Formation Continue du Supérieur

A la rentrée de septembre 2014, une nouvelle formation juridique sera proposée aux étudiants à l'Université Toulouse 1 Capitole. 400 élèves intégreront donc la "European School of Law in Toulouse" (ESLT) afin de devenir des juristes capables d'exercer leur métier pour l'Europe.
La création de cette première école européenne de droit vient répondre aux besoins grandissants en professionnels du droit que connaît aujourd'hui l'Europe. Ainsi, des juristes sont attendus en droit civil, en droit des affaires mais aussi en droit de la famille. Les administrations et les entreprises ont elles besoin de pénalistes.
L'innovation de cette ESLT est de permettre aux étudiants de se former à la fois sur les enseignements juridiques et sur la culture européenne. Grâce aux partenariats tissés entre l'Université Toulouse 1 Capitole et d'autres universités européennes (en Allemagne, en Angleterre, en Espagne, en Italie, etc.), les étudiants auront la possibilité d'aller étudier dans d'autres pays européens et d'obtenir un double diplôme.
La connaissance d'une ou plusieurs langues étrangères est capitale pour accéder à cette ESLT. Un entretien d'évaluation des capacités linguistiques conditionne l'entrée en formation des premières années comme des étudiants en master 2.

En savoir plus : Site de l'Université de Toulouse.

L’Université Paul Sabatier et le Groupe EDF Midi-Pyrénées ont récemment signé une convention d’application permettant le lancement d’une nouvelle formation en septembre 2014. Ce nouveau master « Physique de l’énergie et de la transition énergétique » aura  pour objectif de former des ingénieurs pluridisciplinaires aux métiers de la production et de la distribution d’électricité.
Ouverte à une trentaine d’étudiants diplômés, cette formation est un diplôme de niveau Bac+5 qui offre le statut d’ingénieur à son détenteur. Celui-ci pourra alors choisir de poursuivre ses études en rédigeant une thèse dans un laboratoire ou d’intégrer le monde du travail en rejoignant le groupe EDF, par exemple.
Ce master comptera 450 heures d’enseignement et un stage de 5 mois dans une entreprise. Dès la rentrée de 2015, il sera accessible aux salariés souhaitant approfondir leurs connaissances grâce à une formation continue.

En savoir plus : Site de l'Université Paul Sabatier.

By Ruth Sarrazin. More people worldwide are working in the informal than in the formal sector. In this interview Dr Richard Walther, senior consultant with the French Development Agency (AFD), tells us what it means to work in the informal economy, why investment in the sector is necessary to overcome the poverty of the developing countries, and how vocational training systems should be reformed in order to meet the needs of the sector. More...

By Vita Žunda. The Latvian Adult Education Association (LAEA) is an excellent place and site for adult education providers to inform of, pilot and disseminate LLL projects that are being developed in Latvia. Here we introduce some of them.
Benchmark of 15 procent for adult participation in lifelong learning may seem an abstract goal, but all adult education leaders wish to have more learners in their schools.  But it is not only a matter of funding, but also a matter of skills.  Where can we develop these skills? We propose to learn from successful and experienced education leaders who can be our mentors. We can analyze their experience and identify strategies which can bring more learners. More...

By Agne Narusk. Estonia now has a new lifelong learning strategy, where three out of the five important points are directly related to adult education. The state means business: at the beginning of this year the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research divided the department of vocational and adult education into two independent units – the ministry now includes a department, which only deals with topics related to the education of adults.
This strategy for the years 2014– 2020, which consists of five important points, was put together for five years. It involved a large number of people from very different organisations, including outside the education system, such as representatives of employers. More...

By Wilfried Hackl / Adrian Zagle. In 2011, Austria introduced a national quality reference framework for adult education called Ö-Cert. This move was met with much attention from adult education professionals from both public and private institutions: well over 900 providers of adult education (including branches) have been certified so far, and around 200 applications are still pending.
Further clarification of criteria needed
Looking back on two years of experience, the Ö-Cert accreditation group recognised the need to render its criteria for accreditation clearer and more precise. The group’s five expert members therefore evaluated the current framework as well as their working definitions of adult education, services and providers. More...

By Petra Herre. The EU-financed¹ project “Benefits of Lifelong Learning” (BeLL), launched on 1 November 2011, came to an end on 22 January 2014 with its final conference² presenting and discussing the key results. The project was aimed at empirical data-gathering and investigation into the subjectively perceived benefits of participants in educational events in the fields of general, cultural and political continuing education, i.e. liberal adult education. More...

By Michael Sommer. Ten years ago European InfoNet Adult Education was launched at its first meeting in Cologne. Since then, InfoNet has developed into a major network that has representatives in almost every country in the European Union and approx. 5000 regular readers. More...

By Michael Sommer. Erasmus+, the European Union’s new programme for education, is up and running. The budget for adult education together with its Grundtvig sub-programme now represents approx. 3.9 % of the total budget (approx. € 576 million). The end of April was the first deadline for submission of project applications which now for the first time all have to be submitted to the relevant national agency. As part of this process two national experts will now be responsible for evaluation of the applications – this stage is to be completed by the end of June – and the award will set according to the amount of the budgets provided. More...

By Carlos Ribeiro. It was a real celebration with music and performances. Hundreds of adults with diplomas crossed the Le Phare stage at Tournefeuille, in the outskirts of Toulouse, confirming that it was well worth the effort they had made to terminate the RVA - Recognition, Validation and Accreditation of Non-formal and Informal Learning  process. Recognition and validation of skills in France is on the right track.
About 800 adults from the Midi- Pyrenees region attended the public ceremony in the South of France on 19th May of this year to celebrate the Victories of the RVA. Similar sessions took place in the past in different emblematic places of the city sung by Claude Nougaro. But never communication and institutional pomp and circumstance of 2014. It included testimonies, round tables, debates, interviews, popular music, jazz and an enthusiastic mingling of adults with diplomas, teachers, guidance technicians, multidisciplinary experts, elected leaders from the Region, scholars and heads of local institutions.
Challenging Paths
Since Jean Luc Guitard left France in search of better economic and social conditions, the question of diplomas always seemed to crop up. In England, he was asked for experience and discernment for duties performed at his new job. Informality dominated this phase of his career but when he arrived in Canada, he had to formally prove his skills to be eligible for high positions, which led to the launching of a RVA process in France to be able to pursue his career. During this process, he was not hindered by obstacles still existing in the French system, which finds it difficult to deal with erratic career paths outside the tricolor system. International mobility calls for systems to validate and recognize skills that need to be adjusted to the pace and needs of these new professional paths and profiles worldwide. This is also evident in the case of the former Yugoslavian athlete, Daniela Petkovic, who was continuously promoted over the years in French handball until she reached the position of Federal technical director of the Midi-Pyrenees Professional League. She could only maintain these positions through completing a particularly demanding higher level RVA process and achieving a theoretical and technical diploma from her country of origin, which was unfortunately not recognized in France. Now she trains other trainers and considers her RVA of crucial importance in the world of international sports.
International RVA required!
The person responsible in France for the RVA national system at the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research, Norbet Jaouen, set the theme at the Round Table that took place after the presentation of testimonials by saying that the most intelligent way to promote RVA internationally is through its strategic connection with businesses. It is companies that value operating relationships between skills desired for a job and those designed and developed in other economic and social contexts by job candidates. Jaouen defended a relationship between RVA systems in countries with strong economic connections in this promising international cooperation framework. This opinion was shared by others participating in the Round Table strongly representing the motto of the encounter in Toulouse “RVA without borders” , Pierre-Alain Besançon and Patrick Rywalsky from Switzerland and Carlos Ribeiro from Portugal.
Parade and Jazz
At the end of the session, hundreds of adults paraded on the central stage to receive a Trophy from the Region’s elected leaders and heads of institutions. The seminar ended with a concert by a group of young jazz musicians from schools linked to the famous “Jazz in Marciac” Festival.
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