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Rate of entrepreneurial take up higher among female MBAs than males, as companies search for gender diversity. But women held back by lack of start-up capital.

Retaining female employees is key to upping gender diversity. Professional networks are helping women at business school and beyond climb the corporate ladder.

Dramatic new clampdown on non-EU skilled migrants will harm top business schools and the companies seeking to hire them.

Progress on achieving pay parity has been slow, even at the MBA-level — contributing to the lack of female representation on company boards.

Business schools have been scrambling to drive up female representation on boards. New research shows that education is key to getting more women company directors.

Research from leading UK academics is producing spinout companies worth billions. But universities are under increasing pressure to justify their research budgets with commercial success.

The UK's top schools say they are being hurt by immigration curbs, as an employer visa cap edges closer to being filled - threatening the career prospects of non-EU students.

Alibaba, the leading global Chinese e-commerce group, has joined the likes of Amazon in launching an MBA recruitment track to develop commercial leaders.

Disruptive tech and demographic change have shaped major changes in how business schools function. Applicants are more globally-mobile and institutions are fighting for talent.

Oxford is poised to launch a £300 million joint venture that will develop technology start-ups — the latest example of education powering up early-stage companies.