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09.02.2024

Culinary internship programme within WiSoUSA

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Of bratwurst and roulades: A culinary internship programme at the training centre of the South Thuringia Chamber of Crafts BTZ Rohr as part of the WiSoUSA project Guest article by Astrid Friedrich, HWK Südthüringen In autumn 2023, we were...

01.02.2023

Project launch - Fostering vocational examination in Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 1, 2023, the CoRiCert project for the "Development and testing of models and instruments for examination and certification within the framework of dual vocational training courses in Costa Rica" was launched. The objective is to develop examination and...

TUM Master Vocational Education & Innovation

10.06.2022

Master in Vocational Education and Innovation@TUM

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Technical University of Munich offers a NEW professional Master program “Vocational Education and Innovation”(M.Sc.). It is a blended learning course aimed for international professionals in the field of vocational education and training (VET). Experts from the field of VET...

04.08.2021

German-American WiSoUSA project launched

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The cooperation between the Chamber of Skilled Crafts (HWK) South Thuringia and Walters State Community College (WSCC) in Tennessee, USA, officially started with a virtual kick-off on August 2. As part of this project, the HWK is working with WSCC,...

10.05.2021

Italian-German cooperation project started

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] MSE-VET Italy: Participants and goals The Italian-German cooperation project MSE-VET Italy began on 15 April 2021. On the German side, the inab Ausbildungs- und Beschäftigungsgesellschaft des BfW mbH in Leipzig, the Handwerksbildungszentrum Brackwede, Fachbereich Bau e.V. and the Handwerkskammer...

04.05.2021

Expert mission in Vietnam despite the pandemic

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since 17 April, 30 experts from the German-Vietnamese project "Transfer of 22 German dual professions to Vietnam" have been on site. The experts from the Leipzig Chamber of Skilled Crafts and the other project partners under the umbrella of Avestos...

19.04.2021

Hybrid expert assignment in South Africa

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In April 2021, the Steinfurt-Warendorf District Association of Skilled Crafts carried out a purely technical short-term expert assignment completely virtually for the first time. The instructors at uMfolozi College in South Africa learned how to didactically prepare a training task...

26.02.2021

German skilled crafts on Italian educational fair

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Within the framework of Italian-German cooperation in vocational education and training, the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Businesses is participating in the virtual education fair Didacta Italia this year. On 17 March 2021, we will present the project...

17.02.2021

Master Programme International Technical Vocational Education and Training

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The study programme "International Technical Vocational Education and Training" is a Master Programme designed to build vocational pedagogical competencies. In addition, professional language skills in English are promoted. The programme aims at developing scientific and methodological skills and competences as...

04.11.2020

Publication 'Digitalisation' of the series Internationalisation of Vocational Education and Training

Especially in corona times, great hopes are placed in digitalisation. The volume Digitalisation of the series Internationalisation of Vocational Education and Training from 2019 shows the opportunities, but also the challenges of digitalisation in international vocational education and training cooperation....