2011 EFMD Conference on Undergraduate Management Education

Presentations

Wednesday, 5 October
14:30 - 15:30 Registrations
15:30 - 16:00 Welcome
Gyula Zilahy, Vice Dean for International and Research Affairs, Corvinus University, HU
Mathias Falkenstein, Director, Business School Services, EFMD
Jonathan Slack, Chief Executive, Association of Business Schools, UK
16:00 - 17:00 The Current Challenges of Undergraduate Management Education
Lawrence G. Singleton
, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, School of Business
The George Washington University, US
17:00 - 17:30 EFMD update
Mathias Falkenstein
, Director, Business School Services, EFMD
19:00 Dinner

 

Thursday, 6 October
09:00 - 09:45 Competition, Nationalisation and Privatisation of Higher Education in the UK and Europe: Implications for Undergraduate Business and Management Education
Huw Morris, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Executive Dean of the College of Arts & Social Sciences, the University of Salford, UK
09:45 - 10:15 Corporate Undergraduate Framework - Stretching the Traditional UG Academic Models
Melanie Currie
, Head of Undergraduate Programmes, Nottingham Business School, UK
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 11:30 What Students Want
Andrew Crisp, Director, CarringtonCrisp, UK
11:45 - 12:30 Engaging Students in Management Schools: concepts, practices, resources.
This keynote is based on two research projects funded by the UK Higher Education Academy and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. It considers a) the different understandings of ‘student engagement’ and b) the links between the evidence about student engagement and associated leadership practices. It showcases relevant resources and tested frameworks for action aimed at leaders.
Paul Trowler, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK.
Paul Trowler's "Toolkit"
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Breakout sessions on teaching and learning (repeated):
Engaging Students in Management Schools: concepts, practices, Learning Styles: Making Students' Different Styles a Strength in Undergraduate Teaching
Anne Swanberg, Head of BI LearningLab, Norwegian School of Management, NO
Engaging Students in Management Schools: concepts, practices, resources.
The associated workshop offers an opportunity for participants, by means of simulation, to grapple with these issues through engaging their own experiences and understandings.
Vicky Trowler, Freelance Researcher, Lancaster University, UK
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 - 16:00 Breakout sessions on teaching and learning:
Learning Styles: Making Students' Different Styles a Strength in Undergraduate Teaching
Anne Swanberg, Head of BI LearningLab, Norwegian School of Management, NO
Engaging Students in Management Schools: concepts, practices, resources.
The associated workshop offers an opportunity for participants, by means of simulation, to grapple with these issues through engaging their own experiences and understandings.
Vicky Trowler, Freelance Researcher, Lancaster University, UK
16:00 - 17:15 Life boat sessions
Participants will get the chance to discuss 3 challenges they are confronted with together with their colleagues and peers. Each round of discussions will take 30 minutes.
19:00 Dinner

 

Friday, 7 October
09:30 - 10:00 Panel on Internships
This panel will explore the learning outcomes and experience of the different parties involved in internships (students, employers and internship coordinators)
Déborah Etienne, Director of Human Resources, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, L’Oreal
András Bálint
, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Corvinus University of Budapest, HU
Gergő Haris
, Four Seasons Budapest, HU
10:00 - 10:45 Employer Perspective
What do employers expect from the students they hire? What are their challenges and suggestions?
Katalin Ránky, Director External Affairs and former CEO, L'Oreal S.A, HU
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break and presentation of drawings
11:15 - 12:45 Trim the Sails
Moderated by Dennis Hanno, Dean, Undergraduate School, Babson College, US
12:45 - 13:15 Closing Remarks and Welcome to the 2012 Conference
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch