Modern business services – the future and development of competences
On the 19th of September, the Faculty of Organization and Management of the Silesian University of Technology held a conference entitled “Modern business services – the future and development of competences”. The event inaugurated an innovative project entitled "Development of competences from the NUB sector among secondary comprehensive school pupils from the sub-regions of Rybnik, Gliwice, Bytom, Katowice and Sosnowiec" implemented by the Silesian University of Technology in partnership with Syntea S.A. from the funds of FESL 10.25 (the project co-financing amounts to almost PLN 14 million).
The conference was officially opened by Dr Hab. Aleksandra Kuzior, Prof. SUT, Dean of the Faculty of Organization and Management, who acts as the project manager. The professor presented the main assumptions of the proposed support for secondary school pupils. In the plenary part, Dr Tomasz Huk, Deputy Curator of Education in Katowice, and Piotr Fałek, President of the Management Board of Syntea S.A., also spoke.
The project provides comprehensive support for secondary school pupils preparing to take up studies, offers free tutoring in such subjects as computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology or geography to young people. Future secondary school graduates can also count on professional advice and help in choosing studies, preparatory courses, as well as specialist workshops at the university. In addition, they have to choose certified specialist courses in the field of market qualifications in accordance with the Act on the Integrated Qualifications System. They will also take part in workshops supporting the development of green competences and competences of the future.
Recruitment for the project has already begun. All interested parties please get in touch by e-mail at: kompetencjenub@polsl.pl. Further information can also be obtained by calling: 510-998-871 or 507-025-235.
The conference was held under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Science, the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship, the Silesian Education Curator and the Rector of the Silesian University of Technology.
