Entrepreneurial internship, internship in virtual space and project companies may be on the way in and for professional education in addition to the traditional workplace training.

A number of vocational higher education programs expect to find it difficult to obtain a sufficient number of internships for their students. One solution is to organize the internship more flexible and greater use of other forms of work experience than the traditional workplace training. It shows a new study, "Internship in the profession and professional education". About half of the participating programs in the study have or expect to have difficulty in securing internship agreements for all students. The main reasons are the economic downturn combined with the increasing uptake. The educational institutions are optimistic about finding solutions that can provide the required number of internship agreements and wealth of ideas are great. It applies both to use the students' own networks to keep in touch with former students, now working in the sector, systematic cooperation with relevant employers, preparation of relevant information and the like. Internship primary objective is that the students get to work with an academically relevant problem that is immediately and directly rooted in the labor market, the students will work in after graduation. For many, education is synonymous with workplace training, but some programs have chosen to use other forms of practical training, for example, project work in companies, entrepreneurial internships, internships in the virtual space and so on. Based on the study assessed the report said that the challenge of ensuring a sufficient number of study can lead to a greater use of different internship forms. Education Minister Bertel Haarder have read the survey results with interest. He points out that the relationship between theory and practice is an important trademark for vocational higher education. "It is vital that all businesses are helping to ensure the necessary internships. This is done only by ensuring coherence between education theory and practice. It is therefore in the interest of companies to contribute to this task. We are not locked into the traditional internship form, but be open to other forms of job training that can help to ensure that all students receive an internship. "The background for the internship study is that the internship was mandatory in the Academy programs per 1 . august 2009 and the introduction of a minimum duration of the internship in both the aP and professional education. The report was intended to focus on the new mandatory internship, including giving a status of vocational higher education work in practice. Furthermore, it has been a goal to contribute to knowledge sharing across institutions and courses related to the internship. On 8 February, the Ministry of Education a conference on practical training and for professional education. It discusses among other conclusions of the report and will focus on opportunities and challenges related to practical training, including the provision of practical training agreements, different internship forms, internships abroad, IT support of the placement and quality of internship.

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* And for professional education is already characterized by a combination of theoretical and practical knowledge acquired both in an educational institution and the practice of the profession. * For many education leads to new legal requirements no changes. For some, this entails the expansion of internship severity, and the other leads to the introduction of internship as something new in the program. * The study was conducted in collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Ramboll Management Consulting. Ramboll has subsequently prepared the report. Source: Ministry of Education