{"id":667,"date":"2017-09-13T16:04:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T16:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/?p=667"},"modified":"2018-03-26T12:37:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:37:59","slug":"want-an-education-that-equips-you-for-the-job-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/want-an-education-that-equips-you-for-the-job-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Want an Education that Equips You for the Job Market?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students want to leave university knowing they\u2019ll have the skills to find a good job and have a successful career. That\u2019s why LUCAS College\u2019s prime mission is to equip students for success in the professional world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LUCAS has the tools needed to provide students with a quality education. Students will benefit from LUCAS\u2019 affiliation with GIMPA and from an international partnership that brings in expertise and professors from Griffith College (Ireland), MBWay and My Digital School (France). Their partnerships also allows students to earn an international degree. You can acquire this degree in Accra or complete your studies abroad at their partnering university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For students who also speak French, LUCAS also offers instruction in English or in French at the Bachelor and Master\u2019s levels in the various majors of Business and Management, IT and Computer Science, Hospitality and Tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, what really sets LUCAS apart is how its system and programmes are designed. Looking at the challenges students face after graduation, LUCAS decided to focus on providing an education that is not only practical but relevant. For that, LUCAS partners with field experts to create curricula that relate to what\u2019s happening and needed in the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that\u2019s not all. These experts contribute to strengthening the link between the College, its students and the professional world. They are involved in the teaching process, supervising projects and in securing internships and jobs for students. Additionally, they are also active in the training offered by LUCAS to adults, professionals and corporations.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1505322478445{margin-top: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;336&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1505321448107{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; marginbottom=&#8221;5px&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#091f40&#8243; margintop=&#8221;5px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 3px; line-height: 1;\">HILLAR ADDO<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1;\">Vice President of Academics<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]Hillar Addo, Vice President of Academics, speaking about LUCAS\u2019 uniqueness said, \u201cWe want to be the college that bridges the gap between academia and the working world. It\u2019s our aim as an institution to provide Ghana with the most skilled and well-rounded professionals who can take on challenges.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUCAS College\u2019s prime mission is to equip students for success in the professional world.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/want-an-education-that-equips-you-for-the-job-market\/#more-667\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[56,54,57,55],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-lucas-college","tag-career","tag-job","tag-partners","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucas-universities-colleges.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}