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Pengurus MES-UK >From: Dr. M S E <[email protected]> >Subject: [IBF NET] Scholarship for PhD applicants in Islamic banking & finance >at Bangor University in Wales >To: [email protected] >Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 3:49 AM > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >As-salamu-alaikum > >>Given below is the recent advertisement for scholarships for PhD applicants >>at Bangor University in North Wales. > >>Bangor University Anniversary Research Scholarship >>Bangor Business School >>Bangor University >http://jobs. ac.uk/job/ AAT705/ > >>Bangor is considered one of the most prestigious universities for Banking and >>Finance in the UK. It has been ranked at the top in the past two Research >>Assessment Exercises in the UK. > >>I plan to join the school (Insha-Allah) from the coming April as a Chaired >>Professor of Islamic banking and finance. My plan will be to make Bangor as >>the best place in the world to study this field. To realize my goals I will >>accept only the best applicants from the globe. > >>Sincerely >>Muhammed-Shahid >>------------ --------- --------- --------- ---- >>Professor Dr. M. Shahid Ebrahim >>University of Nottingham >>Nottingham NG8 1BB >>United Kingdom >>E-Mail: <m.shahid.ebrahim@ nottingham. ac.uk> >>------------ --------- --------- --------- ----- > >>--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Ashique Mohamed <ashique.mohamed@ gmail.com> wrote: > >>From: Ashique Mohamed <ashique.mohamed@ gmail.com> >>Subject: [IBF NET] Islamic finance education gains momentum in UK >>To: ibf...@yahoogroups. com >>Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 5:59 AM > >> > >>Monday 18 January 2010 (02 Safar 1431) > >>Islamic finance education gains momentum in UK >>Mushtak Parker | Arab News — > >> > >>The launch last week of Europe’s first dedicated Islamic Finance and business >>Centre at a mainstream British university, Aston Business School, which is >>part of Aston University in Birmingham, underlines the growing Islamic >>finance education industry in and out of the UK. >>The El Shaarani Islamic Finance and Business Centre, named after its >>benefactor El Shaarani, CEO of Surgi-Tech Group in Dubai, aims to establish >>Birmingham as the center for Islamic finance in the UK. >>The global growth of Islamic finance and the UK banks’ long involvement in >>the sector since the early 1980s, has encouraged professional bodies, >>academic institutions and some private entities to set up Islamic finance >>courses ranging from certificates, diplomas, undergraduate, masters and >>post-graduate degrees in Islamic finance and economics. >>Professional bodies such as the Securities & Investment Institute (SII) >>launched its Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) a few years ago, which it >>now exports to GCC countries including Abu Dhabi and Qatar. >>Following a successful first year of partnership, another professional >>organization, CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) in London >>and HSBC Amanah, the Islamic finance division of the HSBC Group, recently >>agreed to continue their global partnership to promote CIMA’s certificate in >>Islamic finance, which was designed in cooperation with Amanie Shariah >>Solutions, the Malaysian Shariah advisory consultancy headed by prominent >>Shariah Scholar Daud Bakar, and which has offices in Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. >>“The expanded collaboration represents an exclusive partnership program to >>advance the promotion and development of the Islamic finance sector through >>high quality, relevant and practical training with a focus on practitioners >>attaining a professional qualification. The partnership will see more HSBC >>Amanah staff from around the world undertaking the certificate as HSBC >>Amanah’s qualification of choice,” explained Amjid Ali, senior manager, HSBC >>Amanah and UK head. >>In the academic space, Durham University’s Al-Qasimi Centre launched >>undergraduate, masters and doctorate courses in Islamic finance and economics >>under the leadership of Professor Rodney Wilson and aided by Mehmet Atusay. >>However, in the last two or three years Durham has discontinued some of its >>course offerings and is concentrating more on Ph.D programs in Islamic >>finance. >>Similarly Loughborough University and the School of African & Oriental >>Studies (SOAS) at London University also offer some courses in Islamic >>economics and finance, and in Islamic commercial law. Surrey University also >>has a Ph.D program largely concentrating on accounting and auditing issues in >>Islamic finance. >>A major breakthrough however came last year when the Kuala Lumpur-based >>International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), a 500 million >>ringgit educational trust established by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) which has >>university status under Malaysian law, signed a strategic alliance with the >>renowned Investment Banking Centre at Reading University in the UK. “Our >>cooperation is not based on one size fits all”, confirmed Agil Natt, CEO of >>INCEIF, “but depends on the university and country. The core basis is sharing >>of intellectual property, curriculum and content. It is no point each one >>reinventing the wheel. The important thing is that the curriculum can be >>adopted or adapted depending on the legal framework of each country or >>institution. The qualification can be theirs or ours or joint. In the case of >>Reading University, we are jointly offering a 1-year Masters (MSc) in >>investment banking and Islamic finance. Two terms are spent >> on the campus at Reading University and one term at INCEIF in Kuala Lumpur.” >> This Masters course together with INCEIF’s CIFP (Chartered Islamic Finance >> Professional) qualification, launched in 2006, is fast setting the benchmark >> in Islamic finance education. >>Another important development is the MBA in Islamic finance offered by Cass >>Business School, part of City University in London, at its overseas campus >>based in and in cooperation with the DIFC (Dubai International Financial >>Centre). This is the first time that a major UK university is offering a MBA >>course at an overseas campus. >>In addition, there has been a proliferation of courses — some online, some >>distance learning and some classroom-based — by lesser-known institutions, >>colleges, community centers and institutes. The major difference is that the >>major mainstream universities and professional bodies have internationally- >>recognized accreditation whereas the lesser-known institutions very often do >>not. >>Given the above developments, the El Shaarani Islamic Finance and Business >>Centre at Aston Business School, has its work cut out simply because it is a >>latecomer to this field. >>But armed with a GBP1.5 million grant from the Surgi-Tech Group, the El >>Shaarani Islamic Finance and Business Centre, aims to develop a suite of >>qualifications on Islamic finance, including undergraduate, postgraduate, >>Ph.D and executive programs. It will also continue with research into Islamic >>finance and Shariah-compliant business, developing Islamic finance solutions >>for business and providing an advisory service to the government and the >>commercial sector. >>A suite of executive education programs in Islamic finance will be launched >>by the center in summer 2010, followed by a Masters qualification in October >>2010. >>According to El Shaarani, “the creation of this center will result in the >>development of new financial tools that will attract greater foreign >>investment to the West Midlands region. >>We look forward to continuing a prosperous relationship with Aston University >>and are honored to sponsor a UK business school as prestigious as Aston and >>help to fund research that will explore the role of Islamic finance in the >>future global financial system.” >>Aston Business School is among 1 percent of business schools across the world >>with triple accreditation by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), The Association >>to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the European Quality >>Improvement System (EQUIS). >>The El Shaarani center will be headed by Director Omneya Abdelsalam, who >>stressed that the center with the generous support of the El Shaarani family, >>has been established to meet the growing interest in Shariah-complaint >>finance across the world. “Through the center, we will educate the next >>generation of Islamic economists and business leaders — both nationally and >>internationally. Our research will allow us to investigate how mainstream >>financial institutions can learn from Islamic finance practices in their >>recovery from and avoidance of the next global economic crisis,” he >>ambitiously added. >>The El Shaarani center also plans to exploit Birmingham’s large concentration >>of professional financial and legal services and culturally diverse business >>community to reposition the city as a center for Islamic finance. > >> > >>Copyright: Arab News © 2003 All rights reserved. Site designed by: arabix > >>-- >>Best Regards > >>Ashique > > > > >
