Having new experiences, learning new things, strengthening your intercultural and your language skills and networking – a stay abroad brings many benefits not only for students.
Jessica Engelke, a member of the School of International Business of the Hochschule Bremen, was able to experience all this during a week-long stay for teaching and non-teaching staff at institutions of higher education on the island of Tenerife. The trip was funded by the Erasmus+ programme. During this "staff week" which was entitled "SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN TENERIFE", she was able to gain completely new impressions of the island, which is otherwise known as a "package holiday destination".
Excursions to different parts of the island gave her, together with seven other participants from Hungary, Great Britain and Poland, a new insight into facets of sustainable tourism in Tenerife.
Overall, the week was a valuable experience, both personally and professionally.
For her work, Jessica Engelke took away new impulses for the integration of currently important topics for the HSB and the faculty, such as sustainability, innovation and internationality. She hopes that these can have a direct impact on the development of degree programmes, for example the new master's programme of the faculty "Sustainable Business & Entrepreneurship M. A.". Newly established contacts could also contribute to further cooperation opportunities for students going abroad during their studies and graduates of the faculty.
More information about the promotion of staff mobility at HSB, about “Staff Weeks” offered by Erasmus+ and the programme of Tenerife Job Training.
Teilnehmer:innen der Staff Week beim Besuch im Mynd Hotel Adeje
© Jessica Engelke
Visting Mynd Hotel Adeje – the first Eco Resort of the Island, with a concept to make every effort to reduce its carbon footprint and become as green as possible.
Teilnehmer:innen der Staff Week bei ITER
© Jessica Engelke
Visiting ITER BIOCLIMATIC HOUSES – a housing development run by "The Institute of Technology and Renewable Energy" an an international centre for research into renewable energies, engineering, telecommunications and the environment. All houses in the development are run by renewable energies.
Teilnehmer:innen der Staff Week in der Berglandschaft des Teno Alto
© Jessica Engelke
Visiting the traditional town of TENO ALTO - Discovering the best kept secret of Tenerife in the heart of the mountains and its ethnographic treasures.
Teilnehmer:innen der Staff Week beim Besuch der FINCA LA CALABACERA
© Jessica Engelke
Visting FINCA LA CALABACERA – a certified organic farm located in the municipality of Guía de Isora, which also has a fruit and vegetable stall on site and a home delivery service throughout the island of Tenerife.
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