Projects

Innovation Transfer Ready SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs are crucial for identifying new avenues to more sustainable and inclusive growth, because of their twin roles in creating and diffusing innovation and providing employment (OECD, 2014).

Designing and supporting inclusive practices in Higher Education

The InclusiveHE project focuses on supporting inclusiveness towards individuals of diverse ethnic or social backgrounds, regardless of religion, sexual orientation, migrants, people with disabilities, and other disadvantaged groups in higher education.

Using Interactive Infographics to Promote Problem Based Learning for the Development of Key Transversal Skills

The European Commission has emphasised the need to develop key transversal skills in all education sectors to sustain the high-value knowledge economy.

Financial Literacy for Disadvantaged Families

One of the main factors hindering possible resolutions of family debt is the lack of key financial literacy skills that currently pertain in most low-skilled communities where debt burdens remain high.

Safety Toolkit for Consumer and Personal Data Protection for the Elderly during Internet Use

Studies estimate that by 2060 at least one in three Europeans will be over 65. The European Commission argues that digital technology can help older people to stay healthy, independent and active atwork or in their community for longer and it helps to improve our quality of life. Since the Digital Single Market strategy has been adopted, several studies have…

SENIORS Supporting Migrant Integration

The specific objective of the project is to provide a wide range of support for those working for adult education, volunteerism and migrant inclusion and will help foster wider engagement with the interactive digital infrastructures created, with the aims to: provide a supportive online digital environment where senior volunteers can remain active contributors to societies and where migrants can build…

Challenge-based learning to promote cultural intelligence and diversity

International migration has influenced the public policy agenda across Europe over recent decades. According to the 2016 Eurostat statistics, 20.7 million people with non-EU citizenship are residing in the European Union, and 16 million EU citizens living outside their country of origin in a different Member State. These numbers account for a very multicultural and diverse Europe bringing into its…

DigitALAD - Digital Adult Educators: Preparing Adult Educators for a Digital World

In the future, 9 out of 10 jobs will require digital skills, as digital technologies are already used for work and employability in many sectors from education, training and healthcare to transport, farming and the information and communications technology industry. According to the Digital Skills and Jobs Policy, 16 Member States including Ireland, already recognised the importance of the development…