Upgrading training as an attractive prospect for those with experience of higher education

This article investigates the motives and rewards of persons with experience of higher education who have completed a chamber of commerce and industry upgrading training programme to achieve qualifications such as industrial supervisor, business administrator or accountant. The Industrie- und Handelskammern [chambers of commerce and industry] conduct over 60,000 examinations per year in this sector alone. They subsequently carry out regular surveys of persons who have completed such qualifications. This article outlines the main results of the studies and illustrates areas of target group-specific potential, including in comparison to persons who have acquired vocational qualifications.