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As soon as I started the EMBA programme, I began to see the bigger world and other opportunities

  • Date: Fri, Jan 31, 2025

By Barry McCall, Freelance, The Irish Times 

Designed with the needs of busy professionals in mind, the globally-ranked UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Executive MBA (EMBA) is delivered flexibly over two years and allows students to juggle demanding careers and busy family lives with their studies. It is particularly suited to ambitious mid- to senior level professionals seeking to round out their skill sets in order to progress or even change careers.

After a stellar career with the Defence Forces and having reached the rank of lieutenant colonel, Sharon McManus wasn’t really thinking of a career change when she started her Smurfit EMBA course in 2023. But then it happened.

“Almost immediately after I started the programme, I started to see the bigger world and other opportunities,” she recalls. “I started asking myself if I was really having the impact I wanted to have.

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This article was originally published in The Irish Times on January 30, 2025. Read the full article here

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