Sandwich Courses In Higher Education: From Transmitting Knowledge To Building Regional Brand—Lessons Learned From the Corsica-Region University-Sponsored Placements & Careers Service [CFA UNIV] Experience

Abstract

Long confined to early pre-tertiary school-leaver training and often synonymous with academic failure, sandwich training has experienced a remarkable turnaround, debunking common misconceptions and gaining ground in higher education. Sandwich training improves academic success rates and school-to-work transition prospects, making it both a pathway to excellence and a gateway into employment by keeping a clear tack in the face of social–economic headwinds—especially for young graduates. The factors involved are primarily educationdriven (academic success, best-in-class graduates, etc.), but where sandwich training really floats is in the job market, by co-potentializing both school-to-work transition and employability. The Corsica-region University-sponsored Placements & Apprenticeships Service [CFA UNIV], as regional leader in post-secondary sandwich placement (65% of sandwichplacement students in Corsica), is therefore structurally engaged as a facilitator of the islandwide economy, providing business and industry with a pipeline of core skillsets while readying them to rise to tomorrow’s economic and human resources challenges. This paper attempts to highlight this very real trajectory by reporting the lessons learned from Corsica-region CFA UNIV experience.