Work-related learning at the Foggia University. An opportunity of public engagement

Abstract

The present paper describes the theoretical and methodological principles, the research perspectives and the first training experiences of work-related learning in the 2016-2017 academic year by the Department of Humanistic Studies of the University of Foggia.

The intention, for the University, was to also be a place for the promotion of training/professional development projects for young students and the construction of territorial networks: therefore as an educative orientative community. In this perspective, the experiences of work-related learning can be placed within the broader and more complex task of the third mission of the university institution, which places itself at the service of the territory to build a social pact, a formative alliance for growth and the development of the young generations.