Projects

Many businesses regard workplace accessibility as an inconvenient and costly obligation rather than an opportunity. The Workplace Inclusion 4.0 project aims to provide integrated training which will enable participants to improve the situation at work for people with disabilities. This will also enhance the company’s profile.

Electric vehicles are very much a part of the streetscape nowadays. Despite their growing popularity, electric vehicles’ share of the domestic market is still very small. To give students at the Institute of Automotive Engineering at FH JOANNEUM an insight into the technology of zero-emission cars, they developed their own electric vehicle during the course of a number of studies and projects.

Between 2014 and 2018 experiments were conducted investigating ways in which people could reinvent and share in shaping their city. As an applied research project, Human Cities analysed, tested and implemented participatory processes aimed at helping city-dwellers explore various aspects of their city.

The project aims to promote smart specialisation of tertiary education in the new EU member states Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia to help students acquire skills for the job market, especially those relevant to industry, thereby strengthening the economies of these regions in the long term.

The main aim of the RI2integrate project is to exploit the economic development potential in the Danube area and to better integrate EU investment projects in the field of R&D. The project is therefore intended to develop and implement innovative tools for policy learning on embedding research infrastructures in the Danube region at a macro-regional level.

Standing on the verge of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), Europe faces huge challenges as regards its workforce. The emerging cyber-physical systems, the internet and cloud computing are creating jobs requiring advanced knowledge and skills. The project “Apprenticeship Cluster for Industry-Ready Engineers of Tomorrow” offers an alternative solution in the field of co-operative education in the tertiary sector.

Innovative SMEs in all regions participating in Accelerator programmes have problems accessing funding, especially equity capital - particularly in the early stages of business. The project starts by first analysing existing Accelerator programmes in the partner regions and then elaborating joint pilot programmes for the Danube region.

The development of the entrepreneurial capacity of EU citizens has been one of the key policy objectives for the EU for many years. The benefits of entrepreneurship education are not limited to start-ups, but also an individual’s ability to turn ideas into action. The important role of education in promoting more entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviours is now widely recognized. EmindS aims to develop entrepreneurial mindset of Higher Education and VET students based on the EntreComp competence, through the application of a systematic methodology using student centered innovative approaches.

University Partners from Eastern Europa (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia) and the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Sweden) cooperate to enhance student learning experience in partner countries by promoting development and innovation in teaching & learning (T&L), supporting integration of technology and research, and dissemination of good practice.

The aim of IHEI is to raise the International Relations capacities of Iranian Higher Education Institutions by increasing their potential openness and reducing barriers for fluid international exchanges.

The SCOPE program for corporate Entrepreneurship will offer added value to the European Company and Training Provider landscape. It will be tailored, developed and implemented to the real needs and expectations of Managers and leaders to increase the Quality of VET education, combining high Level of excellence and attractiveness.

Global satellite navigation systems (GNSS) play an ever increasing role in all areas of life, bringing with them the dangers of intentional interference. The DECODE project is working to develop algorithms to combat such interference, disguised as original signals, and to create countermeasures.