higher education

The COVID-19 Challenge: An Update from Singapore

Richard R. Smith, Ph.D. is a Professor at Singapore Management University where he also serves as Deputy Dean for the Lee Kong Chian School of Business. While Singapore was the location of the film Crazy Rich Asians, a more current view of the city-state might be better described as Crazy Vigilant Singaporeans! The COVID-19 pandemic…
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New Programme for Quality Assurance Professionals

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EFMD Global Network (GN) is adding a new flagship offering to its growing portfolio of professional development programmes, the QUALITY ASSURANCE ACADEMY. The inaugural edition will take place between November 2019 and January 2020 with the face-to-face workshop segment hosted by Corvinus Business School on December 11-13 in Budapest, Hungary. The QUALITY ASSURANCE ACADEMY is…
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Data Science Resources for Prospective Students

  Just a few years ago, few people could say what Data Science is. Now data scientists are some of the most sought-after professionals and every organisation is searching for one. Data Science is a rapidly emerging field blending skills from Business, Statistics, & Computer Science. Schools are scrambling to add programs and new curriculum…
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The Disruptive Power of Online Education: Challenges, Opportunities, Responses

It is with a great pleasure that MCI Management Center Innsbruck announces the publication of “The Disruptive Power of Online Education: Challenges, Opportunities, Responses“. The book has been published by the Emerald Publishing Limited and is available as a hardback, e-book and a paperback edition.   Description The higher education sector is being disrupted through…
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Expresso Newspaper: Global Management Challenge, a simulation course offered by SDG received the EOCCS certification

Expresso Newspaper, 21 July 2018 The Global Management Challenge received the EOCCS certification from EFMD Eric Cornuel, CEO of EFMD, with João Matoso Henriques, CEO of SDG, and Keith Pond, EOCCS Director EFMD – The European Foundation for Management Development, a global organisation dedicated to continuous management development and leading certification programs as well as…
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Retaining public trust in universities in a post truth world

HUMANE Annual Conference Hosted by Malmö University June 15-16, 2018 The American political scientist, Francis Fukuyama famously wrote that public trust is the “currency of governance”. Without it, institutions bleed legitimacy and their credibility falters. We live in a world where those who promote alternative facts, fake news and advocate suspicion towards experts are eroding…
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