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  • Serious games and entrepreneurship with social impact

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 4/17/2019

    Executive MBA alumnus Sjoerd Wennekes (36) talks about his unique mix of educational qualifications. Wennekes began his student days at HKU University of the Arts in Utrecht and started his MBA at Nyenrode Business University a few years later. This combination has paid off. It has resulted in the success of his company Active Cues, which is responsible for the Tovertafel. The company now operates in 10 countries and has 45 employees (70 including all international partners). As far as Wennekes is concerned, there is no doubt they will keep expanding all over the world.

  • ‘I think it is important that education is accessible to everyone’

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 4/17/2019

    ‘Nyenrode has been formative for the rest of my life. That is why I think it is important to give something back.’ Alumna Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen claimed a chair on Nyenrode.

  • Competing in the John Molson Case Competition #lifeasanyenrodian

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 4/3/2019

    At the beginning of this year, four of our Full-time Master in Management students traveled to Montreal to compete in the John Molson Case Competition, a prestigious case competition for MBA and Master students. One of the participants, Asiya Suleimanova, shares her experiences with us.

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  • Let umbrella organizations appoint and pay auditors

    Type: About Nyenrode
    Publication date: 3/29/2019

    On March 29, 2019, Prof Dr Henk Langendijk said goodbye as a professor at Nyenrode Business University. In Nyenrode’s Pfizer room, he delivered his farewell speech titled: ‘The (un)true and fair view of the annual financial statements and the position of the auditor.’ His most important advice is to have auditors appointed and paid by umbrella organizations in order to create more impartiality.

  • ‘My mother’s biggest dream was for me to go to university’

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 3/18/2019

    Scholarship student Elyas Razawi on the journey that led him to Nyenrode: ‘When I was little, I was determined to be the smartest one in the class.’

  • Doing business without losing ethics

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 3/11/2019

    How can a brand create awareness, set an example and inspire others at the same time? Students and staff at Nyenrode Business University learned the answer to this question and many more during an after-work session on March 7, 2019. Ynzo van Zanten, Choco Evangelist at Tony’s Chocolonely, was the keynote speaker.

  • Virtual reality for business

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 3/11/2019

    On January 22, Nyenrode Amsterdam welcomed tech entrepreneur Adriaan Rijkens, Co-Founder & CTO of Warp and Nyenrode MSc Alumnus to inspire students, alumni and the business community as part of the Nyenrode Amsterdam Breakfast Sessions.

  • Staying in control in a digital and agile world

    Type: Education
    Publication date: 3/6/2019

    Data-driven auditing is giving rise to new dynamics and working methods within audit and risk departments. However, the large auditing firms in the Netherlands will feel the effects of these changes as well. This is what led PA and Nyenrode Business University to enter into a partnership.

    Nyenrode AH

  • Keuzegids once again grants 'top program' designation to Nyenrode programs

    Type: Education
    Publication date: 3/5/2019

    In a repeat to last year’s achievement, the Masters in Business Administration and Controlling have been declared the “Best Masters” of their kind.

  • We are all stewards

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 3/4/2019

    On November 13, Nyenrode Amsterdam welcomed Camille van Gestel, Co-Founder of WakaWaka and Nyenrode BBA Alumnus to inspire students, alumni and the business community as part of the Nyenrode Amsterdam Breakfast Sessions.

    Nyenrode Breakfast Session WakaWaka

  • Businesses still fail to adequately consider financial implications of climate change

    Type: Opinion
    Publication date: 2/4/2019

    During the Dies Natalis on November 20, 2018, Peter Bakker – President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) – urged the business community to take on a leading role and secure a sustainable future for all. He believes we are entering a period of unprecedented transformation. On January 18, 2019, Nyenrode hosted a conference that fit in perfectly with this topic: 'Corporate responsibility in relation to climate change'. International firms, investment managers, insurers, human rights organizations and climate groups came together to address the key question: how can my business take responsibility for future generations?

  • Provincial grant for restoration vegetable garden complex

    Type: About Nyenrode
    Publication date: 2/4/2019

    The Nyenrode Fund will receive € 110,181.10 from the Province of Utrecht for the restoration of the garden wall and kitchen garden of the monumental Vegetable Garden complex at the estate.

  • Meet the faculty: John Dumay, Visiting Professor Nyenrode

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 1/30/2019

    In September 2018 John Dumay of Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, was appointed as visiting professor of Nyenrode Business University.

    John Dumay visiting prof

  • “If you have a goal in mind, you can determine your path to get there”

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 1/29/2019

    Scholarship student Darren Aletoe: “I thought I knew myself pretty well, but through my time at Nyenrode I’ve discovered where I still have room for improvement.”

  • ‘Sustainability is our greatest challenge’

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 1/17/2019

    Rosa worked hard to build a successful career within medical science. Though, in the summer of 2018 she decided to change course, trading an academic hospital setting for a full-time MBA at Nyenrode in Amsterdam. Rosa: ‘I would rather create the protocols than implement them.’

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  • Skyscrapers and credit management in New York. #LifeasaNyenrodian

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 1/17/2019

    In May 2018, our Full-time Master (MSc) in Management students traveled to New York, a trip that is part of a Global Immersion Program.

  • We all play our part in climate control

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 1/11/2019

    'The role businesses play and the responsibilities they have in the story of climate change and human rights has two sides. There are ethical and legal aspects, but the subjects offer many chances as well.' Jan van de Venis, lawyer and owner of JustLaw, states. He is a coordinator and keynote speaker for the ‘Corporate responsibility in relation to climate change’ conference that will be held on January 18 at Nyenrode Business University.

  • Nyenrode re-accredited by EQUIS

    Type: About Nyenrode
    Publication date: 12/20/2018

    On December 11, 2018 EFMD awarded Nyenrode an extension of its EQUIS accreditation for three years. The EFMD praises Nyenrode’s ‘excellent corporate connections’ and strong alumni network. They commend the university ‘for being committed to ethics, responsibility and sustainability’.

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