Politeknika Txorierri participates in a series of innovative educational projects mainly aimed at developing materials that encourage the development of professional, technological and personal competences of students and staff, improving overall employability for VET graduates from Txorierri.
Innovation projects in which Txorierri is currently involved:
SECOVE (2022-2026)
The project SECOVE aims to establish a network of cooperation among Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) in the sector of clean and sustainable energy….
PROFF (2022-2024)
An Erasmus+ project offering a series of workshops for Vocational Education and Training (VET)….
GENZ4GREENDEAL (2022-2024)
The project stems from the belief that youth-led organizations need to be encouraged and empowered to participate in translating the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Agenda into local ….
SMACITE(2022-2025)
According to estimations, till 2050, two thirds of the world population will live in towns, consuming more than 70% of energy and emitting just as much greenhouse gases….
TEACHING THE FUTURE (2022-2024)
Based on the social initiative called “Teach the Future” that swept around the world urgently asking us to repurpose education around the climate emergency and ecological crisis ….
DRONES@STEAM (2022-2024)
Drone technology is a fascinating way to introduce students to STEM related professions, equip them with relevant skills and thus cover the labour…..
REGIO.DIGI.HUB – Regional Development Digital Education HUB (2022-2024)
The Regio.Digi.Hub project aims to build the capacity of the VET system of regional development education at the European level by finding the best combination of bottom-up approaches and leadership involving teachers ….
AMT2P – Application of Advanced Manufacturing Techniques to VET: the case of Plastic sector (2022-2024)
Advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) (3D printing, robotics, IoT, AI) offer a wide range of new possibilities to companies changing the face of production and creating the new jobs……
PARADIGM: PlAn for Green OppoRtunities: Be A Digital scIentific chanGeMaker (2021-2023)
PARADIGM is an Erasmus+ school education project coordinated by Txorierri. There are five other partners from different European countries ….
The Packaging Industry (2022-2024)
The IMPACK project addresses the need to promote engaging and interactive training for the packaging industry……
EXPECT – Exchanges of Practices in Education for Climate Targets (2020-2022)
The project EXPECT has the aim to exchange and to stocktake Good Practices in order to learn from each other, to report on the lessons learnt from several relevant stakeholders ….
smartAInnovators: Promoting AI-driven Digital Transformation and Innovation in VET Schools for Social Change and Better Skills Match with the Labour Market (2020-2024)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is a collection of technologies that combine data, algorithms and computing power that allow machines to detect….
DISTANCE-DIGITAL TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE POST-COVID-19 ERA or Di2Learn. (2021-2023)
The unexpected pandemic of Covid-19 has caused a great alternation in the educational systems worldwide, whereas the health crisis had affected the school education……
The Farmer’s Toolbox for Climate Change Mitigation or Farmers’ T.B. (2021-2023)
Around 22.2 million people work regularly in agriculture (8.7 million full-time equivalent workers), but the farming sector needs….
The Climate heritage Game (2021-2022)
The goal of this project is through the development of the digital Climate Heritage Game, to improve educators’ and students’ digital skills and to create awareness……
TOGETHER: implement service learning in schools TO GET digital cultural HERitage enhanced (2021-2023)
The terrible impact of the COVID-19 emergency has put an unprecedented pressure on the cultural and creative sector across Europe…..
BEQUEL: Benchmarking for Quality Assurance in eLearning provision of VET education (2021-2023)
The BEQUEL project aims at assisting VET providers in their progress towards effective deployment of eLearning VET programmes and ensuring quality assurance practices in digital education initiatives.
The DICYSTECH – Digital Training for Cybersecurity Students in Industrial Fields (2021-2023)
The DICYSTECH – Digital Training for Cybersecurity Students in Industrial Fields project (2021-2023), unites five EU partners from Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain………
DTAM: Digital transformation in advanced manufacturing (2020-2023)
Digital Transformation in Advanced Manufacturing: An Integral Training Curriculum for EU technicians to deploy and manage digital tools in Smart Manufacturing or DTAM in short….
School Starters’ Hub (2020-2022)
The School Starters’ Hub Project aims to transform the Secondary Schools to become innovation and creativity hubs that will interconnect School, Research/ Science and Enterprises (Local and European) through the participatory approach of a European Platform.
SYS-STEM: Arduino SYS-TEM for Schools (2019-2021)
The Arduino SYS-STEM for Schools aims to provide teachers of 14-18 yr old students with open access, quality, ready to use didactical materials in electronics and the digital technology with which to realize “hands on” projects in arduino via access to 4 shared remote ArdLABs.
INCOBOTICS: Ready for the Industry (2019-2021)
The INCOBOTICS project will create an INCOBOTICS Module with a general visual introduction to Industry 5.0 for all students, presenting current or planned examples from companies in each partner region.
InCyS: Industrial Cyber Security 4.0 (2018-2020)
AIM: to offer materials to make current and future operational technicians (OTs) aware of the main risks and dangers of the control systems connected in Industry 4.0 and to provide them with basic responsiveness mechanisms to those risks when they are detected.
3D2ACT: Fostering industry 4.0 and 3D Technologies through Social Entrepreneurship: An Innovative Programme for a Sustainable Future (2020-2023)
The 3D2ACT project will support VET trainers and educators in an attempt to strengthen their profiles with the acquisition of new skills, the development of targeted material…..
PBRAND4ALL: Personal Brand Development for all (2020-2022)
The project aims to provide adults who are searching for a job, or they are in need of a new one……
Balance: Green & Stable – Bringing Sustainability and Environmental Action Together for Better Future. (2020-2022)
The BALANCE project addresses a key priority of the EU related to environmental and climate goals.
DESSA: Development of Soft Skills through Apprenticeships (2019-2021)
DESSA project aims to develop an apprenticeship scheme for the acquisition of soft skills by students in upper secondary and higher vocational education and training.
ILEARN: #iLearn Mobility and Training for Apprentices. (2018-2021)
AIM: to promote dual training by creating a digital platform that eases communication and cooperation between centers….
ONTRACK: Tracking Learning and Career Paths of VET graduates to improve quality of VET provision.(2018-2020)
AIM: to develop and make use of a tracking system that monitors the alumni and that fits in the quality system of the VET centers.
App.Mod.E: Apprenticeship Model for Developing Entrepreneurial skills. (2017-2019) (http://www.appmode.eu)
AIM: support high school and VET students acquire entrepreneurial mentality and skills during practical work based learning.
NET-ENT: Networking for Entrepreneurship.(2017-2019) (http://netent.splet.arnes.si/)
AIM: support trans-sectorial collaboration (in Production, Marketing and Design) to create useful, high quality products of commercial value and potential.
ROI od WBL and Apprenticeships: Return on Investment of Work Based Learning and Apprenticeships. (2017-2019) (http://www.roibl.eu)
AIM: develop a digital tool to allow SMEs to calculate the return on investment of apprenticeships or the dual system; the tool allows the calculation of both benefits for the company and for society.
VET-GPS: Guiding Tools for Professional Skills Development in VET. (2017-2019) (http://www.vetgps.eu)
AIM: design a package of materials and an online platform to promote dual system participation.
WBL_SP!: A Work Based Learning Successful Practice.(2017-2020)
AIM: improve the educational curricula and training in mechanical production.
OPENIN: Open Source Applications for Industrial Automation. (2016-2019) (www.openinproject.eu)
AIM: develop a training course in ARDUINO for students and staff.
Safety4el: Improved Safety for Electricians.(2016-2019) (www.safety4el.net)
AIM: create an online course on SAFETY; specific parts aimed at improving SAFETY in the field of Electricity.
QUAL4T2: Further Quality Improvement for VET, Guiding Teacher Teams in Europe in Strategic Planning. (2016-2019) (qual4t-project.org)
AIM: support teaching teams in strategic planning for practical QUALITY implementation in VET centres.
4SforEmployment: Four Steps for Employment. (2016-2019) (4stepforemployment.com)
AIM: improve the orientation process for students in entrepreneurship to enhance their employability.
Life on Line: Key Competences in Life Skills. (2015-2018) (www.lifeonline.education)
AIM: support students in improving their entrepreneurial competence and employability through the development of an online learning platform.
EUCVET: European Class in Vocational Education and Training (2014-2016)
OBJECTIVE: to promote a European identity, European labor mobility & European cohesion.
Engine4F: Engineer for the Future. (2015-2018) (engine4f.aeva.eu)
AIM: increase the number of female students in technical degree programmes in higher education, both at VET and University level.
EMPLOY project: Design Your Future Employability (2012-20214)
To prepare jobseekers (VET students/the unemployed) to successfully access the world of work through the development of a TOOLKIT of innovative activities…..
CATEL, Cultural Awareness in Vocational Training through E-Learning (2009-2011)
To prepare teachers/trainers and counsellors to meet the training needs of immigrant students through the development of a supplementary E-Learning training course as well as training materials.