Promoting renewable energies - RETS Project

A Masters in “Management and Law in
Renewable Energies and Sustainable
Development” run at Strasbourg
University, France.
The Course:
The University of Strasbourg is one of twelve French
campus institutes to emerge from a French law on
university freedoms and responsibilities enacted in 2007,
with 42,260 students, 77 research units and 12 research
councils.
The Economic and Social Administration (EAS) course at
the Faculty of Law, Political Science and Management in
Strasbourg has always been distinctive for its
multidisciplinary approach. The EAS architecture also
makes it easier to match the content of teaching to
sectorial expectations of professional skills and profiles,
with an emphasis on encouraging entrepreneurial skills.
The year is structured around 8 units, constituting 450
hours of teaching and 60 ECTS credits. Students are
admitted to this course either straight after an initial
degree or by way of continuous education.
Audit and Tests:
Methods for testing knowledge are adapted to the
disciplines taught. Further, A group project has to be
presented to a jury, and a full report must be submitted,
which has to describe the tools applied and the
implementation of the project
Innovative Teaching:
The course in Management and Law of Energies and
Sustainable Development uses innovative teaching
methods. Students are introduced to ICT tools and must
apply them. These include a collaborative wiki, and
instruments for techno watch and acquiring business
intelligence.
In this educational approach, practising the application of
ICT tools serves the creation of a professional network by
encouraging collaborative efforts and promoting
information processing and analysis.
Contact: http://m2gedd.bio-ressources.com/ or
http://www.unistra.fr
The aim of the course is to train energy management
specialists at a time when economic players are coming
under pressure to consider sustainable development, and
to contain their energy spending or improve their energy
efficiency.
The Framework:
Students will gain first-hand experience of the work
environment in different sectors, in order, firstly, to
acquire the general, cross-sector skills required by jobs in
energy and sustainable development, and secondly, to
integrate into the professional world. In addition, they will
develop methods for working in teams in innovative
projects with the aid of ICT tools. Students must take a
placement lasting 5 to 6 months, usually in a company, a
legal practice, a local authority or a development agency.
As students are familiarised with ICT tools, and in
particular thanks to the wiki developed specifically for
Management and Law in Renewable Energies and
Sustainable Development, there are excellent
opportunities to establish links between students in
different streams and hence to encourage networking.
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