It all starts with a goal. A dream. An ambition to rise above the ranks of your peers and help raise the bar of ability for everyone around you. The simple wish to excel and lift others. I first found myself facing this idea early in my childhood. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be – an engineer, a racecar driver, an actor, and the President. And I was not willing to negotiate on any of these, [...]
On 27 April, design and technology teachers are invited to take part in the "Design in Education" workshop to get inspiration from design experts and to get hands-on experience with the teaching materials and methodology developed for the "Design and Technology II" secondary school course. The seminar is organised by Riga Business School as a unit of RTU. In the seminar, Jānis Ķīnasts will dispel myths about design thinking, draw attention to the interconnectedness of design in time and space, and provide critical insights into [...]
The Innovation Academy, organized for the third year by Riga Business School as part of Riga Technical University, has trained 443 participants. During this time, 110 teams have been formed to develop different business ideas. The aim of this pre-acceleration program was to provide knowledge on innovative entrepreneurship, as well as to support ambitious ideas and early-stage projects to bridge the gap between market and investment readiness. The Innovation Academy has been held over the past three years in cooperation with the Latvian Investment and [...]
Riga Business School, as a unit of Riga Technical University, announces a Programming competition for high school students with the aim of showcasing high school students' ideas or problems that are implemented or solved through programming to the wider public. Participants are required to present a project on a problem of relevance to a community group, developed in the high school course Programming I or II. The Programming competition is financially supported by the technology giant LMT. Students can apply for the competition until 22 [...]
In March, for the second time, I participated in the annual Riga Business School Technology Teachers' Conference - Idea Day "Solutions for Meaningful Technology Use and Teaching", where educators, education leaders and stakeholders gathered to discuss modern knowledge transfer and reception in the age of technology. Inspiring stories and discussions on technology and learning strategies provoked further thoughts. Artificial intelligence has no skills but content And so - artificial intelligence has entered our everyday lives, is present in school, in everyday life, at work. Be [...]
Yesterday, March 14, the second “Idea day” conference gathered more than 100 teachers and school management, providing a platform and experts to learn the most relevant skills for the meaningful use and teaching of technology in schools. Teachers and school management teams had the opportunity to enhance their digital competences through 14 different workshops, as well as discussions on methods, solutions and experiences. Thanks to the great response of last year's computer science, programming, design and technology teachers to the inspiring experience of "Idea Day", [...]
On February 27, the Riga Business School Alumni Association convened for its Annual Meeting. Among the day's highlights was the election of the new Alumni Association Board. We're pleased to announce the appointment of five exceptional individuals to the board, marking a significant milestone for our association: Ilze Kauce (continuing work on the board), Aleksandrs Klavins, Guna Soloveja, Elina Strautmane, Ekaterina Cheberiak. Additionally, we're excited to introduce our newly appointed President and Vice President, who will lead with dedication: President: [...]
On 1 March, for the first time in Ogre, the logic game "Ogre Puzzle Day" took place, bringing together 80 of the most enthusiastic secondary school students to compete in solving logic problems. The Ogre State Gymnasium youth team "Dārgakmeņi" was the most skilful in solving the puzzles borrowed from the prestigious Harvard University, thus winning the honourable first place. In the logic game "Ogre Puzzle Day", organised by Riga Business School as a structural unit of Riga Technical University, the youth team "Dārgakmeņi" from [...]
On 14 March, the second annual "Idea Day" conference for teachers and school management will be hosted, which will bring together education and technology experts to share their experiences and present concrete tools and methods for meaningful use of technology and teaching. Idea Day is organised by Riga Business School as a department of Riga Technical University (RTU) with financial support from LMT and Ozoco. The organisers invite you to register for the Idea Day conference by 8 March here: https://idejudiena.rbs.lv/ In the first part [...]
To provide an insight into the study process and to gain an idea of the modern and international education opportunities in Latvia in English, high school students from all over Latvia were invited to participate in the three-week program "RBS Greenhouse 2024" at Riga Business School as a unit of Riga Technical University. This free opportunity for high school students is in its third year and brings together active, purposeful, and enterprising young people. This year, 96 participants were selected from 104 applications, of which [...]