Geographical
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Odense Technical College
is one of the largest
technical colleges in
Denmark. The college has
4,000 FTE students and
the number of staff is
about 630. The college
consists of a vocational
school, a senior high
school and an academy of
higher education. The
vocational school covers
nine branches
(production, IT,
transport, logistics,
construction, media,
health, service and
service industry). The
students of the
VET-school have a
diverse cultural and
educational background
due to an allocation of
different nationalities,
ethnic minorities,
different cultures, in
the area.
Odense Technical College
has already done a lot
in order to integrate
students with different
backgrounds into
vocational education
e.g. mentor
arrangements, flexible
training models,
cooperation with other
schools, parents,
enterprises and social
partners. Further, the
college has carried out
comprehensive competence
development of teachers
and managers.
Since 1992, the college
has participated in a
large number of national
and international
projects.
Read the main
responsibilities and
work tasks for OTS
Contact person: Kent
Andersen
ka@ots.dk
SDE website:
www.sde.dk
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The European Forum for
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
(constituted under Dutch
and Belgian law) is a
network of practitioner
VET institutions
throughout the European
Member States, Candidate
and Pre-Accession
countries. Its primary
purpose is twofold: a)
To promote European wide
co-operation and a
sharing of good examples
of practice amongst
Vocational Education and
Training institutions.
b) Works closely with
the European Commission
at a strategic policy
level as part of the
Single Transparency
Framework currently
being developed. EfVET
is represented on the EC
Objectives working
groups as part of the
EUCIS Platform for
Lifelong Learningin
association with EVTA
and other European
Organisations. In
addition it provides a
service to individual
institutions across
Europe such as
newsletters web site
links, information
services and project
dissemination
opportunities through
its annual conference.
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responsibilities and
work tasks for EfVET
EfVET website:
www.efvet.org
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Vocational Training
Center of Thrace
“ATHENA” is a non
profitable organization
based in Greece, region
of East Macedonia and
Thrace.
Supports
employers, unemployed
and employed under
threat and provides
accessible vocational
training. It is working
closely with local
authorities, ministry of
Employment, local media
and its international
networks to develop
awareness, innovation in
the field of training
and contacts in national
and European level. Has
produced several
training materials for
trainers, trainees,
mentors, employers,
carried out researches
within its region for
employment in the local
market and organized
conferences and
workshops for
dissemination and
awareness.
The last 14 years has
participated in many
European initiatives and
programms (Horizon,
Youthstart, Leonardo,
Youth for Europe,
Grundvig 2 etc) and
leaded many national
projects, especially for
immigrants (Greek
citizens)
with special emphasis
given on acquiring or
upgrading Greek
language skills, trying
to integrate them into
society,
who either do not speak
Greek, or just
rudimentary Greek or
require upgrading of
their Greek language
skills. This is due to
historical, ethnic or
migration reasons.
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Horizon College is the
main provider of
secondary vocational
education in the
province of North
Holland in the
Netherlands. It provides
courses in 5 main
sectors: Engineering,
Business Studies, Health
and Care, International
Trade and Services.
Horizon College is
situated in 4 locations
in brand new campuses
providing education to
approx. 15,000 students
(16-19+).
Horizon College is a
spearhead college in the
Netherlands with regards
to mobility of students
across Europe sending
each year around 300
students for work
placement experience
abroad. It has a sound
reputation with the
National Agency with
regards to vision,
targets and operational
matters in the mobility
programme
leonardodaVinci. For the
last 4 years HC has
cooperated with Odense
Tekniske Skole in
various Leonardo
projects, BP-BTLM and
POOLS. Horizon College
is founder and part of
the International
EUCINMOVE (you can move)
network of school
partners that aims at
continually expanding
mobility opportunities
for its students and
staff.
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SMO, as Scotland’s
Gaelic college, has a
specific and unique role
in relation to that
language. This includes
teaching of and through
Gaelic at both FE and HE
levels, but encompasses
a wide range of
additional development
and cultural roles and
responsibilities. The
college is a member of
the UHI Millennium
Institute, which is
heading for full
university status and
includes a federal
network of other FE and
HE bodies spread around
the Highlands and
Islands region of
Scotland. Partnership
working is therefore key
to the college’s
existing modus operandi
and aspirations for
future growth.
SMO was the promoter of
the preceding POOLS
project, and worked
closely both with
transnational and local
community partners to
successfully overtake
all the project
outcomes. At local level
this entailed
collaboration with
training providers
involved in both Gaelic
and ESOL provision. One
result was the 2007
European Award for
Languages for the
bilingual “Scottish
Island Voices” online
video package, produced
as part of POOLS. The
college has specific
competence in online
materials development
and computer-assisted
language learning in a
collaborative setting.
Read the main
responsibilities and
work tasks for SMO
Contact person:
Gordon Wells
sm00gw@groupwise.uhi.ac.uk
SMO website:
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/
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SUPSI (The
University of Applied
Sciences of Southern
Switzerland)
The University of Applied Sciences of
Southern Switzerland
(SUPSI) is one of the 8
Universities of Applied
Sciences in
Switzerland.
It has a university
statute, focused on
professional training
and applied research.
Together with the
University of Southern
Switzerland (USI), to
which it is closely
linked in terms of
collaboration activities
and common institutions,
it is the only Italian
language university pole
in Switzerland,
with almost 4,000
students in the Lugano
region. SUPSI offers a
range of bachelor and
master’s courses, which
cover several different
fields (Construction and
design, Business
Management, Social
Science, Health
Professions, Innovative
Technologies, Music,
Theatre).
The Languages and Mobility Service (SLM)
organizes German and
English language courses
for all SUPSI
departments, with the
aim of imparting
linguistic skills that
will help students in
their pursuit of career
opportunities in Switzerland and abroad. Italian
language courses for
foreign or Swiss
students are offered as
well. The SLM is also
responsible for SUPSI
participation in the
European Erasmus student
exchange program, and is
the official examination
centre for Cambridge
ESOL and Goethe-Institut
exams in
Ticino. It
has recently taken part
in the Swiss Virtual
Campus project “Mysterycove”,
which has led to the
creation of a videogame
for ESL learners.
The SLM has now joined the
POOLS-T project, in
order to test the tools
developed and to create
its own CLIL materials
(texts and videos),
which will also be used
for tool testing.
Contact person:
D'Alessio Germana
e-mail:
germana.dalessio@supsi.ch
SUPSI website:
www.supsi.ch
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Last edit:
10-06-2011
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