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VBC, in collaboration with VBCSA, is organizing a student scientific-practical conference

Vilnius Business College, together with the Student Council of Vilnius Business College, is organizing a scientific-practical student conference “Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities,” which will take place on May 30, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., in Vilnius, at Saltoniškių St. 2 (and online).

More information: https://www.kolegija.lt/konferencija/

Registration is open until May 15, 2024: https://forms.gle/Z4x6sWiK36tpwdpa6

A detailed event program will be sent two weeks prior to the event to the email address provided during registration.

 

 

“Design Thinking: What Opportunities Does It Open for Students?”

Design thinking is one of the contemporary disciplines that students at Vilnius Business College are learning. What exactly is this discipline, and how does it aim in students career paths and personal development? We spoke with Vilija Džiovėnaitė, a lecturer at Vilnius Business College, who explained that design thinking is not just about visuals and why it’s very used by startups as well as large companies.

What Is Design Thinking?

Design thinking is a methodology that helps us create changes based on insights from customers, users, or company employees. This methodology encompasses two key aspects: change (we identify and solve a problem using various practices) and the fact that the change is based on the needs of our clients facing a specific issue.

One of the startups of design thinking model is the company “Ideo,” which shifted the perspective that design can solve problems.

Design Thinking: More Than Just Visuals?

In English, design thinking implies action. Identifying a problem, we design, arrange, and construct solutions with students, hence creating a design that can be described as a design of solutions. The methodology itself offers a wide array of tools, so a group of people must think and select which tools are best suited to solve a problem.

How Are Your Lectures Conducted?

Our lectures are not the traditional type where the lecturer speaks and students take notes. They are practice-based sessions. Students come up with a problem relevant to all, define it, and then learn to find solutions using the design thinking methodology, which consists of five stages. While students receive theoretical knowledge about these stages, most of the lecture time is devoted to practice.

Many tools are based on creativity, so during lectures, students develop their creativity through playing, coloring, building, etc. Through such creative construction, discussions, deep dives, and solution searches occur.

How Can Students Apply Design Thinking in Their Future Professional Activities?

The world is constantly changing, and design thinking speaks to change that we can implement very quickly. The traditional business model, where the business itself identifies a problem and obtains a solution from others, no longer works, making design thinking increasingly popular as an effective tool. Its effectiveness comes from continuous collaboration with the client at every stage. By identifying a problem and step-by-step searching for solutions, we continuously involve clients or company employees and receive feedback, finding a solution that truly works instead of being imposed by someone else.

Design thinking is successfully applied in any business that needs ideas and inherently seeks change, from management to business development, from human resources to business risk, etc. Much depends on the specific area of business.

Both startups and large companies seeking changes within the organization or business adopt design thinking as a methodology.

What Else Do Students Learn from Design Thinking Lectures?

Such 21st-century skills as creativity and teamwork are developed, as it’s a team-based practice that teaches listening, voicing one’s opinion, and utilizing various technologies and mobile apps, thus fostering creative technology use competency.

Teamwork is particularly important here, as each team member perceives the problem differently, so students learn to listen to diverse opinions. The more varied the team members, the more unique and unpredictable the solution can be. The team also provides motivation when solution searches take longer.

During lectures, some students learn to dare to voice their ideas and opinions, no matter how strange they may be, while the more active ones, conversely, learn not to overshadow others, to listen. This fosters an understanding that everyone in the team, regardless of experience, maturity, age, personal traits, is equal and that all together, through collaboration, will find a solution.

Can Design Thinking Methodology Be Applied to Personal Development?

Absolutely! For instance, if it’s unclear which career direction to take, what goal to set, or how to achieve it, design thinking methodology can be utilized. Since it’s a clearly defined methodology, it’s applied systematically, step by step. Questions are asked, solutions sought, implemented, then returned to questions about what works, why a conceived solution wasn’t applied, what hindered it, what needs to change, etc.

For example, if a person wants to write, they might ask themselves where they could start writing, whom to write for, what to write about, etc. Thus, step by step, a comprehension of what and how to do is formed.

This way, it’s possible to determine whether the set goal is truly one’s own. Even if the set goal is not achieved, it’s discovered why it happened, what doesn’t work. It’s a path of continuous discoveries, self-reflection, and attempts.

As we see, design thinking only works when applied practically.

First photo – personal archive of V. Džiovėnaitė

Cultural Exchange Day at Vilnius Business College at 5th of April, 2024

Dear Students,

Join us for Cultural Exchange Day at Vilnius Business College!

It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow students, experience different cultures, try delicious international cuisine, and enjoy fun activities.

Date: 5th of April, 2024

Time: 11AM

Place: Saltoniskiu str. 2

Come, join and enjoy!

VBC Students Visited the Kaziukas Fair 2024

During the Kaziukas Fair, there was a rich mix of emotions and enjoyable experiences among the students of the Vilnius Business College who came to study from various countries.

Together with the Head of International Business Study Programmes, Bahman Peyravi, they tasted, explored, and tried everything that delights at the Kaziukas Fair!

Happy Independence Day, Lithuania!

Let’s cherish and protect everything that fits into the word – LITHUANIA.

VBC Guest – Loic Salfati

Calling all Vilnius Business College students!

Join us for a screening of the latest documentary film “The Secrets of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius” by French movie director Loic Salfati.

Stick around afterwards for engaging debates togeher with film author, where we’ll delve into the film’s themes and ideas together.

Loic Salfati the French movie director and Cultural cooperation attaché, deputy director of the French Institute of Lithuania at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Date: March 22, 11 am

Location: Saltoniskiu campus, auditorium 1

For participation registration is required!

REGISTRATION

Why do Influencers Need a College Degree?

With 35k followers on TikTok, 113k followers on Instagram, and ideas brewing every morning on how to implement them on her social media profiles, that’s Omotolani Enwereji’s daily routine. She enjoys it, she earns from it, so why does a rapidly emerging young woman need a college degree? Omotolani Enwereji shares her thoughts on why she chose to study at Vilnius Business College and how she became an influencer.

Photo – personal archive of O. Enwereji

Real-life situations prompted her to become an influencer

Omotolani came to Lithuania from Nigeria. She already had experience in cinema filming, modeling abroad, and for the past few years, she has been focusing mainly on her influencer career. “The idea of taking this activity seriously came from my experience in Dubai. While waiting with other models for an influencer who was supposed to promote our event, I examined her account, saw what exactly she had to do, found out how much she earned from it. After this incident, I realized that I could do it too. I am confident in front of the camera, communicative, so I decided to give it a try,” recalls the student.

Over the years, she has managed to significantly grow her accounts on TikTok and Instagram (@heytolani), learn a lot, discover her favorite activity, and overcome numerous psychological challenges. Constantly keeping up with innovations and immediately applying them, brainstorming new ideas, fostering her creativity – that’s just one aspect of her work. According to Omotolani, the unseen side of the job, resembling office work, involves communicating with clients via email, learning how to present herself, sorting out tax matters, writing scripts for videos, and more.

“I used to avoid calling myself an influencer because I felt like I wasn’t worth it. Over time, that feeling disappeared. Clients have taught me to trust myself more. If they like my accounts and what I do on them, why should I feel bad?” Omotolani opened up.

Social media activity changed the direction of the girl’s career. Once actively seeking to become a model and earn from it, she says that today she no longer considers a modeling career as the top priority. According to the student, “it is still one of the activities I am engaged in, but my priority today is business and influencer work.”

To Lithuania – for knowledge and a diploma

Business studies in English and a college degree – that’s why O. Enwereji ended up in Lithuania and at Vilnius Business College. Having received a recommendation from a friend, she chose the college because of its business management and marketing study program, international environment where she wouldn’t feel out of place, and modern facilities. Moreover, the girl has always been interested in business, and at the moment she also has ideas she is trying to implement, so she decided that studies would help her do that. “I seek knowledge and a college degree. It’s much better than just courses because a degree shows my education. It’s also a prestige because society values a college degree,” explained the girl the reason she decided to study.

Photo – personal archive of O. Enwereji

O. Enwereji: “I earn from negative comments”

It took only half a year of studies for Omotolani to convince herself that her decision was right because the information received in lectures already helps with both the implementation of business ideas and the influencer career. According to the student, the new knowledge in psychology, personal branding, and economics has been very helpful. By applying them, she noticed an increased reach on social media.

As a businesswoman, the student also appreciates the comments she receives. “Negative comments don’t affect me. Someone always wants to respond positively to negative words, defend, express their opinion, so there is always a discussion after a video or text post on social media. Abundant comments popularize my content, which potential clients see, so I can say that I also earn from negative comments,” explained O. Enwereji.

Adapting in Lithuania goes great

When asked how she is adapting to Lithuania, the student is happy with her study friends and the fact that young people in Lithuania speak English, so it is easy to communicate with them. “I am learning the Lithuanian language, sharing my experience on my accounts, how I manage to live in Lithuania, I constantly learn something new, and study what I like. All of this is very interesting, so I am happy with this experience,” says the student of Vilnius Business College.

A graduate of Vilnius Business College, Edvinas Federas, Visited the College

On February 26th, the Vilnius Business College (VBC) hosted alumnus Edvinas Federas. The guest shared insights from his college years, emphasizing the importance of knowledge and advising that job searching should start as early as the first year.

Edvinas also shared his experience in the drone sector, discussing their potential use in business and sharing his insights with students on the differences between employed and self-employed work, as he himself had his own business before enrolling at VBC.

This meeting was organized by lecturer E. Valavičius.

Autumn Semester 2023/2024 Students Survey

We would like to invite you to take part in the survey of study modules (subjects) in the autumn semester and evaluate their quality at Vilnius Business College.

Your opinion is very important to us!

Survey will be available until 7th of March 2024.

How to do it?
Log in to your student account in unimetis system at: is.kolegija.lt
After logging in, you will see the following table:

For each module (subject), click – fill survey and answer the questions there.

 

If you cant find this table when please go to your grades module:

Next to the module (subject) name you will find three buttons. Click on the middle one and fill in survey form.

P.S. You can select the language of the survey by clicking on the language button EN/LT at the top right.

Be active!

Your opinion is important for improving the quality of studies at the VVK!

Experience Lithuanian Traditions: Join VBC Students at Kaziukas Fair

Dear Vilnius Business College students,

you’re cordially invited to join us at the Kaziukas Fair celebration in the center of Vilnius on March 8th at 11 AM.

Let’s meet at the VBC Saltoniškiu campus for a chance to experience Lithuanian traditions together.

Contacts

Company information

Vilnius Business College Company code 191807983