Dream job: A fashion designer
Fashion designer is a dream job for many. Over 40 fashion schools in Germany are helping students make this dream come true, each approaching the goal from a different angle. A new generation of highly qualified teachers are showing the way forward.
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Young ambassadors for Germany
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in India has announced a “Young Ambassador” programme to promote education in Germany. The German national agency for international academic cooperation is seeking talented Indian students who have been to Germany and are willing to share their experiences.
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New PhD. programme on migration in Germany
People are moving now more than could have ever been envisioned a century ago, transforming once homogenous societies into diverse ones “in motion”. With its Bucerius Ph.D. Scholarship Programme 'Settling Into Motion', Germany's ZEIT-Stiftung is asking applicants to address the major issues surrounding global migration.
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Master's programme in E-learning and Media Education
A new Master’s programme in E-learning and Media Education known as Elmeb21 will be offered from the summer semester 2010 at the PH Heidelberg. The practice-oriented full-time programme will take 4 semesters to complete and is designed to train students how to produce traditional audiovisual educational media, as well as how to create network-based learning environments.
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Graduates of Bachelor and Master's programmes finding success
The Bologna process that seeks to standardise academic degrees and standards throughout Europe is phasing out the old five-year first degrees, replacing them with Bachelor and Master’s degrees by 2010. A comprehensive study looked at recent university graduates of the new system and found them successfully entering the job market, many in as little as three months.
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New international climate protection fellowships in Germany
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has announced up to twenty international climate protection fellowships to researchers from non-European threshold and developing countries, annually funded under the German Environment Ministry's (BMU) International Climate Protection Initiative.
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Germany mints highly qualified graduates: OECD education study
Germany is amongst the top education destinations according to a report Education at a glance, 2009 released by the organisation for economic cooperation and development (OECD).
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Cologne's 'Spoho': Where athletes study and train
Affectionately named the Spoho by many of its 5,300 students, Cologne's Sport University (Sporthochschule) is more than just an educational institution. It's the country's one and only 'sports-exclusive' university, dedicated to promoting every aspect of competitive sports.
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Training Architects in Climate Change: ClimateDesign
In the Masters programme ClimaDesign at the Technical University of Munich, architects and engineers in the fields of civil engineering, electrical engineering and physics learn how to build houses that are at once beautiful, comfortable and good for the environment.
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German universities connect with 'Generation iPod'
Since the beginning of 2009, German universities and institutes have been presenting themselves on iTunes. Any user world-wide can download information free of charge on the universities, lectures and the most recent research results in the form of a podcast – at home, on trips, in the park or in the train.
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