Business and Vocational Education

The business and vocational education subject group (BWP) contributes to the development of students' competencies in the fields of business and vocational education. It focuses on teaching and research including on the goals, structure and processes of professional education and professional consulting and orientation. This also encompasses the following subject areas: career and professionalism, development of competencies and qualification, training and further education systems and also career and study guidance.

The subject group is responsible for the following modules in university teaching:

Bachelordegree programmes

• Training and further education
• Occupational and work sciences
• Working in groups
• Professional background and mobility

Masterdegree programme

• Professional background compared on an international basis
• Lifelong learning
   

Further academic education

• Certificate programme: „Professional Counselling“
• Elective module: Background and Counselling

Professors at the Schwerin Campus

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Freiling
  Professor of education focusing on business and vocational education
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Kohl
  Professor of education focusing on business and vocational education
• Prof. Dr. Jane Porath
  Professor of education focusing on business and vocational education
   

Professors at the Mannheim campus

• Prof. Dr. Gerald Sailmann
  Professor of education focusing on business and vocational education
• Prof. Dr. Kathrin Breuing
  Professor of education focusing on business and vocational education
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Ertelt
  Professor focusing on business and vocational education
• Profl Dr. phil. habil. Andreas Frey
  Professor of education focusing on business and vocational education

Teaching and Academic Staff

• Apl.-Prof. Dr. Agathe Bienfait
  Lecturer for business and vocational education at the Mannheim campus
• Silke Becker
  Lecturer for the certificate programme "Professional Counselling" at the Mannheim Campus
• Isabell Forer
  Lecturer for counselling and placement at the Mannheim Campus
• Kai Lepper
  Academic member of staff, NeVeBb project at the Schwerin campus
• Dr. Judith Moll
  Lecturer for the certificate programme "Professional Counselling" at the Schwerin campus
• Nathanael Opitz
  Academic member of staff, Projekt iLB at the Mannheim campus
• Birgit Rodler
  Specialist for Further Academic Education at the Mannheim Campus
• Dr. Silke Seyffer
  Academic member of staff, Erfolgreicher Start in die Ausbildung (EStarA) (successful start in training) project at the Mannheim campus
• Hannah Skiba
  Academic member of staff, NeVeBb project at the Schwerin Campus
• Daniel Strahl
  Lecturer in the certificate programme "Professional Counselling" at the Schwerin campus