Transforming business education in 2026
23 January 2026
CarringtonCrisp will be working with business schools around the world in 2026 on a host of projects. Discover how your business school can get involved.
The future of lifelong and executive education – six international business schools already have combined revenues of over $700 million from executive education. With a growing market for those already working to update and extend their skills, rapid AI adoption and destabilising geopolitics, CarringtonCrisp’s will again be running its market-leading study of learners and employers in February 2026 providing global and school-level reports for business schools and universities.
Brand Europe - in the early autumn the Brand Europe study will run for the third time providing European schools with detailed views of prospective postgraduate students in 40 countries, highlighting awareness, understanding and consideration of the offers, and delivering both global and personalised school-level reporting for the schools taking part.
African Voices - a new study with the Global Business Schools Network examining what business education means for Africa, how it may need to change to meet local needs and what Africa can offer to business education elsewhere.
International India – building on our 2024 study, CarringtonCrisp will again be looking bat one of the most dynamic higher education spaces in the world. Whether you recruit to or from India or are setting up a campus in India, the study provides insights into student demand across domestic and international audiences.
New Model Business School - does the future really look different? The to-do list for business schools is certainly getting longer and more complex. CarringtonCrisp is currently working on a new report identifying what tomorrow's business school might look like. The free report will be published just before Easter and will be accompanied by a series of tools for schools to help them grasp the future.
Knowing Me, Knowing You – again working with EFMD, and also Roe Communications, we’ll again be running the third round of our study on marcoms in business schools. Anyone working in marcoms in your school can take part, getting insights into the challenges schools face, new approaches and best practice. The study will run in March and be reported in May, with all those taking part receiving a free report.
See the Future - working with EFMD as well as 4uni-solutions and Full Fabric, CarringtonCrisp has been running the See the Future study for the third time, focused on AI and sustainability in business education. The new report will be published at the EFMD Deans conference in Vienna and will be featured in the next newsletter.
The future series - Tomorrow's MBA, Tomorrow's Master's, Alumni Matters and The Business of Branding continue to provide schools with key insights on an annual basis. Join our annual subscription studies to understand how key audiences are changing in business education, globally and four your business school.
If you would like to know more about any of our projects, drop us an email at info@carringtoncrisp.com