{"id":23288,"date":"2025-05-15T15:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?page_id=23288"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:12:58","slug":"real-food","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/namsframbod\/raunfaernimat\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical skills assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"--overlay-opacity: 0%; --overlay-bg: #000000;\" class=\"hero-section h1-lg height-sm\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Practical skills assessment<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"bg-visual\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-decor\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/themes\/lhi\/library\/images\/img-logo-decor.svg\" alt=\"Decor overlay\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Real skills assessment in undergraduate studies at the Iceland Academy of the Arts<br \/>\n<\/strong>Practical skills assessment aims to make it easier for people in the labor market who have work experience to study and acquire rights in a shorter period of time. In this way, it is better to meet the needs of society and the labor market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why practical skills assessment?<\/strong><br \/>\nPractical skills assessment provides recognition of knowledge through which a person acquires<br \/>\njobs, studies and daily life. Knowledge may have been created through courses,<br \/>\nsocial work or work experience. By undertaking a practical skills assessment, individuals can shorten<br \/>\nstudy time, which can both reduce stress and increase motivation for further studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the 2025-2026 school year, practical skills assessment is offered in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Certain courses in graphic design<\/li>\n<li>Certain courses in fashion design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conditions for applying for practical skills assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a student at LH\u00cd<\/li>\n<li>25 years and older<\/li>\n<li>Up to three years of work experience in the profession<\/li>\n<li>Work experience certified by the employer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The process<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The applicant fills out a screening list to assess his own skills in relation to<br \/>\nthe practical skills assessment.<\/li>\n<li>The applicant sends the following data to the project manager.\n<ul>\n<li>Resume<\/li>\n<li>Screening list<\/li>\n<li>Certificate from employer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When the project manager has confirmed the data, the applicant goes to an interview with the study center<br \/>\nand career counselors<\/li>\n<li>The applicant receives an invitation to come for an interview with the evaluator.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nIf you have questions, you can contact:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ragnhildi \u00cdsleifs \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir - Study and career advisor\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:ragnhildur@lhi.is\">ragnhildur@lhi.is <\/a><br \/>\nAdam Flint Taylor - Graphic Design Professional Manager <a href=\"mailto:adam@lhi.is\">adam@lhi.is<\/a><br \/>\nRagna Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Bjarnad\u00f3ttir - Professional manager in fashion design <a href=\"mailto:ragnabjarnadottir@lhi.is\">ragnabjarnadottir@lhi.is<\/a><br \/>\nSigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Hallgr\u00edmsd\u00f3ttir - Project manager for practical skills assessment <a href=\"mailto:sirry@lhi.is\">sirry@lhi.is<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Practical skills assessment<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the fall of 2023, preparations began at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in collaboration with other universities to formulate a joint evaluation process that will be useful to all universities in the country for practical skills assessment to shorten studies.<br \/>\nThe project is also carried out in collaboration with the Employment Training Center. Assessors take courses and receive certification in the implementation of practical skills assessment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":117,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blocks.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23288","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23288"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31492,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23288\/revisions\/31492"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}