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Master craftsman's diploma apogee of professional future

"We are the champions" played and sang the band "Under Cover Crew" up on the neon blue lit stage of the Kur- und Konzerthalle Olsberg and 477 newly graduated master craftswomen and craftsmen presented themselves with proud smiles and waving to their relatives and the many guests of honour, as they entered the hall, marched across the stage and down to their seats.

Dual vocational training system needs to be augmented by continuing education

In the opinion of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), the dual vocational training system continues to be an excellent instrument – provided that subsequently appropriate importance is given to lifelong learning.

Success stories from China

iMOVE published German-Chinese success projects of vocational education and training in a new brochure.

German Speexx Secures the 2012 Golden Engine Award for Driving China's Education Industry

Speexx, the leading online language training provider, has been awarded with the prestigious 2012 Golden Engine Award for Strategically and Sustainably Driving China's Education Industry.

Young Spaniards visit Federal Labour Ministry

Young skilled labour talent from the Emsland region in Berlin: Federal Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen has welcomed 15 young Spanish people from Murcia and Albacete, who currently attend a language course in the Emsland region and East Frisia and who then will begin a work placement.

Federal Economics Minister Rösler: Innovative crafts are a motor of growth for the German economy

The Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Dr Philipp Rösler, met leading representatives from associations and enterprises at the Internationale Handwerksmesse crafts trade fair in Munich for the dialogue on growth "Innovationsorientiertes Handwerk" (Innovation-oriented Crafts).

Award ceremony: D-ELINA 2012

The first decisions have been made: With the projects "Look-and-Listen-Map" and "Die Trickser: Taugst du zum Betrüger?" (The Tricksters: Are you fit for being a cheat?) a student from Paderborn University and the company GenoTec GmbH respectively are awarded this year's German E-learning innovation and young talent award D-ELINA in the respective categories "Campus" and "Professional".

Special Focus: iMOVE's latest trade fair presentations

iMOVE presented its services at the IFAT Entsorga, the world's leading trade fair for the water, sewage, waste and raw materials management and also took part in this year's KUBRI, the first Euro-Arab Career and Education Fair, both taking place in Munich in May 2012.

Vocational grammar schools much in demand

No degree without continuity – this is said to be one of the strengths of the educational system in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Whenever the performance capability of the school system was subject to debate in the past years, the respective education ministers drew attention to the vocational schools.