Expertise in
different forms of learning
IAEs launched their first internships at universities in the 1960s and are particularly active in the fields of apprenticeship training and continuing education, under the various possibilities offered by professional development contracts, returning to education, the validation of professional experience (known as VAP) and validation of experience (known as VAE). Vocational training programmes, in particular those at the end of students’ studies, are seen as part of the process of entry into professional life, with managerial requirements and the obligation to produce a dissertation which gives an account of the missions conducted.
In parallel with this, students work in groups over the course of the academic year on various operational projects. This investment in collaborative and associative projects provides experience of collective work. The management of these projects seeks to build effective actions with concrete results, combined with the technical and conceptual knowledge acquired through lessons.