1. Amsterdam,
OCTOBER 21,
EUE Network
MODEL AND GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICAL PLACEMENT OF STUDENT IN EUROPE
ALAIN JUNGMAN, MARIE LISE MICHELI, KRISTINE JURSKI
Institut Universitaire de Technologie
Université Paris Diderot
FRANCE

2. University  Enterprise
Economical crisis on employment of young people
Adaptation of curricula to the evolution of society
Practical placement
Innovative answer to graduate difficulties
to integrate the job market

3. Professionalization in higher education
A political and social reason
 improve higher degree diploma on job market
An institutional reason
 demonstrate their social and economical usefulness
A strategical reason :
 develop connection between universities and companies
 adapt to the society evolution

4. THE FRENCH SITUATION

5. University role Before : to produce and transmit knowledge
Now : to give professional skills

6. Reasons Fast evolution of the technics
Strong competition in industry aznd business
Emergence of a new population with different backgrounds

7. Two different approaches of PPS
« Stage » : continuous period of professional training in enterprise
« enseignement en alternance » : alternate university – enterprise work based training

8. Stage Exists since many years in technical short curricula
(2 years of higher education) :
BTS = brevet de technicien supérieur :
1 month each year
DUT = diplôme universitaire de technologie :
2 months (can be considered as a test period in the view to be hired)

9. Organisation Training staff
Academic tutor : which visits the student in the enterprise
Enterprise tutor : which evaluates the work done in the enterprise
Evaluation
Individual written report
Oral presentation
Examination board (academic and enterprise tutors + …)

10. Alternate university / enterprise curriculum
« enseignement en alternance »
Sandwich periods of time (few days, few weeks, few months, …)
Old system for manual training in low level education system to prepare laborer to a specific job (butcher, carpenter, plumber, …)
New system for university level students

11. Alternance Objectives
Inside university : student demand rising rate of examination failure
Outside university : work environment increasing unemployment rate

12. Alternance The aim of « alternance »
knowledge adaptated to up-to-date need of the company
practical and technical competences
professional behaviour

13. Alternance The background of alternance
general and theoretical knowledge at university (or in an educational center)
competences in the enterprise

14. Legal organization Two kinds of alternate internship situations
apprentissage (apprenticeship)
contrat de professionalisation (contrat of professionalisation)

15. Legal organization Apprentissage Student (16-25 years old)
To prepare an academic degree professionally oriented
Contrat de professionalisation
Young unemployment people (16-25 years old)
To acquire or improve professional qualification

16. Material benefits
Contract of employment purposely designed for this category of employment
The student : salary (from 410 to 780 euros) according to the age of the student and his level of study
The company :
- exoneration from employers social security contributions
- Basic allowance of 1000 euros per apprentice-student

17. Pedagogical benefits Involvement of the company :
Giving a job to the student related to the training objectives of the degree
Tutoring and coaching the student
Participating to the pedagogical meetings
Participating to the students oral tests at the end of the year
Participating to the board of examiners

18. Role of the enterprise tutor
Regular meetings :
to check objectives and working conditions
to point out difficulties and to examine their solutions
to assess the work done, the know-how, skills, …
To evaluate the behaviour
Apprenticeship diary

19. Pedagogical strategy of the academic tutor
Visit of the host company and meet the company tutor
Organization of special report sessions to take stock of the experience (social and technical) acquired by the students in the companies
Regular assessment by the student of :
the progress made in the company
the evolution of the academic curriculum

20. EUE Network
MODEL AND GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICAL PLACEMENT OF STUDENT IN EUROPE
Alain Jungman, Marie Lise Micheli, Kristine jurski
Institut Universitaire de Technologie
Université Paris Diderot
France