{"id":5386,"date":"2024-09-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/women-in-mba-scholarships-now-available\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:58:25","slug":"women-in-mba-scholarships-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/women-in-mba-scholarships-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in MBA Scholarship supports future female leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Curtin is supporting more women to study a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with 10 dedicated scholarships available.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the WiMBA program<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Women in MBA scholarship<\/a> program (WiMBA) is a joint initiative from Curtin’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) and four other leading Australian business schools, to address the gender imbalance in MBA study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MBA leads to stronger career outcomes <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Studying an MBA offers valuable networking opportunities. You\u2019ll be able to expand your network across a range of industries, and it’s common for our MBA students to advance their careers before finishing their program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Sarah Kahle, the WiMBA Scholarship opened a career pathway that was otherwise impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe convenience of the city location and flexibility offered by Curtin made the idea [of an MBA] very tempting, and then the incredibly generous Women in MBA Scholarship made my idea a reality,\u201d Sarah explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WiMBA Scholarship recipient Sarah Kahle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah completed her MBA in 2023 while working in a local government role. She says her exposure to design thinking and innovation techniques in the MBA program proved useful in numerous scenarios at work. Sarah has since progressed her career to Manager of Entrepreneurship Programs and Community at Curtin University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a woman juggling a career, family life and work, having something I was doing just for myself became an important part of my MBA experience. It allowed me to take time out from my other responsibilities and concentrate on what I needed to do for my course \u2013 and for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helping to change industry attitudes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The WiMBA Scholarship plays a vital role in getting industry to think in the right way about women\u2019s potential and to back women to achieve that potential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government\u2019s 2024 Status of Women Report Card<\/a> shows that women in Australia are diverse, educated and hardworking \u2013 and that we have the fourth highest level of tertiary-educated women in the OECD<\/a>. And it is recognised that increasing female workforce participation is key to boosting Australia\u2019s productivity and innovation<\/a>. In fact, a 2018 projection by KPMG found that if the workplace gap between men and women were halved, Australia\u2019s annual GDP<\/a> would increase by A$60 billion in just 20 years. Yet, women still earn less than men<\/a>, do more hours of unpaid care and are less likely to be in leadership positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Davina Hunter, the WiMBA Scholarship took the financial factor out of her decision to study an MBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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