{"id":152,"date":"2015-02-20T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T11:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=152"},"modified":"2015-02-20T11:31:17","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T11:31:17","slug":"what-does-our-triple-crown-accreditation-mean-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/what-does-our-triple-crown-accreditation-mean-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What does our Triple Crown accreditation mean for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Martinsmith<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Alex-Martinsmith.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-153\" src=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Alex-Martinsmith-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Alex-Martinsmith\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Triple Crown Accreditation is something we are incredibly proud of at the Management School. It gives a mark of quality to the level of teaching here at Sheffield from three different accrediting bodies from around the world. Here\u2019s a quick breakdown of the awards:<\/p>\n<p>AACSB \u2013 The Associate to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business \u2013 An American based body that is regarded as the benchmark for high quality business school education.<\/p>\n<p>AMBA \u2013 The Association of MBA\u2019s \u2013 UK based body that accredits postgraduate management education and focuses on a business school\u2019s MBA portfolio rather than undergraduate programmes.<\/p>\n<p>EQUIS \u2013 European Quality Improvement System \u2013 Accredits management schools based on their general quality of education, specifically focusing on their level of internationalization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MS1481.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-154 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MS1481-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"MS148\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MS1481-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MS1481.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As a comparison, attaining these accreditations is somewhat equivalent to achieving an \u2018Outstanding\u2019 award by OFSTED 3 times over. These awards are highly prestigious and are only held by 67 business schools out of the total 13,670 worldwide. These awards are not just awarded and then kept forever either: the accreditation bodies frequently return to ensure that Sheffield Management School is retaining its outstanding levels of teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Triple Crown Accreditation is important to students for many reasons. Personally, it shows me that the University can be trusted to deliver the best quality of education when it comes to my degree. Also, future employers understand the importance of these accreditations. When employing graduates, Triple Crown Accreditation shows employers that candidates have been taught to an outstanding level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Martinsmith The Triple Crown Accreditation is something we are incredibly proud of at the Management School. It gives a mark of quality to the level of teaching here at Sheffield from three different accrediting bodies from around the world. Here\u2019s a quick breakdown of the awards: AACSB \u2013 The Associate to Advance Collegiate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/what-does-our-triple-crown-accreditation-mean-for-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What does our Triple Crown accreditation mean for you?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}