Kwansei Gakuin University's "Cross-Cultural College Global Internship in Japan" was selected at the "7th Student Career Design Program Awards," which recognizes initiatives related to internships and career development support that have contributed to students' social and professional independence. received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award. First at a university in Kansai.
The ``Career Design Program Award Selected by Students'' is sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and Mynavi. This award recognizes initiatives related to internships and career development support that have contributed to students' social and professional independence.
As the phrase "Student Choice" suggests, it is characterized by a four-day student selection meeting (individual and group evaluations) conducted by approximately 120 volunteer students, and the evaluation at the selection meeting directly contributes to the overall evaluation. This is a very unique award that thoroughly incorporates the student perspective.
This is the 7th time the event has been held, and from a total of 1,013 companies and 1,115 programs that applied, the Grand Prize, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, Regional Revitalization Award, and Excellence Award were selected after a student survey, student selection committee, and screening committee. , and the winning corporations were determined. In addition, from this year onwards, we have selected programs that did not win the award but were highly evaluated by the student selection committee as ``Student Recommended Programs''.
Kwansei Gakuin University's "Cross-Cultural College Global Internship in Japan," which was the first university in the Kansai region to receive the "Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award," is a collaboration between Kwansei Gakuin University and four Canadian universities (University of Toronto, Queen's University, Mount Allison University, One of the programs of the virtual college "Cross-Cultural College (CCC)" which has been implemented since 4 in collaboration with Western/King's University. This is a problem-solving internship that has three characteristics: ``Japanese and Canadian students are sent to internship sites as a pair,'' ``the entire course is conducted in English,'' and ``a problem-solving type that tackles actual business issues faced by companies.'' Internship for 2011 business days at a company or organization that is developing a business.
This program is implemented based on the concept of "collaborative learning in which Japanese and Canadian students live and work together," and during the program period, Canadian and Japanese students will be paired up as much as possible, taking into account gender considerations. Live together. We place emphasis not only on business knowledge and building consensus in multinational settings, but also on developing cross-cultural communication skills by experiencing ``serious cross-cultural exchange.'' In addition, in the pre-lecture, students learn the basic business knowledge necessary for the internship, and in the post-lecture, students share what they learned at each internship site through presentations, fostering further awareness and learning.
The ``Career Design Program Award Selected by Students'' will hold a ``Career Design Conference'' on May 5th (Thursday), with presentations on program content and an award ceremony by award-winning corporations including Kwansei Gakuin University. Additionally, there will be reviews by the selection committee, reports on research on career design programs, and a panel discussion by students.
<7th Student Career Design Program Award>
[Grand Prize]
Asahi Construction Co., Ltd. / Ito Construction Co., Ltd. / K GRIT Co., Ltd. / Phototraction Co., Ltd. / LINE WORKS Co., Ltd. (joint program) “Building the city of Chiba, architecture, civil engineering, interior work x construction tech Society 5.0 students Career development support <Implementation of internships that utilize general skills>
[Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award]
Kwansei Gakuin University “Cross-Cultural College Global Internship in Japan”
[Regional Revitalization Award]
Kurume Institute of Technology “Design Group “ASURA””
【Outstanding performance award】
Japan Research Institute Co., Ltd. “Finance x Security Course”
Nihon University “Faculty of Industrial Engineering Production Training”
Hakuhodo Inc./Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc. “BUSINESS CREATION CIRCUIT”
