Eurydice

EURYDICE PROJECT

The EURYDICE project seeks to address the limited practical exposure identified among students within the higher educational bands in South Africa such as: the Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) and the Higher Education - Diploma, Bachelor, Masters, as well as Doctoral study degrees

PROJECT PARTNERS

Eurydice Consortium aiming to increase students' employability in the field of renewable energies, on the basis of closer collaboration with the industry.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The EURYDICE project seeks to address the limited practical exposure identified among students within the higher educational bands in South Africa such as: the Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) and the Higher Education - Diploma, Bachelor, Masters, as well as Doctoral study degrees.

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

These are the industry partners identified by the Eurydice consortium to close the gap between theory and practice in higher education.

EURYDICE PROJECT

The overarching aim of the EURYDICE Project is to increase students’ employability in the field of renewable energies, on the basis of closer collaboration between universities and industry.

Industry often expresses concern that graduates lack practical/applied experience, and that it therefore takes a long time to get young starters to perform as required. This lack of practical experience is found at all levels of the education system in South Africa, namely vocational training; and diploma, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree studies.

Hence, in principal, this problem exists in all areas of (higher) Engineering education. The EURYDICE Project focuses on the field of renewable energies, for several reasons.

The energy generation landscape in South Africa is undergoing a fundamental transition, as the vision of South Africa’s energy strategy is to contribute to affordable energy for all, and to minimise the negative effects of energy supply and usage on human health and the environment.

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