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European Capacity Building Workshop: Improving Student Engagement
- IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY
Friday 9 February 2024 | 9:00 - 17:00 | ESDES Business School, Lyon, France
Days
Who can attend:
DEANS & ASSOCIATE DEANS
BUSINESS SCHOOL MANAGERS & PROGRAMME DIRECTORS
PROFESSORS & LECTURERS
BUSINESS SCHOOL FACULTY (STAFF ONLY)
Student engagement is key to successful group learning; however, an increasing number of business schools and universities are struggling with decreased attendance, attention, curiosity and passion for their programmes. Without student engagement, the schools are unable to fulfil their educational mission.Â
This workshop will address how business schools can leverage student insight and learning methods to improve student engagement across the business school. Attendees will have the opportunity to share their experiences, including successes and failures, and conduct group work with other business school professionals on developing a strategy for improving student engagement across all aspects within their respective schools.
You will learn how to:
- Properly measure student engagement.
- Use student insight and data to adapt your school’s interactions with students.
- Improve the interaction between students and faculty.
- Leverage students in governance and decision-making processes to improve engagement.
- Build a strategy centred around engaging students across your institution and programmes.
Workshop programme
09:00 — 09:30
Registration and refreshments
09:30 — 09:45
Introduction and overview
09:45 — 11:00
Kevin Pon, Associate Dean for International Development and Accreditations, ESDES, Catholic University of Lyon
11:00 — 11:30
Networking break
11:30 — 12:30
Chris Slack, Solutions Engineer, Explorance (EMEA)
Samer Jaffar, General Manager, Explorance (EMEA)
12:30 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:30
Kristin Huber, Evaluation and Quality Expert, University of St. Gallen
14:30 — 14:45
Networking break
14:45 — 15:45
Chris Slack, Solutions Engineer, Explorance (EMEA)
Samer Jaffar, General Manager, Explorance (EMEA)
15:45 — 16:45
Daniel Tuma, Founder of Made in Czechoslovakia Education and Psychology
16:45 — 17:00
Closing remarks and farewellÂ
Meet the speakers
Founder of Made in Czechoslovakia Education and Psychology, headquartered in Prague and Bratislava.Â
With over 20 years of expertise in the field of education industry and organizational psychology.
Graduated from La Salle University Philadephia (M.A. in Clinical counseling psychology), State University of New York (B.A. in Human Sciences) and Charles University in Prague (M.A. and PhD. in Educational Science) and trained for 5 yers in systemic approach in organizational, team, peer and individual counseling, coaching and psychotherapy. Dr. Tůma is certified for many psychological assessments and tests for personality profiling in business field such as Rorschach method, MMPI-2, Leadership Judgment Indicator, Leadership Motivation Inventory, Thematic Apperception Test and many others.
In his company he works as a product development supervisor and also works as a psychologist and coach with professional airline pilots, physicians, top-managers and leaders. He is author of Made in Czechoslovakia’s MBA in Applied Psychology in Management program and its curriculum.
His current research covers corporate subclinical psychopathy, narcissism and machiavellianism in management population.
Kevin Pon
Associate Dean for International Development and Accreditations
ESDES, Catholic University of Lyon
Kevin Pon is Associate Dean for International Development and Accreditations at Esdes. He obtained his PhD in management from the University of Buckinghamshire and has published articles on the international strategy of companies and management schools. He teaches international marketing and management at Esdes in undergraduate and post-graduate studies. Kevin has more than 25 years experience in management teaching and had occupied various positions in other schools (Head of programs, Faculty member…) and has set up franchises abroad to deliver French management programs in foreign countries such as China, Morocco and Tunisia. He also taught in the USA, United Kingdom and South America.
Kristin Huber works as an Expert for Evaluation and Quality at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). After gaining teaching experience on three continents, she moved to educational management at a private education company in 2007, where she eventually was responsible for quality and didactics in over 70 branches. Since 2019, in her current position at the HSG’s Quality Development Services, she has been responsible for the central course evaluations, the qualitative feedback method Teaching Analysis Poll, surveys and methodological consultations. She holds a Master’s degree in Evaluation from the University of Bern.
Chris Slack
Solutions Engineer
EMEA
Explorance
Chris is a Solutions Engineer that covers the EMEA region. Having joined Explorance from the University of Leeds, he understands the higher education sector and has on the job knowledge of working with surveys and the student voice. Chris supports institutions in the region to understand the range of solutions through product demonstrations and technical presentations. He has worked in the higher education sector since graduating from the University of Huddersfield in 2012 and holds a Senior Fellowship award from Advance HE, for work within the teaching and learning area.
Samer Jaffar
General Manager
EMEA
Explorance
Samer Jaffar has led Explorance’s global expansion and worked with clients in Europe, Asia Pacific and Middle East region. He has partnered with many universities to assist them in implementing a comprehensive students journey where the voice of the student contributes to the improvement of their learning experience.
Victor is the membership director at AMBA & BGA, responsible for the growth of the business school and student & graduate networks, as well as the services and benefits business school receive upon joining. Having joined AMBA & BGA in 2016, Victor has been involved in numerous successful projects including the AMBA Development Network (ADN), the launch of the Business Graduates Association and its membership and accreditation offering, and the enhancement of the student and graduate membership services offered to AMBA & BGA’s 65,000+ members. He has a strong passion for entrepreneurial management education that emphasises out-of-the-box thinking and responsible management principles.
Victor is a Swedish national educated at Hillsdale College in the US. He holds a degree in economics and business administration. 
Venue
In association with:
Explorance
As the leading provider of Feedback Analytics, Explorance has been working with higher education and human resources leaders for 20 years, enabling evaluation and survey processes that provide data-driven insights for better and faster decision-making.
Through scalable automation with tools including Explorance Blue, MLY and Metrics That Matter and expert-based services, Explorance helps measure students’ and employees’ needs, expectations, skills, knowledge, and competencies.
Explorance Blue, the next-generation Feedback Analytics platform, is purpose-built to fully automate all major student feedback gathering initiatives – institutional surveys, course evaluations, competency assessments, and more – all on one platform. Through best-in-class integration, powerful automation, and a robust reporting engine, Blue ensures your organisation not only captures feedback but also turns it into the best possible decision.
Workshop highlights
Download the slideshows
Explorance Blue: Amplifying Student Voice from Application to Graduation
Samer Jaffar
General Manager
EMEA
Explorance
Students are Stakeholders! – Unlock Student Engagement through Involvement Communication
Kristin Huber
Evaluation and Quality
Expert
University of St. Gallen
Qualitative analysis with Explorance MLY – A1 Powered Student Feedback
Chris Slack
Solutions Engineer
EMEA
Explorance
Improving Student Engagement – The Psychological Perspective
Daniel Tuma
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