BGA | BUSINESS IMPACT
“Business learning held in innovative learning environments prepares
students well for professional life”
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Campuses as clusters of innovation I strongly believe that campuses are vibrant places where positive energy is generated and ideas exchanged. This is a good, strong basis for innovation. As education centres, business school campuses should be at the cutting edge of innovation. Our role is to educate future leaders; business learning held in innovative learning environments prepares students well for professional life. Innovation is also important in the design and construction of buildings. For example, the BREEAM sustainability standards are an example of fostering
green innovation. There is also the scope of experimenting with new working spaces (such as flex offices and collaborative work) based on the changing way that we typically study and work. However, funding buildings is increasingly demanding – it’s not uncommon for the cost of erecting a new campus in big cities to total €100 million EUR. Subsequently, sustainable finance features progressively in the world of education and equity loans are an emerging tool used by a number of business schools. While ‘job placement’ was an historical indicator of success for fresh graduates, students’ interest in
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