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Mit steigendem Wettbewerbsdruck wächst für Hochschulen die Notwendigkeit, ihre Leistungen zu vermarkten. Dies gilt besonders für die Weiterbildung, die sich auf einem stark konkurrenzbestimmten Markt durchsetzen muss. Nur wenige Hochschulen verfügen hier bislang über ein entsprechendes Know-how. Für die Positionierung der Weiterbildung im Wettbewerb ist die Reputation und Profilbildung der anbietenden Hochschule besonders bedeutsam, aber auch Aspekte der Angebotsgestaltung sowie der Kommunik…
The paper tackles the issue of procedures for the validation of competences, which are used in the tertiary education sector in order to evaluate an individual’s study ability on the basis of his/her vocational qualifications. This contested terrain will be explored by means of the University of Hamburg’s validation procedure (the so-called Eingangsprüfungsverfahren, §38 HmbHG). The focus of interest will be put on a qualitative reconstruction of individual decision-making processes during thes…
The dissertation analyses the contribution of a social space research perspective to the understanding of (non-)participation of groups of less well-educated individuals in organized further education. Both, the theoretical as well as the methodological framing are defined by a social space perspective. In a substudy of the project “Learning in Social Quarters – Significance of Social Space for Further Education”, at the German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Center for Lifelong Learnin…
