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AACSB at CIDD meeting
At the 2009 assembly of CIDD, Dr. Henry Lowenstein discussed the current AACSB policies towards joint and double degrees. As he pointed out, the AACSB welcomes all quality-driven activites of the consortium aiming at the further internationalisation of business education. His presentation was welcomed by the CIDD members and guests from Finnish universities.
CIDD Student Conference in Beijing
UIBE, the University of International Business and Economics, invited for the first CIDD student conference and summer school on “Doing Business in China”. The CIDD sponsored conference in June 2009 and the following summer course aimed at providing business students with a first-hand insight into the Chinese society and business world. Lectures, seminars and trips to companies formed the core of the intensive programme accompanied by excursions to the Great Wall and the “Forbidden City”. Students from European CIDD member universities and from other UIBE partner universities took part in an intensive three-week experience. The focus lie on the Chinese financial markets, foreign investment in China, and cultural aspects of doing business in China. Students came back impressed and enriched with a unique experience.
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CIDD Student Conference on "Cross-Cultural Management"
This year’s CIDD International Student Conference on “Cross-Cultural Management” was hosted by the Fachhochschule Mainz - University of Applied Science. More than 50 students from European CIDD member universities and Coastal Carolina University (CCU) worked on international business case studies. Students’ cultural backgrounds read like a journey around the world: Chinese, Thai, Russian, Belorussian, different EU nationals, US Americans, Latin Americans from Venezuela, Mexico, and Argentina learned and worked together in a variety of lectures, seminars and cases. The social programme included a half-day excursion to the UNESCO world heritage middle-Rhine valley with its medieval castles and towns. Even more important than the academic programme itself was the first-hand experience they gained from working together in international teams: “It was the first time in my life that I worked with so many people from so many different countries. It is amazing how different our working styles are - and how great it is to combine all of them in working groups”, as one of the participants stated. “I thought Germans are rigid and Americans arrogant - but it’s completely different”, a student from Eastern Europe said. “I have never been so close to people from so many cultures”, a CCU student expressed and added: “This is the most exciting seminar of my studies.”
Next year’s conference will take place in Mainz from May 20 to May 23, 2010.
CIDD attracting new members: University of Salford (UK), Università degli Studi di Brescia (I)
Two European universities applied for membership in 2008:
The University of Salford, a Greater Manchester university, has been running successfully a joint Master course with RISEBA for many years. With a history dating back to 1896, the University has established a successful global presence with four faculties, 12 schools, nearly 20,000 students, and 2,500 staff serving the needs of industry and commerce. The university was adopted as a full member in October 2008.
The Università degli Studi di Brescia, located in Italy’s North, offers Bologna-type undergraduate ("laurea") and graduate courses ("laurea specialistica") and post-laurea Master programmes in business, economics. In particular, the International Business programme is being interested in developing double degree arrangements with CIDD member universities. The university was adopted as a full member in June 2009.
Czech-German Double Degree Signed
The University of Economics (http://www.vse.cz) and FH Mainz - University of Applied Sciences (http://www.fh-mainz.de) signed an agreement which allows their Master students in International Business to earn both degrees. Students spend one year in Prague and one year in Mainz, take courses in both universities, and cooperate with international companies in their thesis project. The agreement includes also academic cooperation in teaching and research. During the winter term 2008/09, the programme leaders, Ludmila Sterbova and Ulrich Schüle, will jointly run a seminar on international trade, for example.
Cooperation signed between FH Mainz and Osaka Gakuin University
FH Mainz - University of Applied Sciences and Osaka Gakuin University signed an agreement on student exchange and faculty cooperation. Starting in 2008, students of the German Masters programme in International Business will spend an academic year in Osaka, and Japanese students will be integrated into the German undergraduate or graduate programmes. The programmes are taught in English and include introductionary courses in the host university’s language and culture.
