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EFMD Global is a worldwide network of business schools, companies and associations involved in management development. Sharing updates & insights from the community. #EFMDEQUIS #EFMDaccredited

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📢 We're planning a variety of global conferences, workshops and more in the months ahead. Check out the list and the QR codes for our 2026 events to grow your network.
🗓️ All Events:
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January 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM
🎇 Wishing you a joyful New Year from EFMD Global! 🎇

✨ May 2026 be filled with new opportunities, rewarding connections, lasting accomplishments, and great achievements. ✨
December 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
💫 2025 in focus: The year's defining reads. Professor Baback Yazdani explains that, with Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) being adopted faster than any previous technology, graduates must possess both technology proficiency and an understanding of ethical use.
Business Schools are Ideally Positioned to Answer the Demand for AI-literate Graduates - Global Focus Magazine
Nottingham Business School integrates GenAI across curricula, blending ethics, technical skills & soft skills to prepare adaptable graduates.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💫 2025 in focus: The year's defining reads. Management Professor Thomas Bieger discusses how, in an increasingly competitive higher education market, strategy is crucial for business school excellence and accreditation.
Business School Strategy – What Really Matters - Global Focus Magazine
With AI drafting strategy papers, business schools must build distinctiveness, foster shared vision, and manage strategic dilemmas with agility.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
★彡 Poets&Quants’ 2025–2026 International MBA Ranking again places INSEAD first, marking its eleventh win in sixteen years and a third consecutive top position. Europe dominates the upper tier, led by INSEAD, IESE Business School, and London Business School, followed by SDA Bocconi, IMD, and Esade.
Poets&Quants' 2025-2026 International MBA Ranking
Europe’s domination continues: INSEAD, IESE, LBS & Bocconi repeat as the top 4 while CEIBS, last year’s No. 9, falls 20 spots.
poetsandquants.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💫 2025 in focus: The year's defining reads. Ekin Ilseven and Filipe Santos reflect on the 2025 EFMD Deans Conference, which examined how deans can act as safe harbours amid volatility, balancing competing realities, conflict, and responsibility.
In the Middle of it All: Deans as Cultivators of Community Resilience - Global Focus Magazine
The EFMD Deans conference spotlighted deans embracing resilience, innovation, and dialogue to lead through global challenges.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
💫 2025 in focus: The year's defining reads. Dr Stephanie Lambert reflects on the EFMD Student Experience Workshop, which highlighted parallels between student and leadership loneliness, emphasising emotional and social connectedness as central to wellbeing, resilience, and effective decision-making.
Lonely at the Top - Global Focus Magazine
The EFMD Student Experience Workshop exposes the cost of competitive leadership, urging business schools to nurture resilient leaders.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🏆 What Does Success Mean to You? Drawing on her interviews with executives, artists, academics, and students, "Your Career, Unscripted" podcast host Jane Cortez, reflects on success as a deeply personal concept, shaped by experience rather than titles, income, or comparison.
What Does Success Mean To You? What I’ve Learned From Executives, Leaders, Artists, MBAs & Students
Jane Cortez explores how redefining success on your own terms can be the most liberating career move of all.
poetsandquants.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
✨Thank you to our members, governance bodies, reviewers, partners, speakers and staff for your commitment throughout 2025. We wish you a wonderful holiday season and all the best in the new year!

🎶🎄Season’s greetings and best wishes,
EFMD Global

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December 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🇬🇧 Following the recent CLO Roundtable in London, EFMD and @londonbschool.bsky.social have published a joint white paper on corporate learning and #AI adoption based on discussions with more than 20 organisations.
📚 Learn more:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/CLO-White-Paper
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🤖 Reports of more than half of online articles being generated by AI have ignited concerns about the future of human writing. However, distinctive human voices are not disappearing. They may, in fact, be becoming more valuable precisely because they are harder to replicate. @theconversation.com
More than half of new articles on the internet are being written by AI – is human writing headed for extinction?
As AI floods the internet with text, it could mean human voices will matter more – not less.
theconversation.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
💫2025 in focus: The year's defining reads. In this feature, the authors discuss the tension between the promise of #AI & the challenges institutions face in adjusting their operational models. We invite you to revisit, "The Executive Imperative: Why Business School Leaders Must Drive AI Adoption."
The Executive Imperative: Why Business School Leaders Must Drive AI Adoption and Become Institutional Entrepreneurs - Global Focus Magazine
Delve into the importance of AI for business schools. Transforming operating models requires decisive leadership and action.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Paris School of Business, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, Cork University Business School, and Wits Business School for achieving their first #EFMDEQUIS accreditation!
🎉And, congratulations to the 13 re-accredited schools!
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🇰🇿 We are pleased to announce that Narxoz University School of Economics and Management (SEM), Kazakhstan, has successfully completed the EFMD Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment process and has been awarded the #EFMDBSIS label for positive impact.
Narxoz SEM awarded EFMD BSIS label for positive impact
Narxoz University School of Economics and Management (SEM) has been awarded the EFMD BSIS label for positive impact.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🗺️⁀જ✈︎ European #businessschools are drawing applicants deterred from the United States by political uncertainty, visa limits, high fees, and weaker job prospects. As reported in @financialtimes.com, consultants note a broader shift as candidates from multiple regions look elsewhere.
European business schools gain from US pain
Deans say they are attracting candidates put off US study by visa uncertainty and criticism of universities
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December 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🎓 GMAC, EFMD Global & business schools gather employer feedback through the annual Corporate Recruiters Survey, informing hiring outlooks, talent priorities & valued skills.
🗓️ Register by 18 December to join the 2026 edition to ensure your employers are represented & get access to the final report.
Join the 2026 GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey
Join the 2026 GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey on talent acquisition, hiring trends, in-demand skills, & graduate business education’s role in future leaders.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
💫 As 2025 draws to a close, we revisit some of the year’s most impactful Global Focus features. In "Building Impact Through Strategic Unity," leaders explain how business schools are reassessing their role by emphasising responsible research that serves the common good while maintaining credibility.
Building Impact Through Strategic Unity: Business Schools’ Responsibility to the Common Good
Business schools must balance credibility and relevance, fostering responsible research that bridges theory and practice.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🇮🇹The 2025 EFMD Master Programmes Conference has just concluded in Bologna, with discussions on #sustainability, #AI, well-being, leadership, collaboration, student goals, & employer expectations. Thanks to Bologna Business School and all participants!
📍Next year: Frankfurt School, 2–4 December 2026.
December 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🇫🇷🇮🇳🇫🇮 Congratulations to Excelia Business School, France, Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), India, and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Finland, for achieving EFMD Programme Accreditation! And, congratulations to four programmes for receiving re-accreditation!
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🎓 According to six business school experts, ideal #EMBA candidates show seasoned leadership, strategic judgement, curiosity, and a readiness to contribute. They work well with others and bring purpose to their development, as shared by Stephanie Mullins-Wiles @blueskyeducation.bsky.social.
Is there a perfect EMBA candidate?
What qualities make the perfect EMBA candidate? We speak to six business school experts to find out.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
✨EFMD Global is delighted to be collaborating with CarringtonCrisp, Full Fabric, and 4Uni Solutions on a global study exploring the role and influence of AI and sustainability in higher education. Participation is free, with a comprehensive report provided to all who join.
🔗 bit.ly/See-the-Future
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🇪🇺 European business schools are expanding their multi-campus provision to enhance international study and career pathways. Around one-fifth of EQUIS-accredited institutions run these programmes, largely in France and the UK. Learn more from @moulesie.bsky.social @financialtimes.com.
Demand rises for cross-border business degrees
Business schools are increasingly offering multi-campus programmes to prepare students for global careers
www.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📢 We're planning a variety of global conferences, workshops and more in the months ahead. Check out the list and the QR codes for our 2026 events to grow your network.
🗓️ All Events:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Events
📚Explore our Activities Portfolio:
╰┈➤ bit.ly/EFMD-Portfolio
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💫As 2025 draws to a close, we revisit some of the year’s most impactful Global Focus features. In "The Social Role of Accreditation in Management Education," EFMD President Eric Cornuel examines accreditation's emergence as a mediator between the state, businesses, & students, for the broader good.
The Social Role of Accreditation in Management Education
Eric Cornuel explores the evolving role of accreditation in management education, highlighting its impact on business schools and broader societal dynamics.
globalfocusmagazine.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🍂 Throughout November, @efmdglobal.org engaged with partners across the globe, contributing to discussions on responsible research, technology, leadership, internationalisation, and quality services, reaffirming our commitment to high-quality management education and international collaboration. 🤝🏼
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM