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The Best Liberal Arts and Science Teaching Expanded and Reinforced
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,
Strengthening the relevance and the quality of higher education is a key objective in Europe's educational policies. Current higher education lacks the emphasis on creativity and innovation needed to prepare students for the 21st century. In addition, as a result of a lopsided emphasis on research, there are concerns about the quality of university teaching. This applies particularly to undergradu ...
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Research and Competence Training Network for Sustainability-Driven Innovation (I4S)
Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,
The EC is committed to a research and innovation policy that drives ‘smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. The I4S training network is designed to study sustainability-driven innovation (SDI) in support of this objective. This is much needed as SDI is poorly understood, with companies only now experimenting with practice in this emerging field. This provides opportunity for a new program of r ...
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European-COMPARative Effectiveness research on online Depression (E-COMPARED)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,
In 2010, 30 million Europeans were affected by depression and their number is still growing. Half of Europeans in need of mental care for depression do not have access to care services, do not always receive evidence-based treatments, are confronted with long waiting lists or high care expenditures. Internet-based treatment has the potential to addresses the drawbacks of standard care and keep dep ...
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Lifelong Learning, Innovation, Growth and Human capital Tracks in Europe (LLLIGHT'in'Europe)
Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,
LLLight’in’Europe –LifeLong Learning, Innovation, Growth and Human capital Tracks in EuropeAmong all Europeans between 24 and 65 years old who had a tertiary educational degree in 2010, 82.8% were working. In the same age group, 68.3% who completed secondary schooling were working. Only 46% of those who did not complete secondary schooling were working. It is apparent that if Europe wants to be wo ...
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Minimizing Defects in Micro-Manufacturing Applications (MIDEMMA)
Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2014,
Micro-manufacturing requires 'Zero-Defect' oriented approaches, both in large scale and in short-run production. Current quality control approaches, coming from macro-manufactring, are mainly based on post-process geometric control, which produces a large time lag between the defect generation and its detection, usually leading to large amount of defect parts (large scale) or wasted high value pro ...
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Ecological and human health risk assessments of antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs found in the environment (PHARMAS)
Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,
"A consortium of world-class scientists from both academia and industry has been assembled to assess the risks to wild animals and humans posed by environmental exposure to pharmaceuticals. Their expertise will be supplemented by an advisory group consisting of representatives of all stakeholders. This project will concentrate on two classes of human pharmaceuticals, namely antibiotics and anti-c ...
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Strategic Alliance for integrated Water Management Actions (SAWA)
Start date: May 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2011,
SAWA strives to strengthen the member states for their current implementation of the EU Flood Directive (FD) by developing a transnational implementation strategy. The aim is to adapt existing water management systems to the effects of extreme flood events due to climate change, focusing on sustainable development of society and regional economies. Based on case studies and pilot implementations S ...
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Development of an Interdisciplinary Programme on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy
Start date: Dec 1, 2013,
Higher Education plays a critical role in making a healthy, just, climate-neutral and sustainable society. It prepares most of the professionals who develop, lead, manage, teach, work in, and influence society’s institutions. HEIs in Middle East, while recognising that their region’s contribution to the damage of the global climate is less when compared to developed regions, they do recognise the ...
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Basic Curriculum for Teachers’ In-service Training in Content Area Literacy in Secondary Schools
Start date: Jan 1, 2011,
The project intends to develop, test and implement a Basic Curriculum for Teachers' In-service Training in Content Area Literacy in Secondary Schools [BaCuLit].The reason for this project is stated in the 2010 general call for proposals (second priority): "Improving reading literacy and other basic skills: The level of reading literacy skills among school students across the EU is not improving, a ...
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Global society is undergoing rapid social and technological change, and facing the widely acknowledged need to achieve sustainable development (Bereiter / Scardamalia 2003; UN Division for Sustainable Development 1992). In response the importance of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is widely accepted, as is the need for lifelong learning, emphasized in Agenda 21 and integrated in a numb ...
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The project started out with 13 partners from 10 countries. Examples of good practice of education and training in safety and health were brought together by the partners according defined criteria from whole of Europe. Furthermore the project group developed a common standard for the qualification of instructors and trainers in safety and health. Today, almost 50 partners from 20 European countri ...
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...mposed by representatives of the VET system, SMEs, public administrations,both at the national and International level.The international partnership, represented by Municipality of Malmö (SW) and Leuphana University Luneburg (DE), collaborated offering its deep and broad experience on activities and training in theme of ESD, at the public administration and at the SME level.The VET systems was ...
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The VALUE (Volunteering & Lifelong Learning in Universities in Europe) Networkcomprises 20 organisations representing Universities (Unis), Volunteering Organisations(VOs) & networks/associations (from both sectors) from 13 European countries. Itsprincipal aim is to both facilitate & stimulate the development of cooperation betweenUnis & the volunteering sector in the delivery of University Lifelon ...
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