business education

New scholarship to increase diversity in business education launched by GMAC

GMAC scholarship
As business schools identify and support the true value of diversity, GMAC demonstrates how to walk the talk with the launch of a new scholarship.  The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has launched a brand new scholarship, the GMATTM Talent and Opportunity Scholarship for 10 European business school applicants, aimed at improving inclusion in graduate management…
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Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) scheme: Challenges, opportunities and recruitment process

GTA
The GTA scheme provides PhD scholarships where postgraduate research students undertake PhD research while also engaging in structured opportunities for development and experience in learning, teaching and assessment. Their Core responsibilities include teaching-related activities, such as leading lecturing and/or tutorials, supervising Undergraduate and Postgraduate projects, assisting students in understanding technical materials, marking, and providing feedback…
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Challenging, exciting, eye-opening: Students of AUC’s first CO-OP programme share their experience

AUC CO-OP
“Student learning should never be confined to the walls of a classroom. The CO-OP program is designed to give our students a headstart in today’s highly competitive job market.” – Ahmed Abdel-Meguid, associate professor of accounting and Founding CO-OP Faculty Mentor. As part of the school’s efforts in offering experiential learning opportunities and in collaboration…
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Are virtual campuses the future of business education?

virtual campus
As advances in technology continue to impact our lives, Associate Director Stephanie Mullins and colleague Luke Kerin at specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education explore three examples of how business schools have embraced technology when it comes to their campuses. The way people live their lives has changed drastically. Even without the impact of COVID-19, people were shifting towards technology…
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SMEs: The key to global sustainability and climate change ambitions?

SME
As business schools become increasingly conscious of their responsibilities to both people and planet, PR consultants Stephanie Mullins and Kerry Ruffle from specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education explore the role SMEs can play in the fight to be more sustainable. As our world’s industries, large and small, are put under increasing pressure to find ways to work more…
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Redefining the (im)possible at the 2022 Deans & Directors Conference

redefine the (im)possible
Marion Debruyne, Dean of Vlerick Business School and 2022 EFMD Deans & Directors Conference Chair, shares her thoughts on the conference and redefining the (im)possible.  The theme of this year’s EFMD Dean & Directors conference was “redefine the (im)possible”. A theme that surely resonated with a lot of deans attending the conference. Because redefining the…
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