Thousands of pupils and teachers have been forced to stay at home and adapt to online teaching due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the whole education system has had many difficulties to manage this change. Beyond instructional goals, teachers were also required to maintain the social integration of pupils, while significant disruption to the provision of classes in the specialized classrooms, excursions etc happened. 

The first newsletter of the Skill Pics project is now available online. The project aims to contribute to the continuous professional development of VET teachers, trainers, and mentors in education and business.

What competences would Vincent van Gogh have needed in order to sell more of his paintings in his lifetime? It is hard for anyone to answer this question but for today’s artists and creative sector stakeholders a new Erasmus + project entitled ‘BidToArt’ will provide you with some tips to help you to identify these competences.

In many European countries, the guardians of Intangible Cultural Heritage have struggled to make their living within the Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) (Ibañez y López-Aparicio, 2018). The COVID-19 outbreak has worsen this situation and many people related to the field of cultural promotion face serious economic deprivation.

How can we improve the attractiveness and quality of Vocational and Education and Training (VET) in Europe? How can we improve the competences of VET educators to engage their students in meaningful learning? How can we promote entrepreneurship education across European education systems? These questions will keep seven partners from Germany, Ireland, Spain, Greece, and Cyprus busy over the next two years.

In a bid to empower elders to safely access online services, our project e-Protect has released a comprehensive Competency Scale for necessary consumer and data protection skills elders should process for safe internet use.

The kick-off meeting of the Skill-pics project was successfully finalized on the 9th of October 2020.