Linguistic and Intercultural Preparation of Students for the workplace

The Project

Short description

LIPS (Linguistic and Intercultural Preparation of Students for the workplace) is a European Commission-funded project.It has developed pilot measures to improve students' skills and competences for their successful completion of work experiences abroad (for example in an internship).

LIPS developed an online course which is based on key communicative situations; e.g. the first face-to-face meeting with the employer. In the course, Web 2.0 tools like podcasts and blogs are used. To create more awareness interactive video modules allow for a better visualisation and emotional impact.

Target Groups

* Students in Business Studies and related subjects * Supervisors and in-service-trainers in companies * Counselors and language teachers at universities

Main results of the project:

* Online course and learning materials for linguistic and intercultural training * Orientation guideline for students * Guideline for employers of international students

External links

Projects Homepage

* [http://www.eu-lips.de LIPS Homepage]

Project Leader

* [http://www.eu-lips.de/en/contact/lips-contact-person.htm Dr. Elmar-Laurent Borgmann]

Project Partners

* [http://www.unicatt.it/ucsc_EV.asp Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore]
* [http://www.fh-fulda.de Fachhochschule Fulda University of Applied Sciences]
* [http://www.inter-research.de Institut inter.research e.V.]
* [http://www.rheinahrcampus.de Koblenz University of Applied Sciences, RheinAhrCampus]
* [http://www.umu.se Umeå Universitet - Institutionen för moderna språ]
* [http://www.unileon.es Universidad de León]
* Euro P.A., Brussels, Belgium
* [http://www.http://www.jeune-entrepreneurs.org JEUNE, Jeunes Entrepreneurs de l'Union Européenne]
* [http://www.mruni.lt Mykolas Romeris Universitetas, Vilnius, Lithuania]
* [http://solutions.fooxx.com Global Brain Network, Fulda, Germany]
* [http://www.ilt-training.de ILT - Integrierte Lern-Technologie GmbH, Cologne, Germany]
* Things English A.B., Umeå, Sweden
* [http://www.ceram.edu Ceram Sophia Antipolis, Sophia Antipolis, France]
* [http://english.pte.hu/htmls/index.php Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem, University of Pécs, Hungary]
* [http://www.visusottica.com Visus Ottica de Elena Pellaschiar, Trieste, Italy]
* The House of Notaries, Vilnius, Lithuania
* [http://www.daad.de/en Visus Ottica de DAAD - The German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn, Germany]
* [http://www.fgulem.com FGULEM - La Fundación General de la Universidad de León y de la Empresa, Spain]