Highered offers a monthly webinar Masterclass to the global talent network. The webinar Masterclass series features topics that support EFMD students, graduates, and alumni in their career journeys. The upcoming January Masterclass webinar Rock Your LinkedIn Profile will dive deep into creating a strong LinkedIn profile to strengthen the digital presence and to facilitate talent…

What defines a successful Masters Programme? What would your definition be? Stéphanie Villemagne, Associate Dean MiF & MiM and Chair of the 2019 EFMD Master Programmes Conference at IE Madrid shares her key takeaway messages. Success Revisited Successful people do not necessarily define success as being rich or powerful; instead, they often talk about relationships,…

From Resource to Full-Service Career Service Solution Since the launch of Highered to EFMD Full Member Schools in 2017, more than 90% of the school members have activated their Highered system. The strategic EFMD initiative is proud to announce the transition from being solely a Global Career Platform resource to now offering EFMD members a…

Reflections on the 2019 EFMD Executive Education Conference by the conference Chair, Africa Ariño, Professor of Strategic Management, IESE Business School. The current landscape of business education calls for a transformation in the practice of learning. No single institution can undertake such a transformation on its own. To achieve it, leveraging partnerships is of the essence.…

A look back at the 2019 Bachelor Programmes Conference by the conference chair, Ronan Gruenbaum, Dean, London Undergraduate Campus, Hult International Business School. The 2019 EFMD Bachelor Programmes Conference is focused on the particular challenges undergraduate business degrees face, with students undertaking three or four-year programmes and often coming with very different perspectives and expectations compared to…

By Winfried Ruigrok, Dean, Executive School of Management, Technology & Law and Professor of International Management, University of St.Gallen (Switzerland) Over the past fifteen years, rankings have become a ubiquitous and often uncomfortable phenomenon of business school life. The surge of rankings has led to strong reactions. Some scholars even talk about ranking “fetishism”. University…