Quality assurance & impact
Initial EQUIS accreditation for Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and eight schools receive re-accreditation
Warmest congratulations to Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) for receiving its initial EQUIS accreditation! We are pleased to welcome the school to our EQUIS community. Alfons Sauquet, Quality Services & EQUIS Director, commented on the school’s achievement, ‘We are pleased to welcome our fourth African school to the EQUIS community. GIBS impressed us with…
Read MoreCan you see me? Where next with my on-screen presence?
Dr Keith Pond, Director of EFMD’s Online Course Certification System, discusses the need for better production quality and on-screen presence for digital learning. I’m an academic, not a TV star Is yours the tiny head and shoulders in a box at the bottom of your slides invisible to students using mobile phones? Are you the…
Read MoreInitial EQUIS accreditation to Bologna Business School, IIMK, NUCB Business School, SEBA and SGH Warsaw School of Economics and five more schools receive re-accreditation
We are pleased to announce that Bologna Business School, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), NUCB Business School, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University and SGH Warsaw School of Economics have received their initial EQUIS accreditation. Warm congratulations to these schools! Alfons Sauquet, Quality Services & EQUIS…
Read MoreInitial EFMD Programme Accreditation awarded to Bissett School of Business, Goodman School of Business and MacEwan University School of Business
EFMD is pleased to announce that programme accreditation was recently awarded to Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Goodman School of Business, Brock University, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Co-op International Double Degree and MacEwan University School of Business, Bachelor of Commerce. Barbara Sporn, Director of EFMD Programme Accreditation,…
Read MoreNew normal – new balances: Is there a way back to offline MBA programmes?
Lomonosov Moscow State University from Russia was one of the virtual EOCCS certified co-hosts at the fifth EOCCS Learning Community Symposium, which took place on 23 and 24 of September 2021. During our block of presentations, we discussed our experience of the transition to online teaching forced by the pandemic restrictions at classical MBA programmes.…
Read MoreEFMD Sharing Best Practice workshop explored the post-pandemic era of corporate learning
Re-imagining the post-pandemic world of L&D was the theme of the highly interactive Sharing Best Practice online workshop that EFMD conducted on 28 September in partnership with the CLIP accredited AIA Group. Almost 50 participants joined. Gyan Nagpal, head of the AIA Leadership Centre (ALC), provided an overview of how leadership development will be a…
Read MoreNew EFMD Rendanheyi (RDHY) Certification scheme
EFMD is pleased to introduce the new corporate Rendanheyi (RDHY) Certification scheme as a joint initiative with Business Ecosystem Alliance (BEA) and Haier Model Research Institute (HMI). Rendanheyi is a management model for the Internet of Things (IoT) era, enabling organisations to thrive in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world. It follows principles…
Read MoreSDA Bocconi School of Management receives initial BSIS label and two schools renew
We are pleased to announce that SDA Bocconi School of Management has completed the Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and received the BSIS label. The University of Bedfordshire Business School and the University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, have also completed the BSIS assessment process to renew their BSIS label and…
Read MoreAdrift in an ocean of quality data?
Yes, it is annoying, but also fascinating, how the tech giants such as Amazon, Alibaba, Google and Microsoft know enough about us to alert us to new opportunities. They use targeted advertising, reminders, nudges and suggestions linked to our online activity. Well, that’s how they make their money, they are motivated to understand the individual…
Read MoreCOVID-19 – a shot in the arm for digital strategy in Higher Education?
Some of us, untouched by the personal tragedy at this time, may be forgiven for seeing the COVID-19 pandemic as a huge opportunity – an opportunity for boosting digital learning in Higher Education. Whether through existing strategy or changed direction, brought about by the sudden need to deliver teaching and assessments remotely, many Universities are…
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