WHAT IS ERASMUS?

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The “Erasmus” programme was originally established by the European Union in 1987. It looked to promote closer cooperation between universities and higher education institutions across Europe. This meant setting up an organised and integrated system of cross-border student interchange.

Over time, the programme has expanded in its breadth and depth and is now known as “Erasmus+”. Its extended form is a broad umbrella framework which combines former EU’s different schemes for transnational cooperation and mobility in education, training, youth and sport in Europe. Increasingly, it is also looking beyond Europe.

So far between 2014-2021, over 13 million people have taken part in Erasmus+, thanks to enthusiastic take-up of opportunities by staff, students, young people and learners of all ages. Source: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/

We are part of this Erasmus+ dynamic!

Repower Regions 

This is a collaborative European project funded by the Erasmus+ Alliances for Innovation: Accelerating the introduction of decarbonised heating and cooling solutions

This project focuses on advancing education and workforce training in sustainable heating and cooling technologies. It will equip 1,200 educators with the latest industry knowledge through a comprehensive Landscape Analysis Report, ensuring that training programs and curricula align with evolving industry needs.

To support professionals already working in the field, the initiative will develop specialized learning resources, including structured courses, teacher guides, and online training. These materials will help 600 mid-career HVAC and construction managers gain essential skills for the energy transition.

The project will also foster collaboration by forming eight regional alliances with more than 50 industry and education stakeholders. These partnerships will drive investment in workforce development, ensuring long-term support for skills training in sustainable energy.

By expanding access to training and professional development, this initiative will accelerate the adoption of greener heating and cooling solutions across multiple sectors.

 

Meet our consortium:

 

  • Kildare County Council, Ireland (coordinator)
  • Fundación Laboral de la Construcción, Spain
  • Association of Municipalities Polish Network “Energie Cites”, Poland
  • Riga Technical University, Latvia
  • European E Learning Institute (EUEI), Denmark
  • Momentum Marketing, Ireland
  • Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations (REHVA), Belgium
  • Steinbeis School of Sustainable Innovation and Transformation (SIT), Germany
  • University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
  • Jaske & Wolf GmbH-HVAC, Germany

 

Project duration: December 2024 to November 2027

 

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Erasmus accreditation in the field of vocational education and training

This Spring 2024, Fagskolen Rogaland was awarded Erasmus accreditation in the field of vocational education and training. It serves as a valuable resource for allowing staff to engage in cross-border exchange and collaboration to that can contribute to the broader objective of organizational development. Read more about the objectives of this Erasmus action here: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/programme-guide/part-b/key-action-1/erasmus-accreditation-vet-school-adult

 

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“AI-enhanced Vocational Education for a Sustainable Future (SUSTaiN)”

Rogaland Polytechnic College has been granted funds for an Erasmus+ KA220 project with the title of “AI-enhanced Vocational Education for a Sustainable Future” and acronym SUSTaiN. The project, which will have a duration of 2 years, will be coordinated by Rogaland Polytechnic College. Our partners in this project are:

The Food Hub (Drumshanbo Community Council Ltd.), Ireland
Olemisen Balanssia RY, Finland
Fondazione Luigi Clerici, Italy
Higher School of Transport Todor Kableshkov, Bulgaria
Gairmeach Training Limited, Ireland

SUSTaiN aims to equip Vocational Education and Training (VET) educators with the skills and resources to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their curricula, focusing on sustainability in sectors like Agriculture, Energy, Water Management, and Transport. The initiative includes training over educators and students, providing innovative teaching resources and practical applications of AI that promote sustainable development. SUSTaiN aligns with Erasmus+ priorities by enhancing VET curricula with AI-driven sustainability insights, addressing the urgent need for green and digital skills in the workforce.

 

Project duration: September 2024 to August 2026
This project is co-funded by the European Union.

 

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Entrepreneurship for Green Rural Destinations

In implementing this project, we aim to promote the application of entrepreneurial skills in rural areas, targeted as green destinations to foster several benefits, ranging from economic development, empowering local enterprises in rural areas, increase self-reliance through new skills and competences. Also, we aim to provide educators with new teaching opportunities, enhanced teaching resources, professional development opportunities, collaboration, and networking opportunities. The activities have been designed in a manner to reach as many relevant persons as possible from educators to promising entrepreneurs in rural areas. Activities range from more green sustainable initiatives like webinars, virtual LTTs and also include opportunities for person-to-person meetings allowing for exchange of knowledge, skills, competences and cultural experiences.

Fagskolen Rogaland as coordinator has partnered up with Polygonal North oy (Finland), Perifereiako Gymnasio Agias Varvaras (Cyprus), Cankaya Ilce Milli Egitim Mudurlugu (Turkey), Escola Secundária Cacilhas-Tejo (Portugal) and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (Ireland).

More to follow soon!

Project duration: 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2025

This project is funded by the European Union.

 

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Transformative Learning

Fagskolen Rogaland was recently awarded funding for a KA122-Vet short-term projects for mobility of learners and staff in vocational education and training.

As providers of vocational education and training, we wish to develop in a direction where we see our role in a larger context: as mediators of knowledge and learning, proactive social actors from Nordic & European contexts. We aim to support our students in acquiring new skills and knowledge to enhance their personal and professional development through the process of what we have defined as TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING.

More to follow soon!

Project duration: 1 August 2023 to 31 January 2025

This project is funded by the European Union.

 

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Experiential Entrepreneurship Labs (EELS)

Rogaland Polytechnic College has been granted funds for an Erasmus+ KA220 project with the title of “Experiential Entrepreneurship Labs” (EELS). The project, which will have a duration of 2 years, will be coordinated by Rogaland Polytechnic College. Our partners in this project are:

CKM Dubrovnik, Croatia
Olemisen Balanssia RY, Finland
TVW (thevisionworks), Germany
Momentum Marketing Services, Ireland
European E-learning Institute, Denmark

The project directly contributes to promoting greater levels of ENTREPRENEURSHIP and entrepreneurial thinking among young people. Rather than approaching entrepreneurship as a theoretical concept to be taught in the classroom (learning “about” entrepreneurship), the project introduces Experiential Entrepreneurship Labs as a more effective methodology. Our target groups are:

  1. Young people aged between 16 - 25
  2. Youth educators
  3. Youth serving organisations
  4. Youth, Education and Entrepreneurship Stakeholders

You can always find out more about this project and activities on our web page: https://entrepreneurshiplabs.eu/

Project duration: 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2024

This project is funded by the European Union.

 

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“Sensory Skills Education for Lifelong Learning Competencies” (SensEd)

 Partners from 6 countries are collaborating to create an extracurricular framework to include sensory skills development alongside national curricula. Our partners are:

Çankaya District Directorate of National Education, Turkey

Çağdaş Drama Derneği, Turkey

Escola Profissional do Minho, Portugal

EARTES and Escuela Superior de Artes Escénica, Spain

Warnborough College, Ireland

Associazione MeNO, Sicily

Our website provides details and updates about the project, and access to the outputs we have created: https://sensedproject.com/

For regular updates on project activities, you can follow us on: LinkedIn or Face Book or watch our introduction video to get a quick idea about what we are doing: https://sensedproject.com/

Project duration: 28 February 2022 to 27 February 2024

This project is funded by the European Union.

 

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Technical Skills for Harmonized Offshore Renewables Europe (T-shore)

T-shore is a project where five countries and 12 partners cooperate to develop competence within offshore wind and renewable energy.

The project aim is to establish a international private-public cooperation in terms of education, research and development focused on the offshore wind sector. The project aims to strengthen cooperation between all partners and to elevate the already established regional partnerships by using various strategies and activities.

The project will create innovative approaches for skills provision in the offshore renewable energy sector by linking offshore energy hotspots spread across Europe, and to stimulate innovation and collaboration between VET providers, industry, and research institutes.

T-shore sees the possibility to become a regional lighthouse and a vocational center securing development of vocational education to support the offshore renewable energy market as well focusing on new green competence demand in relation to this order to support the green power transition Europe is undergoing.

Under the umbrella of VET and training of global competences, T-shore will seek to address the following challenges:

  1. The need to upscale / re-skill and design new teaching and training programs to meet demands for the fast-growing offshore renewable energy market.
  2. The need for new business models, better private/public cooperation between VET training and education providers and the industry creating sustainable new business models with focus on infrastructure for new VET learning.
  3. The need for international cooperation among VET providers in the offshore field to combine expertise; together we can accomplish much more.
  4. The need to understand which new green job profiles are needed in relation to offshore and the link to new technologies connected directly to the offshore renewable energy market.

The main project goals of T-shore are:

  1. Development and creation of a European network of VET schools and VET training centers in offshore wind energy.
  2. The establishment of strong links between businesses and VET providers and combining these stakeholders to meet the industry’s real skills and training needs.
  3. Defining a range of new competency profiles and developing advanced digital and evidence based educational training methods and materials in a work-based learning environment.

Project duration: 2022 to 2026

This project is funded by the European Union

Read more about T-shore here: https://t-shore.eu/

 

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Read, Enjoy and Develop Yourself (READY)

This project was a partnership collaboration between Stavanger Offshore Technical School and 5 other schools:

IPSS Pertini, Italy

Manavgat Anadolu Imam Hatip Lisesi, Turkey

Escola Básica 1,2,3/PE Bartolomeu Perestrelo, Portugal

Békéscsabai SZC Zwack József Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Szakgimnáziuma és Szakközépiskolája, Hungary

Ventspils 4.vidusskola, Latvia

The project aims were to improve pupils’ motivation to read with the aim of increasing their school success, satisfaction and personal development and decrease the level of early school leaving. During the project partners had the opportunity to develop, promote, and disseminate educational best practices, including new teaching methods and materials to enrich the quality of reading literacy.

A description of the project has been published EU Erasmus platform and is available here: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/projects/search/details/2020-1-NO01-KA229-076515

Project duration: 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2023

This project is funded by the European Union

Find more details about our activities here: https://instagram.com/sots_erasmus_ready?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

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Inclusive Innovative Education

Through cooperation, collaboration and exchange within a national and European context, this project we hope:

- to dismantle misconceptions and stereotypes

- to better integration and collaboration among co-workers

- to improve the potential to exchange experiences, learning opportunities with professionals/peers in a European/international setting

- to enhance teaching/learning strategies and methodologies for mixed ability classes

- to gain access to innovative/relevant learning and teaching methods as well as skills for: ICT, maths, language acquisition, social skills/interaction

Project duration: 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2023

This project is funded by the European Union

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