EFMD Programme Accredited
Feedback 2019 & 2022
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To obtain accreditation, the last stage is the visit of the "Peer Review Team". This team consists of three deans from accredited international business schools and a member of the corporate world (for EFMD). Their objective is to asses the school against the standards and provide recommendations for ongoing improvement.
Feedback from Peer Review Team (PRT) visit in 2022
Strengths, Unique Features and Effective Practices
Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability (ERS):
High-quality and innovative integration of ERS into the School and the Programme.
Quality of the personal development of the students:
Students' human-oriented personality, enabling them to efficiently communicate and manage in diverse, cross-cultural contexts.
Quality of graduates:
Corporate representatives highly value students' personal development, cross-cultural awareness, and ability to navigate associated challenges.
Recommendations
Systemise LG (Learning Goals) monitoring and attaintment at Programme and individual courses.
Raise the international standing of the Programme.
Implement a holistic School's Quality Management System.
Feedback from Peer Review Visit in 2019
Strengths, Unique Features and Effective Practices
A strong value-based teaching and learning culture that enhances academic achievement and develops students' ERS (Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability) skills.
Focus on students' personal and professional development.
Potential for multidisciplinary collaboration within UCLy
Strong alumni commitment to potentially leverage for future development.
Strong recognition by the world of practice for ESDES's distinctiveness
Vibrant and dynamic faculty body.
Increase of portion of internationally accredited partners
Aim to position the School more visibly in the international marketplace with a view to raising the number of international students
Consolidate the alignment of the assessment scheme with the Learning Objectives
Since September 2021, the school is undergoing a review of its internationalisation process to increase the percentage of accredited academic partners aligned with our mission
Nomination of a Head of International Recruitment in September 2021 and staff recruitment in 2022, dedicating efforts in different regions worldwide.
Result: The School has increased its share of international degree-seeking students (excluding exchange students) from 90 in 2020 to 275 in 2023 and 320 in the 2024 intake
We are moving to a more BtoB strategy rather than agent-based
Review of Program Learning Objectives by the Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC) since June 2022, including periodic meetings with faculty members:
Result: A simplified and unique system for the assessment of learning that will be implemented from September 2024.
Nomination of a Quality Manager in September 2023:
Result: Various administrative processes have been revised, and a quality manual is currently being written.
The biographies of our peer reviewers can be found on this document.
The biographies of our peer reviewers can be found on this document.