Sakarya University’s Continuing Education Application and Research Centre (SAÜSEM) offered short vocational courses to external professionals in 2025. Course-specific entry requirements included professional experience or occupational eligibility. [1, 2]
On 30 May 2025, SAÜSEM and the Faculty of Law announced applications for basic and refresher expert-witness training. Basic training was offered to people with at least five years of professional experience. The programme comprised 24 hours of face-to-face teaching, equally divided between theory and practice, covering legal and ethical responsibilities, report writing and the expert-witness information system. Four-day groups were scheduled at Sakarya University in June, July and August. [1]
SAÜSEM offered registered expert witnesses a face-to-face refresher course of at least six hours at Esentepe Campus. The announcement required full attendance and set out the documents issued on completion. [1]
The Continuing Education Centre’s public catalogue lists professional training in areas including employment counselling, sign language, legal secretarial practice and personnel administration. [4a, 4b]
An announcement published on 11 July 2025 offered occupational health and safety training for employers and employer representatives at low-hazard workplaces with fewer than 50 employees. Applications closed on 15 July; online delivery was scheduled for 16–31 July. The paid programme covered workplace risks, prevention, occupational accidents and diseases, legislation and documentation, with a completion document for successful participants. This online offer complemented the campus-based training opportunities. [2]
The 2025 Administrative Activity Report records 8,540 vocational certificates issued by the Continuing Education and Language Centres. Quarterly totals were 1,606, 2,321, 2,673 and 1,940. The report separately records 11,886 people who applied to education programmes. [3]
The University’s 2025 Performance Programme defines the annual certificate measure for the two centres. Members of the public who meet the course entry criteria may enrol. Successful participants receive certificates. [9]
Teachers and education managers joined the Science Communication in Education Summit at the Turgut Özal Culture and Congress Centre on 19–20 September 2025. The organisers advertised free admission. Teachers and students shared classroom practice in 16 poster presentations. [7, 8]
The 2025 Sustainability Report describes short courses and certificate programmes offered to the wider public through the Continuing Education and Distance Education Centres, including occupational health and safety, hygiene, fire safety and basic sign language. [6, p. 45]
Figure 1. Official expert-witness training announcement, published on 30 May 2025. Source [1]
Figure 2. Expert-witness training announcement and enrolment information. Extract from the published web text (print layout). Source [1]
Figure 3. Administrative Activity Report 2025, PDF page 77, printed page 65. Row 4 reports vocational certificates; row 2 reports applicants to education programmes. Source [3]
Figure 4. University announcement concerning the REACT Teacher Academy partnership. Source [5]
Figure 5. Science Communication in Education Summit for education professionals, September 2025. Source [8]
Figure 6. Science Communication in Education Summit for education professionals, September 2025. Source [8]
Figure 7. Faculty completion account on the summit panels and workshops. Extract from the published web text (print layout). Source [8]
Figure 8. Distance education and continuing professional learning in the institutional report. PDF p. 49. Source [6]
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