Press Release – ENREAC-HEI 

Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” participate as project partner in “2018-1-CY01-KA203-046879 ENREAC-HEI ENhance REseArChers and HEI staff' skills and competences in data management and research integrity to increase academia collaboration capacity” project.
In the period up to 2025, half of all jobs are projected to require high-level qualifications, but also  entrepreneurial capacities, ability to manage complex information, think autonomously, use resources, communicate effectively and be resilient and flexible. As highlighted by ”ON A RENEWED EU AGENDA FOR HIGHER EDUCATION” E.C. COM(2017) 247 report “too many students graduate without the range of transversal skills (problem-solving, communication, etc.) they need for resilience in a changing world".
The present proposal aim at developing and testing a set of MOOC courses on research skills and Open Science practices to offer HE, BA or MA students the possibility to increase skills and competences in research management, open research techniques, collaboration and team building abilities that HE and BA students need to me more efficient and effective at work, making them more desirable by the 21st century labour market.
The innovative contents in the ENREAC-HEI program will  enable HE students regardless of discipline, in acquire autonomy, critical thinking and the capacity for problem-solving to make them more efficient and effective at work, increasing their possibility for employment, succeed in their career and in general being all around citizens too.
The main project’s objectives are:
*Increase partners and HEI’s staff involved in the project knowledge on current OPEN SCIENCE practices and REASERCH skills aimed at strengthening EH students capacity for innovation, entrepreneurship and  collaboration, within and outside academia.
*Enlarge partners’ training offer by developing and testing the ENREAC-HEI blended modules courses and making it available for their HE, BA and MA  students at local, regional and National Level.
* Quality improvement of curricula in partner institutions through the development and testing of ENREAC-HEI's modular modular courses, making them available to students in bachelor and master programs at local, regional and national level.
*Enhance competences and knowledge of educators (professors, assistant professors, mentors, tutors…)  in HEIs in offering easy to assimilate contents based on the ENREAC-HEI program
*Foster HEI’s capacity for collaboration with other institutions,  strengthening in their local and regional environments, by increasing staff skills and competences, to allow them to interact with a variety of actors  in different environments
*Boost the usability - relevance – adequacy – sustainability of the program by engaging and sharing ownership with local actors, experts and stakeholders at local and regional level, during the evaluation and testing periods
 
Lead partner: G.G. EUROSUCCESS CONSULTING LIMITED, Cyprus
Other partners:
European University Cyprus
OIC Poland Foundation
Associazione PROGETTO MARCONI, Italy
INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE SANTAREM, Portugal

 

 

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On 4 and 5 November 2019 in Santarém, Portugal was held the 3rd meeting with participation of all partners. On the meeting it was discussed:

1. The development of the project output O2 – ENREAC-HEI Essential Researchers’ Skills as follows:

– presentation of the Modules and Internal Evaluation
– discussion
– defining the upcoming activities and deadlines

2. The development of the project output O3 – Introduction to Open Science Skills as follows:

– presentation of the Modules and Internal Evaluation
– discussion
– defining the upcoming activities and deadlines

3. Development of the project output O4 – ENREAC-HEI trainers’ training manual as follows:

– presentation of the macrostructure and feedback
– defining the upcoming activities and deadlines
– discussion Varna Free University

4.  Development of the project output O5 – Learning platform as follows:

– presentation of the system architecture and operational possibilities of the
platform in relation to O2 & O3
– defining the upcoming activities and deadlines
– discussion.
On the second day of the meeting it was discussed:
1.Promotion, dissemination and exploitation activities
2. Quality control, monitoring and evaluation
3. Pilot Testing Guidelines
4. Administrative/financial obligatory regulations.
 

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From 03.12.2018 to 04.12.2018 in Nicosia, Cyprus was held the first partnership meeting under the project “2018-1-CY01-KA203-046879 ENREAC-HEI ENhance REseArChers and HEI staff' skills and competences in data management and research integrity to increase academia collaboration capacity”.

The meeting was attended by representatives of all partner organizations from Cyprus, Poland, Italy, Portugal and Bulgaria.
The participants presented their organizations, expressed their expectations of the implementation of the project and discussed the activities envisaged for implementation. The commitments of each partner and the deadlines for implementing the activities were specified.
The meeting started with a project review, project clarification and expected results, project administration, reporting, financial issues and project accountability documents.
Then the partners discussed the management and implementation activities during the first year of the project, as well as the intellectual outcomes which have to be achieved during the period.
The content, timing and division of responsibilities between the different partners were discussed in details.
A plan for communication and dissemination of results - activities and responsibilities was presented.