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Study Trips in Higher Education: the huge difference between ‘language tourism’ and added value!
Author: Erik Uytterhoeven May 26th, 2010
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
