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Making agricultural careers more attractive: what do trainees want?

Competition on the jobs market is tough – but all is not lost for the agricultural professions. Provided, that is, that young people's needs are taken into consideration and that there is a willingness to rethink wage levels.

Education project in South Africa: funding promise for training vocational school teachers

Trainme is a project run by the Industry-wide Training Centre of East Bavaria (ÜBZO) to train and continually educate South African vocational school teachers, and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to the tune of 393,647 Euro altogether.

Implementation of a dual system of higher education within foreign universities and enterprises

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Is a degree still worth your while?

Germany has never had so many students as it does today. And that is why many of them are asking themselves whether a university degree is really a guarantee of a secure job and a good income.

Going home with gold

Jens Behrens wins the gold medal for masonry at the German championship thanks to his precision workmanship.

US university awards prize to ZDK expert Behrens

America's Northwood University has honoured an education expert from the Central Association of the German Motor Vehicle Trade (ZDK) for her many years of dedication to the field of vocational education and training, and in particular her work on ensuring that the automotive trade will have access to the skilled workers it needs going forward.

Exporting vocational education and training to China: the "CoACH-ME" mobility project finds backing

The industry-wide Training Centre of East Bavaria (ÜBZO) is leading the way by working together with partners in Germany and China.

Southern Europeans look forward to a future with a career

The MobiPro-EU project is opening up new horizons for young Spaniards and Italians. Their home countries have been battling youth unemployment rates of almost 50 per cent for years now. By training in a craft trade, these young people are setting the course for a successful future career.

Blended learning for acquiring skills at work

Last year, the E-Mas joint project was launched at the FIR Institute for Industrial Management at RWTH Aachen University. The objective of the E-Mas programme is to create comprehensive continuing education provision to provide skilled workers, personnel development officers and operations managers employed in Mexico's automotive industry with efficient and effective advanced production management continuing training.