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OVER 120 BRANCHES IN ITALY
STUDENTS ENROLLED EACH YEAR: APPROX. 23.000
NUMBER OF TUTORS: 4.000
TURNOVER 2008: € 110.2 MILLION
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AGE GROUPS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN ITALY
UNDER 3 YEARS: DAY NURSERY (NIDI D'INFANZIA)
3 TO 6 YEARS: NURSERY SCHOOL (SCUOLA MATERNA)
6 TO 10 YEARS: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SCUOLA ELEMENTARE)
11 TO 14 YEARS: MIDDLE SCHOOL (SCUOLA MEDIA)
15 TO 19 YEARS: UPPER SCHOOL (SCUOLA SECONDARIA DI II GRADO):
CLASSICAL (CLASSICA), SCIENTIFIC (SCIENTIFICA), TECHNICAL
(TECNICA), VOCATIONAL (PROFESSIONALE)
PROFESSIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION (POST DIPLOMA)
HIGHER EDUCATION (3 TO 5 YEARS DURATION): UNIVERSITIES
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FRANCESCO POLIDORI STARTED IN 1969 WITH A SMALL PUBLISHING
HOUSE WITH THE MISSION TO PRODUCE TRAINING MATERIAL. IN THE
SHORT TERM HE BECAME THE BIGGEST ITALIAN EDITOR OF DIDACTIC
MATERIAL AND AN EXPERT IN TEACHING METHODOLOGIES.
CEPU GROUP CUSTOMERS ARE:
• STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES (CEPU)
• STUDENTS AT HIGH SCHOOL , IN PARTICULAR WHEN THEY NEED
TO CATCH UP LOST YEARS (GRANDI SCUOLE)
• STUDENTS LOOKING FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING (SCUOLA RADIO
ELETTRA)
• STUDENTS REQUIRING FASHION STUDIES (PROFESSIONAL AND
MANAGERIAL TRAINING THROUGH “ACCADEMIA DEL LUSSO” AND
“ISTITUTI CALLEGARI” BRANDS)
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PREVIOUS AND ONGOING CORE BUSINESS:
GRANDI SCUOLE AND CEPU
IN ITALY MANY PEOPLE LEAVE HIGH-SCHOOL WITHOUT
OBTAINING A DIPLOMA. GRANDI SCUOLE HELPS THEM TO RECOVER
LOST YEARS AND GIVES THEM SUPPORT WHILE ATTENDING
LESSONS (78% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE OVER 18 YEARS).
MANY STUDENTS HAVE DIFFICULTY FINISHING UNIVERSITY AS
THE COURSES ARE TOO CROWDED AND THE SYSTEM REQUIRES
STUDENTS TO DO MUCH OF THE WORK THEMSELVES. CEPU IS THE
ONLY QUALIFIED STRUCTURE OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY ABLE TO
ASSIST THEM.
AFTER THE PREPARATION OUR STUDENTS SIT THE RELEVANT
EXAMS AT A SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY OF THEIR CHOICE.
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CUSTOMER SERVICES
• PERSONALIZED SUPPORT FOR CEPU STUDENTS
• SMALL CLASSES AND INDIVIDUAL TRAINING FOR “GRANDI SCUOLE”
AND “ACCADEMIA DEL LUSSO” STUDENTS
• DISTANCE LEARNING AND FINAL STAGE IN SMALL CLASSES FOR
“SCUOLA RADIOELETTRA” STUDENTS
• DISTANCE LEARNING TRAINING METHOD FOR E-CAMPUS UNIVERSITY (*)
REINFORCED BY CEPU ONE-TO-ONE TRAINING SYSTEM.
(*) E-CAMPUS IS A PRIVATE AND NON STATE-OWNED UNIVERSITY,
SPECIALIZING IN DISTANCE LEARNING, VALIDATED BY THE ITALIAN
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO GRANT OFFICIAL DEGREES IN:
• BUSINESS STUDIES
• BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• LAW
• ENGINEERING (CIVIL, ICT, INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, ENERGY)
• PSYCHOLOGY
• LITERATURE & PHILOSOPHY
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Number now increased to 2.500+
(31st May 2009)
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SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY
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GRANDI SCUOLE: SCHOOL PREPARATION
• LEADER IN ITALY
• ASSISTANCE ONE-TO-ONE AND SMALL
GROUPS:
- LOST YEARS RECOVERY
- SUBJECT MATTERS RECOVERY
- AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
• FLEXIBLE TIMETABLES
• PERSONALIZED PROGRAMS
• PROGRAMS FOR WORKING STUDENTS
• LARGE PRESENCE IN THE TERRITORY
• ADDRESSED TO ALL SPECIALIZATIONS
• ONLINE PROGRAMS FOR WORKING
STUDENTS
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CEPU: UNIVERSITY PREPARATION
• LEADER IN ITALY
• COVERING ALL COURSES
• PERSONALIZED TRAINING
• ONE-TO-ONE ASSISTANCE
• LARGE PRESENCE IN THE TERRITORY
• PREPARATION FOR ADMISSION TESTS FOR
FACULTIES WITH LIMITED ENROLLMENT
• ORIENTATION SERVICE
• BUREAUCRATIC SERVICE
• CONSULTANCY IN ECTS EVALUATION OF
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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SCUOLA RADIO ELETTRA: VOCATIONAL TRAINING
• EQUIPMENT COURSES
• COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES
• ELECTRONICS COURSES
• IN-HOUSE COMPANY TRAINING
• ECOLOGY COURSES
DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES, VALIDATED
BY REGIONAL LAW 845/78
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ATENEO FORMASS: JOURNALISM AND SHOW BUSINESS
PROVIDES:
 POST DIPLOMA IN COMMUNICATION
AND SHOW BUSINESS
 MASTER IN VIDEO-JOURNALISM
 MASTER IN COMMUNICATION
MANAGEMENT (TV, RADIO AND NEW
MEDIA)
SHORT COURSES
 TV SPORT JOURNALISM
 TV NEWS JOURNALISM
 TV HOSTING
 NEW MEDIA TV OPERATIONS
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ACCADEMIA DEL LUSSO: FASHION AND DESIGN
ALL COURSES ARE HELD BY SPECIALISTS AND
PROFESSIONALS FROM THE FASHION AND
DESIGN ACTIVITY SECTORS
POST DIPLOMA:
FASHION DESIGN & COORDINATION
FASHION STYLING & EDITING
BRAND MANAGEMENT
DESIGN LUXURY SYSTEM
MASTER WITH STAGE:
FASHION PRODUCT & PROGRAM MANAGER
LUXURY GOODS COMMUNICATION MANAGER
LUXURY BRAND MANAGER
DELUXE DESIGN LUXURY AND EXCELLENCE
PROFESSIONAL SHORT COURSES
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ISTITUTI CALLEGARI: VOCATIONAL TRAINING
TRAINUNG OBJECTIVE: TO TRAIN PEOPLE WORKING IN THE FIELDS OF FASHION AND
DESIGN ON A THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BASIS
FIELDS OF ACTIVITY:
• FASHION
• INTERIOR DESIGN
• GOLDSMITH’S ART
• PRODUCTION METHODS
COURSE QUALIFICATION IS ASSURED BY
COMPANY EXPERIENCE:
• THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FOLLOW THE
COURSES YEARLY(ISTITUTI CALLEGARI HAS
ALTREDY TRAINED OVER 200.000 PEOPLE)
• IMPORTANT COMPANIES HAVE COMMITTED
TO ISTITUTI CALLEGARI FOR THEIR
INTERNAL TRAINING
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BRANCHES
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The Cepu Group worldwide
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LEARNING OUTCOMES IDENTIFICATION PROCESS
GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS
TESTS TO IDENTIFY
ORIENTATION
AND
MOTIVATION
TRAINERS TRAINING
TEACHING-LEARNIG LOCALIZED
ACCORDING TO UNIVERSITY
AND TEACHER
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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS
STARTING FROM CONTENT/SUBJECT MATTER AVAILABLE IN THE
MARKET, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS WORK-OUT AND DEVELOP
TUTOR’S AND STUDENT’S GUIDES AS A GENERAL REFERENCE TO BE
LOCALIZED DURING THE TEACHING PROCESS, ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC
STUDY PATHWAYS DEPENDING ON TEACHER’S ORIENTATION.
OBJECTIVE
TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ANALYTICAL AND EVALUATIVE SKILLS.
TO DEVELOP STUDENTS INTELLECTUAL AND IMAGINATIVE POWERS,
THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND JUDGEMENT, THEIR PROBLEMSOLVING SKILLS, THEIR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, THEIR ABILITY
TO SEE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED AND TO
PERCEIVE THEIR STUDY IN A BROADER PERSPECTIVE.
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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS
INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS
Lectures
Lectures are a major part of the teaching strategy for CEPU. Lectures are an
effective way of delivering core material and establishing a framework for a
module against which other material can be set.
Tutorials
Tutorials are meetings of a student or group of students (CEPU or Grandi
Scuole) with a lecturer or lecturers and are used to
expand upon material covered in lectures through an enquiry-driven problem
solving approach in order to overcome any deficiencies in a student’s
background knowledge.
Seminars
Seminars involve a student or students presenting previously prepared work.
This strategy is used to extend specific theoretical or practical concepts as well
as introducing problem solving exercises. Seminars are used in most modules
and provide students with valuable experience in presentational skills as well as
providing staff with a method or assessing student-centred learning.
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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS
INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS
Practical Workshops
Practical workshops are used extensively in modules such as Information
Technology and Finance and Accounting. In this method students are able to
practice and refine their skills in a supportive environment where they can get
feedback from a member of academic staff. Practical workshops represent a
valuable transition between theory and the workplace.
Case Studies
Case studies are a teaching and learning strategy, which are employed in a
range of modules; they also are a useful assessment tool. Students are asked to
develop real or simulated complex problems which they are required to analyse
in detail and then synthetise/present their own solution in writing or orally.
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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS
Learning Strategies
Students are expected to take greater responsibility for their own learning as
they progress through their programes. The course structure and the
proposed teaching strategies are designed to encourage this development.
The student-centred approach will be encouraged through the use of specific
teaching strategies; case studies; projects; practical exercises, supplemented
by the use of appropriate support materials; videos; computer software; etc.
Active engagement with the subject material enhances learning and many of
the learning strategies used attempt to promote this.
Assessment
Written examinations (seen/unseen, open book, essays/short answers),
essays, practical assessment, presentations and dissertations/project reports.
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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS
Distance Learning
Distance Learning is an instrument utilized in a blended approach both for
Scuola Radio Elettra (Vocational Training) and for E-Campus University.
The distance learning platform with forum, chat, registred lessons, etc
provides for study organization, scheduling, teaching-learning outcomes and
ongoing appraisals.
TRAINER’S TRAINING ON TEACHING METHODS
STUDENT’S GUIDES AND HADBOOKS PRINTED BY CEPU
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ON LINE UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS
23,000 m2 in a 10 hectare park, with 270 residential rooms, bar, restaurant, sport
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“E-CAMPUS” ONLINE UNIVERSITY
The University offers 11 degree courses
 Civil engineering
 Fashion and Design
 Business Information Systems
 Business Studies
 Industrial Automation engineering
 Psycoeconomy
 Energy engineering
 Insurance & Banking studies
 Leterature & Philosopy and Show
Business
 Psychology
 Company Legal Services
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ONLINE UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD
•
ONLINE UNIVERSITIES (STARTED ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO) HAVE HAD
A HUGE DEVELOPMENT. TODAY, IN SOME COUNTRIES, THEY REACH
20% OF TOTAL UNIVERSITIES ENROLLMENT
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IN ITALY THE FIGURE IS STILL LESS THAN 1%. IT IS REASONABLE
TO EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF ONLINE PROGRAMS, ALSO
FOR THE REASON THAT THIS NEW WAY OF LEARNING MAKES IT
POSSIBLE TO STUDY WHILE WORKING
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ONLINE UNIVERSITIES HAVE BASED THEIR SUCCESS WHEN THEY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ORGANIZE BRANCHES IN THE TERRITORY
PROVIDING DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS (BLENDED
LEARNING SYSTEM)
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COUNTRY
NAME
ENROLLED
FACULTIES
LOCAL
BRANCHES
USA
Phoenix
300.000
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202
SPAGNA
UNED
180.000
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154
GERMANIA
FernUniversitat
50.000
4
101
INGHILTERRA
Open University
180.000
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13
FRANCIA
CNED
300.000
12
58
OLANDA
Open Universitet
20.000
7
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SUD AFRICA
UNISA
220.000
6
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ITALIA
E-Campus
2.240
5
120
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AN EXAMPLE OF BLENDED
METHODOLOGY
The Group has converted the
former IBM training Center for
Europe in Novedrate, between
Milan and Como, into the
University Campus for E-CAMPUS
University
and
into
an
International Education Center.
In Novedrate students sit their
exams, in person, at various
times during the process of
distance learning.
Students are supported during the year
at over 120 CEPU branches situated all
over Italy.
The assistance is on an individual bases.
Communication is based on the formula:
E-CAMPUS + CEPU.
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AN EXAMPLE OF BLENDED
METHODOLOGY
DISTANCE LEARNING
“AT HOME”
ASSESSMENT/EXAMS
IN NOVEDRATE
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
(CEPU BRANCHES
IN ITALY)
AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ASSESSED
MONTHLY IN NOVEDRATE: 500
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INTERNATIONALIZATION
(FIRST STEPS)
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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CENTRE
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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CENTRE
BERTRAND RUSSELL CAMPUS IS AN IDEPENDENT
EDUCATIONAL COMPANY WHICH IS WORKING TOWARDS
OFFERING A 3-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN VALIDATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF
WALES AND AT THE END OF THE COURSES SUCCESSFUL
STUDENTS WILL BE AWARDED A DEGREE BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF WALES.
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DEGREES IN BUSINESS STUDIES and BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
1. Awarding institution / body
2. Teaching institution
3. Final award
4. Program
University of Wales
Bertrand Russell Campus
BS and BIS (Hons) DEGREE
Three years full time
POSSIBLE STARTING DATE: ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011
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HOMOLOGATION/VALIDATION
IN SPAIN
OF ITALIAN DEGREES IN LAW
(INITIATIVE 2009)
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HOMOLOGATION/VALIDATION IN SPAIN OF DEGREES IN LAW
(UNTIL OCTOBER 2011)
ALLOWS A CITIZEN OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (AND OTHERS) TO
BECOME A SPANISH LAWYER (ABOGADO) WITHOUT A PERIOD OF
PRACTICE AND A SPECIFIC EXAMINATION.
A SPANISH LAWYER CAN (BY LAW) REGISTER ON THE ITALIAN LAW
LIST, EXERCIZE THE PROFESSION OF LAWYER FOR A PERIOD OF 3
YEARS AS “ABOGADO”AND BE RECOGNIZED AS “AVVOCATO” AFTER THAT
PERIOD.
ADVANTAGE FOR STUDENTS WITH A DEGREE IN LAW (360 ECTS):
TO AVOID THE ITALIAN STATE EXAMINATIONS (ONLY 17% PER YEAR
ARE ADMITTED) AND TO AVOID THE PERIOD OF PRACTICE REQUIRED
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BEFORE THE STATE EXAMINATION
CEPU SERVICE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
TEACH THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IN ITALY
HELP ON ALL BUREAUCRATIC/LOGISTIC/ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES
IDENTIFY THE REFERENCE BOOKS AND LIBRARY
PREPARE STUDENTS ON POSITIVE SPANISH LAW IN ITALY
ENROL STUDENTS IN A SPANISH UNIVERSITY (DISTANCE LEARNING
+ LEARNING IN PERSON)
6. ASSIST STUDENTS AT ALL STAGES OF THE PROCESS (UNTIL THE LAW
LIST REGISTRATION).
INITIATIVE START-UP: FEBRUARY 2009.
NR. OF STUDENTS ENROLLED (END MAY 2009): 45.
OBJECTIVE: HOMOLOGATION WITHIN SEPTEMBER 2010.
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THANK YOU
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