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OVER 120 BRANCHES IN ITALYSTUDENTS ENROLLED EACH YEAR: APPROX.

23.000NUMBER OF TUTORS: 4.000

TURNOVER 2008: € 110.2 MILLION

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AGE GROUPS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN ITALY

UNDER 3 YEARS: DAY NURSERY (NIDI D'INFANZIA)3 TO 6 YEARS: NURSERY SCHOOL (SCUOLA MATERNA)6 TO 10 YEARS: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SCUOLA ELEMENTARE)11 TO 14 YEARS: MIDDLE SCHOOL (SCUOLA MEDIA)15 TO 19 YEARS: UPPER SCHOOL (SCUOLA SECONDARIA DI II GRADO):

CLASSICAL (CLASSICA), SCIENTIFIC (SCIENTIFICA), TECHNICAL (TECNICA), VOCATIONAL (PROFESSIONALE)

PROFESSIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION (POST DIPLOMA)HIGHER EDUCATION (3 TO 5 YEARS DURATION): UNIVERSITIES

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FRANCESCO POLIDORI STARTED IN 1969 WITH A SMALL PUBLISHING HOUSE WITH THE MISSION TO PRODUCE TRAINING MATERIAL. IN THE SHORT TERM HE BECAME THE BIGGEST ITALIAN EDITOR OF DIDACTIC MATERIAL AND AN EXPERT IN TEACHING METHODOLOGIES.

CEPU GROUP CUSTOMERS ARE:

• STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES (CEPU)• STUDENTS AT HIGH SCHOOL , IN PARTICULAR WHEN THEY NEED TO CATCH UP LOST YEARS (GRANDI SCUOLE)• STUDENTS LOOKING FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING (SCUOLA RADIO ELETTRA)• STUDENTS REQUIRING FASHION STUDIES (PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL TRAINING THROUGH “ACCADEMIA DEL LUSSO” AND “ISTITUTI CALLEGARI” BRANDS)

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PREVIOUS AND ONGOING CORE BUSINESS: GRANDI SCUOLE AND CEPU

IN ITALY MANY PEOPLE LEAVE HIGH-SCHOOL WITHOUT OBTAINING A DIPLOMA. GRANDI SCUOLE HELPS THEM TO RECOVER LOST YEARS AND GIVES THEM SUPPORT WHILE ATTENDING LESSONS (78% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE OVER 18 YEARS).

MANY STUDENTS HAVE DIFFICULTY FINISHING UNIVERSITY AS THE COURSES ARE TOO CROWDED AND THE SYSTEM REQUIRES STUDENTS TO DO MUCH OF THE WORK THEMSELVES. CEPU IS THE ONLY QUALIFIED STRUCTURE OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY ABLE TO ASSIST THEM.

AFTER THE PREPARATION OUR STUDENTS SIT THE RELEVANT EXAMS AT A SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY OF THEIR CHOICE.

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CUSTOMER SERVICES

• PERSONALIZED SUPPORT FOR CEPU STUDENTS• SMALL CLASSES AND INDIVIDUAL TRAINING FOR “GRANDI SCUOLE” AND “ACCADEMIA DEL LUSSO” STUDENTS• DISTANCE LEARNING AND FINAL STAGE IN SMALL CLASSES FOR “SCUOLA RADIOELETTRA” STUDENTS• DISTANCE LEARNING TRAINING METHOD FOR E-CAMPUS UNIVERSITY (*) REINFORCED BY CEPU ONE-TO-ONE TRAINING SYSTEM.

(*) E-CAMPUS IS A PRIVATE AND NON STATE-OWNED UNIVERSITY, SPECIALIZING IN DISTANCE LEARNING, VALIDATED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO GRANT OFFICIAL DEGREES IN:• BUSINESS STUDIES• BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS• LAW• ENGINEERING (CIVIL, ICT, INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, ENERGY)• PSYCHOLOGY• LITERATURE & PHILOSOPHY

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SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY

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GRANDI SCUOLE: SCHOOL PREPARATION

• LEADER IN ITALY

• ASSISTANCE ONE-TO-ONE AND SMALL GROUPS:

- LOST YEARS RECOVERY

- SUBJECT MATTERS RECOVERY

- AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

• FLEXIBLE TIMETABLES

• PERSONALIZED PROGRAMS

• PROGRAMS FOR WORKING STUDENTS

• LARGE PRESENCE IN THE TERRITORY

• ADDRESSED TO ALL SPECIALIZATIONS

• ONLINE PROGRAMS FOR WORKING STUDENTS

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CEPU: UNIVERSITY PREPARATION

• LEADER IN ITALY

• COVERING ALL COURSES

• PERSONALIZED TRAINING

• ONE-TO-ONE ASSISTANCE

• LARGE PRESENCE IN THE TERRITORY

• PREPARATION FOR ADMISSION TESTS FOR FACULTIES WITH LIMITED ENROLLMENT

• ORIENTATION SERVICE

• BUREAUCRATIC SERVICE

• CONSULTANCY IN ECTS EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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SCUOLA RADIO ELETTRA: VOCATIONAL TRAINING

• EQUIPMENT COURSES• COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES• ELECTRONICS COURSES• IN-HOUSE COMPANY TRAINING• ECOLOGY COURSESDISTANCE LEARNING COURSES,

VALIDATED BY REGIONAL LAW 845/78

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PROVIDES:

POST DIPLOMA IN COMMUNICATION AND SHOW BUSINESS

MASTER IN VIDEO-JOURNALISM

MASTER IN COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT (TV, RADIO AND NEW MEDIA)

SHORT COURSES

TV SPORT JOURNALISM

TV NEWS JOURNALISM

TV HOSTING

NEW MEDIA TV OPERATIONS

ATENEO FORMASS: JOURNALISM AND SHOW BUSINESS

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ACCADEMIA DEL LUSSO: FASHION AND DESIGN

POST DIPLOMA:

FASHION DESIGN & COORDINATIONFASHION STYLING & EDITINGBRAND MANAGEMENTDESIGN LUXURY SYSTEM

MASTER WITH STAGE:

FASHION PRODUCT & PROGRAM MANAGERLUXURY GOODS COMMUNICATION MANAGERLUXURY BRAND MANAGERDELUXE DESIGN LUXURY AND EXCELLENCE

PROFESSIONAL SHORT COURSES

ALL COURSES ARE HELD BY SPECIALISTS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM THE FASHION AND DESIGN ACTIVITY SECTORS

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ISTITUTI CALLEGARI: VOCATIONAL TRAINING

FIELDS OF ACTIVITY:• FASHION• INTERIOR DESIGN• GOLDSMITH’S ART• PRODUCTION METHODSCOURSE QUALIFICATION IS ASSURED BY COMPANY EXPERIENCE:• THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FOLLOW THE

COURSES YEARLY(ISTITUTI CALLEGARI HAS ALTREDY TRAINED OVER 200.000 PEOPLE)

• IMPORTANT COMPANIES HAVE COMMITTED TO ISTITUTI CALLEGARI FOR THEIR INTERNAL TRAINING

TRAINUNG OBJECTIVE: TO TRAIN PEOPLE WORKING IN THE FIELDS OF FASHION AND

DESIGN ON A THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BASIS

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BRANCHES

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The Cepu Group worldwide

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LEARNING OUTCOMES IDENTIFICATION PROCESS

TESTS TO IDENTIFYORIENTATION

ANDMOTIVATION

GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS

TRAINERS TRAINING

TEACHING-LEARNIG LOCALIZEDACCORDING TO UNIVERSITY

AND TEACHER

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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

STARTING FROM CONTENT/SUBJECT MATTER AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS WORK-OUT AND DEVELOPTUTOR’S AND STUDENT’S GUIDES AS A GENERAL REFERENCE TO BE LOCALIZED DURING THE TEACHING PROCESS, ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC STUDY PATHWAYS DEPENDING ON TEACHER’S ORIENTATION.

OBJECTIVETO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ANALYTICAL AND EVALUATIVE SKILLS. TO DEVELOP STUDENTS INTELLECTUAL AND IMAGINATIVE POWERS, THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND JUDGEMENT, THEIR PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, THEIR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, THEIR ABILITY TO SEE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED AND TO PERCEIVE THEIR STUDY IN A BROADER PERSPECTIVE.

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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

INSTRUMENTS AND METHODSLecturesLectures are a major part of the teaching strategy for CEPU. Lectures are an effective way of delivering core material and establishing a framework for a module against which other material can be set.

TutorialsTutorials are meetings of a student or group of students (CEPU or Grandi Scuole) with a lecturer or lecturers and are used toexpand upon material covered in lectures through an enquiry-driven problem solving approach in order to overcome any deficiencies in a student’s background knowledge.

SeminarsSeminars involve a student or students presenting previously prepared work. This strategy is used to extend specific theoretical or practical concepts as well as introducing problem solving exercises. Seminars are used in most modules and provide students with valuable experience in presentational skills as well as providing staff with a method or assessing student-centred learning.

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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS

Practical WorkshopsPractical workshops are used extensively in modules such as Information Technology and Finance and Accounting. In this method students are able to practice and refine their skills in a supportive environment where they can get feedback from a member of academic staff. Practical workshops represent a valuable transition between theory and the workplace.

Case StudiesCase studies are a teaching and learning strategy, which are employed in a range of modules; they also are a useful assessment tool. Students are asked to develop real or simulated complex problems which they are required to analyse in detail and then synthetise/present their own solution in writing or orally.

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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

Learning StrategiesStudents are expected to take greater responsibility for their own learning as they progress through their programes. The course structure and the proposed teaching strategies are designed to encourage this development. The student-centred approach will be encouraged through the use of specific teaching strategies; case studies; projects; practical exercises, supplemented by the use of appropriate support materials; videos; computer software; etc. Active engagement with the subject material enhances learning and many of the learning strategies used attempt to promote this.

Assessment Written examinations (seen/unseen, open book, essays/short answers), essays, practical assessment, presentations and dissertations/project reports.

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TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

Distance LearningDistance Learning is an instrument utilized in a blended approach both for Scuola Radio Elettra (Vocational Training) and for E-Campus University.The distance learning platform with forum, chat, registred lessons, etc provides for study organization, scheduling, teaching-learning outcomes and ongoing appraisals.

TRAINER’S TRAINING ON TEACHING METHODSSTUDENT’S GUIDES AND HADBOOKS PRINTED BY CEPU

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ON LINE UNIVERSITYCAMPUS

23,000 m2 in a 10 hectare park, with 270 residential rooms, bar, restaurant, sport

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“E-CAMPUS” ONLINE UNIVERSITY

Civil engineering

Business Information Systems

Industrial Automation engineering

Energy engineering

Leterature & Philosopy and Show Business

Fashion and Design

Business Studies

Psycoeconomy

Insurance & Banking studies

Psychology

Company Legal Services

The University offers 11 degree courses

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ONLINE UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD

• ONLINE UNIVERSITIES (STARTED ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO) HAVE HAD A HUGE DEVELOPMENT. TODAY, IN SOME COUNTRIES, THEY REACH 20% OF TOTAL UNIVERSITIES ENROLLMENT

• IN ITALY THE FIGURE IS STILL LESS THAN 1%. IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF ONLINE PROGRAMS, ALSO FOR THE REASON THAT THIS NEW WAY OF LEARNING MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO STUDY WHILE WORKING

• ONLINE UNIVERSITIES HAVE BASED THEIR SUCCESS WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ORGANIZE BRANCHES IN THE TERRITORY PROVIDING DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS (BLENDED LEARNING SYSTEM)

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COUNTRY NAME ENROLLED FACULTIES LOCAL BRANCHES

USA Phoenix 300.000 15 202

SPAGNA UNED 180.000 11 154

GERMANIA FernUniversitat 50.000 4 101

INGHILTERRA Open University 180.000 14 13

FRANCIA CNED 300.000 12 58

OLANDA Open Universitet 20.000 7 21

SUD AFRICA UNISA 220.000 6 32

ITALIA E-Campus 2.240 5 120

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AN EXAMPLE OF BLENDED METHODOLOGY

The Group has converted the former IBM training Center for Europe in Novedrate, between Milan and Como, into the University Campus for E-CAMPUS University and into an International Education Center.In Novedrate students sit their exams, in person, at various times during the process of distance learning.

Students are supported during the yearat over 120 CEPU branches situated all over Italy.The assistance is on an individual bases.Communication is based on the formula:E-CAMPUS + CEPU.

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AN EXAMPLE OF BLENDED METHODOLOGY

DISTANCE LEARNING “AT HOME”

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT (CEPU BRANCHES

IN ITALY)

ASSESSMENT/EXAMSIN NOVEDRATE

AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ASSESSED MONTHLY IN NOVEDRATE: 500

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INTERNATIONALIZATION(FIRST STEPS)

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BERTRAND RUSSELL CAMPUS IS AN IDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL COMPANY WHICH IS WORKING TOWARDS OFFERING A 3-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN VALIDATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES AND AT THE END OF THE COURSES SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS WILL BE AWARDED A DEGREE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CENTRE

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DEGREES IN BUSINESS STUDIES and BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

1. Awarding institution / body University of Wales2. Teaching institution Bertrand Russell Campus3. Final award BS and BIS (Hons) DEGREE4. Program Three years full time

POSSIBLE STARTING DATE: ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011

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HOMOLOGATION/VALIDATION IN SPAIN

OF ITALIAN DEGREES IN LAW(INITIATIVE 2009)

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HOMOLOGATION/VALIDATION IN SPAIN OF DEGREES IN LAW(UNTIL OCTOBER 2011)

ALLOWS A CITIZEN OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (AND OTHERS) TO BECOME A SPANISH LAWYER (ABOGADO) WITHOUT A PERIOD OF PRACTICE AND A SPECIFIC EXAMINATION.

A SPANISH LAWYER CAN (BY LAW) REGISTER ON THE ITALIAN LAW LIST, EXERCIZE THE PROFESSION OF LAWYER FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS AS “ABOGADO”AND BE RECOGNIZED AS “AVVOCATO” AFTER THAT PERIOD.

ADVANTAGE FOR STUDENTS WITH A DEGREE IN LAW (360 ECTS):TO AVOID THE ITALIAN STATE EXAMINATIONS (ONLY 17% PER YEARARE ADMITTED) AND TO AVOID THE PERIOD OF PRACTICE REQUIREDBEFORE THE STATE EXAMINATION

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CEPU SERVICE

1. TEACH THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IN ITALY2. HELP ON ALL BUREAUCRATIC/LOGISTIC/ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES3. IDENTIFY THE REFERENCE BOOKS AND LIBRARY4. PREPARE STUDENTS ON POSITIVE SPANISH LAW IN ITALY5. ENROL STUDENTS IN A SPANISH UNIVERSITY (DISTANCE LEARNING + LEARNING IN PERSON)6. ASSIST STUDENTS AT ALL STAGES OF THE PROCESS (UNTIL THE LAW LIST REGISTRATION).

INITIATIVE START-UP: FEBRUARY 2009.NR. OF STUDENTS ENROLLED (END MAY 2009): 45.

OBJECTIVE: HOMOLOGATION WITHIN SEPTEMBER 2010.

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