KSU Business School Director Deimantė Žilinskienė
Students starting their studies in Aviation Management from 2020 September will study under the renewed program. It will be complemented with a second foreign language, Russian or Spanish optionally.
The need for aviation staff to speak more than one foreign language emerged during regular meetings between Kazimieras Simonavičius University Business School and aviation companies.
“We meet periodically with human resources specialists from aviation organizations to analyse our Aviation Management curriculum and to discuss the competencies and specific skills needed for a person interested in working in the aviation industry,” says KSU Business School Director Deimantė Žilinskienė.
The cooperation with industry partners and additional analyses have made it possible to identify that one of the most important additional competencies for a person wishing to work in the aviation sector is the knowledge of foreign languages, which opens up more opportunities for both the employee and the employer.
“While KSU’s Aviation Management degree program is conducted in English and students are proficient in this language through additional Aviation English training, we decided to supplement the program with Spanish and Russian language subjects. The student will be able to choose which of these languages to study and will have the opportunity to master the language throughout the study period to the level required for fluent communication and work. We think that this integration of additional foreign language into the study program will enable our students to better and faster establish themselves in the labour market and open up wide opportunities to work worldwide,” says Deimantė Žilinskienė.
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An annual survey of Aviation Management graduates of Kazimieras Simonavičius University revealed that all graduates work in the aviation industry. Majority of the graduates started working in their specialty during their studies, the rest of them got job within a month after graduation.
Aviation Management graduates work for companies such as GetJet Airlines, Wizz Air, Avia Solutions Group, Avion Express and BGS.
These employability indicators show that Aviation Management students are well prepared for work in the aviation industry, which requires specific knowledge and skills. Graduates are successful in a variety of sectors such as aviation security, communications, sales, and human resources in wide range of companies including airports, airlines, aircraft service centres and international airlines.
Deimantė Žilinskienė, Director of Kazimieras Simonavičius University Business School said, “There are several key aspects to the proper preparation of students for employment in the aviation industry right after graduation; close cooperation with business sector, internationalization (KSU students are taught by internationally renowned aviation experts – practitioners), and a multicultural environment specific to aviation companies. We also strive for bachelor theses to be focused on real aviation organization performance and process improvement, which allows the student to have deeper understating of the industry, improve expertise, develop analytical and critical thinking”.
The Aviation Management graduate’s employment rates also reflect the fact that the demand for Aviation Management professionals in the industry is very high and, it will keep growing according to various forecasts.
Today the community of Kazimieras Simonavičius University congratulated the students for the most advanced achievements. KSU Rector Prof. Dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis, Director of the Study Department Ieva Nadvaravičiūtė, Director of the Business School Deimantė Žilinskienė and Director of Institute of Creative Society and Economics Dr. Mindaugas Kazlauskas awarded the students with study grants to pay for the upcoming semester.
Last semester excellent results were achieved by 1st year students of Aviation Management Simas Linkevičius and Ana Marija Sokolovskaitė, Entrepreneurship and Management student Nikita Mudrak, Fashion Industry student Miglė Bivainytė, Entertainment and Tourism Industry student Jekaterina Smagina, 2nd year Marketing and Advertising student Erik Miliuškevič, 3rd year Aviation Management student Marta Kovalchuck, Law student Liudmila Legkova and Fashion Industry student Gloria Šamsutdinova.
Very good results were achieved by 1st year students of Aviation Management Emilia Koščic and Donata Navelskytė, and 2nd year students of Fashion Industry Laura Naidzinavičiūtė and Simona Vysockaja.
An important day for the University! Chancellor of Kazimieras Simonavicius University Darius Verbyla and Director of the Business School Deimante Žilinskienė yesterday visited Berlin, Germany, where they met with the Rector of the University of Applied Sciences Europe (UE) & CEO and Group Rector of the one of the world’s largest education group, Global University Systems (GUS) Prof. Dr. Maurits Van Rooijen. During the meeting, a cooperation agreement was signed for the implementation of KSU and UE Double Degree Studies in the KSU Business School’s Entrepreneurship and Management and Business Management Bachelor study programs.
Dual degree studies with UE, part of the GUS International Network of Higher Education Institutions, will offer KSU students a unique opportunity to spend part of their studies in one of the three UE campus in Berlin, Hamburg or Iserlohn, as well as to undertake internships in business organisations in Germany and to obtain KSU and UE bachelor’s degrees.
KSU Rector prof. dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis and Director of the Business School Deimantė Žilinskienė had a meeting with partners of the project (universities of Poland, Cyprus and Malta) and disscussed about the possibilities of improving students and teachers communication skills, learning competences by using state-of-the-art and digital methods. The meeting was held on the 28th-29th of November, in Katowice, Poland.
Kazimieras Simonavicius university signed agreement with – GetJet Airlines.
KSU Rector prof. dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis and Director of Business School Deimantė Žilinskienė held a meeting with CEO of GetJet Airlines Darius Viltrakis and HR Director Oksana Tiuchtij. During the meeting not only cooperation agreement was signed, but they also discussed the issues of training of aviation management specialists, improvement of aviation management study program and development of competencies of people working in the aviation industry.
9 December – Lecturer Marek Świerczyński from The Cardinal Wyszynski University (Poland) will give lecture “Issues of IT Law”. Intellectual property issues in the area of IT, Artificial Intelligence and law, IT European law and other issues will be presented and discussed.
Lecture will start at 13:30 in room no. 211.
New books of Big Data have been supplemented to Kazimieras Simonavicius University library, which will be accessible to all KSU students and guests.
Our new International Aviation lecturer Diogenis Papiomytis has joined to KSU team this semester. He heads the Commercial Aviation research and consulting practice of Frost & Sullivan, a global aviation consultancy. He is responsible for the delivery of industry research reports and strategy consulting projects, with clients coming from Airlines, Airports, Aircraft Manufacturing and Aviation Aftermarket segments. He previously worked in the Corporate Strategy department of c and as a Senior Lecturer in Aviation Studies at Buckinghamshire New University in the UK. Diogenis holds a BA (Hons) in Modern Languages and International Business, a MSc in Air Transport Management from Cranfield University and a MBA from Cass Business School at London City University.
Our lecturer Diogenis Papiomytis in CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/03/13/boeing-issue-has-brand-implications-as-well-analyst-says.html
On 10-11 October, 2019 „Platforms of Big Data Foresight (PLATBIDAFO)“ project team participated in the Workshop on Foresight Software and Algorithms in Helsinki (Finland), which was organised by Kazimieras Simonavičius University (KSU) together with Google Garage Learning Centre (Finland) and XAMK (South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences).
Participants from KSU, XAMK, Helsinki Municipality, Google Garage Learning Centre and start-ups, working in the fields of big data and future foresight, discussed different aspects of big data challenges, including analytical tools, algorithms and software development. Project researchers analysed current big data issues with the representatives from Statzone and Futures Platform, who presented their services, emerging challenges and needs pertaining to big data and foresight. During the Workshop topics on data modelling and programming, qualitative data analysis with big data, big data scientific results, big data and Lithuanian Smart Specialisation Strategy and other relevant issues were discussed. Participants visited Google Garage Learning Centre in Helsinki and XAMK Campus and Google Green Data Center in Hamina.
The project “Platforms of Big Data Foresight (PLATBIDAFO)” is implemented by Big Data Excellence Centre at Kazimieras Simonavičius University and is financed by the Research Council of Lithuania. The project aims to create tools and methodologies, which will enable companies and organisations to tackle social problems by helping them to identify social exclusion, demographic change, regional development and other problems as well as spotting and predicting future trends.
Last week (September 18-19, 2019) the research team of the project „Platforms of Big Data Foresight (PLATBIDAFO)“ took part in the workshop on Big Data Lakes and Libraries, which was organised in Malta by Kazimieras Simonavičius University (KSU) (Lithuania) together with the University of Malta and the world famous Edward de Bono Institute for the Design and Development of Thinking. The Edward De Bono Institute is known for their contribution to the fields of Future Studies, Innovation Management, Creativity and Entrepreneurship.
Participants from KSU, University of Malta, the Edward de Bono Institute and other education institutions and industry discussed challenges and possibilities of the Big Data Library development. Speakers introduced theoretical and practical approaches on the integration of foresight methods, discussed sources, combination of Big Data Lakes and other principles of Big Data Library development. During the discussions the foundations for the theoretical model of the Big Data and Foresight integration were set up.
The project “Platforms of Big Data Foresight (PLATBIDAFO)” is implemented by Big Data Excellence Centre at Kazimieras Simonavičius University and is financed by the Research Council of Lithuania. The project aims to create tools and methodologies, which will enable companies and organisations to tackle social problems by helping them to identify social exclusion, demographic change, regional development and other problems as well as spotting and predicting future trends.
