On Friday, April 21st, the Advisory Board under the supervision of Riga Business School approved 56 representatives from higher education institutions as well as businesses, and government officials to participate in the Leadership Program, which consists of two subprograms aimed at education innovations. At the same time, the Advisory Board approved six education innovation projects for further development, led by 18 representatives from Latvian universities. Both initiatives are aimed at creating contemporary education processes, governance, and effective changes in Latvia, with solutions developed in collaboration [...]

To promote student interest in programming, introduce more of the public to learning programming in high school, and strengthen the public's understanding of the importance of the digital field in various processes, Riga Business School, as a structural unit of Riga Technical University, announces a programming competition. The task of the competition is for students to present a project developed in their high school course Programming I or II, which solves an relevant problem for a selected group of society. Technology companies LMT and Tet [...]

In order to create a modern education process and effective changes in Latvia, the Education Innovation Laboratory, in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, provides two programs for education, business, and government leaders - the Leader Program and the Strategic Education Innovation Project Support Program. Three partners ensure the development and implementation of the program. The Ministry of Education and Science finances this project, the Riga Business School, as a structural unit of Riga Technical University, ensures the implementation of the project, while the main [...]

Davis Indriksons describes himself as a storyteller with many interests all related to storytelling, including video editing, public speaking, and various other projects.  These interests evoke human emotions and allow people to discover and learn more. Currently, Davis is a 2nd-year Bachelor of Business Administration student at Riga Business School and the host of the Riga Business School podcast "Bottom Line Studio" for the second season. He was also the president of the Student Union for 2022/2023. Davis has many hobbies - acting, playing the [...]

Imagine a full day of workshops and discussions that flies by so fast that you don’t even notice. On March 16th, almost 200 education and technology experts, teachers of Programming, Computer Science, and Design and Technology subjects for grades 7-12, gathered for Idea Day. They exchanged their experience, stories, were inspired, and learned about specific tools and methods for meaningful teaching of technology subjects. Today’s technology is growing at an exponential rate and so it is a challenge for technology teachers to create relevant learning [...]

Eliza Gulbe is a socially active, energetic and academically powerful young woman, who is a third-year student at Riga Business School's Bachelor of IT Leadership programme. Eliza combines her studies with work at the Latvian education technology start-up Edurio, where she works as a Business Operations Specialist, coordinates social projects to support the integration of Ukrainian refugees into Latvian society and manages the Riga Business School Ambassador Programme, which aims to inspire young people to choose a high-quality and international education here in Latvia. In [...]

Latvian diaspora experts from the movement #esiLV and Riga Business School lecturers together with partners from Africa launched the country's first development cooperation project in Africa last year. The project started with a visit from the Latvian delegation to Zambia and Namibia where Riga Business School representatives conducted an entrepreneurial boot camp for around 60 African women to strengthen women's involvement in entrepreneurship. In January, these women joined Riga Business School's four-month certificate training program in entrepreneurship in an online course led by Riga Business [...]

Antra Ozola is a professor and a senior researcher at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Education, Psychology, and Art. Her areas of expertise include large-scale international studies of education, education management, and quality of education. Her main research interests include statistics, cybernetics, and applied informatics. She is skilled in teaching and learning. In the fall semester of 2022, she spent time at the University of Buffalo, strengthening her digital skills. At the end of the semester, Dr. Ozola reflected on the differences between the [...]

Person A: “Can you come to a meeting today?” Person B: “Why? It’s not my area.” Person A: “We don’t understand what he is talking about. Maybe you translate tech language for us ...” This conversation between colleagues is all too common in many companies if we keep in mind that “they” providers of IT services. In this case I took up the role of the “interpreter”. After the meeting I was approached by the representative of the service provider, a colleague I know from [...]

Arturs Liepa started his studies at Riga Business School in the Bachelor of Business Administration program in September 2022. He participated in the Greenhouse program, where he received a scholarship to cover the tuition fees for the first year of studies thanks to his leadership, engagement, and high achievements. Arturs combines his studies with his career as a professional triathlete and participates in world-class competitions representing Latvia. He has ambitious goals for the future - as the best Latvian triathlete in the youth group, he [...]