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Internship in London
Start date: Sep 16, 2014, End date: Sep 15, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The project "Internship in London" is supposed to start a tradition of internationalization at the Martin-Segitz-Schule, Staatliche Berufsschule III, Fürth. We hope to be able – together with our partner-organization in London – to grant some of our students the possibility of a profitable stay abroad. This annual project would be of benefit for all parties involved. Next year we plan to start with the minimum number of 15 students, but are determined to increase the number of participants and at best, even the number of flows in the future. In our "maiden project", trainees of the IT and media professionals complete a one-week language course and a subsequent two-week project in a company in their industry. The already good cooperation between our vocational school and the training companies should be improved with this project by getting a partner organization – the ADC College in Harrow, London –and the English companies on board. The despatching organization hopes to trigger a boost of motivation for the students, together with incremental competences for students and teachers alike; companies in both countries may get an insight into the working processes of their foreign colleagues; the German companies benefit from this new, cultural facet in their training program. Supporting young people entering the labour market has to include the imparting of intercultural competence. Being able to communicate serenely with international partners, is now no longer a unique selling point, but has already become a basic requirement for survival in the modern labour market in the relevant line of business. Every student of the media and IT professions being trained at Martin-Segitz-Schule can apply for the project. Majority, motivation, language- and social skills are the main criteria for selection. The latter will be carried out in consultation with class teachers and trainers. In the preparatory workshop, or even before, the chosen ones will submit resumes and cover letters. These guarantee adequate allocation of internships and the student-centred design of the language-course. In addition, we will coach participants for the project in cross-cultural, linguistic and organizational terms. Students can ask all questions in person or communicate by phone with the project manager; they can swap ideas on the moodle-platform or via email. The accompanying staff of the BIII and coordinators of the ADC College will be always available on site at all times. The former are going to visit the students during the language course and every one of them at their internship position in order to be convinced of the quality of student activities or to intervene directly if necessary. In April 2015, the three-week project will be carried out in Harrow, Greater London for the first time. The day before departure, the interns evaluate the ADC College in terms of accommodation, language courses and internships. During the follow-up-meeting the evaluation of the sending institution takes place. The students and their instructors should be convinced of the benefits of the project. We hope to succeed in that aspect by awarding various certificates. The trainees will receive a letter of reference by the foreign companies, a certificate from the BIII and the europass mobility. This learning completed document, completed in an outcome-oriented and competence-based way, confirms the success of learning of the participants. To disseminate the project results we try and use all the media available to us. Those are: the homepage and the newsletter of the BIII, the ADC-homepage and the portal of the ECVET, presentations at instructor meetings, the local press, the vlb newspaper “accente”, in-house publications and the annual report of the neighboring school.
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