Post on 27-Mar-2015
All about BESTby Ömer Hantal
President of the XX Board
BEST Partners’ Round Table - Tallinn 2008
Agenda
• What is BEST?
• What do we offer?
• How do we work?
• Our partners
BEST Partners’ Round Table - Tallinn 2008
BEST is...
Our target group...
Students of Technology
• Board of Europeans Students of Technology
• Non political / non profit
• Voluntary
• Developing students
• Since 1989
WhatWhat
Services
How
Partners
BEST Partners’ Round Table - Tallinn 2008
BEST is...
• 29 countries• 77 universities• 2 600 active members• Reaching 1 000 000
students all over Europe• Fast growing
WhatWhat
Services
How
Partners
BEST Partners’ Round Table - Tallinn 2008
BEST is...
Students
Universities
Companies
European projects
BEST Courses
BEST Courses
BEST Career Support
BEST Courses
Career eventsWhatWhat
Services
How
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Services for students
• Complementary Education• BEST Courses• Engineering Competitions
• Career Support• Career events• BEST Career Support
• Educational Involvement• Symposia• BEST Academics and Companies
What
ServicesServices
How
Partners
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• Technical courses
• Engineering competitions
• Intense cooperation with companies
• Recognition of our Courses - ECTS
• Since 1991
Complementary Education
What
ServicesServices
How
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• Study abroad opportunities:
Complementary Education
What
ServicesServices
How
Partners
Normally
Erasmus
Leonardo or Marie Curie Actions
Max. 1 time
With BEST
Every year:•80 courses•2000 students
Any student from BEST Universities:
•Up to 3 courses
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Complementary Education
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Years
Students
Participants
• Participants to BEST Courses
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SOURCE: BEST Application Centre
Career Support
BEST Career Support
• Multinational companies announce • jobs• Internships• special projects
• CV database – over 7000 CVs• Career Newsletter – over 13000 subscribers
What
ServicesServices
How
Partners
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Educational Involvement
• European Commission Thematic Networks
• Symposia
• BEST Academics and Companies Forum
• Positive feedback from all stakeholders!
What
ServicesServices
How
Partners
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Our work
• 77 Local BEST Groups in universities all over Europe
• 5 international teams gathering 430 motivated students working on specific tasks
( Marketing, IT Systems, Educational Involvement, Courses Coordination, Corporate Relations)
• International board – 6 of the BEST
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Services
HowHow
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Our work
• Virtual Communication
(Internet and BEST Intranet, Private Area)
What
Services
HowHow
Partners
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Our work
• Virtual Communication
(Internet and BEST Intranet, Private Area)
What
Services
HowHow
Partners
BEST Partners’ Round Table - Tallinn 2008
Our work
• Online meetings
• Around 60 live meetings and workshops all around the year
• Around 100 trainings on different topics
• Every BEST member – at least 1 training
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Services
HowHow
Partners
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Partner Organisations
• bonding and CFES
What
Services
How
PartnersPartners• Professional Engineering Education
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Partner Companies
Corporate partners
Career Support partners
Supporters
What
Services
How
PartnersPartners
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Questions?