Springboard+

Springboard+ offers a choice of almost 200 free, part-time and intensive conversion courses in higher education from certificate, to degree, to post-graduate level. Mainly aimed at people who are unemployed and who need to re-skill to get back into work. Special provisions for those who needed ICT skills as that was a significant need identified […]

Knowledge Transfer Ireland

KTI was established in late 2013 as a partnership between Enterprise Ireland and the Irish Universities Association, arising from a recommendation from a Government-led task force that reviewed the state of business-research base engagement in 2012. Knowledge Transfer Ireland is the national office that helps business to benefit from access to Irish expertise and technology by making it simple to connect and […]

ESTG-IPP Business Challenge

The ESTG-IPP Business Challenge is a 4 days´ hackathon where mixed teams composed of Students from EQF levels 5, 6 and 7, Lecturers and Researchers from the School of Technology and Management of Politécnico do Porto, develop ideas and/or prototypes for innovative solutions to real problems identified and presented by companies. This type of dynamics […]

The EQAVET-ISO 21001 Matrixes

EQAVET is a European proprietary standard for professional schools and ISO 21001 is an international formal standard for educational organizations. Professional schools across Europe need to implement EQAVET and many would probably welcome the idea of doing so in an integrated way with ISO 21001, due to the added value of the ISO brand. As […]

Benefit of Using AV media in the Post-production Module

The idea to help students and teachers to teach and learn more effectively. The study module "Post-production" is, practically oriented and its training is extremely time consuming. It has high demand on technical equipment, so it can be trained  in the university laboratory only. That is why the theory has been recorded and students have to study these recorded lessons individually as a preparation for training at school. What is important: strong motivation of students and narrow cooperation of teachers team. Links: http://4me333.cz/ https://www.seduo.cz/

Care of the Career Path of Graduates in Nursing Care (Medical College, Prague)

The Nursing study programme had all the attributes of modern nursing with an interdisciplinary and multi-profession nature. There was traditionally a strong link between cooperation of the college and the world of work in the Czech Republic, but the school has to adapt it to reflect goals related to education in terms of clients and the family/community, oriented towards the ‘Health for All in the 21st Century’ strategy, goals related to the development of the profession in direct relation to the World Health Organisation EU strategy (hereinafter WHO) Graduation from the study programme allows for the future registration or acquisition of a legal licence to undertake the profession in EU states.

The Emergence of Online Apprenticeships

At a globalized, digitally connected world, not only online learning, but also online jobs and everything in between, such as online apprenticeships, will soon become mainstream. The Knowledge Innovation Centre in Malta (KIC) is a dynamic consultancy focusing on knowledge brokerage and innovation of knowledge transfer processes. The Centre brings together a variety of local […]

HRDA – A re-training program for professionals, sponsored by the Human Resources Development Authority

HRDA is a semi-governmental organization that financially supports retraining of professionals so that they can be employed more easily. In the process, they produce studies that assess the needs of the market, the available ways for professionals to further educate themselves, etc. The target groups are both employed and unemployed people.

Global Training – Providing professional education and training using modern technologies

A number of professional courses have been identified as suitable for being taught in a self-paced distance learning manner, such as BlockChain or Certification courses (e.g. for ACCA, ADIT, CIA, etc).   This initiative combines the content know-how of one organisation (GlobalTraining) with the ICT know-how of a private University (University of Nicosia), to deliver […]

The Executive Education Program of CIIM

The open enrollment program of CIIM provides a dynamic learning and scientifically inspired environment in which learners receive a transformational learning experience. CIIM personnel work alongside with the learners to help them further develop their skills and knowledge so they can make more effective contributions to their organization. Both unemployed and employed people are targeted. […]