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Programme
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Proposal Title:
Proposal Acronym :
Proposal Objective:
Establishing the structure of long
cycle alternating higher educational forms in engineering
leading to diploma or other state recognized certificate,
based on the adaptation of international experiences (especially
apprenticeship - CNAM, France), and real demands of Hungarian
enterprises.
Organising a center for dealing
with university-enterprise links (training needs, double tutoring,
selection and assessment of learners etc).
Curriculum development containing
professional, management, communication modules.
Beginning
the training of trainers, tutors and the first groups of learners.
Proposal Consortium
Name of institution/organisation/consultant | |||
Technical University of Budapest (TUB) | education | Budapest | Hungary |
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (CNAM) | education | Paris | France |
INGENIEURS 2000 | foundation | Champs/Marne | France |
Hungarian Round Table of Industrialists (HRTI) | foundation | Budapest | Hungary |
National Union of Building Industry Entrepreneurs (Építési Vállalkozók Országos Szakszövetsége - ÉVOSZ) | chamber | Budapest | Hungary |
Budapest Foundation For Enterprise Promotion (BVA) | foundation | Budapest | Hungary |
Financial Proposal
Total Request in ECUs
| Total funding other than PHARE
| Total cost of project
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Is funding also requested from other Programme Areas of this PHARE Programme? Please tick box.
Programme Area 1- Co-operation Between Higher Education and the Economy
Programme Area 2- Diversification of Initial Level Higher Education
Programme Area 3- Development of Distance Education
Programme Area 4- Post-Primary
Education for Socially Disadvantaged Young People
Is funding also requested
from other PHARE, European Union, World Bank or other Programmes?
no.
Name of institution/organisation/consultant | |||
IBISTRA (Business and continuing training Ltd) | company | Berlin | Germany |
Dunaferr Rt. | company | Dunaújváros | Hungary |
Civil Buildings Construction Ltd. (Középületépítõ Rt.) | company | Budapest | Hungary |
HDSys Ltd. (Apple Computer IMC Hungary) | company | Budapest | Hungary |
CONTACT PERSON TITLE AND FULL NAME Charles SOL |
FUNCTION director of ESCPI |
INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME The National Conservatory of Arts and Trades (CNAM) |
DEPARTMENT OR FACULTY The Higher School of Industrial Design and Production (ESCPI) |
ADDRESS
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 33 1 64 80 66 02 |
FAX NUMBER 33 1 64 80 66 45 |
E-MAIL NUMBER |
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER
AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION (If applicable) |
CONTACT PERSON TITLE AND FULL NAME Jean-Michel PAJOT |
FUNCTION manager of apprenticeship |
INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME INGENEURS 2000 |
DEPARTMENT OR FACULTY |
ADDRESS
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 33 1 64 80 66 04 |
FAX NUMBER 33 1 64 80 66 45 |
E-MAIL NUMBER |
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER
AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION (If applicable) |
CONTACT PERSON TITLE AND FULL NAME Dr. Tamás Lajos |
FUNCTION Secretary of the HRTI |
INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME Hungarian Round Table of Industrialists (HRTI) |
DEPARTMENT OR FACULTY |
ADDRESS
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 36 1 463 40 72 |
FAX NUMBER 36 1 463 34 64 |
E-MAIL NUMBER |
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER
AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION (If applicable) |
CONTACT PERSON TITLE AND FULL NAME
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FUNCTION
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INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME
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DEPARTMENT OR FACULTY |
ADDRESS
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TELEPHONE NUMBER
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FAX NUMBER
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E-MAIL NUMBER |
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER
AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION (If applicable) |
CONTACT PERSON TITLE AND FULL NAME István PÓKA |
FUNCTION Director |
INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME
|
DEPARTMENT OR FACULTY |
ADDRESS H-1072 Budapest, Rákóczi út 18. Postal address: 1840 BP. Pf. 1. |
TELEPHONE NUMBER 36 (1) 342-2324 |
FAX NUMBER 36 (1) 342-3500 |
E-MAIL NUMBER |
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER
AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION (If applicable) |
CONTACT PERSON TITLE AND FULL NAME Dr. Thomas Pfau |
FUNCTION managing director |
INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME IBISTRA (Business and consulting, training consulting Ltd.) |
DEPARTMENT OR FACULTY |
ADDRESS
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 49 30 2 01 37 19 |
FAX NUMBER 49 30 2 01 37 22 |
E-MAIL NUMBER |
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER
AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION (If applicable) |
CONTACT PERSON TITLE AND FULL NAME Mádliné Maár Ilona |
FUNCTION head of institute |
INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME Dunaferr Dunai Vasmû Rt. |
DEPARTMENT OR FACULTY |
ADDRESS
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 36 25 38 16 01 |
FAX NUMBER 36 25 38 12 76 |
E-MAIL NUMBER |
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER
AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION 07100010490 - Székesfehérvár |
CONTACT PERSON TITLE AND FULL NAME
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FUNCTION
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INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME
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DEPARTMENT OR FACULTY
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ADDRESS
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TELEPHONE NUMBER
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FAX NUMBER
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E-MAIL NUMBER |
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER
AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION (If applicable) 01-10-041860 Budapest |
CONTACT PERSON TITLE AND FULL NAME . Gábor NYULI |
FUNCTION education specialist |
INSTITUTION/COMPANY NAME HDSys Ltd. (Apple Computer IMC Hungary) |
DEPARTMENT OR FACULTY |
ADDRESS H-1035 Budapest Raktár u. 25-31 , Hungary |
TELEPHONE NUMBER 36 (1) 250-3260 |
FAX NUMBER 36 (1) 188-8387 |
E-MAIL NUMBER MG.EDUC@applelink.apple.com |
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER
AND PLACE OF REGISTRATION (If applicable) |
The changing Hungarian economy has
formulated new needs (more practice oriented training, increase
of the role of management, foreign languages etc.) with respect
to the higher education in engineering training. Alternating education
in the professional stage (the last 2-3 years of the training)
is an important opportunity to meet these needs.
The demand of the organisation of alternating sandwich type (university - enterprise) curricula at TU Budapest appeared in different ways
needs of enterprises (e.g. a contract was signed with Dunaferr in September 1995),
new methodological results
in the international practice, where the learners and enterprises
are more motivated in the industrial period (apprenticeship).
(A protocol was signed about the adaptation of this methodology
between the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education and the
large, 200 year old French continuing education organisation CNAM).
The organisation of the project
began in March 1995. 4 meetings were held with specialists of
CNAM-Ingénieurs 2000 (3 in Budapest, 1 in Paris). The directorate
of TUB was informed about the plans, a 4 member committee was
formed at TUB (May 95). The legal background was investigated
(vice-state secretary of labour, ministry of higher education).
Preliminary training needs analysis was carried out by the help
of the Hungarian Round Table of Industrialists, and some enterprises.
Priorities
(and support criteria, objectives, criteria etc.) for this program
area are divided into 5 subgroups. We shortly list their links
to the project:
* the curricula will be formed based
on the demands of enterprises; the operational structure guarantees
the long term joint work; everybody having a basic scientific
education is welcome (retraining, adult education); the standards
will be raised especially by the new practice oriented methodology.
TU Budapest and CNAM guarantee
the high academic quality of the formation, the industrial partnership
provides the needs of economy; key players of the economy will
take part in the educational process and financing; the members
of the consortia are interested in its long term operation: the
French side plans to include Budapest in its international center
network, the Hungarian members are unions of enterprises or concrete
enterprises with constant training needs; the students will spend
half of the educational period in industry; the regional, EU links
are obvious; TUB considers industrial co-operation in a unity
of research, technology-transfer, education, economic diversification
(it is demonstrated by the participants as well) and the innovation
process of small , medium sized enterprises (represented by the
Center in Budapest for Development of Enterprises)
has special emphasis.
- short term results: the first (at least 4-5) alternating courses will begin in the application period), long term results: the industrial and international co-operation, the structure (curriculum, entrance, tutoring, assessment of learners etc. systems) will be ready by the end of the application period.
- the financial contribution of the consortium and external sources is 52% of the total budget, so the co-financing is larger than the request.
Summarized it can be seen that the project fits in all parts of Programme Area 1.
2.1. Objective
The objective of the project is the
investigation and realisation of sandwich type (alternating) curricula
in the Hungarian engineering education.
A special emphasis will be on the
adaptation of a new educational form (training of engineers by
apprenticeship) in Hungary, which has proved its vitality in EU
countries (especially. in France). The curriculum concerns the
second (professional part) of the classical technical education.
The learning process is partly at the university, and partly at
the enterprises under the joint direction of academic and industrial
tutors. The learners have a special apprentice status.
The outcomes of the project can be divided into 3 basic parts:
establishment of the organisational structure of alternating education,
curriculum development,
education.
Organisational structure.
Establishment of the Center of Formation by Apprenticeship(CFA
Hungary 2000) hosted at the International Education Center (IEC)
of TUB consisting of the parts: Academic Department, Education-Economy
Foundation, International Office with the following basic
tasks (they will be carried out with the co-operation of CNAM-INGENIEURS
2000 and the other members of the consortium) in the implementation
period:
1. Feasibility study containing 3 aspects
-industrial(Training needs analysis of enterprises),
-institutional(ministries - legal status of apprentice, diplomas, credits,...),
-financial(possible short
and long term financing).
2. Organisation of alternating education.
-training of participants (university, enterprise), tutors, meetings, materials,
-technical arrangements(lodgement,
communication facilities, purchase of equipment, production and
delivery of learning materials).
3. Recruitment of learners.
- information, advertising,
-
joint (university, enterprise) entrance exams, documentations.
Curriculum development. The
learners are supposed to have basic scientific education (the
first 2-3 years at TUB or equivalent). Both university (academic)
and enterprise (apprenticeship) periods (6-6 months/year) are
parts of the training, the apprentice's individual plans are worked
out by the university and enterprise tutors. The flexibility of
this curriculum conforms with the new policies of the development
of Hungarian higher education. Modern elements of contemporary
education technology (eg. multimedia), open and distance learning
will be widely used.
1. Academic period is divided into 3 parts
- Professional engineering module (approx. 60%). At the moment TU Budapest has 3 expressed needs, other ones (at least 2) will be opened based on training needs analysis.
- Management module (approx. 30%). In the implementation period it is planned common for all curricula.
- Foreign language communication
(approx. 10%).
2. Apprenticeship. Practical
work in the home enterprise. The students' tutorial and home-works
are closely related to their industrial assignments. Distance
educational elements. Use of multimedia materials.
Both academic and apprenticeship
periods are ended with the assessment of learners with participation
of all the members of the project.
Education.
It is planned to provide the education for 2-3 new groups (approx.
20 person/group) of learners each year.
We underline that there will be
a strong co-operation in the whole educational process between
the university and enterprises.
Main Beneficiaries:
enterprises: they receive employees having more up to date general knowledge and practical skills fitting to their needs at a relatively low cost,
learners: in addition to modern high-level education, they have a guarantee to find employment at the end of education period,
TUB and (later) other higher
educational institutions: the improvement of contacts with
enterprises gives multiplying results in other fields (curriculum
, human resources, infrastructure development , technology transfer)
as well.
2.2. Justification - Market Research
The start of the project can be justified by different points of view:
- international experience: alternating (sandwich type) courses in engineering exist all over the world, the new (apprenticeship) methodology has success in some countries,
- needs of Hungarian enterprises: the members of the consortium have expressed their devotion (including financial) to this education form, other companies are interested as well. This education form can (in long term) especially fit in the demands of small and medium size enterprises.
- interest of learners: experience
of TUB shows that students are very much interested both in modules
non-standard in Hungary (management, languages), in more practice
oriented education (e.g production-design).
The importance and need of introduction
of sandwich type education in Hungary is so obvious, that there
was no necessity to deliver more general market research
than those described in 1. (Background).
2.3. Institutional Strategic Plan Correlation
A short description of TUB, IEC TUB,
the Institutional Strategic Plan (ISP) correlation please find
in the relevant Section IV. Appendix.
2.4 The Institutional Strategic Plan
Attached to Section IV.
2.5. Activities
It has to be underlined that the basic activity is the creation of the framework of alternating education (necessary institutions, human resources, Know How) at TU Budapest. The EU partners presents the international experience, Hungarian partners will represent the local specialities, earlier Hungarian experience in the consortium.
Curriculum development and the beginning
of education are considered in this project to be the first realisations
of the general system. In this sense the companies, organisations
involved in these activities represent a much wider community
than the consortium members.
The activity package contains three
main parts (with the following basic actions):
() introductory phase(setting up structures; general training needs, information, equipment; legal part investigation, certificate, status of apprentice),
() normal functioning of training( special training needs, information, equipments; recruiting procedure; alternating education; evaluations etc.)
() extension
Remark.
The project supposes to start the training in September 1996.
So the activities ,, will overlap each other. It is possible,
because some steps have already been passed for the first modules
(eg. identification of needs, the students can receive normal
university diploma). The whole normal procedure will be
introduced in 1997. To avoid repetitions some activities are
listed together (but with indication to group .,, , if it is necessary).
() introductory phase.
1. GENERAL MEETING. The consortium members can contact with all the actors (professors, company managers, tutors, learners etc.) of the French training.
2. STRUCTURES. (3 months 01-03/96,
TUB, CNAM). Consequently, we build the three structures of CFA
Hungary 2000 in the first step:
1)An Academic Department : with a staff of about six to ten people (TUB employees) for a start, it is set by the coordinator (teachers in charge of main modules /technical and management areas/ and administrative staff).
Their duties are the organisation
of the training, students recruitment; teaching organisation for
the academic session; follow up of apprentices for the industrial
session; assessment and degree award.
2)An Education-Economy Foundation. This institution is an original and essential part of this new engineer school. It is the proper link between academic institutions and industry. Its activity will be co-ordinated with other similar organisations of TUB (eg. technology transfer). The duties of this foundation are the following (non exhaustive list):
to approach firms to develop apprentice recruitment,
to obtain funds for running costs,
to evaluate the apprenticeship inside the host firm,
to assume the juridic and administrative problems about apprenticeship (Contacts with official institutions, ministries),
to look after the practical placement
and the integration of the future engineer.
3) International Office. It is organized around a cell of the French National Conservatory of Arts and Trades (CNAM). This cell aims at initiating and orientating higher educational professional training (apprenticeship or continuing form). It guarantees the quality of the training and also of the partner enterprises. This cell has CNAM personal with representatives of INGENIEUR 2000.
The International Office is formed
of the CNAM cell and of also the members of the consortium. This
office helps the academic department and the foundation; it works
with foreign plants and the International Chamber of Commerce
and Industry settled in Hungary.
3-6. ALTERNATING EDUCATION.
GENERAL FRAMEWORK investigation (...-09/96, carried out by CFA
with the participation the of all partners). It contains 3 workshops
(organised by unions) on general training needs, information;
installation of communication equipments (INTERNET server); reports
on legal part investigation, certificate, status of apprentice,
financial aspects. (Some (mostly) meeting type activities are
listed independently in Timetable 3., from financial viewpoint
they are not included in this point.)
() normal functioning of training.
7. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. (01-09/96) Final choice of curricula. The modules (2 or 3 for a start) are built around TUB Faculties (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Faculty of Civil Engineering ) and departments involved in management, language education.
Based on earlier demands at this
moment we have concrete demands for the following modules (because
of space restrictions we give only some indications of the topics):
Environmental protection. To train Mechanical Engineers who have practical experience, and based on their knowledge and ability in environmental engineering, are able
to enforce the demands of environmental protection;
to develop and operate environment-friendly technologies (sustainable technologies);
to widen and deepen independently their knowledge and abilities in this field .
Steel structures.This module will be built up on the criterion of new professional profiles according to the European System (Eurocode 3 and ESDEP) and to the needs of the main Hungarian steel structure fabricators ( Dunaferr Rt. ).
System and process engineering.
Introduction to the control systems, basic design techniques
of simple control loops and basic equipment of the control systems.
Instrumentation and design of process control systems.
Management and professional language (English, French) modules give an important long term result of the project.
General plans of curricula (basic modules, the aims of each enterprise period and the mode of alternating training scheme) are elaborated by a committee with equal representation of members of economy-industry or institutional area and education area.
TUB professors prepare the courses,
syllabi (coordinated by Academic Department of CFA), harmonize
with the enterprises. Finalize and legalize the curricula.
8-21. ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO THE TRAINING:
- Apprentice selection, meetings with companies (06-07/96, all partners).
- Academic period for the first groups, Jury of the end of academic period (10/1996- 03/1997)
- Training of tutors /university (10/96), engineers (11/1996) Ingenieur 2000, CNAM, TUB/
- Industrial period (with double tutoring, distance learning), jury of the end (03-09/96)
- Activities of type 5-12 for the
new classes.
() extension.
13. Campaign to find new companies
and apprenticeship contracts (publications, press conferences,
open days), creation of specific education forms (distance learning,
multimedia technologies), building of the network for improving
apprenticeship training and international links.
2.,22. Establishment of the specifications
of communication lines (eg. computer network) between CNAM and
CFA Hungary 2000 and other participants. Wide use of Internet
communication for interaction with partners and learners, for
distribution of learning materials and for "advertisement"
of activities is foreseen. The realisation of an appropriate multimedia-based
Internet server and the creation of the Home pages of CFA Hungary
is an important task from the very beginning.
23. Evaluation 2 of apprenticeship training and new professional training propositions. Reports and seminars. Special emphasis on
- the best duration of training and of enterprise periods, improvement of curriculum.
- financing. At the end of Phare
programme, a good knowledge is necessary about the financial resources
of the Center, enterprise participation, fees, local communities,
professional bodies. The idea is that this kind of training must
have a budget mainly with its own resources.
MILESTONES, REPORTS. Three reports are proposed:
1. ( 10-96.) at the end of step . Presentation of structures, curriculum and general rule about learning and apprenticeship. Result of the first recruitment, list of the first associated enterprises.
2. (10-97. ) Results of half -time academic and enterprise training side.
3.
(12-98) final report. Results of the graduation of first
classes (this is after the end of PHARE period).
RISKS OF THE PROJECT.
The success of this kind of formation depends on the interest of industry. All consortium partners ought to work in this direction, especially with their national companies.
long term financing (industrial, academic session costs, apprentices' salary, etc.)
national and international recognition
of high quality of the formation as an apprenticeship
(which is different from both initial and continuing training)
must be obtained.
2.6 Local credit rating arrangements
TUB introduced a credit system for its Hungarian undergraduate courses in 1992, for the foreign courses in 1995. This system is compatible with ECTS. Thus the results of academic education period of Sandwich can be awarded by credit points, and there is no visible restriction to join this part of education process to CATS. Concerning the apprenticeship period its credit accumulation can be solved based on the principles of future Hungarian CATS for continuing and distance education.
The proposed training form presents
in certain sense a synthesis of initial and continuing education.
Its credit system can offer an example for other combined curricula.
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4.1. Role of the Coordinator
The project will be coordinated by a 4-member committee headed by the coordinator, Dr. Peter Moson vice-dean (on international relations and continuing education) of TUB, head of the TUB Committee on Open & Distance Learning. He participated in several TEMPUS JEPs (French Filial, PANNONIA Open & Distance Learning). He was the project manager of the establishment of the International Secondary School located at the International Education Center TUB. He has published papers on apprenticeship and sandwich-type education.
The other members of the committee
are university professors: Dr. Miklós Iványi
(Dr.Sc., chairman and member of committees of several international
conferences, organisations), Dr. István Loványi
(specialist in continuing education, telecommunication, multimedia),
Dr. Tamás Matuscsák (former vice-rector,
director of the TUB French Filial).
4.2. Role of the partner institutions
and enterprises
Technical University of Budapest. Coordinator of the project, organiser of the whole educational experiment, the graduates will receive its diploma. Host of CFA Hungary 2000, the academic part of education.
International partners(CNAM, INGENIEUR 2000): Presentation of experience in sandwich-type training (know how), support in training needs analysis, awareness raising, company relations. Teachers' and tutors' training.
Unions, organisations representing economy (HRTI, EVOSZ, BVA, IBISTRA): Participation in awareness raising action (including workshops), in training needs analysis. Assistance in curriculum development, evaluation process.
Enterprises having apprentices: Participation in the whole educational process, presentation of experience and needs of economy. Financial responsibilities concerning mainly tutorship and apprenticeship costs.
Other partners): contribution
to the success of the project mainly by technology transfer and
special actions (advanced system engineering, multimedia, communications).
The interest of different organisations in the project was far
beyond the number of members of consortium.
4.3. Operational Structure
A Steering Committee (containing: coordinator, 2 TUB, 2 foreign, 2 enterprise, 2 union delegates) will be formed by all consortium members for the direction of the project.
The project will be conducted by the coordinator aided by a full time secretary. CNAM contact person will play a special role, as the project is based on the adaptation of their education technology. Before decisions all interested parts of the consortium (especially representatives of economy) will be asked.
The 3 members of the coordinating committee will work in CFA, hosted at the IEC TUB. Each module will be co-chaired by a university module captain and an enterprise specialist (The 3 professional module captains are: Dr. M. Parti (environmental protection), Dr. L. Dunai (steel structures); Dr. I. Loványi (System and process engineering), management - Dr. M.Vágási, English - J.Sárvári, French - Dr. É. Kelemen.)
The education process of apprentices is based on TUB professors and tutors engineers. The academic periods (normally) at TUB, the industrial at the enterprises will be located.
The administration will be carried out by the staff of IEC TUB.
It is a goal to find the synergy
with related institutions of TUB (technology transfer unit, open
& distance learning center) which are under organisation.
4.4. Monitoring and Evaluation
As the project contains diverse activities a three-level monitoring and evaluation system is offered:
first level done by each organisation participating in a given activity (contact persons, responsible for the given activity). Method : reports (in longer activities at least monthly).
second level done by the coordinator. Processing of reports. Additional special forms of inquiries reaching the enterprises, apprentices.
third level done by the
steering committee (twice a year), the general assembly of consortium
(once a year).
After setting up structures, working out the details of the background (legal, financial, industrial etc), beginning the training of the first classes the project contains an extension part to the direction of a wider scale of enterprises, organisations, learners.
Another natural dissemination occurs
in the Budapest University Association (TUB is its part) and in
other technical higher educational institutes of Hungary and the
Central-European region.
The continuity is guaranteed by the world-wide demand of economy in sandwich education, the experience and efforts of the international and national members of the consortium, the IEC TUB skills in managing goal oriented projects. It is important to underline that the steps , and the management, language part of present costs once (these are basically covered by PHARE and international co-financing). The costs of professional part are approximately constant and can be covered by company co-financing. Hopefully the feasibility study will present another financial resources (candidates: state - higher education, labour; regional councils; enterprises' tax refunds etc. ).
Institutional Strategic Plan (ISP
-TUB) is appended to this section later. First please find here
some additional information about TUB.
TU Budapest is the second biggest
university in Hungary. Number of students is 11000, number of
full and part time teaching personal - 1300, number of other personal
is 2100 approximately. The university has 7 faculties covering
basic fields of engineering and natural, economic sciences. These
are faculties of architecture, civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical,
transport, natural and social science. TUB has wide international
relations, regular participants of EU programs and good relations
to the basic actors of the Hungarian industry, economy.
The International Education Center
(IEC) of TUB has long and great experience in managing new educational
forms (English, French, German University Filial; postsecondary
education programs - IUT; open & distance education, multimedia
programs; an International Secondary School, Professors' Guest
House etc.). The organisation of the more than 10 years old English
Filial is similar to the proposed one of this project (the education
is located at the faculties, other activities are carried out
commonly by IEC).
- The Development and Strategy Program of the Technical University of Budapest 1994-2000 emphasises the importance of the basic principle of the unity of theory and practice, theoretical background - practical training, based on industrial connections. ( Preamble ).
- Concerning development of the content of training the ISP-TUB refers to the flexibility, dictated by the economy, including harmonic proportions between the obligatory basic materials and optional subjects and professional knowledge and general culture. ( p.2.)
- As methodological and technological aspect, the non-traditional forms of education - distance learning and multimedia methods - should be applied in the future (p.4.)
- The University wants to strengthen its activity in the frame of the European and world wide educational and/or research relations (p.13.)
- The chapter of Funding, at source expansion, refers to external
supports, competitions on national and international level and
to the role of market demands of actors of the new economic and
entrepreneurial structure (p.14.).
The proposed alternating, more practice and needs oriented education form completely fits in ISP -TUB. The following citations from ISP-TUB prove this statement (among others):
- In accordance with its best traditions, the university continues to observe the principle of the unity of theory and practice, the high level theoretical background and the practical training based on industrial connections are of the same importance.
As a strategic goal, the university wants to continuously develop the content and structure of training in harmony with scientific advance and social needs, and to improve the multi-level and multilingual training. (page 1)
- ... expansion of education profile by launching new "marketable" majors, thus intellectual resources of our University will be more economically utilized...(page 2) etc.
- ...introduction of the elements of project based engineering education; preparation of students for team-work during solution of complex tasks.
A methodological and technological development of education (distance learning and multimedia method) should be applied. (page 4).
Activity/Date | Staff Costs | Equipment Costs and Beneficiary | Implemen-tation Costs | Sub-Total |
2,22. Stuctures, communica-tions, INTERNET server | (TUB)12000 | 12000 | ||
7,14 Curriculum development (multimedia work station) | (TUB)18000 |
1000 | 19000 | |
1-23. CFA, coordination, administration, maintenance costs. | 30000 | 5000 | 35000 | |
Curriculum development, training costs 7,10,17. ( for 3 professional, 1 management, language mo- dules, basic devices, multimedia, distance learning) 14,20. (2 professional, 1 lan-guage modules, multimedia, distance learning) | 40000 20000 | (TUB)18000 (TUB)12000 | 4000 2000 | 62000 34000 |
11,12,17-19,21. Tutorial costs (university - . enterprises) | 10000 | 10000 | 20000 | |
1,16,23. General, Steering Committee meetings | 3000 | 3000 | ||
3,4,13. feasibility studies, training needs analysis (reports, workshops) | 9000 | 6000 | 15000 | |
Request | Total | 200000 |
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1. INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
1.1 In kind |
2. 2 rooms for CFA infrastructure operational costs
/2 years TUB/ |
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1,5,6. Training, meetings
7,8. curriculum, appren. selection CNAM, IN2000 |
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11,12,21 Tutors' training (materials)
CNAM, IN 2000 | ||||
17. apprentices' accom-modation. (3x20)mod/per
DUNAFERR enterprises (2x20) |
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1.2 In cash | 7,8. production of learning materials TUB
HDSYS |
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15,19,21,23. Evaluation
CNAM, IN2000 | ||||
17. scholarships (10 months)
3x20x10x10000 DUNAFERR 2x20x10x10000 Enterprises |
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3,7
Középületépítõ Rt | ||||
3,4.
ÉVOSZ | ||||
2. FUNDS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES | 1,5,6,9,11,12,23
Training, meetings 7,8 Curriculum, appren- tices' selection Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA - France) |
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16,21 Meet., tutors MFA | ||||
Total 'R'
Total 'A' |
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Total | Co-Financing | (R+A) |
Project Coordinating Institution Technical University of Budapest |
Project title System of AlterNating EDucational NetWork. UnIversity - EnterprIse Cooperation in Hungary. (SANDWICH)Project number (for Office use only) |
Project objective:
The aim of this project is the establishment of a new educational form of engineers, the SANDWICH-type apprenticeship, at the Technical University of Budapest.
The training concerns the second
period (professional part) of engineering education and contains
alternating academic and industrial training cycles. The curricula
are determined by the needs of economy and carried out with active
participation of industrial partners and their unions. A special
emphasis is on the education of management and foreign language
communication. New educational technologies (multimedia, distance
education) and advanced communication methods (networking) will
be widely used.
The KNOW-HOW is offered by EU partners
(CNAM, Engineer 2000), the Hungarian participants will represent
the local experience, specialities in the project. A new methodological
element, the double (university - enterprise) tutoring of apprentices
will be developed.
The basic outcomes of the project
will be the following:
organisational structure of alternating education (based on feasibility study and containing permanent links between TUB and economy),
curriculum development
(professional, management, foreign language modules),
education (from September
1996 continuously).
The need in SANDWICH education is proved by international experience and the demands of Hungarian enterprises. The new educational form based on continuous institutional and personal cooperation of academic and industrial partners will give an important contribution to synergy of higher education and economy with multiplying effects in innovation, technology transfer, other educational co-operations (retraining, continuing education).
Project title: System of AlterNating EDucational NetWork. UnIversity - EnterprIse Cooperation in Hungary.
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