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18/12/2024
Please note that our opening hours change during the end of year break and the K-lab is closed for part of this period. The K-lab is closed on Saturday, December 21st. The K-lab will reopen its doors on Thursday, January 2nd. Please note: On Thursday January 2nd and Friday January 3rd, K-lab will be open from 9am to 6pm. The K-lab team wishes you a happy and healthy holiday season!
16/12/2024
2024 is drawing to a close. This is an opportunity for K-lab and its team to look back on its successes and wish you a very happy end-of-year! 
10/12/2024
The K-lab gives you access to the certifying experience of partner universities in the Coursera Consortium, which ESSEC is a part of. You can complete thousands of MOOCs and discover a wide range of subjects: finance, cybersecurity, data science, personal development, languages... And recieve the certification for free by registering from the K-lab website. Not sure where to start? We'll suggest...
05/12/2024
Global Data Explorer (GDX) – formerly known as MarketLine – has been expanded massively and offers a broad database for business analyses. GlobalData Explorer provides access to datasets from a wider range of sectors, reports providing deeper detail and additional analytics not available in Marketline. GlobalData Explorer provides users with access to company and industry data, product data,...
30/11/2024
International Day of Persons with Disabilities has been celebrated by the UN every December 3rd for over 20 years. As indicated on their website, it aims at "promoting the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities at every level of society and development, and to raise awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in all aspects of political, social, economic, and cultural life...
08/11/2024
Learning Center outreach at la Défense campus on Friday, November 15th
To be as close as possible to participants and other members of the ESSEC community who are present on the EEE campus and don't have the opportunity to come to the Learning Center in Cergy, we'll be present on the La Défense campus on Friday, October 15th. We'll be answering your questions about the services offered by the Learning Center (and the K-lab more generally): how to access the...
30/10/2024
MOOC of the month (november 2024) : La Philanthropie : Comprendre et Agir
The K-lab provides access for Students, Participants, Staff and Faculty to the certifying experience for the MOOCs created by ESSEC professors on Coursera. A total of 45 MOOCs, on subjects as diverse as the circular economy, diversity and inclusion, and managerial innovation, are available for you to attend, and for which you can obtain free certification by registering from the K-lab website....
12/10/2024
Press aggregator Factiva has recently launched a new interface dedicated to daily news reading. Do you like to read the press to keep up to date with the news? Here's everything you need to know about this new interface. To access this new interface, simply click on “Switch Factiva” (“Changer de Factiva” in French) in the menu at the top of the page: On this interface, you'll find the day's...
09/10/2024
MOOC of the month (October 2024) : "Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking"
Every month, the K-lab showcases a new MOOC (Massive Open online Course). October's MOOC, Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking, will enable you to improve your communication skills, but also to better decipher the arguments and speeches of others. Taught by Harvard professor James Engell, this course draws on the speeches of American politicians to teach you how to express...
08/10/2024
Disclaimer: this is an updated version of the post published last year. National Coming Out Day is celebrated every year on October 11, as a continuation of the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights that took place on this date in 1987. On this occasion, LGBTQIA+ people are encouraged to voluntarily and publicly announce their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, in order to shed...
