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STRATEGIC PLAN MARKS GRENOBLE’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY
SCHOOL Grenoble Ecole de Management
COUNTRY France
o celebrate its 40th anniversary, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) has announced a new
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strategic plan that seeks to transform the school’s educational experiences into true learning journeys. The five-year plan, entitled EAGLE 2030, encompasses the launch of the Alpine Immersive Learning Journey, which promotes students’ ability to immerse themselves in the school’s Alpine environment. To this end, the school will benchmark against a 60-20-20 model across all programmes in which 60 per cent of learning takes place in the classroom, 20 per cent in digital modes and 20 per cent outside the classroom, in outdoor spaces or within the school’s ecosystem of partners. Science is another focal point, evidenced by GEM’s new centre for climate change and energy transitions, a specialised MBA in technology and what’s heralded as Europe’s first accelerator for start‑ups in sports technology. The school’s new plan also extends to the creation of further institutes, such as the Future of Work, Moving Mountains and EnerG, all dedicated to driving sustainable transitions in key areas. “With EAGLE 2030, we are taking our students on an immersive learning journey, where innovation and responsibility come together to tackle the challenges of the 21st century,” declared GEM general director Fouziya Bouzerda. EB
UFS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
“The occasion is not just a celebration of the passing of time, it’s also an opportunity for us to reflect on the values, achievements and aspirations that have shaped the journey of UFS Business School,” commented Prinsloo. However, the highlight for many in the audience was a trip down memory lane with the school’s founding members, as well as its former faculty deans. Fourie, for example, recounted how the founding members had travelled overseas to learn from several institutions, including Harvard Business School, to ensure that the school’s syllabus was of high enough quality. In addition, Fourie and Anderson spoke of their pride in the school’s Business Management and Leadership (BML) programme. Described as being the brainchild of Anderson and designed to reach working adults who might not have had much experience of formal learning, the two founding members said that the BML programme’s impact was one of their most special achievements. CD
SCHOOL UFS Business School University of the Free State
COUNTRY South Africa
T o commemorate its 25th anniversary, the Business School at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently held a celebratory event on the UFS Bloemfontein Campus. The event, hailed as “a momentous milestone”, was attended by UFS Business School director Nicolene Barkhuizen and founding members of the school Frederick Fourie and Bennie Anderson, as well as Tienie Crous and Hendri Kroukamp, former deans of the university’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. In his opening address, the faculty’s acting dean Frans Prinsloo reflected on the growth and accomplishments of UFS Business School over the past 25 years.
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Business Impact • ISSUE 1 • 2025
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