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emlyon business school partners with L’atelier des Chefs

chefs
emlyon business school has partnered with L’atelier des Chefs to give students in its Master in Management programme the opportunity to earn a vocational qualification alongside their Master degree, helping them develop practical skills in professions less vulnerable to automation and artificial intelligence. The initiative allows students to combine elite management education with technical, hands-on…
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Universities should see admissions design as a strategic tool for widening access

Corvinus Study
A study co-authored by Corvinus University of Budapest researcher Péter Biró shows that the way universities match applicants, programmes and financial terms can influence not only who gets admitted, but also how fairly and effectively available places are used. University admissions systems are often seen as technical processes: students submit their preferences, institutions define entry…
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AI at a Crossroads: Join the 12th CEIBS Europe Forum 2026 in Brussels

CEIBS Europe Forum
Artificial intelligence is no longer a niche technology story. It is a systemic force rewriting industrial models, national strategies, and the architecture of global governance — all at once. Against this backdrop, the 12th CEIBS Europe Forum convenes on 24 June 2026, simultaneously in Brussels and Shanghai, to ask a question that carries the weight…
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INSEAD and BCG launch new report on delivering energy transformation

energy insead
Three structural dilemmas have slowed progress in the energy transition: the inter-temporal dilemma – costs are immediate, but benefits are long-term and uncertain; the commons dilemma – costs are local, but benefits are global; and the competitiveness dilemma – early movers risk losing ground to less constrained peers. Together, these dynamics explain why collective ambition…
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New initiative to support MBA students with flexible financing and career readiness tools

Ascent GMAC
GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council) has announced a collaboration with Ascent Funding, a leading provider of private student loan products and student support services, facilitated through its bank partners. Together, GMAC and Ascent aim to help Master of Business Administration (MBA) and other business master’s program students better plan for, pay for, and succeed in…
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Career Services Director on employment trends, career reinvention, and international mobility

MBA employment career services
Carla Silva is the Career Services Director at Porto Business School in Portugal, which recently released its International MBA Employment Report 2025. We learn more from Carla about the new employment trends she is seeing, how AI is impacting recruitment and career services, and what the new report reveals about MBA graduate employment today. 1.…
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