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MMU
Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (MMUBS) can trace its history as a provider of business education back to 1889. Today, MMUBS is a 'full-range' business school, offering undergraduate, postgraduate and higher research degrees in all major sub-disciplines of business and management, engaging in applied research and providing in-house courses and consultancy services for corporate clients.
With some 3,000 undergraduate and 1,500 postgraduate students (including 60 PhD and 350 professional accounting students), MMUBS is one of the largest business schools in the UK. MMUBS offers a comprehensive range of postgraduate qualifications from diplomas to doctoral degrees, providing a 'ladder' of opportunities for individuals at different stages of their business and management careers.
MMUBS has a well-established tradition of offering high quality postgraduate management and business education. Their portfolio of general management and specialist masters programmes not only reflects the latest thinking in management and business, it also benefits from a solid research base as well as extensive links with industry, commerce and the public sector.
Tim Tucker
Course Tutor, MSc in Digital Publishing
Tim Tucker is an independent online media consultant, trainer and presenter. He started his career in print media, working as a journalist and editor at Future Publishing across a range of specialist interest sectors, including video games, music making, computing and technology. In 1999 he became an online publisher and launched DailyRadar.co.uk (now known as GamesRadar.com), which quickly became one of the world's leading video games websites.
Tim went on to work as a senior manager in the customer division at Origin Publishing, which has since been bought by the BBC and operates as BBC Customer Publishing. Here he developed publishing media for a diverse range of clients including Waterstone's, HMV, Cineworld and English Heritage.
Tim went back to Future Publishing in 2004 as part of the senior management team heading up the newly formed New Media division. As Online Group Senior Editor Tim introduced a focus on user experience and usability testing, and integrated a user centred design approach to launches such as TechRadar, MusicRadar, BikeRadar and TotalFilm.com. As part of his role he also trained web editorial, marketing and publishing teams on all aspects of web publishing.
Tim now works as a web user experience and content consultant. He supports web publishers in producing websites that are easy to use, engaging and highly rated, and advises on all aspects of content production and community strategy.
