Category: News and blogs

Students in the race for GasTerra award

May 16, 2012 No Comments by Lennart
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A team of  three  MIC stuents have reached the finals of the GasTerra Transition Award, which will be held on 12 June in Arnhem, the Netherlands. GasTerra is a Dutch company active in the  global  trade and supply of natural gas. The Transition Award  is a prize  for the best  student  proposal for fighting climate [...]

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Students, multinationals and battles – a tale of professional discovery

May 9, 2012 No Comments by Lennart
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By Flavio Athayde Junger de Oliveira Student Master in International Communication When I first heard about the Studentsmedia (www.studentsmedia.nl) battles in September 2011 and that I, as a  MIC student, would have the chance to be part of one of the NRG Battles Europe, I could never have imagined it would change my life so [...]

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The synergy inside the MIC

May 7, 2012 No Comments by Lennart
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The Synergy inside the MIC By Lennart Pruiksma, Communication and Admissions, Geert Hofstede Consortium Working in an international environment is something special. I work together with colleagues from the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Italy, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. Our current student body consists of students from Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, [...]

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How to manage sensitive issues in a strategic manner

April 3, 2012 No Comments by Lennart

By MIC student Hasina Juma As part of the specialisation International Public Affairs at Hanze UAS, MIC students have participated in the 11th European Brussels Forum from 25 March – 31 March 2012. This Forum is annually organised by the Munich European Forum Association (MEF). The MIC students were participants in an international simulation conference [...]

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Building up experience at the European Brussels Forum

March 30, 2012 No Comments by Lennart
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By MIC student Merike Kiesel As part of the specialisation International Public Affairs at Hanze UAS, MIC students have participated in the 11th European Brussels Forum from 25 March – 31 March 2012. This Forum is annually organised by the Munich European Forum Association (MEF). The MIC students were participants in an international simulation conference [...]

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My first day at my first MEF

March 29, 2012 No Comments by Lennart

By MIC student Alyssa Hopp As part of the specialisation International Public Affairs at Hanze UAS, MIC students have participated in the 11th European Brussels Forum from 25 March – 31 March 2012. This Forum is annually organised by the Munich European Forum Association (MEF). The MIC students were participants in an international simulation conference [...]

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MIC students work on real issues for real clients

March 22, 2012 No Comments by Lennart

By Erik Kostelijk. Lecturer Marketing Communication & Research, Hanze UAS. MIC students work on real issues for real clients. The MIC offers students not only the possibility of inspiring classes in universities across Europe. We also cherish our network with organizations in the field. Here I show you a couple of examples: Presentations at Quintel [...]

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Being an international student – Becoming a communicator

March 9, 2012 No Comments by Lennart
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By Lucia Scurei Student: Master in International Communication, Geert Hofstede Consortium 21 February 2012 Being an international student is definitely a life-changing experience! I think that anyone who has spent so much as a semester studying abroad can relate to my previous statement so I don’t need to argument it, right? It changes you as [...]

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Long live the Euro!

March 5, 2012 No Comments by Lennart

By Frans Somers Lecturer International Business Environment, Hanze UAS One of my jobs is teaching International Business Environment at the MIC programme of the GH consortium at Hanze UAS. The European business environment is an important aspect of this subject. You can find my opinion on the European debt crisis in the attached article, published [...]

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MIC on a roll

February 28, 2012 No Comments by Lennart

I just came back from an inspiring annual meeting of the Geert Hofstede Consortium. Venue was booming Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital and home to the New Bulgarian University, one of the founding partners of the consortium. On a personal level it was great to connect with all of the members with whom I have worked these [...]

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