BGA’s Business Impact magazine: Issue 1, 2023 | Volume 15

BGA | BUSINESS IMPACT

AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 

BEST BUSINESS SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP 2022/23 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands (BGA member business school) with Dutch Brazilian Chamber of Commerce The Talent Academy developed between Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and the Dutch Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (Dutcham) aims to brings together young professionals from the Dutch business community in Brazil. To date, 24 talented people have been selected from top Dutch companies operating in Brazil to share expertise and crack a business case, growing their personal and professional skills in the process. BEST INNOVATION STRATEGY 2022/23 IN ASSOCIATION WITH BARCO TBS Education, France for The Blind Search Inspired by the reality singing competition The Voice , The Blind Search aims to introduce edutainment and consider educational wellbeing in courses, making them truly student centric. TBS believes it opens new paradigms for designing and delivering courses post-pandemic that enhance students’ classroom learning experiences. The awards were presented at the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2022/23 and Gala Dinner in December 2022 at The Biltmore, Mayfair in London. For the full shortlist of finalists, please refer to Business Impact ’s November 2022 edition or visit the BGA website.

but Confucianism has also been integrated by faculty members into blended learning activities, which has been highly praised by students and has won a provincial-level excellent education prize. BEST LIFELONG LEARNING INITIATIVE 2022/23, IN ASSOCIATION WITH KORTEXT Universidad Externado de Colombia for Privilegios Program Privilegios Program offers graduates a platform for updating and generating a network of contacts through which they can also develop and strengthen their skills. Offered at no cost, around 1,000 people have already registered in the programme, representing 70 per cent of Universidad Externado de Colombia’s MBA graduates. This initiative has also been highlighted as a strength in both the AMBA and AACSB accreditation processes. BEST CULTURE, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE 2022/23 School of Business, the American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt (BGA member business school) for AUC Egypt Women on Boards (WoB) Observatory With the aim of accelerating and improving the gender balance of corporate boards in Egypt and the MENA region, the AUC Egypt Women on Boards (WoB) Observatory fosters women's readiness for boards and eliminates barriers to entry. Specifically, the initiative aims to raise awareness of gender issues among male board members and advocate for policy and legislative changes that institutionalise gender diversity in organisations.

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Athena School of Management director Aditya Singh accepted the BGA Business School Impact Award via video link

Clockwise from top left: Guangdong University of Foreign Studies won Best CSR and Sustainability Initiative; guests at the awards ceremony and gala dinner; Rotterdam School of Management received the Best Business School Partnership award from AMBA & BGA director Mark Stoddard; AUC School of Business won Best Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative

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