New Webinar Series: Business Proofing of Business Schools
“The Business Proofing of Business Schools” webinar series will be launched today. It is presented in partnership by XOLAS, GBSN and EFMD GN. Initially planned as a 5-part series, the webinars will explore how the pandemic is affecting the business side of business school operations. How can executive teams deal with the short-term fall-out of…
Read MoreKnowing me, knowing you – new research to help business school communicators better understand the challenges and strategies of reaching external stakeholders
EFMD is calling upon external relations, marketing and communications teams to take part in new research into how different business schools are communicating and how they compare to their peers. Working with higher education consultancy CarringtonCrisp and business education communications specialists Roe Communications, the research will address: The biggest barriers and challenges to their work,…
Read MoreDid COVID-19 impact hiring demand and salaries for MBA and Business Master’s graduates?
Thanks to participating schools, the GMAC 2020 Corporate Recruiters Survey (CRS) received responses from over 700 employers by mid-March. In the wake of COVID-19, GMAC is launching a follow-up survey in June to get a better picture of the hiring landscape for business school graduates. If your school did not participate in the February/March survey,…
Read MoreCOVID-19: updates & actions
Updated on 17 June 2020 The coronavirus is having a significant impact on individuals, which is equally affecting the operations of business education and corporate institutions across our network. Given the WHO announcement declaring the spread of COVID-19 a pandemic, we are taking appropriate actions to ensure a safe environment for our members, associates, volunteers…
Read MoreSincere Thoughts & Condolences from EFMD – Nisar Ahmad Siddiqui
On behalf of the Board of EFMD, the members and staff we were deeply saddened to hear of Nisar’s death. Prof. Nisar Ahmad Siddiqui President, AMDISA, Vice-Chancellor, Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan, President, AMDIP. Prof. Siddiqui dedicated his career to promoting education in Pakistan, providing opportunities for equitable and quality schooling for students. The Federal government…
Read MoreDeveloping skills after the COVID-19 crisis
By Gaël Fouillard, Director of Executive Education at Grenoble Ecole de Management While energy, biotech and digital tech are still promising areas of expertise at Grenoble Ecole de Management, other sectors have suffered greatly from the Covid crisis. How can these sectors adapt and innovate to overcome this situation? What training options are available to…
Read MoreInternships & Employment during Covid-19: How have Grenoble Ecole de Management supported their students?
By Mara Saviotti, International Communications Coordinator at Grenoble Ecole de Management Faced with a disrupted employment and internship market, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) has deployed an array of services and initiatives for its students to support them in their job and internship searches. These include continuous surveys to monitor student employment, online recruitment events…
Read MoreWar vs. economic peace in times of crisis
“We are at war.” It’s a phrase the French President, Emmanuel Macron, repeated 8 times during a primetime speech at the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. Along the same lines, the French Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, explained that the country would face a terrible economic war in the aftermath of this crisis.…
Read MoreGrenoble IAE Graduate School of Management, Université Grenoble Alpes, Bachelor in management now accredited EPAS
Congratulations to Grenoble IAE Graduate School of Management, Université Grenoble Alpes for the EPAS accreditation of its Bachelor in Management. EPAS is designed as a quality enhancement process for particular programmes within an institution. It aims to evaluate the quality of degree programmes in business and/or management. The process involves an in-depth review of individual programmes…
Read MoreEPAS Accreditation awarded to Toulouse School of Management, Toulouse 1 Capitole University
We are delighted to announce the initial EPAS accreditation of the Master in Finance & the Doctoral Programme in Management of Toulouse School of Management (TSM), Toulouse 1 Capitole University. As an international programme accreditation system, EPAS aims to evaluate the quality of business and/or management degree programmes that have an international perspective. The process involves…
Read MoreBologna University Business School; Faculty of Business and Economics, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences & School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University have their programmes successfully re-accredited by EPAS
Congratulations to the following three institutions who have recently been granted EPAS re-accreditation for their programmes: Bologna University Business School Master in Human Resources and Organisation Faculty of Business and Economics, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences Professional Bachelor in European Business Studies School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University Bachelor’s Programme in International Business Management…
Read MoreKozminski University’s impact assessed by the BSIS
Kozminski University, founded in 1993, is a private and autonomous institution of higher education located in Warsaw, Poland. Recently, it has gone through the Business School Impact System (BSIS), being the first school to be assessed online due to the restrictions posed by the pandemic. Michel Kalika, Director, BSIS, said: “We’re delighted to have the…
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