The Language Teaching Centre (SprachLehrInstitut – SLI) in the Faculty of Philology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau will hold a conference from September 28 – 30, 2011 entitled “Multilingualism in Society, the World of Work, and Politics. New Challenges for Teaching at Institutes of Higher Education/Universities”

This year, the discussion concerning multilingualism is to focus on the areas of “the economy”, “the employment market” and “integration”.

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In 2006, two Erasmus students came up with an idea: to virtually promote European study and work offers based on former study experience. The idea of WISHES was born.

Today, the WISHES-project pursues an even wider mission: co-financed by the European Commission (Erasmus Mundus) its mission is to enhance the attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area and to promote the best fit between trainees, European higher education institutions (HEIs) and enterprises.

To fulfill this mission, the partners:

• Set up and operate the WISHES mobility portal as an effective networking and intelligent recruitment tool
• Organize WISHES Networking Days to sustainably initiate further cooperation in the European higher education area supported by IC

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You will find case studies on Study Trips on the MOLAN website.
Let me first introduce our own CS to you:
Cross Cultural Competences Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB – Belgium)
What is it about? Travel courses to London, Paris, Madrid or Berlin for Dutch-speaking students of the Faculty of Economics and Management.
Each travel course is composed of visits to multinational companies organized by tutors, of similar company visits organized and prepared by the students themselves, of cultural activities and of individual reports/abstracts written in a foreign language by each participating student.
The CCC course targets students who do NOT take part in the Erasmus exchange programme. It enables them to get acquainted with a foreign business culture while developing their foreign language skills. It increases their employability, boosts the tutors’ commitment, raises awareness among policymakers in the institution and within companies. And finally it’s the very fundamentals of networking between universities, students and the world of business
Languages covered: English, French, Spanish or German Read More