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Attractiveness of young people to engineering and Student Career Guidance
David Salamon
Board of European Students of Technology
SEFI Annual Conference
01. – 04. July, Rotterdam
Agenda
• Who we are?
• What do we do?
• Educational involvement
• Latest findings
Board of European Students of Technology
• Voluntary, non-representative,
non-political student association
• Since 1989
• 82 Local Groups in 30 countries
• 2600 members
• Reaching almost 1 000 000 students
BEST Services• Complementary education
• Educational Involvement
• Career support
BEST
Students
Universities Companies
European projects
BEST Courses
Internal events
BEST Courses
BEST Career Centre
Internal events
BEST Courses
BEST University Centre
BEST Tools
BEST Educational Involvement
• Educational Committee (EduCo)• Around 45 members
• Events on Education
BEST Events on Education
• BEST Symposium on education
• BEST Academics and Companies
Forum (BACo)
• Gathering students opinions and feedback on discussed topics
• Delivering reports to Thematic Networks
• Presenting outcomes at conferences
BEST Events on Education
History
• From 1996 until 09/2009: 27 Symposia, 5 BACo
• Conferences attended:100 and counting
• Joined 9 Thematic Networks
Past/Current/Future Cooperation
• TREE• Management committee • BEST lead two SIGs
• EuroPACE• VM-BASE• SPUTNIC
• EIE-Surveyor
• ERABEE
• ESTIA-EARTH
• EuroPACE• EU-VIP
• EUGENE
Students’ view on Attractiveness and Career Guidance
Attractiveness and Student Career Guidance
outcomes
• Symposium• “Students’ view on Attractiveness and
Career Guidance”, Iasi, Romania, July 2008
• 22 participants from Croatia, France, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine.
Outcomes (1)• Analysis of present situation
• Choice is influenced by grades
• Old teaching methods
• Limited information
• Financial support
• Rare promotion in secondary
education
Outcomes (2)
• Research and Development
• Stereotypes
• University vs Company
• Financial support
Outcomes (3)
• Student Career Guidance
• Counselling
• Jobfairs
• Internships
Outcomes (4)
• Recommendations:• Fight the stereotypes• Guidance from kindergarten on• Financial support• Research and Development• Active role of universities in SCG• Meet market needs
• Student organisations
www.BEST.eu.org