Lord_Ashcroft_International_Business_School
The Anglia Ruskin University Faculty of Business and Law (formerly Lord Ashcroft International Business School; LAIBS) is a faculty of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). The faculty has two schools: the School of Economics, Finance and Law and the School of Management.[1][2] Currently, ARU has business schools in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough, and London.[3][4][5][6]
The Lord Ashcroft Buildings are located at ARU Cambridge and ARU Chelmsford.[7] Lord Michael Ashcroft, then chancellor of the university, donated ten million pounds to construct both business school buildings.[8][9][10] Prince Edward inaugurated the Chelmsford building in 2003.[11] The Lord Ashcroft Building in Cambridge was opened in 2011.[12] The facade of the business school in Cambridge carries the former name of the business school.
Originally the Chelmsford building was called the Michael A. Ashcroft Building and the business school the Michael Ashcroft International Business School.[13][14] After Ashcroft was created a life peer in 2000,[15] the business school was renamed to Lord Ashcroft International Business School.
The business schools is one of the largest in the east of England, with nearly 100 full-time teaching staff and approximately 7,200 students from over 100 countries. It also provides business programmes through partner institutions worldwide.
ARU is a member of the European Foundation for Management Development. Several of the faculty's programmes are accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and other professional bodies in the United Kingdom. All of the courses are accredited by the Chartered Management Institute.[16] In 2023, Anglia Ruskin entered into a partnership with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.[17]
Anglia Ruskin University Enterprise Academy supports entrepreneurship.[18] ARU is approved by the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs IOEE and National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE).[19][18]
Professor Mohammad M. Ali is the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law.[20]