02/23/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/23/2024 01:11
23.02.2024In its continuing education courses, BFH imparts knowledge and skills that are highly useful in the world of work. This is the result of a study based on a survey of almost 700 graduates of continuing education courses.
What factors influence the choice of continuing education courses at BFH? And how do graduates rate the effectiveness of continuing education courses for their work? These questions were investigated in an interdisciplinary study at BFH. Researchers from various departments at BFH interviewed 690 students and graduates about their experiences.
The results of the study can be summarised as follows: Participants primarily want to use the continuing education course to expand their skills in professional practice and they appreciate the practical nature of the continuing education courses at BFH. The lecturers in particular received high marks for using practical examples and exchanging experiences to sustainably support the transfer of what has been learnt into everyday working life. Four-fifths of graduates are satisfied with the continuing education course and 90 percent recommend it to others.
The study revealed five main findings in detail:
For BFH, the results of the study show that its continuing education courses meet a need and that it is on the path it has mapped out with its own strategy. Jochen Schellinger, Vice-Rector Teaching, comments: "We feel that the quality and market relevance of our continuing education programmes have been confirmed and we will continue to develop them so that they meet the needs of graduates and the world of work in the future."
Among other things, BFH wants to strengthen students interdisciplinary skills and particularly promote so-called future skills. These include the ability to deal with and solve complex problems in multi-layered contexts independently. In this way, BFH contributes to sustainably maintaining or expanding the employability of students and graduates of continuing education courses.