Capgemini and Henley Business School partner up

The Informatics Research Centre (IRC) within Henley Business School (HBS) at the University of Reading has partnered with Capgemini UK plc to introduce a unique MSc programme entitled Business Technology Consulting.

The course, set to start in October 2010, is designed to provide graduates with a practical knowledge and deeper understanding of business and its use of technology, rather than the more traditional MSc programmes, which tend to concentrate mainly on the technologies themselves.

Alongside IRC’s teaching portfolio, the full-time 12 month course will be based on a system currently employed by Capgemini to develop skilled business technology consultants.

The graduates, limited to just 20 individuals, will be given access to the latest knowledge in business technologies, consulting frameworks, case study examples as well as real life project based assignments managed and coordinated by a network of mentors. The course will also include a week long module at the Capgemini University in Paris.

As well as postgraduates, the broad and in-depth nature of the MSc programme also caters for commercially experienced professionals keen to develop a business context to the use and potential benefits of technologies.

The course follows on from Capgemini’s ongoing relationship with Warwick Business School (WBS), where it has helped provide a similar programme of learning. The course offers a full cycle of learning, with a mixture of lectures, discussion, workshops and presentations with WBS staff and Capgemini’s Outsourcing board members.