2020 was a crucial year for our division and more broadly speaking for our school. This year, in-house, we were able to develop strong relations with other divisions in order to meet the specific requirements of audits related to re-certifications (AACSB, AMBA / EQUIS) but also certifications of new programmes, including our new BBA Big Data, the only programme to boast CTI and CEFDG certification. During the year, we also re-structured our services for other departments, by incorporating learning development, to provide a more integrated offering in terms of teaching quality/engineering. We moved from the role of being a watchdog to one of accompanying, to provide a quality offering to our students, teaching staff, employees and external stakeholders. Lastly, we also set up a data unit to ensure better structuring and analysis of institutional data as well as greater understanding of classifications and how they work.

Our previous strategic plan demonstrated that when we all sing from the same hymn sheet, we can achieve results! We have been able to work together, in spite of the changes in context and stakes that emerged along the way. This collective strength is also a reason why we must aim high! Our international openness, based on a model faithful to our guiding value of cooperation, also brings us into contact with new, interesting methods. Eventually, between 2015 and 2020, we witnessed incredible growth both at institutional as well as faculty level and we were able to adapt swiftly, which goes to show how organisationally flexible we are.