Placement abroad- ways to find and

implementation in Curriculum

Imants BergsSchool of Business Administration

Turiba, Riga, Latvia

Training abroad

14 years experience More than 160 students go for

placements to USA, Switzerland, France, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Germany, Lithuania, Spain, Italy, UK

Structure of students by faculties

Tourism- 93% Business Administration- 4% Public Relations- 2% Law- 1%

Ways to find partner enterprises

Industrial Fairs- new partners Cooperation with Chains- use mobility

of company staff Students- Start individually- continue

with university Partner HEI- partners of HEI Agencies....?

Challenges

Language skills Difference between tourism and other

faculties- common placements for first and different placement for others

Placement abroad for Law students Individuality of training abroad in comparison

with local training- according to study schedule

Merging of studies and training in partner HEI

Internship as part of Curriculum

Difference of duration in curriculum and erasmus conditions

Needs of enterprises vs needs of curriculum How to get feedback from enterprise? Ready to cooperate with enterprises for

changes of curriculum Locality and internationality of curriculum flexibility

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