Open Flexible Dynamic - Vilniaus Verslo kolegija

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Vilnius Business College Strategic Plan 2014 – 2020
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Our Values
• Respecting everyone – one of
the core values of our College
that lays a foundation for
productivity, creative interaction
and collaboration. We believe that
a respectful approach enables us to
design an innovative, empowering
and sustainable environment.
• Attention to
everything – words,
activities, ideas and
sensations. We are
responsive and ready
to listen, to advice, to
encourage and assist.
• Open-minded approach
to new ideas and
challenges – we are flexible,
courageous, inquisitive and
original, we always eager to
reveal new opportunities.
• Collaboration – we
value everyone’s personal
input, maintain pro-active
dialogue, encourage
responsible team-based
work.
• Transparency –
equality of rights,
objective evaluation,
clarity in all
relationships, rights
and duties.
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The
Mission
To enhance opportunities for
professional and personal
development for all learners by
flexibly combining high standard
studies that respond the real-life
business needs and innovative
learning methods, and
promoting ideas of sustainable
development and life-long
learning.
Vilnius Business College
is an open, innovative and
competitive, internationally
recognized higher education
institution that nurtures
sustainability and values.
The
Vision
Contents
Director’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Aim 1 – to develop Distinctive Teaching and Learning Experiences and Environment. . . . . . 5
Aim 2 – to expand Internationalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Aim 3 – to foster Project and Applied Research Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Aim 4 – to improve Organization’s Management and foster its Sustainability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Strategic Plan 2014 – 2020 Key Performance Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Eglė Stankevičienė,
lecturer of IT
Department
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Director’s Introduction
For many years Vilnius Business College has truly been pursuing
high standards of education and has initiated a vast range of study
programmes in will to respond to changing market demands. It
is dedicated to develop and enhance practical skills of students,
to organize extended studies, to promote the ideas of lifelong learning, to make an effort to build an attractive learning
environment. Vilnius Business College scores in the top ranges
when it comes to employability of its graduates, who effectively
demonstrate their competitive advantages in the labor market.
Guided by the European standards of studies and driving forces
towards innovation, Vilnius Business College continually attempts
to deliver high quality, relevant conditions for teachers’ professional
development, social integration of students, to strengthen
partnership relations and foster project and applied research
activities.
Jolanta Skirgailė,
Director
The Strategy 2014 – 2020 of Vilnius Business College rests on the
core pillars that have been shaped by changing economic-social
environment and tendencies of the growing integration across
scientific-educational-business sectors visible globally and in
Lithuania, as well new requirements outlined by the European
education system, which call to foster creative thinking and
entrepreneurship, promote technological achievements and
innovative ideas in modern society.
We believe that the agenda and priorities set up in the Strategy
for the next seven years will largely add to the institutional
capacities in terms of extracting, collecting, disseminating
knowledge and applying exemplary practices in order to
develop students’, teachers’ and staffs’ distinctive talents
and professional skills that will help them become even
more powerful contributors to the overall well – being and
sustainability in Lithuania and globally.
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Ignas Avižinis, Graduate
of Applied English
Language
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Aim 1
to develop
Distinctive
Teaching
and Learning
Experiences
and
Environment
The College has acquired a valuable
experience delivering high standard
studies and timely revising study
programmes. The broadminded
approach of the College responding
to the real-time challenges is an
important facilitator to create and
promote the teaching and learning
best practices onwards. The drive to
develop real-life solutions addressing
various problems by maintaining
effective coordination and close
collaboration among our students,
staff and partners, which stand for
business, professional and science
organizations including those in other
educational sectors, will help widely
apply innovative teaching-learning
methods and foster their further
development. A new project–based
learning pathway will lead towards
better integration of theoretical
knowledge and practical skills of
our students, will contribute to their
overall studies-related achievements
and learning experiences, will enable
better synthesis and alignment of all
teaching-learning components. An
active involvement of all participating
parties in the teaching-learning
process will largely contribute in
maintaining an open dialogue, will
encourage team work and creative
networking practices. This will
assist growing intellectual capital,
will be a sound source of personal
development and self-expression for
each and every community member
of the College.
The College’s strong will to further
focus on strengthening relations
with national and international
strategic partners is deemed as a
significant step for transferring their
advanced expertise. This will help
to effectively refine the content of
the study programmes, launch joint,
short-cycle and informal education
study programmes, transform the
learning process organizing it into
closer alignment with the 21st
century education paradigm. The
College is determined to apply the
holistic approach towards teaching
and learning practices that definitely
will lead to a stronger self-confidence
and even better adaptability of our
students in the labour market.
To improve social integration of
students, the College is determined
to put more efforts for developing
student-oriented supportive activities
such as: academic consultation
services, career and early work
planning, personal including Studies
Grant advice; support organizing free
time programmes and /or various
project-based activities.
To foster development of the
cohesive learning and working
environment, the College will
continue to improve its physical and
technical capacities by implanting
modern information technologies
and ensuring equal access to
technology for all members of the
College community in order to
accomplish their work and studies –
related tasks.
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Objectives:
Implementation innovative
teaching – learning methods.
Designing attractive and distinctive
study programmes.
Design the short-cycle
programmes.
Strengthening strategic partnership.
Developing supportive activities for
students.
Number of participants involved in
development of innovative teaching –
learning methods – percentage from
teachers and students involved.
Number of the joint programmes – 3.
Number of the short – cycle
programmes – 5.
Employability of graduates – 85% or
more.
Students’ retention rate – 80% or more.
Key
Performance
Indicators:
Vilnius Business College
Students’ Association
Vilniaus
Vilniusverslo
Business
kolegijos
College
strateginis
Strategic planas
Plan 2014
2014/2020
– 2020
The time spent in Vilnius Business
College is full of warm memories.
This higher education school pleased
me with friendly and modern
environment, informative and eyecatching stands, attentive staff. I
was really fascinated by lecturers.
They helped me to overcome my
lack of self-confidence, fear of
communicating, asking questions. In
College all the lecturers and students
are like one family full of mutual
respect. Studies were combined with
frequently organized conferences,
meetings with lecturers from foreign
countries. Such events encouraged
my curiosity and interest in various
subjects of my chosen profession
and other fields of interest. The
impressions from my practice in
Baltic Aviation Academy are still
fresh and inspiring. By having the
possibility of everyday e-mail and
phone communication with foreign
partners, I employed my language
skills and knowledge acquired in
College.
One of my favourite subject was
language skills development. I could
not realize before that someday
I will be able to express my ideas
in English language in various
different topics. It was a pleasure
to attend these lectures and I used
to eagerly wait for them. Talented
lecturers always came up with
excellent methods to encourage us
to take interest in peculiarities of
language while at the same time
considering everyone’s interests
and achievements. I am very
grateful that during my study years
I had an opportunity to familiarize
with marketing discipline, which
is necessary in various everyday
situations. I think it taught me one
of the most important things, which
is to properly present yourself in
the job market, pay attention to
important details and be more openminded.
Today I am really happy being able
to develop my small business of
helping others to learn language. By
doing this I develop my own skills
as well. I hope that I could continue
working the job I like. If the situation
would change, I am sure that I will
be able to find work in the majority
of Lithuanian companies. I think that
my love to one language might lead
to learning another one or starting
another studies. I am not afraid of
challenges because I am confident in
my success.
Several words describing my
experience in College would be
Karina Grigorian
3rd year student of Applied
English Language study
programme
» motivation
» energy
» pleasure
» skills
Dzmitry Sabaleuski, Student
of Hospitality and Event
Management, Belarus
Aim 2
to expand
Internationalisation
The academic community has
got greater than ever mobility
opportunities, after Lithuania
became an integral part of the
global science and education
sector. International student and
staff mobility programmes and
projects increase knowledge –
based exchange, enable transfer of
the best practices, assist growing
creative initiatives, transparency and
respect towards achievements and
cultural identity of others. Vilnius
Business College, which already
has a notable reputation in terms
of its international presence, is
determined to investigate further
opportunities for enhancement of
internationalisation process.
Addressing the changing
environment of the science and
education sector internationally,
the College will seek a wider
international recognition by
increasing the number of study
programmes taught in foreign
languages (English, Russian) and
international students. Those
internationals who choose studies
in the College have extended
opportunities not only acquire
and apply gained knowledge and
skills at the international labour
market, but also get life and work
experience in Lithuania, establish
meaningful contacts and lay
foundations for business networking
in further. Staff engaged in
teaching of international students
may not only share their expertise,
but also enjoy new experiences
deriving from employing their
knowledge of foreign languages.
Internationalisation for College, is
an excellent opportunity to increase
its brand awareness beyond the
national borders, to strengthen
its market position, enhance
cross-cultural networking, to gain
supplemental funding sources by
satisfying international market
demands of science and education
sector.
Actively participating in
international student and staff
mobility programmes, the College
will continue to promote those
outstanding collaborative initiatives
among its community members
in order to ensure intellectual
and cross-cultural exchange
process, enable better transfer
and dissemination of teaching
and learning practices, to support
implementation of the strategic aims
and goals.
Objectives:
Increasing number of international
programmes
Encouraging the College
community members’ mobility
Number of study programmes taught
in foreign languages (50% from the
whole number of programmes taught).
Number of international students –
25% from all studying.
Percentage of participants involved in
mobility programmes:
a. Staff – 20%
b. Students – 30%.
Income generated from international
studies (30% of the whole income
generated from study programmes).
Key
Performance
Indicators:
Vilniaus
Vilniusverslo
Business
kolegijos
College
strateginis
Strategic planas
Plan 2014
2014/2020
– 2020
Less than one year has passed since
I graduated from College. I still feel
the satisfaction and joy experienced
during my study years. I still want to
meet my course mates, to visit that
small, but wonderful space, where
I acquired relevant life experience,
business knowledge. Wonderful
lecturers, their ability to skilfully
present information, provide us with
relevant skills, real-life examples,
which are sometimes funny, but
always inspiring and informative will
remain in my memory for long.
Study years were the most
memorable for me too. Here I not
only met people who became my
friends and maybe even future
business partners, but also formed
the basis for a successful career in
a company or even establishing
my own business. Participation in
College projects, presentation of
study programs in various exhibitions
and meetings, organization of
student events helped me to develop
my communication, cooperation
and teamwork skills, which are
becoming increasingly essential and
necessary to me at the moment.
After finishing College, I did not
want to stop learning, so in the
same year I began my MSc degree in
International Business and Marketing
in the University of Southern
Denmark (Syddansk Universitet).
When entering the university I did
not have to attend TOEFL and IELTS
exams, because my College English
course grades were accepted.
I am very grateful to College for
provided knowledge base which
allowed me to keep pace with the
studies in foreign country.
Four words describing College -
Karolis Luščinskas
Graduate from
Business Management
and Marketing study
programme
Prof. Willard McCarty, King’s College London.
In 2013 awarded with prestigious University
of Nebraska’s Roberto Busa Prize for
outstanding lifetime academic achievements
in the field of humanities. Conference “IIT2013”.
Aim 3
to foster Project
and Applied
Research
Activities
Prof. Willard McCarty (UK), Dr. Øyvind Eide (Norway) and Raymond Elferink (The
Netherlands) at the conference “IIT-2013”.
In a knowledge based society the
intellectual capital is a currency
of enormous value. Intellectual
capital is deemed as means to
successfully build and maintain
meaningful relationships not only
across organizations but also
different sectors. Development of
project oriented culture has brought
and embedded new practices and
instruments that allow to consolidate
and blend knowledge, expertise and
capacities accumulated by various
organizations to produce relevant
solutions when solving problems at
regional, national and international
levels. To put in practice the EU
strategic guidelines, projects became
one of the most heavily employed
instruments when dealing with
concerns and problems related to
the science and higher education
sector.
Project – oriented activities are
among core priorities of Vilnius
Business College looking to the
future. The College is determined
to exploit better its intellectual
capacities. By initiating and
developing future projects,
the College will strengthen its
international reputation, will
motivate its academic community to
build new professional competences
and skills through active involvement
in project-based work at all levels of
those who have relevant experience
and expertise in this particular
field. Projects are an important
instruments that enable to gain new
knowledge and insights to ultimately
transfer and apply them for such
purposes as teaching, consulting and
professional development, as well
creating the added value directly
responding to the social – economic
needs of the target audiences at the
regional or national level.
The College also plans to take
more active position developing
applied research activities. Those
activities will help to maintain an
open discussion; will help to build
better mutual understanding,
will contribute in promoting
interdisciplinary approach and
ultimately will bridge academic and
business communities’ and their
expertise.
Projects and applied research
activities together are deemed as an
extra source in terms of growth of
intellectual potential and individual
experience to be creatively applied
when planning new creative
initiatives related to the teaching –
learning process. Both of them, the
projects and the applied research
activities are important means to
generate funding flow, which is
planned to be invested in creating
educational and organizational
excellence. The College is convinced
that involvement in those activities
will contribute to knowledge – based
exchange, improve professionalism,
team work, communication and
responsibility, as well will lead to
strengthening of core organization’s
values as open-mindedness,
transparency and others.
Objectives:
Fostering project – oriented activities.
Organizing applied research activities.
Strengthening science – education –
business partnership.
Number of projects.
Number of involved in scientific
events.
Number of applied research activities
– increase by 200%.
Number of articles having the college
affiliation – increase by 25%.
Income, generated from projects and
applied research – 30% of the whole
income from studies.
Key
Performance
Indicators:
Doc. Dr. Alytis Gruodis, initiator of
annual international conference “IIT”,
Chairman of Scientific Committee.
When I started working in Vilnius
Business College I did not realize
that I will have such possibilities. First
of all, I got an opportunity to raise
my qualifications and develop skills.
Due to the flexible work schedule I
managed to finish my Bachelor and
Master studies and started working
as an administrator and later as a
study coordinator. At the moment
I work as a personnel and quality
specialist. For me it is more than
just a work position. It is the story
of my personal and professional
development. My work in College
is full of challenges. I acquired skills
that seemed almost impossible for
me before such as smooth and easy
communication with colleagues
and partners, self – confidence,
team work, quick adaptation to new
environments, great organisational
skills.
I am really happy that I still have
plans and personal objectives here in
College. At the moment I supervise
College quality management
system. However, I want to develop
further in the field and become a
professional internal auditor.
I appreciate the environment
where I work, because it is unique.
Communication based on mutual
trust and respect, implementation
of joint projects, warm and friendly
relations help me to develop
and grow together with College
community.
Joana Samborskaja
Personnel / Quality Specialist
I keep saying about the College –
» open
» cosy
» continuously developed
» beloved
Aim 4
to improve
Organization’s
Management
and foster its
Sustainability
Erika Rukaitė, Graduate of Applied English Language
To deliver our strategic priorities,
there is a strong need to ensure
efficient and effective management
of the organization by distributing
and exploiting its recourses. Vilnius
College count on all community
members – students, teachers and
staff – and believe that they will be
sharing the spirit of the organization
that articulates its core values will
be ready to contribute in securing
the best use of recourses and well –
being of the College.
People are the most important asset
of the Vilnius Business College. To
improve the management of human
recourses, the College will focus and
facilitate team work, will encourage
personal development, will
carefully consider how to promote
professional growth. The college
will systematically renew its physical
capacities, will improve quality of
IT capacities by modernizing them.
To optimize usage of premises, the
College is dedicated to find relevant
ways to improve their exploitation
into a close alignment to the
strategic goals. In financial terms to
achieve sustainability, the College
will seek a sound and rational
diversification and efficient planning,
ensuring timely control.
Vilnius Business College will
pursue the pathway to continually
improve organisational culture.
The efforts will be focused to
enhance effectively internal and
external communication; to react
and respond to any problems or
complains in due time and way
in order eliminate any possible
tensions; people will be motivated
in relation to their individual
accomplishments. The College will
promote and support ideas and
initiatives of social responsibility
among all members of the College
community.
Objectives:
Optimizing management of
financial, physical and human
recourses.
Improving Internal Quality
Assurance system.
Improving internal and external
communication.
Enhancing the College’s
organisational culture.
Strengthening social responsibility.
Investments allocated for renewal
and modernization of recourses.
Income generated by 1 m2 of the
College premises.
Investments, allocated for
improvement of internal and
external communication.
Staff satisfaction monitoring.
Volunteering activities and
initiatives.
Key
Performance
Indicators:
Quality award received in 2009 for
project EIT - E-learning Module English language for Information
Technology Specialists.
Vilniaus
Vilniusverslo
Business
kolegijos
College
strateginis
Strategic planas
Plan 2014
2014/2020
– 2020
Studying in Vilnius Business College
is one of the most significant
moments of my life. During the
studies I realized that I can achieve
more than I previously realized.
Every moment spent in College is
the source of new experience and
valuable life lessons. I enjoy College
friendly atmosphere, where every
student gets support from lecturers
and other staff members. Such
support is essential in analysing
different subjects and developing
personal knowledge and skills.
The College provides students
with various attractive possibilities.
I notice that the majority of my
leisure activities are related with
the College. Unfortunately, there is
simply not enough time to use all
the possibilities offered by College.
Chosen study subjects and lectures
exceeded my expectations. I am
really satisfied with the insightful
advices received from lecturers and
the fact that I am studying internet
technologies. I am really confident
in my knowledge of chosen study
subject. The knowledge acquired
during the two-year experience
in the College gives me more
confidence in job interviews.
Having finished the first year of
my studies I suddenly began to
feel the need to contribute to
the College development. Then I
became a member of the Student
Association, where I can satisfy
my need to implement various
initiatives and develop organisational
and management skills. The
participation in the activities of
Student Association is useful not
only for me but for others as well. In
the end of the second year I started
to think about job as the possibility
to test my knowledge in practice. I
am sure that my future career will be
related to programming and internet
technologies. I hope that skills,
knowledge and experience acquired
in the College will provide me with
possibilities to establish my own
business.
Deividas Daukšys
2nd year student of Programming
and Internet Technologies study
programme
For me Vilnius Business College –
» informative
» accurate
» friendly
» practice-oriented
Strategic Plan 2014 – 2020
Key Performance Indicators
To develop Distinctive Teaching and Learning Experiences and Environment
Number of participants involved in development of innovative teaching – learning
methods – percentage from teachers and students involved.
Number of the joint programmes – 3.
Number of the short – cycle programmes – 5.
Employability of graduates – 85% or more.
Students’ retention rate – 80% or more.
To expand Internationality
Number of study programmes taught in foreign languages - 50% from the whole
number of programmes taught.
Number of international students – 25% from all studying.
Percentage of participants involved in mobility programmes:
a. Staff – 20%
b. Students – 30%.
Income generated from international studies – 30% of the whole income generated
from study programmes.
To foster Project and Applied Research Activities
Number of projects.
Number of involved in scientific events.
Number of applied research activities – increase by 200%.
Number of articles having the college affiliation – increase by 25%.
Income, generated from projects and applied research – 30% of the whole income from
studies.
To improve Organisation’s Management and foster its Sustainability
Investments, allocated for renewal and modernization of recourses.
Income generated by 1 m2 of the College premises.
Investments, allocated for improvement of internal and external communication.
Staff satisfaction monitoring.
Volunteering activities and initiatives.
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Contact us:
Vilniaus verslo kolegija / Vilnius Business College
Kalvarijų str. 125, LT-08221, Vilnius
Tel./faks. +370 (5) 21 54 884, Mob. +370 616 55422, [email protected]
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Open Flexible Dynamic - Vilniaus Verslo kolegija

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