EURYDICE

About EURYDICE

The overarching aim of the EURYDICE project is to increase students' employability in the field of renewable energies, on the basis of closer collaboration between university and industry. Industry often complains that practical/applied experience of the graduates is missing and that it would take long to bring the young starters “on track”. This lack of practical experience can be found on all the layers of the education system in South Africa: vocational training, diploma studies, bachelor and master degrees as well as doctoral studies. This problem exists in principal in all areas of the (higher) engineering education. Within this project we focus on the field of renewable energies because of several reasons. The energy generation landscape in South Africa is undergoing a fundamental transition since some years, as the vision of South Africa’s energy strategy is to contribute to an affordable energy for all, and to minimize the negative effects of energy supply and usage on human health and the environment. It also promotes energy efficiency technologies across all sectors. The latest Integrated Resource Plan 2018 published in August 2018 shows significant new wind, solar PV, and gas allocations that have to be developed, maintained and managed with the result that a significant number of new jobs and employment possibilities will be generated in this sector within the following years and with the result that industry and investors have a clear picture of how the regulator wants the energy system to evolve. Therefore the project focuses on the higher education framework in renewable energies lasting from vocational training up to doctoral studies with the overall goal to enhance employability.

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