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Global cohort

How DBA participants are making knowledge work across the world


Gerard O’Callaghan, Hospital Chief Executive, Ireland is developing a performance management system using data envelope analysis and is applying it in his own organisation.

Ralph McKinney, Public Defender Services Auditor, United States is researching how bias influences application procedures with a view to developing new approaches within his own organisation.



Angus Garrett

Angus Garrett, Senior Economist and DBA Student
‘In choosing a DBA you look for quality in research, specifically the people and pedigree - Aston has both of these.  From the early days of the Aston Studies through to todays DBA programme, Aston University emphasises collaboration, exploring new ideas and doing things differently’.



Christopher Owen, PWC Consultant and DBA Student
'In consultancy in particularly you have to help clients with particularly tough and complex issues, some of which have not been tackled before.  Therefore, you need to have the right tools and techniques to be able to analyse these issues and these skills can only really come from this sort of course’.



Christopher Owen
Roger Hammer
Roger Hammer, University Lecturer and DBA Student  
‘As a business man, I felt the DBA was more practical orientated and would be better suited to my background.  I initially came to Aston because it was local, but having said that, the majority of DBA students are distance learning. You do your DBA remotely, so you can do this from any part of the world and fit it in with your business life.’