Six business schools will launch
a new digital learning platform
designed to offer students a flexible,
customized, and globally accessible
study experience. Founding members of the Future of Management
Education Alliance are Imperial
College Business School in London,
ESMT Berlin in Germany, BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, the Lee
Kong Chian School of Business at
Singapore Management University,
EDHEC Business School in France,
and Ivey Business School at Western
University in Ontario, Canada.
According to Francisco Veloso,
dean of Imperial College Business
School, “Demand is rapidly growing,
from applicants and employers alike,
for programs which provide the greater flexibilities and access that today’s
modern technologies can afford.
New pedagogical models and greater
governance are needed to ensure
business schools can step up to the
challenge. The Future of Management
Education Alliance brings together a
network of forward-thinking business
schools who share this vision.”
The alliance’s custom-built
online education platform has been
designed by Insendi, an edtech
enterprise founded at Imperial. The
platform will enable all member
schools to redefine and digitize their
portfolios of existing programs—from
MBAs to MOOCs—to best suit their
own students’ needs. In addition,
the alliance will provide faculty with
access to expert digital training and
program development support to
ensure greater ownership of their
own online offerings and to help them
develop courses individually and in
collaboration with colleagues at other
member institutions.