Innovation in vocational training

Teaching and pedagogy are the primary missions of the University of Lille. To stand out from the crowd, you need to know how to innovate. That’s why every year the Continuing Education and Work-Study Programme Department (direction de la formation continue et de l’alternance) organises Innov’ember, a melting pot of innovation for tomorrow’s world.

“We are working on innovation issues in vocational training and we are trying to foster a culture of innovation. Innov’ember is all about letting loose, it’s a time to meet, discover and sahre, it’s not something that happens in isolation. It’s a whole thing because it can actually lead to something, an awareness, we hope, of these subjects, but also potentially a project that we could carry out with partners”

“An event organised outside the walls of the university at the Garage in Lille. An ecosystem of businesses and innovations conducive to the emulation of ideas.”

“What I like about Innov’ember is that it’s a place to exchange ideas, a place to meet, a place where you can take a step back from your day-to-day professional practice. And from there, we always come up with new avenues. We come to make connections, we see that there are different ways of doing things and we come away feeling enriched.”

“I’m going to meet professionals who have studied the issue. As I’m not an expert in this field, I’m really interested in seeing a little bit for myself and learning from experiences outside the university. I’m keen and interested in everything that goes on.”

Two days dedicated to the theme of environmental transitions, at the end of which the university demonstrated its capacity for innovation in association with its partners from the socio-economic world.

“As a reminder, the university’s slogan is ‘Inspiring tomorrow’, so we have a vision that is totally inclusive and shows that the university is not inaccessible, that it can be accessed throughout one’s life with a very diversified range of courses on offer and that we know how to take the diversity of the types of people we deal with into consideration. Whether they are 16, 17 or 70.”  

Innov’ember will be back next year. In the meantime, you can find out about all the courses on offer and much more on the Continuing Education and Work-Study Programme Department website.