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The coronavirus crisis challenges the very core of teaching practice. Onsite seminars have been suspended and moved to the virtual space. To support lecturers at universities and other higher education institutions, ZEW now offers new online courses to develop high-quality e-learning formats.

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In the first semester of 2020, ZEW Mannheim once again offers a wide range of advanced training courses on economic topics, scientific methods and soft skills. In addition to our expert seminars, which are open to the general public, ZEW’s advanced training team has also developed qualification courses specifically tailored to the particular needs of organisations, such as seminars, workshops, training programmes, coachings as well as long-term, international qualification courses.

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For the third time, professors from the Chinese Master’s programme of International Business (MIB) were visiting ZEW from 12 to 22 August 2019 to participate in the “MIB Faculty Programme”. The advanced training programme is an important component of ZEW's multifaceted cooperation with renowned institutions in China.

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Robotics, automation, Internet of Things, and Big Data: industry 4.0 opens up new opportunities for companies worldwide. Driven by the automotive industry, Mexican industry has experienced considerable growth, which presents abundant opportunities for German companies to bring their expertise on digitisation to Mexico – ideal conditions for the information event and cooperation exchange on all aspects of the vehicle and supplier industry in Mexico, taking place on 26 September 2019 at ZEW.

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As of 29 July 2019, ZEW in Mannheim has been playing host to a group of students from China as part of the international ZEW Summer School programme. A total of 17 students from various degree courses, which are all in some way related to economics, are taking part in a three-week programme at ZEW that prepares them for international careers in the industry or in academia.

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Once again this year, 22 managers from the People’s Republic of China attended the ZEW training programme “Fit for Partnership with Germany” from 18 March to 12 April 2019. During the programme, ZEW’s training experts provided managers from various sectors of the Chinese economy with the necessary knowledge for collaborating with German SMEs in numerous training and coaching sessions.

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The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is offering a broad programme of seminars in 2018/19, covering not only relevant economic topics but also many of the soft skills researchers need to succeed. For example, the seminar “Providing Excellent Leadership: A Seminar for Women in Leadership Positions in a Research Context” combines classic leadership principles, skills and tools with insights from the field of communication psychology.

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From 13 to 24 August 2018, professors in the Chinese Master’s programme of International Business are visiting the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) to participate in the “MIB Faculty Programme”. The two-week qualification programme is taking place for the second time following last year’s successful launch.

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From 9 April to 4 May 2018, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) played host to a group of managers from Vietnam attending the manager training programme “Fit for Partnership with Germany”. 21 managers from companies in various sectors of the Vietnamese economy took part in the training programme whilst fostering new and existing contacts with German businesses.

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The new Seminar Programme of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) has been released, featuring an extended range of seminars. The programme includes, for instance, a newly developed seminar on virtual presentations, which aims to provide participants with the latest and most important methods of communication in the virtual space. ZEW offers scientifically grounded qualification programmes for specialists and executive staff from all areas.

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