This concept describes the background of discussions concerning the voational and academic education in Germany and Europe. In order to achieve political intended readability of degrees in the European Union the concept of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) is explained. With the...

Economic expectations towards education are rising due to the importance of knowledge production as well as knowledge transfer in the knowledge society. Blueprint for this change is the measurement and accountability approach connected to the output orientation demanded by the European...

Sustainability trends are to be found in logistics today as green logistics or product – respectively company – carbon footprints. Within this evolving field of logistics several research areas are developing such as CO2 measurement standardization, integrated management concepts and process...

Many changes are influencing the working situation of drivers in the transport sector, mainly internationalization and globalization impacts for example by regulations from the European Union or competitive forces putting pressure on costs and wages. Interestingly the main research and political...

The logistics industry is complex, dynamic and has high knowledge intensity. Therefore innovative and new qualification-concepts occupy a higher attention. In adult education self-organized learning concepts have potentials to maintain informal learning processes, like wikis e.g. For currently...