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formal vocational training_DE, information

Bildungsprämie

Support offer

Bildungsprämie is a subsidy for a further training measure that takes place alongside the occupation. Individual continuing education, which is also characterised by a high degree of self-interest, forms the basis for the subsidy.
It supports private continuing education in addition to the profession.
The funding is provided by a combination of state, ESF and European Union.

Who can access this offer?

The prerequisites for the training premium are:

  • are employed for at least 15 hours per week,
  • have a maximum taxable income of 20,000 euros (40,000 euros as jointly assessed persons).

Further information/useful links

https://www.bildungspraemie.info/

 

 

competence validation_UK, information

Work-based observational assessment

The UK is also involved in an initiative to validate competencies through work-based observational assessment.

This is a report on a research project conducted by the City and Guilds of London Institute between March and December 2012. The project investigated the context, features, and underlying assumptions of work-based observational assessment; an assessment method that is widely used in competence-based vocational qualifications.

Institution providing the offer
City and Guilds

Who can access this support offer
Anyone in employment who seeks to validate their competencies through a work-based framework

Further information/useful links
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-based-observational-assessment-a-validation-framework

competence validation_UK, information

ECTS and ECVET programmes

The UK is actively involved in ECTS and ECVET programmes to validate learning and competences following a period of mobility abroad. However, ECVET is not very widely adopted or developed.

Institution providing the offer
European Commission and individual universities and Higher Education Institutions produce their own guide adapted to their training courses

Who can access this support offer
Anyone in employment who seeks to validate their competencies through a work-based framework

Further information/useful links

https://www.uea.ac.uk/study/study-abroad/erasmus-new/ects
https://ec.europa.eu/education/resources/european-credit-transfer-accumulation-system_en
https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/how-you-can-use-ecvet