Scientific Director

Sotirios Karkalakos,

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Piraeus

Target Audience

The Course is aimed primarily at graduates of Universities and Technological Educational Institutes (AEI/TEI), business executives (and prospective executives), heads of department and deputy heads of department, or executives with an equivalent position of responsibility and remit, in public administration organisations and first- and second-tier local government (categories DE, TE or PE), education executives and prospective executives, students of Economics, Education and Teacher-Training Schools, as well as all those who follow developments in business, financial management, and the methods and tools of economic development.

Admission Requirements

Participants must have:

• Basic computer skills
• Internet access
• A personal email account

Delivery Method

The training is delivered exclusively by distance learning, using a dedicated digital learning platform. It is asynchronous distance learning with notes, which makes it particularly easy for working people to take part. This type of training is a flexible form of professional development, as there are no restrictions of time or place. It is based on the principles of open education and serves the needs of personalised learning.

Type of Certificate

Trainees who successfully complete the Course are awarded a Training Certificate by KEDIVIM of the University of Piraeus, together with a Supplementary Annex. If successful completion of the Course is not possible owing to discontinuation of studies or failure in the examinations, the trainee is awarded a Certificate of Attendance by KEDIVIM of the University.

See a sample of the certificate awarded here

Units

1. Introduction to the Economics of Education
2. The Effects of Education
3. Research and Studies on Human Capital
4. Human Capital and Education
5. Education and Income
6. The Benefits of Education
7. Measuring the Benefits
8. The Investment Cost of Education
9. Education Financing
10. Models of Education Financing
11. Education and Economic Development
12. Preparation of an assignment

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Course, participants are intended to:

✔️ have acquired basic knowledge of the systematic analysis of the costs and benefits of education, which could serve as a useful decision-making tool in the context of rational choice at individual and social level

✔️ to be able to design and evaluate training Courses

✔️ to have understood the concept of the market for educational services

✔️ to be able to manage human resources in the Education sector

✔️ to be able to measure financial flows

✔️ to have practical knowledge of the financing of education and related activities

✔️ to understand the way in which an individual decides to invest in education

✔️ to understand the role of state intervention in the market for educational services

✔️ to know how resources are allocated in the field of education and how their effective use can be improved

✔️ know the ways in which educational services are funded, what their main differences are and what impact they have on the provision of educational services

✔️ analyse how decisions concerning educational services affect social phenomena (such as poverty, economic inequality, unemployment and social exclusion) and determine both the intensity and the model of the country’s economic growth

Assessment

Learning outcomes are assessed through a final integrative assignment of 700-1,000 words, which is made available on specific dates and submitted to the Secretariat's email for grading.

Discount Policy

The following discount categories apply:

1. GROUP A (-30%): persons with disabilities, unemployed persons, members of large families and families with three children, holders of the European Youth Card aged up to 30
2. GROUP B (-15%): Graduates and students of Greek or European institutions or schools (undergraduate and postgraduate), civil servants, military personnel and security forces
3. GROUP C (-10%): Re-enrolment of a trainee who has previously attended a different Course, or registration for at least 2 Courses of the same Cycle (with a common start date)

Please note that:

• Discounts are not cumulative.
• Each trainee may benefit from only one discount category.
• Participants entitled to a discount must submit the supporting documents that will be requested.

* For group registrations of more than ten (10) people, a 10% discount per trainee applies.

Course Fee after discount

Payment of Fees

Fees are paid in a single payment or in 2 equal instalments into the account of the Special Account for Research Funds (ELKE) of the University of Piraeus (1st instalment on registration, 2nd instalment no later than one month after the Course start date).

Failure to pay any instalment will result in the candidate's automatic exclusion from the remainder of the Course, the examinations and the award of the certificate.