Stanford biology graduate Kevin Baum had not considered an MBA when he enrolled on his masters in water science policy and management at the University of Oxford. But during the programme it became clear to him that a business degree might be just what he needed.
“There are a lot of people with great knowledge and skills who do not really know how to take [them] to the next level,” he says.
So the former teacher and technology consultant enrolled on the 1+1 MBA programme at Oxford’s Saïd Business School. The programme combines the in-depth study of a specialist masters degree – education or environmental studies, for example – with the breadth of a one-year MBA.