In late September, we were able to celebrate the grand opening of a new tile setter workshop at the College of Humanities and Technology in Krasnodar, which was completed on schedule. We remodeled and outfitted the workshop, developed the training concept and trained the teachers under the auspices of two master tile setters from Krasnodar’s […]
View PageThe Lviv part of the joint project was completed in July and August, which involved a professional and labor-intensive restoration of a building foundation. Now, work continues in Kaiserslautern, where students at the school for master craftsmen fashion elements for the baroque terrace gardens in Kirchheimbolanden. An exquisite, specialized cultural program, organized and accompanied by […]
View PageA large crowd celebrated the official launch of the Intercultural Stonemason Project 2016 in Lviv. For the third time, German stonemasons will work side by side with their Ukrainian counterparts to restore buildings of historical importance in the old town of Lviv that have fallen into disrepair. Many questions about the German vocational training system […]
View PageThree teachers from Augsburg, including the Assistant Principal, visited Jekaterinburg to prepare the first student exchange project between the BS1 vocational school and the Ural College for Technology and Entrepreneurship. They were also able to get to know the school and its surroundings. An extensive cultural program enhanced the expert discussions and there was […]
View PageEveryone is hard at work in Irkutsk. German carpenters began their visit with their Russian counterparts on Tuesday and the towers of the playground project have already been erected. And there are plenty of other things going on. Follow the project at http://blog.alfons-kern-schule.de/
View PageThe German University Construction Award 2016 is awarded to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in recognition of its new math department. Additional awards were presented to the Technical University of Chemnitz and the Art University of Halle. Click here to see video footage of the KIT. More information about this award.
View Page24 cabinetmakers visited Baden-Baden as part of the student exchange program between Karlsruhe and its Russian partner city Krasnodar. They had the opportunity to learn about both the company and the foundation. Following an extensive lunch, they explored the Russian side of Baden-Baden under the expert tutelage of Renate Effern.
View PageApprentice painters from Jekaterinburg visited the “Badische Malerfachschule”, a vocational school for painters in Lahr, Germany for one week. The project and culture programs were on a tight schedule this time, because the students ended their trip by exploring Berlin alongside their German counterparts – a new highlight in the many years of school partnership. The return […]
View PageThe workshops in Krasnodar are currently being converted and the Master Craftsman training has begun. The multiplication phase of the modernized training concept for tile setters in Krasnodar scheduled for 2015 started on time. We have now trained the master craftsmen from Krasnodar at our long-standing model and partner school in Jekaterinburg to prepare them for […]
View PageOn March 1, three students from the University of Karlsruhe visited Schöck Bauteile GmbH and the Eberhard-Schöck-Stiftung. The foundation has supported students at the university’s Institute of Civil Engineering for the past four years. It provides the scholarship funding and once a year, scholarship students visit the company to gain insights and an impression of Schöck Bauteile […]
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