Internationalisation of curricula in animal breeding: A challenge for the employability of graduates in Europe

CONSTITUTION AND AIM OF THE AFANET ANIMAL BREEDING GROUP
All the above partner institutions are in some way involved with bilateral agreements for exchange of BSc/MSc students. From the experience, however, it is clear that the exchange of students is limited, partly due to insufficient knowledge among institutions on each others curricula. Moreover, animal breeding is rapidly growing to a world-wide business, requiring the internationalisation of curricula in order to enhance employability of graduates. Therefore, there is a need for (i) exchanging and discussing current curricula, for (ii) shared development of curricula and course materials, and for (iii) enhanced didactical and technical skills in teaching. The former are the main purposes of the working group "Curriculum development in animal breeding and genetics" which is one of the work-packages of a European project called "AFANet" – Socrates Thematic Network for Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and the Environment. The group, represented by the authors' list, includes people daily involved in teaching animal breeding, from elementary to advanced levels.