“Go for it if you’re curious!”: Maxence and Sayam on their end-of-studies internship in Japan

Maxence and Sayam: SFE in Japan 2026

As part of their final-year internship, Maxence and Sayam, studentsArts et Métiers, chose to join a research laboratory at Waseda University in Japan, as part of a collaboration launched in 2025 with the L2EP laboratory at the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Lille.

LF4VET Project

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LF4VET (Learning Factories for the Pedagogical and Digital Transformation of VET Systems) is an Erasmus+ collaborative project aimed at supporting vocational education and training (VET) centers in their digital, ecological, and pedagogical transformation through the promotion and development of Learning Factories.

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4The goal of the project is to identify ways to integrate Industry 5.0 technologies (AI, robotics, digitalization) into these centers through practical educational scenarios that place people at the center of the learning process.

It will enable the design and analysis of interdisciplinary learning situations based on Evolutive Learning Factories ELF), by developing concrete teaching scenarios to help teachers adopt them. It also provides an opportunity to share the ELF experience with European partners who also use school-factories, in order to identify unique features. Finally, the project will complement the work undertaken within the framework of national projects such as École de la batterie, ConfluencES, and RéClasSIF.

LF4VET supports

  • Teachers and trainers in vocational education and training adopt innovative teaching practices;
  • Vocational training centers involved in the design and development of apprenticeship facilities;
  • Learners and professionals in the field of digital and sustainable skills development.

Partners

The project is led by the Basque center IESFP Miguel Altuna and will run for 30 months; it involves three other academic partners: Arts et Métiers, FH JOANNEUM, and Teaching Factory.

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