Some conclusions can already be drawn from the initial evaluation. The participants in the further education programme are predominantly highly qualified and have professional experience. However, there is a discrepancy between existing qualifications and actual labour market opportunities. Educational and employment biographies are interrupted by structural barriers to access. Contact studies can act as a bridge between existing qualifications and the German education and labour market. This can partially compensate for recognition and access barriers and enable (re-)professionalisation in the (social) educational field. The graduates have high transition rates to university, to further qualification programmes or go directly into employment. They also improve their linguistic and professional confidence. As an empowering space, the contact study programme can also help to strengthen participants' self-confidence. In this way, the contact study programme proves to be a sustainable further education offer that values and recognises existing qualifications and translates them into connectable educational and employment paths. The project can thus contribute to the recruitment of skilled labour and provide impetus for a further opening of the education system in the migration society.