The 32nd edition of Brandstorm, L’Oréal’s signature innovation competition for young people, has just launched. L’Oréal Brandstorm is L’Oréal’s Group’s signature innovation competition for young people. Brandstorm is one of L’Oréal’s longest-running programs, dedicated to helping youth kickstart their careers. The competition takes place annually, and each year, it challenges young minds with a different…

Anyone who has been a child sitting in the back of a vehicle on a long journey will have heard or uttered the question: “Are we there yet?” For children (and adults) disengaged from the process of driving the vehicle, the journey can appear to be endless. If the destination is too distant, or the road…

No visit to Spain is complete without sampling a delicious dish of paella. However, obtaining agreement on the “best” or “original” recipe for this Valencian or Catalan delicacy is more problematic. Is it a meat dish? Is it seafood fare? Does the rice go in first or last?… The 7th annual EOCCS learning community symposium, hosted…

This blog is an unapologetic plug for the 7th EOCCS Learning Community symposium on the topic of online engagement. When considering this blog post, I remembered the various blogs I have written over the years on the subject of engagement. Blogs such as: Marvellous – a blueprint for student engagement? and, Youth (and education) wasted…

We are pleased to announce that the following institutions were recently granted the EOCCS certification for their courses: CEDEP Mastering Business Excellence – Learning in a Virtual Environment Rome Business School – three courses part of the Master in Marketing and Sales. Accounting and Budgeting Human Resources Management Project and Operations Management Acknowledging the institutions,…

In an EOCCS Community webinar held on 31 May 2023, our focus was on what students get up to outside the classroom. In many conventional or traditional models of teaching the focus is on the key contact hours. What students do outside the classroom is often summarised as “private study”. Reading lists and guided reading…