Even as employers recognise the ongoing impact of the macroeconomic shifts and geopolitical intricacies on their hiring decisions, business schools should feel reassured that their intentional cultivation of relevant skills in their students is paying off. GMAC’s latest survey results reveal business school graduates remain sought-after by employers as valuable contributors and future leaders in…

The landscape of employment is undergoing a seismic shift. Recent projections indicate that nearly half of entry-level white-collar positions may disappear within the next decade, with artificial intelligence fundamentally restructuring traditional career pathways. As leaders in higher education, we face an unprecedented challenge: how do we prepare students for a job market that is being…

Rankings and league tables are as synonymous with business schools as the Eiffel Tower is with Paris or the Elbphilharmonie with Hamburg. It is hard to imagine management education without rankings like those from the Financial Times, Businessweek, or US News. Schools proudly promote high-ranking positions and often dismiss low ones by criticising their methodology.…

We are seeking the perspectives of external doctoral supervisors – professionals in organisations outside higher education who contribute to the supervision of doctoral (PhD) researchers. Through focus groups, we hope to understand how external supervisors approach their roles, support doctoral candidates, and work with university-based supervisors. These focus groups will form part of the UK-wide…

A cross-border multi-campus business school is a single school with campuses spread across multiple countries or continents, operating within a multitude of cultures, conventions, and contexts—all of which must be coordinated, consolidated, and, above all, competently managed. There is no shortage of examples. CEIBS and ESSEC both operate campuses across Africa, Asia, and Europe, while…

Management education caters to adult learners, often professionals seeking to enhance their skills in a dynamic business environment. Three learning approaches—pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy—offer distinct frameworks for designing effective educational experiences. Pedagogy is the traditional teacher-centred method, andragogy focuses on self-directed adult learning, and heutagogy emphasises self-determined learning where learners control both content and process.…