Around 200 students are pursuing Masters and Doctoral degrees in Brussels. The degrees at the…read moreUniversity of Kent are also accredited by the higher education accrediting body for the Flemish Community in Belgium (NVAO) and recognised by the Flemish Government. Students are drawn from over 50 countries, I love that!

The school is based on the old tradition of education. The spirit is to prepare students who obey…read moreand memorize facts and do not question the theory. The transferrable skills that are important for the graduates of the 21st century like leadership, creativity and flexibility, digital skills, social and cross cultural interaction are really ignored. The school uses outdated approach to education, which was created during its inception, and in today's world means only good for future factory workers or for lower ranked office clerks. The graduates will be unable to navigate in globalized world and be the future leaders as any attempt to innovation or analytical approach is punished by the system. The punishments for non obedience are as basic as going up and down the stairs :) or being locked in the room for 2 hours after the classes finish. If you want your child to grow up without any self-confidence and the ability to think for themselves, you should take them to College Saint Michel. The school is quite good at that.

Came here for an evening event and super glad made the effort, despite the horrid pouring rain on…read morethe actual day of the event! So this review is just for one event that I attended, hosted by Vlerick Business School as a networking/ recruitment tool, and have no idea what it's like to actually be enrolled here! I was sent an invite for the event by a Brussels expat group and while I understood some of the evening would be a hard-sell and promotion for the school, the topic, which was "Negotiation lessons from Mario Puzo's The Godfather" really grabbed me. I liked that it was about negotiation (cause we are constantly negotiating, not just at work, but also in our personal lives) and I liked that it was going to use a pop-cultural phenomena and frankly also I wanted to know, what could a mafia family really teach today's modern workforce about negotiation? I was really taken aback by how many people showed up, despite the inclement weather, and barely got a seat in the easily 250-300 seat auditorium. The professor (can't recall his name) was from South Africa, and while he was an academic, he was also a real-life negotiation practitioner, working for the EU in the Balkan conflict and more recently with Russia and Ukraine. So with credentials established, it was a really thoughtful and interesting talk that followed for 45 minutes, after which we could ask questions for 15minutes. I took away a very valuable strategy about reciprocity in negotiation, which I have started using straight away, both at work and in my personal life (you will have to email me if you want to know what that takeaway is - not giving it away here!) So after the talk, it was time to eat, network and check out the sponsorship tables - I had a lot of fun here, because the talk gave you a natural conversation entree with strangers, and it was top-notch food (Greek salad, vegetarian quiche, variety of hot pizzas) and drinks (wine, water, juice). While I am not sure an MBA is the right path for me right now, I will def attend more of these events at Vlerick, as was very impressed with this talk. My one tip for event organizers would be that signage for the event could have been bigger/better at the elevator bank, as that took me a while to figure out.

The VUB restaurant's is bland and tasteless. Only eat there if you are extremely hungry. However,…read morethe desserts, fruits and veggies are just fine. In conclusion, you might want to consider bringing your own food.