Lord Ashcroft International Business School
Lord Ashcroft International Business School is the business school of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom. The Lord Ashcroft building is located on ARU's Cambridge campus. It is one of the largest business schools in the East of England, with nearly 100 full-time teaching staff and approximately 7,200 students from over 100 countries.
The Lord Ashcroft International Business School of the Anglia Ruskin University is a global business school that provides business programmes through partner institutions worldwide as well.
LAIBS is a member of the EFMD and offers degrees. The business school has a strong global reputation and recognition. Several programmes of the LAIBS are accredited by ACCA and CIMA, and many other professional bodies in the United Kingdom.Lawsuit
In March 2018, Lord Ashcroft graduate Pok Wong started a lawsuit against ARU for misrepresenting the career prospects of the degree she took.Alumni
- Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, English investor, billionaire and former Conservative vice chairman
- Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Labour politician, government policy-maker, former minister, attorney general and president of Chatham House
- Kim Howells, Labour politician and former Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee
- Nicky Richards, CEO and Chief Investment Officer MLC Asset Management
- Andrew Sayer, English economist, professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University
- Ronald Searle, creator of St Trinian’s
- Mark Wood, businessman, accountant and chairman of NSPCC
- Chris Beckett, academic, author and science-fiction novelist
- John Burnside, academic and T.S. Elliot winner author
- Geraldine Finlayson, researcher and director of John Mackintosh Hall
- Angela Hartnett, entrepreneur and chef
