Tweet This past week I had the pleasure along with classmates from all three campuses to visit the Ab InBev Brewing facilities in Leuven for our Operations Management class. Despite what some may think, we were not just there for the beer. Our assignment was to use concepts from class to evaluate and observe the […]
Tweet Monday, the 10th of April. After a week in Berlin, visiting start-ups and enjoying each other’s company, it was time for a little competition. This competition, otherwise known as IMEx (short for Integrated Management Exercise) makes you turn around a toy manufacturer that was recently hit by a fire. It brings together everything you’ve […]
Tweet One of the great things about Vlerick is that you get to experience what a real life business case would look like. The Goldstein Challenge is where you get the first chance to really apply everything you learned until that moment. You are brought in as a consultant and together with your team you […]
Tweet Ni hao. That was basically the only Chinese I knew before visiting the Red Dragon. Most of us only know the People’s Republic from items in the news, articles in news papers and magazines, all kind of literature we bumped into during our studies at Vlerick or prior at university or work or even […]
Tweet During the Fintech bootcamp, our group got the chance to spend a few days in London. Bootcamps are a period of three weeks during which students focus on a subject of their choice. The FinTech bootcamp was the first of its kind ever held at Vlerick, aiming to study the impact of digital disruptors […]
Tweet The last interview was conducted on an Indian student, but the experience is obviously very different depending on the country. This time, the interviewee is Born in Slovakia, grew up in Germany and studied in the USA. Quite the world citizen ! Enjoy Florian’s (MGM Leuven) interview. Could you give a quick summary of […]
Tweet Being a foreign student can be sometimes quite daunting. Discovering a new culture, languages and way of life, as well as tackling all the administrative tasks (particularly in Belgium) may scare away prospective students. We thought that sharing the experience of an Indian student arriving in Leuven (not even Brussels!) could help others to […]
Tweet On February 3rd, a job fair was organized at the Vlerick Brussels campus. We had the opportunity to meet up with almost 40 different companies from various sectors such as retail, chemical industry, consultancy, audit, etc. Each firms had 2 or 3 spoke persons and would give away many tips, advices, flyers and even […]
Tweet Till recently my idea of what ‘logistics’ involved had always been rather theoretical and obscure. That was before our MGM Brussels class visited Steinhoff International Logistics in early November 2015. Steinhoff is a multi brand company selling low cost furniture and clothing brands internationally. The group started in South Africa. Today it owns 42 […]
Tweet On Saturday the 31th of October 2015 AB InBev organised the first ABI Cup in Leuven, This is an indoor football tournament for students interested to join one of the Belgian brewer’s traineeship. The “Vlerick Bruxzookas” team composed by six MGM and six MFM students from Brussels was determined to make their campus proud! […]
