Kaplan Business School

Kaplan Business School is an Australian independent higher education institution. It started offering degrees in Adelaide in 2008 before expanding across Australia to the other major state capital cities. It is part of Kaplan International, headquartered in London, which is a division of Kaplan Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company, formerly known as The Washington Post Company.[1]

Kaplan Business School
TypePrivate
IndustryEducation, Business
HeadquartersSydney, Australia
Area served
Australia
Key people
Robert Regan (Managing Director)

Steve Knussen (Executive Director)

Dr James Adonopoulos (Academic Dean)
ParentKaplan, Inc.
Websitehttps://www.kbs.edu.au

The Australian Government’s regulator of higher education institutions, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), re-registered Kaplan Business School as a Higher Education Provider in 2020 for the maximum seven year period with no conditions, commending it in the areas of student support and feedback, academic progression of students, academic policy and practice, and its approach to academic integrity.  TEQSA also re-accredited all of its postgraduate courses in 2019 for the maximum seven year period. [2]

Kaplan Business School operates from seven CRICOS-registered campuses in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, and offers accredited postgraduate programs in business, accounting and business analytics, and accredited undergraduates courses in a number of business-related academic disciplines including accounting, management, marketing, and hospitality and tourism management. [3]

According to Department of Education data, Kaplan Business School had 4,289 enrolled students in 2019, with approximately two thirds enrolled in postgraduate degrees, making it the second largest non-university business school in Australia. [4]

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is its flagship program and fastest growing course.[5] It can be studied wholly online or blended with face-to-face lectures, and in 2018 it was the seventh most popular online MBA program in Australia with 451 students enrolled online.[6] The MBA program received global recognition when it was a Highly Commended runner-up in the Progressive Education Delivery category of the 2020 PIEonner Awards, run by The PIE News to celebrate innovation and achievement across the worldwide international education industry.  Kaplan was also a Highly Commended runner-up in the Employability International Impact category of the same awards for its Careers Central service, and it was the only organization to be shortlisted in two separate categories.[7]

Student satisfaction is above the national sector average, particularly in the areas of teaching quality and student support services, according to Department of Education's Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Student Experience Survey. Recent graduate satisfaction is also above the national average, and the QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey reported that graduates from Kaplan Business School postgraduate programs had higher graduate employment rates and median salaries than the higher education sector average.[8]

The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on face-to-face learning and student welfare, and Kaplan’s response to the crisis and the student welfare plan it implemented was recognized by both the NSW Government, through being a finalist in its 2020 NSW International Student Awards,[9] and the Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards, where Kaplan was the only non-university provider among the 36 shortlisted for an award.[10] Kaplan Business School was also recognized in the previous year for how it supports its students, as a finalist in the Student Support category of the 2019 PIEonner Awards.[11]

In 2020, Kaplan Business School expanded its national footprint by expanding into a fifth state, Western Australia, by opening a new campus in Perth despite the COVID-19 crisis, becoming one of only a few non-university providers to offer postgraduate business courses in Perth.[12]

References
  1. "Why KBS? | Kaplan KBS". www.kbs.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. Agency, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards (2017-11-03). "Kaplan Business School Pty Limited". www.teqsa.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. "Institution Details - Kaplan Business School Pty Ltd". cricos.education.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  4. Department of Education, Skills and Employment-Document library. "2019 Section 13 Private Universities (Table C) and Non-University Higher Education Institutions | Department of Education, Skills and Employment - Document library, Australian Government".
  5. "Kaplan Business School, Australia - Ranking, Courses, Scholarships, Fees & Reviews | IDP Australia". www.idp.com. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  6. "Australia's 10 Biggest Online MBA Programs - MBA News Australia". www.mbanews.com.au. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  7. PIE, The. "The PIE Events 2020". thepieevents.com. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  8. "ComparED - Explore and compare institutions and study areas based on real life student experiences". www.compared.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  9. NSW Government, Study NSW (2019-09-09). "Education Provider Finalists". www.study.sydney. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  10. "Record number of entries in AFR Higher Education Awards". Australian Financial Review. 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  11. "The PIEoneer Awards 2019 - 2019 Finalists". 2019-11-14. Archived from the original on 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  12. News, The PIE. "Australia: Kaplan Business School to open Perth campus". thepienews.com. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

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