ATHENA held a four-day congress in Rome, Italy, from the 2nd to the 5th of May 2023. The event took place at Cusano University and brought together more than 120 participants including ATHENA rectors, national project coordinators, the president of ESN ATHENA, students’ national representatives, and a group of Athenians arising from ten EU countries. The first day, Tuesday the 2nd of May, was dedicated to promoting industry connections in the area of Rome and the Unicusano network. On May 3rd, a welcome session was held, followed by plenary sessions focused on discussing and reviewing the progress of the various dimensions of ATHENA, including education, research, branding, industry, and infrastructure, among others.

The third day, May 4th, was devoted to parallel workshops focused on the key topics currently being deployed at ATHENA. These sessions took place in the New Building, with several classrooms designated for each WP. Participants were able to take part in discussions with group leaders and other members, exchanging ideas and recommendations. Each workshop generated a task list that will guide the work for the next months until the coming meeting to be held in Siegen after the summer.

The fourth day featured a plenary session with guest speakers and a presentation by the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, an associated partner. Participants also had the opportunity to report on the parallel workshops held the day before.

The event concluded at Trajan’s Market on May 5th, following a tour of the campus and a tour of the markets earlier in the day. Project coordinators expressed satisfaction with the progress made and discussed future perspectives for the project.

ATHENA is a collaborative effort aimed at promoting transnational and inclusive education, research, and innovation, generating new paradigms for the future of the European Higher Education and Research Area. The event in Rome was seen as a successful step towards achieving the project’s objectives, promoting collaboration among its members, and installing the ATHENA European University. The warm welcome and all the care from Italian friends were key to such a successful meeting.

Ci vediamo, Roma!

The project SECOVE establishes a cooperation platform for Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVes) across Europe in the Sustainable Energy Sector.

SECOVE networks are nationally based, with a CoVE in each partner country able to connect and interact at the national and transnational levels. The platform’s primary goal is to promote the uptake of innovative and qualitative lifelong learning opportunities, oriented towards the development of skills, competencies and the achievement of qualifications, including the promotion of mobility opportunities. The project adopts and supports a holistic approach to promote creativity, inclusion and an entrepreneurial mindset together.

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Nos passados dias 30 e 31 de março, o Departamento de Engenharia Informática (DEI) voltou a homenagear os estudantes dos seus cursos. Os prémios procuram reconhecer o esforço, dedicação e mérito acadêmico dos melhores estudantes dos cursos de Licenciatura e Mestrado oferecidos pelo DEI-ISEP durante os anos letivos 2020/21 e 2021/22.

A cerimónia contou com a presença de vários membros do departamento, assim como com membros das organizações e unidades de investigação que patrocinaram estes prémios, incluindo o GILT.

As fotos do evento podem ser acedidas em https://bit.ly/3KzcDP3 (2020/21) e https://bit.ly/3GCmkLp (2021/22).

O Evento Multiplicador Nacional do Projeto Erasmus Biomaps Cartoteca de Autores Europeus, projeto europeu de inovação educativa, localmente coordenado pela Unidade de Investigação GILT, realizou-se no dia 18 de abril na Escola Superior de Educação (ESE) do P.Porto.

Organizado pelas Professoras Marta Saracho-Arníz e M. Fátima Lambert, docentes da ESE e colaboradoras no projeto, o Evento, estruturado e formalizado como ação formativa de curta duração (ACD), de 6 horas, destinada a docentes de Literatura Portuguesa e de Espanhol, contou com a presença do Professor Mario Bedera Bravo, consejero de Educación de la Embajada de España e integrou a brilhante comunicação “Mapas de ficción. Geografías, identidades e imaginarios”, do Professor Xaquín Núñez Sabarís da Universidade do Minho.

Durante a tarde, os participantes tiveram oportunidade de experimentar as ferramentas da ARCGIS, no worshop dinamizado pelo Engenheiro Rui Santos, representante da empresa ESRI.

É de realçar que o projeto Bio-Maps Cartoteca de Autores Europeus que envolveu o cruzamento entre as áreas da geolocalização, da literatura, da história e da língua espanhola, que recebeu recentemente o Prémio AGE de Inovação Educativa.