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Right time,

Right team,

Right result.

Simply helping business

schools to be better through:

• Senior Team Development

• MBA and MSc Design

• Advisory Board Optimisation

• Marketing & Recruitment

• International Development

• Accreditation

"Hardcastle & Associates created a bespoke programme for our Faculty Leadership Team to drive our strategic development in the face of the numerous challenges in the HE sector. In the process, the team got to know themselves and one another much better and improve its effectiveness. The programme challenged us to be ambitious and innovative in our strategic planning and we generated workable plans that we can take forward as a faculty as well as highlighting areas where we want to have university-wide influence. The tailored events were agile and able to adapt to our needs without compromising their integrity. They were filled with energy, enthusiasm and optimism – we also had a lot of fun!"

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean Faculty of Business & Law, De Montfort University

Know your market,

develop your programmes

Understand and engage with alumni

Optimise employability and external interaction

Improve your candidate journey

Achieve greater impact from your communications

Get the most out of your advisory board

"We’ve worked with Hardcastle & Associates on a number of strategic projects and have been really impressed by the breadth and depth of the research presented. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with them again."

Digital Marketing Manager, Alliance Manchester Business School

What our clients say

A series of reports drawn from in-depth interviews, round tables, research and analysis that combine the experiences of our friends, colleagues and clients. We continue the series with our latest report Successfully Navigating MBA Design Improvements and Innovation >

Our latest news

Vienna, here we come!

It’s (almost) time! Next Monday morning, as the doors swing open to AACSB’s ICAM, we’ll be right there at Stand 7.07 — smiling, ready,...

Leadership Development Workshop

When I started Hardcastle & Associates it was genuinely to work closer with my network, getting to know clients better to help them take...

WiBE Workshop

Life certainly isn't dull at the moment! Advisory Board hat away, MBA Review hat away - and straight on with the Business School...

Our latest events

10-14 March 2025

Workshops in Canada

(Private Events)

19-21 March 2025
EFMD MBA Conference:
Workshop with The Roundtable
Being the Changemaker: Successfully Navigating MBA Design Improvements and Innovation

Fordham University Campus, London

28 March 2025

Senior Leadership Team Development Workshop

(Private Event)

02 April 2025

Senior Leadership Team Development Workshop

Developing a Common Purpose

(WIBE Network Event)

7-9 April 2025

AACSB International Conference and Annual Meeting

Exhibitor Stand 7.07 Vienna

21-24 October 2025
Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable Symposium

Launch new Sharing the Experience report
The Master's Playbook

Muma College of Business
University of South Florida

10-11 November 2025

Annual Conference

Chartered Association of Business Schools

Exhibitor, London

Case studies

Birmingham Business School

An independent review of the postgraduate market

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Coventry Business School

Alumni Strategy and Engagement

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Kingston Business School

Insight and strategy - MBA and Executive Development

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The Open University

Marketing and promotions support

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Contact us

If you’d like to find out more, please call us on +44 (0)330 133 1053

or Sarah's mobile +44 (0)77 88 66 2643

or you can send us an email