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ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES AND ENTERPRISES COLLABORATION:

A situation we have directly experienced as private enterprise.

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UNIVERSITY

•Curricula that require final practical placement to enhance students learning as a part of

the training course

ENTERPRISE

• Human resurces not only with theoretical preparation but also with

practical skills.

BACKGROUND:

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UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISE

FIRST CONTACT THROUGHT THE FOLLOWING ACTORS

1. STUDENTS

2. CAREER FAIRS, WORK-SHOPS, CONFERENCES, …

3. UNIVERSITY TEACHERS AND TUTORS

4. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND ASSOCIATIONS

OF ENTERPRISES

2 CASES for ENTERPRISES which want to host a trainee:

1. ENTERPRISE THAT HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED TO UNIVERSITY

2. ENTERPRISE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED TO UNIVERSITY

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RISKS EX ANTE PPS

• STUDENTS: Students act autonomously in seeking hosting entreprises

•UNIVERSITIES: University teachers are not enough involved in organising the placement and therefore they are not able to monitor the experience

•ENTERPRISES: Deficiencies in matching entreprises’ characteristics and needs with students’ preparation and expectations

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RISKS DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PPS

University- Entreprise

•Incoherence between learning objectives and activities effectively carried on by the trainee

• Difficulty in sharing the learning programme contents by the entreprise and university tutors

• Disagreement on the period of placement

Students

• Lack of pertinence of the competences to the activities proposed

• Difficulty in understanding the assigned tasks

• Absence of the University/enterprise tutor assistance on the overall procedure

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RISK EX POST PPS

High risk to misunderstand the analisys of the two actors

(student and enterprise) involved

because the evaluation

is often superficial and emphasizes quantity aspects

like numbers of hours worked, punctuality etc.

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POSSIBLE SOLUTION: PRACTICAL PLACEMENT PLATFORM

(Formazione ed Innovazione per l’Occupazione)

Programme promoted by the Italian Ministry of Work and Social Policies

General Directorate for traning and orientation

Main objective:

To create a system for the for the enhancement of the accompanying measures to help graduates in entering the labour market, the development of university placement services, the integration between university research and transfer of technological innovation from universities to enterprises in order to increase the employability .

At the moment 61 Italian universities are partners.

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Four axes:

University Job placement

Services to entreprises

Technological innovation

From research to entrepreneurship

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SERVICES TO ENTREPRISES

Main objective:

Enhancement of placement services promoting the traineeship instrument to facilitate the contacts among universities and

enterprises.

Instrument:

Common web platform for services for entreprises and universities that decide to become partners

More information on:

www.progettofixo.it

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