higher education

Navigating uncertainty together: What to expect at the 2025 EFMD Annual Conference

Annual Conference navigating uncertainty
We are living in uncertain times. For business schools navigating uncertainty, the speed of technological change (including the rapid rise of AI), a shifting geopolitical landscape, economic volatility, and evolving policy regimes such as pushback against DEI efforts are converging to challenge long-held assumptions across sectors. The result is an acceleration of complexity—and a growing…
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On the brink of the “Internet Oscar” — A university website among the Webby Award nominees

Rankless
Rankless, a data visualisation platform developed at Corvinus University of Budapest, has received a Webby Award nomination as one of the top five Scientific Websites of the year. How did this website manage to reach such success? The jury announced the 2025 Webby Awards finalists on 31 March, and this year, in the “Website and…
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Why resume scoring tools are failing students — and no one’s talking about it

Scoring tools
Every year, universities spend thousands on tools that promise to prepare students for the job market. Among the most common are resume-scoring platforms. These AI-powered systems offer students a score based on how well their CVs align with so-called “best practices” — start each bullet with an action verb, use quantifiable results, avoid first-person pronouns,…
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Corvinus University and Mastercard enter collaboration

A thematic mini-course, a student team competition, and a new scholarship are among the opportunities outlined in the memorandum of understanding recently signed by Corvinus University of Budapest and the financial corporation Mastercard. The agreement was signed on Tuesday, 28 January, at Corvinus University’s Gellért Campus by Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Rector of Corvinus University of…
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Gamified learning: Using Metaverse simulations to enhance business decision-making

gamification gamified learning
Imagine a boardroom where MBA students negotiate a multi-billion-dollar merger, not with spreadsheets and slides, but as avatars in a virtual skyscraper overlooking a digital cityscape. Across the table, their counterparts hail from different continents, and market conditions shift in real time based on AI-driven scenarios. This is the power of gamified learning in the…
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Faculty retention and addressing attrition in higher educational institutions: The way forward

faculty
In the post-pandemic world, it was evident from the research that teacher attrition was a major problem, which inherently led to disruption in teaching continuity and planning, decreased student learning and increased costs related to recruiting and hiring teachers (Ingersoll, 2003; Kirby & Grissmer, 1997).  It is seen that a high degree of faculty turnover…
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