Projects

Data Literacy – Survey

Datalit – A joint research project to spread Data Literacy at the interface of higher education and business At present, the project consortium is investigating what a data literate person should know and be able to do, not only as an employee, but also as an active citizen. For this purpose, the partners have set up a survey to collect different type of experience with Data Literacy as an approach that improves the competences of employees, students or trainees. The…

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Launching event of the Teach-VET Self-Assessment Platform on 8.6.20

We are happy to announce the launch of the Self-assessment Platform for vocational teachers and trainers. Together with the Institute for Technology and Education ITB at the University of Bremen an online launching event will take place on Monday, the 8th of June 2020 at 16:00 CET. The event will take place in German language and addresses practitioners of vocational education. If you would like to join please request the link to join by writing to Jbusche(at)blinc-eu.org. TeachVET’s aim is…

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Savvy Volunteer – Earn a badge!

Do you do any volunteer work? Then let this voluntary commitment be recognised by a European digital badge. Your voluntary activities make a relevant contribution to your personal development. You will build new relationships and acquire a whole range of life skills which you may be able to use in the labour market at a later stage. Regardless of whether you offer digital tutoring and homework, establish a support network in your neighbourhood or work for a helpline, you are…

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T4SD – Launch of the research

The first active phase – the research phase – has begun. In recent months, the partnership has developed a research grid that will cover various areas such as desk research, a survey and interviews with potential companies. The main focus will be to first conduct an analysis of the current situation in the field of CSR training and professional development in the area of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and then to develop a training course that covers these requirements in…

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Update on Practice

The PRACTICE project is facing COVID 19 – and as this has an important impact on the piloting of the ” Practice Programme for the Prevention of Radicalisation”, the partnership is adapting and changing the way the programme is rolled out to teachers and students. To find out more, visit the PRACTICE website: https://practice-school.eu/ Keep up to date with the development of OER – the Open Educational Resource and its first release in the coming months.

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DELPHI News #2

DELPHI’s main task is to develop a blended learning course on Heritage Interpretation and Social Cohesion. To this end, we have been throwing ourselves into the creative process over autumn and winter; developing training materials for our learning platform; preparing for; and delivering a 5 day face-to-face course on co-creating Interpretative Plans with a heritage or a local community in Belgium. Read more: Delphi Newsletter No. 2_March 2020.

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Staff training event in Göttingen and the impact of COVID 19

The agenda was set, the flights from 5 nations were booked, the room was organized and the coffee was almost ready – and then Corona happened (COVID 19). There was no discussion about whether the training event should take place or not. Staying healthy, keeping distance and avoiding direct contact was and is the most important decision, so the meeting was cancelled. Faced with this challenge, the partnership of the VESVET project decided to shift the focus from training to…

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The start of PITCH

Start for PITCH – A slightly different version of a kickoff meeting The new project PITCH – promotion and implementation of training on entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity in higher education – has been launched. The central focus of the project is the acquisition and validation of competences related to entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. This is particularly important in view of the fact that these have not yet been thoroughly integrated into European higher education, either in the curricula or in…

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Practice Newsletter #3

The third newsletter of the Practice Project is online. It focuses on the first phase of the project – research – with the aim of developing, testing and disseminating an EU-wide CPD programme for teachers that focuses on promoting social, civic and intercultural competences and critical thinking among secondary school students in order to prevent radicalisation. It also offers a first look at the CPD programme, which has already been tested internally during the Citta di Castello meeting and is…

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VESVET Video animation based on LEVEL5

In VESVET we create tools to promote VET students to develop entrepreneurial competences to succeed in professional life. Among those tools that are currently developed are small animated video clips that exemplify the application of an entrepreneurial sub-competence in a concrete work situation, all based on the LEVEL5 competence framework. You can check out the first version here. Successivley we will produce further videos for additional competences and also a game for VET students posing them with the challenge of…

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