Education Innovation Award 2010 for the M.A. social banking and social finance Solothurn, 1.9.2010. The Institute for social banking”in Bochum won special award / training innovation award of the German Federal Institute on March 18, 2010 for vocational education and training. It has built the award-winning master’s programme together with Plymouth University under the umbrella of the Group of companies of IPF Multiversity. Training Innovation Prize (WIP), the Federal Institute for vocational training (BIBB) pays tribute to the professional and occupational training every year future-oriented projects. Ethical banking Institute for Social Banking, awarded 2010 in addition to five other winners with the WIP price, offers a master’s degree “M.A.. social banking and social finance, of a social and ecologically-oriented banking, as well as the ethical handling of money espouses. Professionals from the banking, insurance and finance with many years of experience, without the normally required are admitted education and academic degrees.

Requirement is the successful completion of a scientific preparation course (preparatory course). The award-winning project is a part-time, modular and six international masters. Training for practitioners the jury praised the concept as “outstanding and innovative”. It put in the professional practice as a subject of academic qualification and enable highly qualified, highly motivated and experienced practitioners a comprehensive reflection and further development of their professional life and their career. IPF Multiversity: Course with built up which is Institute for Social Banking partner for the master’s degree, which is offered by Plymouth University has the program been carried under the framework contract between the IPF Multiversity and Plymouth University. Due to its exceptional performance and the IPF Multiversity holding management sees the resulting network with Europe’s leading ethical and ecological banks continued sustainable existence of course directly under the Institute for social banking more guarantees and has agreed with the head of the Institute, that the master’s degree to be offered in the future in direct contractual cooperation with the University of Plymouth.

The holding management this responds to currently soaring international demand after the niche field of study. The programme could be started in 2007 after extensive development work. The IPF Multiversity IPF-Q has developed the recognition procedure, which is also used by students of the Institute for social banking. IPF-Q offers a method, such as skills and competences, which during the education in professional life, leisure, in particular life situations were acquired, systematically documented, evaluated and be certified in six languages (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Albanian). Thus, an academic degree with reasonable effort and low cost is possible. The IPF was initiative for research ten years ago founded as a non-profit organization. A group of companies (consisting of the ipf international group and the com-UNIC group) with headquarters in London and offices and projects in various countries in Europe and in the Balkans has become it. It is active in the fields of education, further and training, consulting, research and publications. Contact: IPF Multiversity Sabine Schuepbach Ziegler public relations IPF MULTIVERSITY LTD p.o. box 864 Romerstrasse 17 CH-4502 Solothurn / Switzerland Tel: + 41 (0) 32 508 01 01 fax: + 41 (0) 32 508 09 09 E-mail: Internet: – Institute for social banking – com-UNIC group and IPF campus Heidelberg – IPF Multiversity company no.: 7109593 Registrar of companies for England and Wales seat: 6 Roach Road London E3 2PA.