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The work of the WG1 working group started today!
We talked about 1/ National laws and organisational policies for academic cooperation, 2/ Experiences in programme-level cooperation and 3/ Faculty development in each country of the partnership members.
It promises to be a very interesting cooperation in the field of education as well as a challenging one for us due to the existing differences in the education systems in each country.
Budapest Business University online conference 20 YEARS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL hosted by Central European Regional Research Group of BBU’s Faculty of International Management and Business, the Department of Finance of BBU’s Faculty of Finance and Accountancy, and BBU’s Institute of Foreign Languages and Communication.
The purpose of the Conference is to create opportunities for scholars and researchers from all over the world, and mainly from the Visegrad Group countries, to share their research and perspectives on current developments and challenges in diverse fields of multi- and interdisciplinary science, as well as in diplomatic and business practice. The event aims to become a forum for scientific discussion as well as a platform for sharing recent research. The fact that 8 Central and Eastern European countries joined the European Union 20 years ago, on May 1, 2004, gives the conference a special topicality, in addition, Hungary became member of NATO 25 years ago.
It is possible to deliver a presentation at the conference in English, German and French language.
Date: 20th June 2024
Venue: Online Teams meeting
Important dates:
15th May, 2024: Abstract submission
5th September, 2024: Submission of the full paper
More info on the Summer School presentation
The next bilateral meeting in Krakow between representatives of BBU and KUE was an opportunity to deepen bilateral cooperation as well as within the ENVISAGE consortium
On March 11th, representatives of Budapest Business University were hosted by the Cracow University of Economics. The purpose of the meeting was to foster community integration, deepen bilateral scientific cooperation, discuss further activities within the ENVISAGE consortium, and explore additional joint initiatives and projects.
It also provided an opportunity to showcase KUE’s teaching infrastructure to first-time visitors.
Education and training development for the treatment of food allergies in the HoReCa sector
A healthy lifestyle is more and more important since civilizational diseases are spreading continuously. There are a lot of innovative foods and ingredients on the market, but people with a food allergy or intolerance can face a complex problem because they have to avoid these ingredients and need to choose another healthy type of food that can substitute the “normal” nutrient.
We analyse and compare the regulatory environment and good practices and based on this information we elaborate a short cycle course. Our objective is to sensitize our students and external partners to understand the importance and difficulties of a life with food allergy and prepare them to satisfy special consumer needs as long as they work in hospitality and tourism. We apply the developed course material to our existing courses to give our students better chances to appear in the labour market. We will start short cycle courses for the managers and employees of the HoReCa sector the help them in serving the new and increasing needs of food allergies and intolerances.
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The high-level delegation of Budapest Business University, led by Prof. Dr. Balázs Heidrich, rector of BBU visited the University of Portucalense Infante D. Henrique on 1-2 October in Porto, Portugal. On behalf of University of Portucalense Prof. Fernando Manuel dos Santos Ramos, rector of UPT welcomed the representatives of BBU. First of all, partners discussed the next steps of the ENVISAGE European University Network alliance cooperation – focusing on the re-writing and re-submission of the proposal. Both parties supported the deepening of the cooperation between, so they agreed on other collaborations, different types of international projects, bilateral and multilateral (with other EUN partners) research activities, student and staff exchange programmes.
We have signed a long-term cooperation Memorandum of Understanding with the European universities – KUE – Krakow University of Economics (PL), BBS – Budapest Business School (HU), HSW – Hochschule Wismar – University of Applied Sciences (DE), ICN – ICN Business School in Nancy (FR), UPT – Portucalense University Infante D. Henrique (PT), EUAS – Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (EE) – belonging to the ENVISAGE – European University Network for ENVisioning Sustainable AGilE transition network. The strategic alliance recently jointly applied for a grant of nearly 6 million Euros within the framework of the ERASMUS+ European University Networks programme for the joint development of education, research, innovation and services to society.
At the International Rectors’ Meeting, in addition to the ceremonial signing, the details of the co-operation were negotiated. In addition, participants had the opportunity to listen to expert presentations from the Hungarian members of three other European University Alliances about the experiences of their ongoing projects.
BBU representatives from the International Project Office and the Department Responsible for the AACSB Accreditation visited ICN Nancy in October 2023, which was completed with a hybrid institutional visit organising several meetings where BBS colleagues met the representatives of ICN from different departments and units.
The colleagues of BBU from the International Project Office visited ICN Nancy as part of a staff exchange programme. They met the International Relations Department, the responsible staff for international promotion and admission processes at ICN. They also had the opportunity to talk with Krista Finstad-Milion, contact person of ICN in the ENVISAGE Alliance, and talked about the actualities of the proposal re-submission process and of course new project ideas as well.
On 24 October several hybrid meetings were organised at ICN helping the enlargement of the future collaborations between ICN and BBU involving representatives from Doctoral Schools, from departments responsible for international cooperations and collaborations, and international learning and teaching. Emphasised topics were the Administration for Research and Academic services and the Collaborative Online International Learning. ICN as AACSB accredited institution offered support for BBS to the ongoing accreditation process and shared good practices and gave useful advices for the coordination of the AACSB accreditation process at BBU.
The visit provided an opportunity for the delegation of KUE to meet with the management of the Budapest Business University and to get to know the university, its Faculties, its Doctoral School, the 5 Centres of Excellence, the International Relations and Mobilities Office and the International Project Office of BBU. Meetings were organised about the ongoing and potential new research collaborations, about the common project proposals, about student, teacher and staff exchanges, accreditation issues and double degree programmes.
Important discussions were also held on the ENVISAGE Alliance and its operation, preparing for the next steps in both cases – if the proposal submitted in 2023 is selected for the grant or it is not selected as a winning alliance.
NIBS (Network of International Business Schools) conference in 2022 in Budapest with the participation of BBU as NIBS member and HSW, ICN & ISAG from the ENVISAGE partnership
Participating in the 29th NIBS (Network of International Business Schools) Conference hosted at Budapest Business School between 19-22 June 2022 was a truly enriching experience. Participants of the conference got the chance to meaningfully engage in a global network of business schools that focuses on international business. Next to having a great opportunity to network with partner schools and make contribution to the progress of the network. The participants were certainly amazed by the hospitality of Hungarians and the beauty of what the country has to offer. NIBS is certainly a place to be.
As part of the agenda, we had the opportunity to introduce the progress and future plans of ENVISAGE Alliance through a presentation by Prof. Balázs Heidrich, Rector of BBU and a roundtable discussion with the participation of BBU, HSW, ICN and ISAG (former partner of ENVISAGE in the first application).
Connecting to the NIBS conference, partners of the ENVISAGE Alliance organised a partner meeting evaluating the submitted application in 2022 and preparing for the next steps in both cases – as a positive scenario when the proposal is selected for the grant and as a negative one, when it is not selected as a winning alliance – unfortunately it was not selected in 2022.
