Programme Podcast

In this podcast we discuss the course Customs Law, why it’s part of the Executive Master Customs and Supply Chain Compliance, how the course is designed and what it is that makes this a unique MSc Programme! ‘Most of our students already work in Customs, or International Trade Compliance, so that is of course a plus. If you have that experience and that knowledge, then that’s a good basis to come...

‘The students should be able to fully understand what is going on in IT, when it comes to the Customs profession, including to some extent data analytics and artificial intelligence. But they are not supposed to build it themselves. They don’t need to be technical experts’ - Professor Yao-hua Tan, Programme Director and faculty member of IT and Auditing. Yao-Hua Tan explains why this course is par...

The Executive Master Customs and Supply Chain compliance provides learnings on how you can improve effectiveness and efficiency of customs supervision and how to create mutual understanding among parties from diverse backgrounds. ‘The kind of cases that we use in the course are inspired by current developments. We see that the Government and also authorities like Customs and the Food and Safety au...

‘Because of the EMBA I’m so much more capable of distilling questions. I learned how to dissect questions and problems. Learned to prioritize sensibly and act accordingly. And I think that’s because of a major part of the EMBA and some of the electives that I got. They made me a better decision maker.’ – Edwin Horstman, Executive MBA ’16, looks back on his EMBA journey and shares some of his learn...

‘The amount of graduates that decided to stay in Europe, including the Netherlands is about 80%. So you can see that a lot of our graduates eventually decide to stay in the country and have the opportunity to do so. And that’s for many reasons. One of the main reasons I would say, is because of the very flexible visa policy that the Netherlands has as a country. Especially for highly skilled indiv...

‘I spoke to a few alumni here at RSM and also staff from the MBA office, so that also really helped. And I attended some really interesting online talks from the Erasmus Center for Women and Organisations and really loved talking to them. I really liked the approach that they had.’ - Ana Miarnau, Full-time MBA Class of ’23, moved from Spain to the Netherlands to join this years’ cohort and shares...

'And I guess that's what makes the MBA journey extraordinary. Against all odds I managed to have a meaningful journey with an MBA. With the academic knowledge I gained, the friendships and also the MBA Marketing club that I had a chance to lead throughout the whole year.' - Minh Nguyen Duc, Full-time MBA Class of '22. Minh moved from Singapore to the Netherlands for his MBA. In this podcast we dis...

'The interviewer has done a lot of interviews. Maybe even a lot on the same day. So to really make yourself stand out, I think having that honest conversation is really important.' Caroline Angle, Recruitment and Admissions Manager at RSM. In this podcast Caroline Angle shares tips on how to prepare for your admissions interview, what pitfalls to avoid and mostly how to be your authentic self to s...

'It might be the best according to the world, but is it the best for you? Will you be fulfilled being an engineer? And what happens actually is that many people, when they get five to ten to fifteen years into their careers they suddenly realize, no this is not what I really want. I want something else, but what?' Hetty Brand-Boswijk, Director of Coaching and Lead Coach at RSM. In this podcast we...

'So I packed my bags and I left to the UK and as I was taking my luggage off the carrousel at the airport in Heathrow, I looked at my e-mail. And there was an e-mail from RSM saying that I'd gotten in. And it was a no-brainer for me,' says Bharat Kumaraswami. Bharat Kumaraswami graduated from our Full-time MBA class of 2018 and joined RSM as the Data manager. In this episode we discuss why he chos...

Before you graduate, our career center will prepare you for your career after the MBA. Our Career Centre guides and coaches students and organizes speed dating bootcamps, to prepare our graduates for job interviews. Diana Diniz, Career Development Manager at RSM, shares how the Career Center prepares our students and what you need to know when starting your MBA journey at RSM.

What does it mean to be part of the RSM Alumni network of over 40.000 trail-blazers? And how can you make good use of this network? Sue Martin, Director of Corporate and Alumni Relations, shares what the alumni office can do for our graduates, but most importantly, how our graduates can utilize this global network. ‘After graduation it’s not goodbye. That network is forever there for them and that...

‘I went looking for opportunities, after coming back from a trip around the world of almost a year and a half, and really often ‘Positive change’ popped up. It inspired me, because of the new way RSM was looking at the world’ Carolina says. In the Netherlands 80% to 90% of the population speaks English. After moving here eleven years ago, Carolina still decided to learn Dutch and has been with RSM...

Moving abroad for your MBA, what’s that like? Juan Maldonado Alcazar moved from Mexico to the Netherlands five years ago, for his MBA. He graduated from RSM's Full-time MBA, class of 2017 and joined our Alumni office as the Corporate and Alumni Relations Manager. But, why did he choose the Rotterdam school of Management? Why did he decide to pursue a career here in the Netherlands? And what advice...

Prof. Christo Nel is one of the architects of our renewed Personal Leadership Programme for next year's Executive MBA. What did fighting Apartheid in South Africa in a business platform teach him about leadership development? And how will our PLD Programme change next year? Topics covered in this podcast: - How business was used to build trust and empathy between opposing parties in the 1980s. - W...

Choosing the right combination of MBA electives allows you to do a deep dive in one particular subject, or perhaps even pivot your career! In our latest Programme Podcast we met up with Asimwe Ruganyoisa (FT MBA’21) to discuss her reason for choosing electives around Finance and Sustainability: “I want to be part of the energy transition that is happening right now in the oil and gas industry. To...

How does our admissions process for the full-time MBA work and how can you best prepare for it? Marketing & Admissions Manager Carrie Fok explains what you need to know about the required documents, the essay, professional references and the online Kira assessment. Here are her seven tips to make your application as smooth as possible: 1) Start the conversation with your target schools early to sh...

After her first week on campus, we invited Tanzanian Full-time MBA student Asimwe Ruganyoisa to our podcast studio to give us the real story about doing an MBA at RSM. She didn’t hold back and told us all about the soul-searching she was asked to do from day one in the Personal Leadership Development programme, the challenges of meeting 150 new people from different cultures, and of course: how to...

In this first podcast of the year we take our crystal ball to Brandon Kirby, Director of Marketing and Admissions, to discuss what he sees as the biggest trends in MBA for 2020. Here is what to expect: - MBA Candidates will become even more purpose-driven and will want to apply their skills in their home countries. - Many MBA programmes will restructure their admissions procedures to accommodate t...

In this podcast, Lida Dimitriou answers the seven most commonly asked questions about our Executive MBA programma (EMBA). Lida is Marketing and Admissions Manager for our executive programmes at RSM MBA and has handpicked the following questions to be answered in this first episode of our programme podcast series. 1) What does a typical EMBA class look like? 2) What kind of people are in the progr...