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International Business Skills for the Vienna Business School Plus
Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

This mobility project is based on a cooperation of four partner institutions in three European countries, Austria, the UK and Malta. The aim of the project is to improve the employability of the Austrian participants who will acquire additional qualifications in the course of a three week work experience programme in the UK and in Malta. The forty beneficiaries are students of the Vienna Business School Augarten who will complete part of their now compulsory work experience abroad thus meeting the requirements of new developments in their curriculum. The student population at our institution shows a high proportion of immigrants from lots of different backgrounds who will be particularly encouraged to complete and enhance their education by taking part in this project. They will profit more than other students from the intensive preparation and evaluation phases in small groups of learners before and after the placement. The most important qualifications required for professions in the fields of business and administration include a high level of general education as well as sound business competence, state-of-the-art IT skills, excellent language skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, well developed personal and social skills including communication skills, adaptability and team spirit. All these qualifications will be obtained in the course of completing a work placement abroad and thus meet the needs of employers in European companies. The sending institution will be in charge of preparation and evaluation as well as organisation of travel and cultural activities during the time spent abroad. The receiving organisations will provide suitable business and administration placements, arrange accommodation, organise an induction programme and offer welfare support. They will monitor trainees’ progress on a regular basis and complete the documentation developed for the project including the Europass. A preparatory visit to the partner organisations will be carried out in order to define expected learning outcomes and sign learning agreements for the individual participants as well as memoranda of understanding with the partner organisations. Moreover a representative of the sending organisation will accompany the beneficiaries during the three week placement to ensure the quality of the placements and to offer support and advice at all times. The documents of the work experience module created by the partners will be used for documentation and evaluation during and on completion of the individual placements. Participants will improve not only their employability and their language skills but profit from the development of personal and social skills as well as acquire additional entrepreneurial qualities. Increased internationalisation as well as an enhanced quality of the education offered by the Vienna Business School Augarten will lead to positive incentives for further school development. The long term aim of this project is to achieve lasting cooperation among the partner institutions involved in order to meet the requirements of the European labour market.
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