Berufskolleg an der Lindenstraße (BKAL)

The College comprises the Wirtschaftsgymnasium, a three-year fulltime course which allows students to acquire university entrance qualification; a Higher trade school (Höhere Handelsschule), a two-year fulltime course where students acquire an entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences; the Management assistants in retail course, and thirteen other professions in the field of business and administration.

Since 2014, BKAL is certified Fairtrade School.

Since March 2016, BKAL has been implementing the Federal Institute for Vocational education and Training (BIBB, a UNEVOC Centre) pilot project “Promotion of sustainability competence in vocational training in the retail sector (FOENAKO)”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project focuses on vocational training and the skills required for the sustainable development of educational staff and trainees in the retail sector.

i-hubs Institutional Profile BKAL

The i-hubs institutional profiles provide an overview on participating UNEVOC Centres' strategic vision, TVET Programmes, Management Structure, and further information.

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BKAL as an i-hub

The strategic vision of BKAL is developing awareness about sustainable development/business and its establishment in the internal curriculum, as well as to motivate students with a holistic approach (hands-on projects).

News

20 September 2019
Guided Self-Assessment in TKNIKA
Seventh UNESCO-UNEVOC I-hubs Guided-Self Assessment took place in Spain 16-20 September, and was hosted by TKNIKA, The Basque Centre of Research and Applied Innovation in Vocational Education and Training, with Berufskolleg an der Lindenstrasse (BKAL) as a peer reviewer.
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26 August 2019
UNESCO-UNEVOC organizes Guided Self-Assessment Workshops in 10 countries
UNESCO-UNEVOC, in partnership with selected UNEVOC Centres, launched a series of workshops aimed at testing and co-developing the Skills for Innovation Hubs (i-hubs) “Innovation Framework”.
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5 July 2019
Newspaper article on UNESCO-UNEVOC i-hubs team visit to BKAL
During Guided Self-Assessment in Berufskolleg an der Lindenstrasse (BKAL), Cologne, UNESCO-UNEVOC team presented the main outlines of Skills for Innovation Hubs (i-hubs) project to a local newspaper, Kolnische Stadt-Anzeiger.
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4 July 2019
The i-hub Guided Self-Assessment Process – the BKaL way
From 1-4 July 2019 in Cologne, Germany, the Berufskolleg and der Lindenstrasse (BKaL) organized the second Guided Self-Assessment (GSA) in Europe under the UNESCO-UNEVOC Skills for Innovation Hubs (i-hubs) initiative.
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Guided Self-Assessment at BKAL (1 - 4 June 2019)