EPIC Project Launches in September 2017

EPIC Project Launches in September 2017

After the Erasmus+-funded COLIBRI project comes to an end in August 2017, we will be starting EPIC – also an Erasmus+ project – immediately afterwards. We are delighted to have secured Saxion University from the Netherlands for the EPIC project. The main...
Introducing our project Colibri at the „International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning“

Introducing our project Colibri at the „International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning“

Our Erasmus+-funded project Colibri will be introduced under the title “Blended Learning and Problem Based Learning in a multinational and multidisciplinary setting“ at the Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL) in Bogotá in early July. Besides aconium, two more companies and seven universities from all over Europe are involved in the project. The presentation will particularly address the challenges universities and companies are facing nowadays and discuss the approaches from Colibri.

Midway seminar of the Erasmus+-funded project Colibri (“Collaboration for Better, Personalized and IT-Supported Teaching”)

Midway seminar of the Erasmus+-funded project Colibri (“Collaboration for Better, Personalized and IT-Supported Teaching”)

Colibri, an Erasmus+ funded project, aims to improve the quality of academic offering through innovative teaching methods. It takes place in three consecutive years, offering one-semester courses for students from seven universities from all over Europe. This year´s midway seminar from 18 to 22 April in Barcelona supported the collaboration between as well as the personal guidance of the students.

In Düsseldorf: First meeting of G20 digital ministers

In Düsseldorf: First meeting of G20 digital ministers

For the first time in the almost 20-year history of the G20, a meeting of digital ministers took place on April 6 and 7, 2017. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Brigitte Zypries invited the ministers for digitalization in the G20 countries, international organizations such as the OECD, WTO and UNCTAD as well as the host countries the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore and Spain to Düsseldorf. The theme of the meeting was “Digitalization: Policies for a Digital Future”.