On 10 April 2025, the University of Guyana organised a seminar dedicated to sandwich courses. The aim was to support teaching teams as they set up or develop their courses.
A key opportunity to develop work-linked training
On Thursday 10 April 2025, the University of Guyana hosted a seminar on its campus dedicated to work-linked training, aimed at teaching staff involved in or considering work-linked training.
Organised by the university CFA, supported by the University Professional Training Department (DFPU), this discussion is part of a strategy to develop work-linked training within the school.
Nearly twenty participants - teachers, training managers and project leaders - took part in this morning's work, built around an interactive, practical and collaborative format.
Workshops to respond to local issues
The meeting was structured around a number of themed workshops addressing highly operational issues:
integrating work-study programmes into the curriculum,
support for partner companies,
managing administrative bottlenecks,
the tools available for effective monitoring of work-linked training schemes.
This participative approach encouraged rich exchanges between peers, the sharing of good practice and the pooling of concrete ideas to facilitate the implementation or development of existing training courses.
A testimony from the professional world
The morning concluded with a presentation by Voltalia, an active partner of the university. The presentation highlighted the strategic issues involved in developing work-linked training in French Guyana, as well as the mutual benefits of a structured partnership between higher education establishments and the business world.
A welcome and forward-looking initiative
On-the-spot feedback shows a real interest in this type of format, which is seen as useful, concrete and stimulating. The quality of the discussions and the relevance of the content were particularly highlighted.
This seminar confirms the University of French Guyana's commitment to high-quality sandwich courses, tailored to the realities of the region, and marks an important step in supporting teaching teams in the transformation of teaching practices.
