Go-ahead Given for the 'ERASMUS+' Project 'VR-Intense' at Paderborn University
Paderborn (GER), November 2024 - ELearning and digital programmes are changing higher education in the long term. Virtual reality (VR) technologies are playing an increasingly important role in this.
» MOREDigital Learning Strengthens Cybersecurity Skills across the EU
Helsinki (FI), August 2024 - The Cyber Citizen Initiative, spanning from 2022 to 2024 and funded by the EU recovery instrument for a three-year period, aims to develop a common, shared model for learning cyber citizen skills across the European Union for all Europeans. Commissioned by the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, with Aalto University (Finland) as the executor, this initiative aims to bolster cyber citizenship through comprehensive educational programs and initiatives.
Learning Hack Joins Road Trip to Aid Ukraine
Young People to Learn More about Shaping EU Democracy
Brussels (BE), June 2023 - Young people from across Europe will be able to learn how to shape the EU thanks to the toolkit for schools entitled EU Democracy in Action - Have Your Say with the European Citizens' Initiative, launched 08 June 2023.
» MOREFuture Technologies Require Better Links between Regions
Berlin (GER), June 2023 - In recent years, it has become apparent that the development of new technologies is unevenly distributed across European regions. The strong demand generated by the green and digital transition for these new technologies threatens to exacerbate this development even further. To better exploit the strengths and opportunities of different regions, an overview of the capabilities and potentials for the development of green and digital technologies is needed. Where can synergies be identified? Which regions can learn from and support each other? This new study answers these questions by showing which regions are key for the twin transition.
Foresight on the European OER Ecosystem 2030
Oslo (NO), May 2023 - In order to build a European OER ecosystem, the ENCORE+ project sought the assessment of experts in the field of OER to map out a probable and positive vision for OER in Europe in 2030.
» MOREHow Educated You Are Affects How Long You Work
Cologne (GER), August 2022 - According to new research by the University of Cologne, educational inequality plays a key role in determining how long you work. The study, conducted by Institute for Sociology and Social Psychology researchers Jana Mäcken and Lea Ellwardt, analysed the differences in voluntary and involuntary labour market exit between lower and higher educated workers in 15 European countries.
» MOREThe VACCINE Project
Neumarkt an der Ybbs (GER), August 2022 - The VACCINE project is a joint initiative of four EU partners addressing the important issue of online learning during a pandemic or similar major societal shock that changes teaching from traditional methods.
» MOREAI - Jena Triangle of DLR, Max Planck Institute, and University
Jena (GER), November 2021 - Artificial intelligence will be of great benefit to people and the environment in the future. The possible applications are manifold. The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, the Institute of Data Science of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and the University of Jena will jointly become part of the excellence network "European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems" (ELLIS), in which diverse theoretical and applied aspects of artificial intelligence will be brought together.
» MOREThe Growing Shortage of Digitally Skilled Professionals
Utrecht (NL), November 2021 – Lonneke Brands graduated from the University of Twente as an educationalist. Since then she has worked at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, holding positions as researcher, ICT coach, advisor, and educationalist. For the past two years, she has been working on a Dutch national project entitled "Acceleration Plan Educational Innovation with ICT", which seeks to bridge the gap between education and the workplace, invest in future proof digital skills, and educate the human capital that will be needed tomorrow. At OEB Global, she will speak about "Educating for the Digital Transformation".
Virtual Reality App against MRI-Related Fear
Duisburg/Essen (GER), October 2021 - "You hear the noises, but they don't bother you at all". Since 2019, the "Pengunaut Trainer" has been preparing children for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations through role play. The app was developed under the leadership of the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) and the Essen University Hospital (UK Essen). It can already be downloaded free of charge for many smartphones.
eCom Scotland Develops eLearning Materials
Dunfermline (SCL), June 2021 - Following the news in March that Scotland is to become the first devolved nation in the world to directly incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law, a webinar has explored the legal and service delivery implications for the implementation of this Convention into Scottish law.
The Customs and Tax EU Learning Portal
Brussels (BE), May 2021 - Tax and customs play a vital role in their societies and in the functioning of the EU's single market by ensuring efficient revenue collection, the prosperity of businesses, and the safety and security of the EU internal market, as well as by facilitating trade relations. Customs and tax professionals and their administrations and enterprises must all respond to and anticipate change to remain effective in a constantly evolving social, political, and economic global context. Only through continuous development and strategic investment in skills and competencies of professionals and organisational innovation can they build relevant and sustainable customs and tax practices.
» MOREEducation International's Manifesto
Brussels (BE), May 2021 - The Education International's Executive Board has adopted the Manifesto on Quality Climate Change Education for All. This instrument outlines the teaching profession's vision for quality climate change education and the policy framework necessary to implement it.
Education in Europe from Resistance to Recovery
Brussels (BE), April 2021 - On 31 March 2021, The European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) held the online conference "Education in Europe from Resistance to Recovery: Public Investment, Privatisation, Reforms, and the Role of Industrial Relations". This was the final event showcasing a yearlong research project coordinated by ETUCE under the title "Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations in Education: the Challenges of Multi-level Governance and of Privatisation in Europe". More than 100 participants attended the event and engaged with a panel of expert speakers from the academic community, civil society organisations, government, and representatives of European institutions.
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