Balance
The Covid-19 pandemic brought with it a series of challenges. One of these included the effect it took on women and their work-life balance. Research has found that there has been a drastic increase in rates of women’s stress and mental health concerns, however there is little practical support available on how to prevent it. […]
eWBL
eWBL seeks to boost the work readiness and employability of graduates. The project will specifically focus on how work-based learning competences could be fostered in the absence of a physical environment. As the work environment is increasingly shifting to online and hybrid formats, ways of making work-based learning effective in this new environment has become […]
Spanning Boundaries
Spanning Boundaries is an Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliance project working to break down the barriers between academia and industry. It aims to empower university and business professionals to enhance their contribution in the regional economic and social development through closer engagement with each other and their environment. The need for individual ‘Boundary Spanners’ is increasingly deemed […]
WeRin
Women Entrepreneurs in Regional Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (WeRin) is an Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliance project (2021-2023). This forward-thinking initiative is passionate about increasing the share of female graduate entrepreneurs with an ambition to make entrepreneurship education and support programmes more inclusive for women. Women represent about 60% of higher education graduates, their under-representation amongst start-ups is a […]
REVALORISE+
REVALORISE+ recognises that to date, policy-makers, research funders and university boards have prioritised pursuing the immediate returns of research valorisation through licencing and patenting of the so called ‘hard sciences’ (i.e STEM) over the more intangible, longer-term returns and social impact of activity in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). REVALORISE+ is a team of […]
SME Cluster Growth
SME Cluster Growth is an Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliance project (2021-2023) to empower SMEs in the engineering sector to grow and compete. By focusing on cross-border engineering business cluster development, it enables synergies across regions, reach international markets, adopt new technologies and support mutual learning. It has been shown that localised clusters and networks are powerful […]