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Studierende sollen die Fähigkeiten und das Wissen erwerben, die sie benötigen, um in der Wirtschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts erfolgreich zu sein.
Eisenstadt, 3 June 2025: For many, graduation is just around the corner - at the end of the summer semester - and the big question is: are graduates well prepared for their future working environment? If you ask potential employers, the answer is "not completely". Because: "Technological progress and the associated new ways of working have changed requirement profiles and corporate cultures," explains Verena Liszt-Rohlf, lecturer in the Department of Business at Burgenland University of Applied Sciences. She is part of the international project team in the EU-funded ELIX project.
The ELIX project aims to ensure that students acquire the skills and knowledge they need to be successful in the 21st century economy. "Traditional models of higher education often focus on the acquisition of theoretical knowledge, which is fundamentally an essential foundation. It is important to us that students are able to transfer the knowledge they have learnt into practice and develop skills such as critical thinking, communication and resilience," says Liszt-Rohlf. Community Service Learning (CSL) will be used for this. Students work together with local communities and organisations during their studies, training problem-solving skills and teamwork - skills that are essential for success in today's dynamic working world.
The project was launched in autumn 2024 with focus group discussions and questionnaire surveys, involving students and stakeholders who are involved in the labour market. In addition to even more practical relevance in education, future megatrends are also to be given greater consideration in the degree programme. For many, graduation is just around the corner - at the end of the summer semester - and the big question is: are graduates well prepared for their future working environment? If you ask potential employers, the answer is "yes". Because: "Technological progress and the associated new ways of working have changed requirement profiles and corporate cultures," explains Verena Liszt-Rohlf, lecturer in the Department of Business at Burgenland University of Applied Sciences. She is part of the international project team in the EU-funded ELIX project.
The ELIX project aims to ensure that students acquire the skills and knowledge they need to be successful in the 21st century economy. "Traditional models of higher education often focus on the acquisition of theoretical knowledge, which is fundamentally an essential foundation. It is important to us that students are able to transfer the knowledge they have learnt into practice and develop skills such as critical thinking, communication and resilience," says Liszt-Rohlf. Community Service Learning (CSL) will be used for this. Students work together with local communities and organisations during their studies, training problem-solving skills and teamwork - skills that are essential for success in today's dynamic working world.
The project was launched in autumn 2024 with focus group discussions and questionnaire surveys, involving students and stakeholders who are involved in the labour market. In addition to even more practical relevance in education, future megatrends are also to be given greater consideration in the degree programme.
We want to support young people through modern teaching at universities to recognise and consciously develop themselves and thus make it easier for them to enter the world of work.
Verena Liszt-Rohlf, lecturer in the Department of Economics at Burgenland University of Applied Sciences and project manager
At the end of the project, a toolkit will be created for teachers to use, regardless of time and place, to optimise the career development of their students for the labour market.
ELIX stands for: European Labour Mobility-led Career and Service-Learning System in Higher Education. The lead partner is the Faculty of Economics and Computer Science at the University of Novo Mesto in Slovenia, other partners are the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, WU Bratislava (Slovakia), the Social Innovation and Cohesion Institute Fifty-Fifty in Greece, PYLON ONE in Greece and Educons University in Serbia. The project is co-financed by Erasmus+. The two-year programme ends in summer 2026.
For more information on studying at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland and to register, visit www.hochschule-burgenland.at.
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