A Royal visit
On Wednesday, 13 April, 2016, HRH Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, visited Ashridge House, home to Ashridge Executive Education. This was the first royal to visit Ashridge House since 1823, when a very young Queen Victoria visited and planted an oak tree that survives to this day on the South Lawn. The Duke’ s visit had a dual purpose: to see and understand what Ashridge offers from an education perspective, as well as to open the refurbished East Wing and The Duke of York room within it.
Cap and gown moment
On Saturday, 8 May, 2016, we welcomed 360 excited guests to celebrate the graduation of our 2016 graduates. The ceremony took place in the Chapel, one of James Wyatt’ s masterpieces. Family and friends were seated in Repton Hall to watch the graduates receive their scrolls. After the ceremony, photos were taken out on the terrace, champagne corks were popped, and a fantastic feast of scones, cakes, and sandwiches was available in the Lady Marion Alford Room and Old Library.
The first of its kind
The Premier League is the largest league in the footballing world, and its top coaches have recently graduated from the Elite Coach Apprentice Scheme( ECAS) at Ashridge Executive Education. Through ECAS, Ashridge uses a business-world approach to develop the leadership and people skills of coaches who want to push their game to the next level. The ECAS program is the first of its kind worldwide. Keep an eye out for the program’ s pioneering coaches as they lift trophies around the world!
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