Soft Skills

At EMLV Business School, all students take part in a comprehensive five-year Soft Skills programme. Its culmination: a 30-hour Leadership Seminar delivered in both French and English to nearly 1,500 French and international students across the school. The seminar invites future managers to reflect on their experiences, their values, and the kind of leaders they aspire […]

The World Economic Forum’s 2025 report highlights major transformations in the job market linked to technological transition, generative AI and climate issues. For higher education, these developments are reshaping the skills expected and the organisation of careers. For Business Schools, these findings are not just an observation: they shape the way in which skills needs […]

Inspired by the hackathon format, Workplace Solutions Sprint Week at EMLV offered an immersive learning experience that focuses on real-world communication in professional English. Students tackle workplace challenges related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Based on Communicative Language Teaching and Project-Based Learning, Sprint Week offered a practical and intensive approach to language development for advanced […]

On Wednesday, 12 March 2025, De Vinci Higher Education, in collaboration with Paris Nanterre University and the Mairie de Nanterre, hosted the second edition of Equality Day. An event dedicated to raising awareness around the themes of equality, non-discrimination and inclusion. Equality Day: an immersive programme to raise awareness among students Throughout the afternoon, interactive […]

One thousand six hundred fourth-year students from EMLV, ESILV, and IIM took part in a hackathon focused on decarbonising society. Working in 270 multidisciplinary teams, they explored carbon reduction scenarios across seven key sectors: agriculture and food, banking and finance, construction, culture, industry, digital technology, and transport and mobility. For one week, students collaborated in […]

The business world speaks many languages; success listens to all. What do the world’s most successful companies have in common? It’s not just market dominance; it’s cultural fluency. Today’s business leaders don’t just work across borders; they think across them. They understand that a great idea in Paris might need a different approach in Tokyo […]

If the job market had a plot twist, this would be it. Gone are the days when mastering a single skill was enough to land (and keep) a dream job. In 2025, careers are less “straight path” and more “choose your own adventure,” where the real winners are those who can connect the dots between […]

Students from the 2027 class at EMLV, ESILV, and IIM joined forces for a transversal hackathon dedicated to positive impact entrepreneurship. Their mission: design a business creation project contributing to one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This pedagogical hackathon challenged participants to imagine a business model—B2B or B2C—addressing a social, environmental, or […]

In the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, over 1,300 students from EMLV, ESILV, and IIM took part in a cross-disciplinary educational hackathon focused on developing sustainable, inclusive, and ethical approaches to sport. This learning experience challenged students to propose innovative solutions aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to […]

Entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence and its Societal Challenges’, the cross-disciplinary Hackathon brought together 1,600 fourth-year students, including those from EMLV. During this educational initiative, students addressed the challenges of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on society, such as employment, health, the environment and information. The Hackathon had two objectives: to understand how AI is perceived in […]

In a presentation at the Business English Special Interest Group (BESIG2023) conference in Stuttgart, Konstantin Mikaberidze, English Teacher-Coordinator at the EMLV shared insights into the evolving business communication landscape and its intersection with media exposure. The talk, “Introducing Media Training in the Business English Classroom,” presented a compelling case for incorporating media training elements into the curriculum […]

The recurrence of the epidemic has had an impact on the career paths and job chances of countless people across the world. This altered reality has forced changes in the demand for and value of specific skill sets.