BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, April 23, 2013 (Press-News.org) Help us shape the future of the undergraduate curriculum and business schools experience? Multi-campus, continent, language? Do you really need more soft skills? Are you ready for work? Is the workplace ready for you? Is it even worth going to business school? What is missing from your current programme? If you were the Dean for a day and could make changes what would they be?
What do you think your programme should look like by 2020 to prepare future students to be effective business leaders? Assemble a team and produce a video that provides your prediction. Be creative--be more than a talking head. Create something highly engaging and persuasive that can be used today to help shape programs as they evolve. Consider: technology, experiential learning, globalization, student teacher interaction, or anything else you think is relevant.
We are asking undergraduates all over the world to share a short 3-5 minute video on how they would like to see the Undergraduate experience by 2020. The winning team (upto 3 members) will be invited to the EFMD Annual Undergraduate Conference that will take place at the St Petersburg Graduate School of Management, St Petersburg, Russia to share their ideas with a network of undergraduate programme directors who are part of the EFMD community of business schools.
Full details on how to take part can be found at EFMD Vision 2020. Please feel free to share this with colleagues, undergraduate students and programme directors.
If you have any questions please Diana GROTE at diana.grote@efmd.org.
About EFMD
EFMD acts as a catalyst to enhance excellence in management education and development globally. Made up of over 800 member organizations from academia, business, public service and consultancy in over 80 countries, EFMD acts as a unique forum for information, research, networking and debate on innovation and best practice in management development. www.efmd.org
About Babson
Babson College is the #1 school for entrepreneurship in the world. Learn more about how we are changing the future of business management education and has a mission to educate leaders who will create social and economic value everywhere.
About Robins School of Business
The University of Richmond provides a collaborative learning and research environment unlike any other in higher education, offering students an extraordinary combination of the liberal arts with law, business, leadership studies, and continuing education. The Robins School of Business is ranked by Bloomberg Business Week as #17 among U.S. undergraduate business programs and #1 for undergraduate international business for the past two years.
EFMD, Babson & Robins School of Business Launch Vision 2020 Video Contest for Undergraduate Students
Calling all undergraduates - we want your ideas, your story and your vision on how an undergraduate programme should look for the starting class of 2020.
2013-04-23
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[Press-News.org] EFMD, Babson & Robins School of Business Launch Vision 2020 Video Contest for Undergraduate StudentsCalling all undergraduates - we want your ideas, your story and your vision on how an undergraduate programme should look for the starting class of 2020.