As we were drafting this edito, on Tuesday October 3rd, a fire broke out just after 8pm in the Blondeau amphitheater. We wanted to thank you all your kind messages, sharing your support, and your own memories of the ‘Amphi Blondeau’.
On Monday HEC Paris announced the creation of a Bachelor with Bocconi. Last week in London we were delighted to welcome Jean-Marc Jancovici for a sold-out event, you’ll find below a summary of the event and more details about our Green Club.
On September 28th we had the pleasure to welcome Jean-Marc Jancovici and his Carbon 4Finance team at the UK house for a conversation on Climate and Finance. Many thanks to the French Embassy in the UK for supporting this event and many thanks to our in-person and online participants!
We were delighted to have a full house this evening to discuss the critical importance of energy to modern economies and break down the fundamentals of our complex, growth dependent global economic system.
You can learn more on Jean-Marc Jancovici's work here.
If you are interest in sustainability and climate topics, you are more than welcome
HEC Paris Takes on Climate Challenges in Academic Programs
HEC Paris has embarked on a process of change driven by its values of assuming responsibility and making a positive impact on the economic world and society globally. The objective is to address the major challenges of our time from global warming to societal transformation and the latest technological developments. HEC Paris is entering a new phase with a reworked Master in Management program based on the ecological, social and technological transition, focusing its teaching and research firmly on the living world. Read more here.
NEW HEC PARIS 100% FREE MOOC: BECOME A CHANGEMAKER
How can you engage in an impact-oriented work and contribute to the ecological and social transformation of your country? To democratize impact careers around the world, HEC and Ticket for Change are launching a new 100% free MOOC.
This free ten-hour training program is available from today in French, English and Spanish. Accessible via the Coursera platform, it is aimed at anyone wishing to make a social or environmental impact through their work, whatever their country or background.
No pre-requisites are required to benefit from this video-based support program, which includes advice from around 30 HEC professors, Ticket for Change experts and international changemakers such as French entrepreneur Emmanuel Faber, young South African activist Almaaz Mudaly, Bolivian entrepreneur Camila Olmedo Mendez and Bulgarian entrepreneur Iva Tsolova, as well as step-by-step exercises to help you build your professional project.
Following in the footsteps of Berkeley, MIT, Yale and NYU, HEC Paris is further enriching its range of partnerships of excellence in the USA by creating a double degree with Columbia University's prestigious Climate School.
Offered to MIM students in M2, this program will provide systemic training in understanding the physics of climate and its biological and societal implications, in conjunction with political science, economics, management, financial management and quantitative analysis. Participants will graduate with both a Master in Management from HEC Paris and a Master of Arts (MA) in Climate and Society from Columbia University. This is yet another step towards integrating major ecological and societal issues into HEC's educational offer.
ENTREPRENEURIAL SHOWCASE HEC x CENTRALESUPELEC x NYU STERN
Thursday 5th October - 6:30pm (UK Time)
IN PERSON
Join us to celebrate our entrepreneurs and participate in an unforgettable pitch night with startups from HEC, CentraleSupélec and NYU Stern. We welcome everyone, from BAs, early stage VCs, tech leaders and curious Alumni!
CLIMATE FRESK IN LONDON: the game to understand climate change
Monday 16th October - 6:00pm
IN PERSON
HEC in the UK, ESSEC Alumni and ESCP Alumni are delighted to partner and organise jointly an in-person Climate Fresk at the HEC UK House. Join a fun and interactive workshop to better understand how climate change works and why it is the challenge of the 21st century.
MBA Networking Event with the MBA cohort visiting London
Tuesday 24th October - 7:30pm
IN PERSON
50 HEC MBA students will attend this exploration week in London. Their trip is devoted to networking, company visits, conferences and team building. They are eager to meet MBA HEC Alumni working in London! Only 20 tickets open for MBA Alumni, don't forget to register!
HEC UK Wine Club: Wine Tasting with Chateau Leoville Barton - Wednesday 15th November - 7:30pm
IN PERSON
Come and join us for an exclusive tasting of Bordeaux Wine. The Barton family's passion for wine is reflected in the elegance and consistency of Château Léoville Barton. This estate was classified as a 2nd Grand Cru Classé in 1855 and lies within the iconic terroir of Saint Julien in the Médoc.
Come to share your tips and advice to our 100 HEC master students in strategic management, as they are coming to London for a study trip. Whether you wish to hire them, to mentor them or to just find out what is new on the Campus, they are looking forward to meeting you!
Join us for a transformative experience that will revolutionize your approach to personal development and leadership.
Our MsC in Change Leadership, designed to empower professionals like you with the tools for personal development and organizational growth, was developed by award-winning HEC & Oxford's Saïd Business School Academic Directors, Mathis Schulte and Marc Thompson.
HEC UK Governance Club: Don't mix business with politics?
Tuesday 14th November - 8:30am
IN PERSON
Activism by CEOs has been on the rise in recent years. CEOs have voiced their stances on many topics and recent evidence suggests that CEO activism is developing into a global movement, although the phenomenon is more clearly observed in the US than in Europe or Asia. What brings CEOs to make a public stand on such issues? Join us to debate this controversial issue with Georg Wernicke, Associate Professor at HEC Paris.
HEC UK Finance Club: Is France still as "debtor friendly" as it used to be?
Wednesday 22nd November - 8:30am
IN PERSON
The HEC UK Finance Club and Banque d'Affaires & Capital Investment Club are delighted to invite you to a panel discussion: this round table aims to openly discuss the practicality of the new regulations and their (real) impacts for investors engaged or looking at the French market.
How firms value sales career paths - Reskill Series with Dominique Rouziès, Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris
Thursday 19th October - 1:00pm CET
How do sales career paths affect compensation? How long should salespeople and sales managers stay in their role before levelling off? In this RESKILL Masterclass session, Dominique Rouziès, HEC Paris Professor of Marketing and Academic Dean of the BMI Executive Institute, outlines several key lessons for firms transitioning managers from other managerial functions to sales management, and for sales managers and salespeople, who may wonder how to manage their careers. Register on LinkedIn.
HEC Tops FT Global ranking for MIM in historic performance
The 2023 Master in Management world rankings published today by the Financial Times, has HEC Paris in the top position, rising from second place. This historic breakthrough follows the school’s long-term efforts to consolidate the excellence of its curriculum, its alumni career/talents development and the school’s student/faculty diversity categories. Read more.
Imagine Fellows wins "Scholarship of the Month"!
HEC Imagine Fellows is open to master’s students from war-torn countries who hope to study at HEC Paris. It was created two years ago by Adrien Nussenbaum (H.01) co-founder of Mirakl, and the HEC Foundation to give students of war-torn countries the opportunity to come and study at HEC Paris, with a full scholarship. We are very proud to see the scholarship highlighted by Times Higher Education as "Scholarship of the Month"! Read more.
From idea to success through business model, the path of entrepreneurship is filled with challenges. To understand and draw inspiration from the experiences of others, HEC Stories has chosen to engage with actors in the dynamic world of beauty and cosmetics, where our alumni have excelled.Read more.
Studying in Paris and facing adversity: Behishta Nazir Behishta Nazir shares her journey as an international student from Afghanistan now thriving in France, as she received one of the first Imagine Fellowship, the scholarship created by Adrien Nussenbaum (H.01) and HEC Foundation for students coming from war-torn countries. Read more.
HEC's most famous lecture hall destroyed in a fire: memories flood back
A fire broke out in HEC’s most famous lecture hall, “l’amphi Blondeau”, during the night of October 3, shortly after 8 p.m. Fortunately, the hall was unoccupied at the time. Firefighters responded swiftly, and there were no casualties. However, Blondeau lecture hall has been almost entirely destroyed by the flames. The rest of Building T remains unaffected. Read more.
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