2007 News releases
28 November 2007
Balmoral Offshore Engineering launches degree sponsorship
Students on a new postgraduate course at The Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) Aberdeen Business School are set to benefit from a generous annual sponsorship award from Aberdeen-based buoyancy specialist, Balmoral Offshore Engineering.
Balmoral Offshore Engineering has announced a sponsorship agreement with Aberdeen Business School for the MSc Project Management programme. The company is set to award an annual financial prize to be divided between the three top students on the course. In addition the students will have the opportunity to gain invaluable industry experience, during a six-week placement at Balmoral, potentially resulting in an offer of full-time employment.
The top six students on the course will be short-listed, and their projects submitted to Balmoral, who will then select the three finalists. These finalists will deliver formal presentations to a judging panel, who will decide on the winning order.
Jim Milne, chairman and MD at Balmoral, said, “RGU’s innovative approach to partnership with industry and commerce is reflected by our own pioneering approach to the subsea industry.
“During conversation with Aberdeen Business School the similarities between the two organisations became apparent and I was keen to develop the close relationship we already enjoy with RGU even further. The inauguration of the annual Balmoral Prize for Project Management seems to me to be the perfect fit.”
Course leader on the MSc Project Management, Mrs Senga Briggs, added, “I am delighted that Balmoral has entered into this collaboration with the MSc Project Management programme. The generous financial award, coupled with the opportunity of first-hand work experience with such a well-established and thriving company will provide students with an excellent start to their project management careers.”
Launched last September by Aberdeen Business School, the MSc in Project Management is a management development programme suitable for new graduates and experienced project managers wishing to develop their professional practice and gain a qualification in their specialist area. The course is already proving to be a runaway success, with a significant number of the first cohort of students having secured graduate-level jobs in project management, and the second cohort comprising 65 full-time students and 38 part-time distance learning students.
The programme has received full accreditation by the Association for Project Management and RGU has become a Registered Educational Provider for the discipline’s leading international professional body, the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Pic: Jim Milne of Balmoral and the RGU’s Senga Briggs celebrate the sponsorship agreement
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