.

You also need academic qualifications at the same level as UK applicants. In some countries where teaching is in English, we may accept local qualifications. Check for local equivalents.

We offer pre-sessional English language courses if you do not meet these requirements. Find out more about our English Language courses.

Selection process

The selection process consists of three steps.

Step 1. Fill out a short online application. If successful, you will be invited to the next step. 

Step 2. Attend our MBA assessment Centre. It consists of an interview and activities to explore skills such as team working and problem-solving. After the assessment centre you will be notified if you’ve made it to the final step.

Step 3. Write a commitment statement. A 1000-word statement addressing four aspects:

  1. Reasons for applying for the MBA CIC
  2. How the MBA CIC may benefit you and help to realise your goals
  3. How the MBA CIC will advance your career aspirations, longer term, and maximise your engagement and success on the course
  4. Special areas of interest (could be research based or related to your current role).

If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact the course leader Max Stricker.

Fees & funding

Fees & funding

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If no fee is shown above then the fees for this course are not available yet. Please check again later for updates.

Funding your studies

If you are studying a Masters course you may be eligible to apply for a Postgraduate Loan, this may help contribute towards your course fees and living costs.

Additional funding is available to some types of students, such as disabled students or those with dependants.

We offer a range of scholarships and bursaries, including awards for specific subjects. Awards for business students are also on offer. 

Help with funding
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If your course runs for two years or more, you will need to pay the fee for each academic year at the start of that year. If your course runs for less than two years, the cost above is for your full course and you will need to pay the full fee upfront. Government regulation does affect your fees, so what you pay may go up in future. For example, government regulation around future inflation may increase your course fees.

If no fee is shown above then the fees for this course are not available yet. Please check again later for updates.

International students - funding your studies

We offer scholarships for international students including International Ambassador Scholarships. 

Further information about funding and financial support for international students is available from the UK Council for International Student Affairs.

 

Financial support for international students
Teaching staff

Teaching staff

Max Stricker

Max Stricker

Max has been lecturing at the University of West London since 2020 across marketing and consultancy courses. During the same time period, he has also taught several marketing and leadership courses for the Chartered Institute of Marketing as a course leader.

Max has been lecturing at the University of West London since 2020 across marketing and consultancy courses. During the same time period, he has also taught several marketing and leadership courses for the Chartered Institute of Marketing as a course leader.

Study & career progression

Study & career progression

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The aim of this course is to offer you diverse opportunities in fulfilling your career and employment aspirations.  This may be through leadership roles, from executive leadership to non-hierarchical leadership based on expertise. 

The course will lead to career opportunities in executive leadership and management, consultancy, public sector leadership roles and entrepreneurial/family business management. As a graduates of this course you could go onto:

  • leadership roles in a wide variety of enterprises, sectors and businesses
  • consultancy roles in reputable organisations
  • developing your own businesses as independent consultancies specialising in change and innovation
  • business innovation advisory or leadership roles
  • entrepreneurial roles across various sectors and fields.
How to apply

How to apply

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Disclaimer

*Modern universities - defined as higher education institutions that were granted university status in, and subsequent to, 1992.

**The National Student Survey 2023 and 2024 - Average of answers to all questions by registered student population. Excludes specialist institutions.

Testimonials - our students or former students provided all of our testimonials - often a student from the course but sometimes another student. For example, the testimonial often comes from another UWL student when the course is new.

Optional modules - where optional modules are offered they will run subject to staff availability and viable student numbers opting to take the module.

Videos - all videos on our course pages were accurate at the time of filming. In some cases a new Course Leader has joined the University since the video was filmed.

Availability of placements - if you choose a course with placement/internship route we would like to advise you that if a placement/internship opportunity does not arise when you are expected to undertake the placement then the University will automatically transfer you to the non-internship route, this is to ensure you are still successful in being awarded a degree.