Skillman Alliance welcomes new partner Nkey

In June 2021, the Skillman Alliance strengthened its cooperation with NKey srl a highly qualified Italian ICT company with experience in research and development of integrated systems and services for business innovation. Since 2010, Nkey has been actively participating in European Projects developed within the Erasmus+ programme. This participation also led to the “VIRAL for Local…

Join the Skillman Peer Learning Clubs and shape the Vocational Education Training scene in Europe!

Skills for the industry of the future The digital transformation, the greening of the economy, and demographic change all generate a large and structural need for employees with technical and digital skills. The lack of adequately skilled workers is a major issue in this context, which is only partially addressed by current Vocational Education and…

Official invitation to the Skillman International Forum 2020

As a recurrent occasion, The Skillman Alliance will host again this year its Skillman International Forum (SIF) 2020, the online event on redefining the future of learning in the advanced manufacturing sector, on December 10-11, 2020. It is our great pleasure to officially invite you to the two-day online event, with a very rich agenda…

INVITATION TO SKILLMAN WEBINAR ON “WORK-BASED LEARNING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT”

Dear partners and friends, The Skillman Secretariat is honoured to invite you to the Skillman webinar on “Work-Based Learning curriculum development ”,  on October 27th, 10:00/11:30 CET, organized in collaboration with the European Training Foundation. During the webinar, international experts and practitioners will present different models of cooperation between TVET providers and WBL providers in relation to curriculum development. The presentations…

SKILLMAN ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN

The Skillman Alliance is implementing an advocacy campaign targeted at policymakers with a set of actions to create support for policies under the framework of the Global CoVes initiative. All Skillman members are involved and engaged in this process, through a strategic plan of shared vision and actions to represent the network as a whole.…

Continuous learning with the Skillman Webinars

The rapid shift towards a climate neutral Europe and digital transformation is changing the way we work, learn, take part in society and lead our everyday lives. In an era of disruptive changes and constant transformation, organisations can only grasp new opportunities if they develop the right skills to stay ahead of time and prove…

Artificial Intelligence for self-employment in the AM sector

KABADA – Knowledge Alliance of Business idea Assessment: Digital Approach  To promote self-employment in advanced manufacturing the Skillman network is helping to develop KABADA, an artificial intelligence tool that allows the self-assessment of business plans of technology start-ups. Over the next two years Skillman members will be involved in testing and debugging the tool, supporting…

Antonio Fernandez Perez: all you need to know about AR in TVET

Vocational training acquires exceptional value since it is all about the balance between gaining knowledge and building experience- learning through practice. The ability to work on different scenarios again and again with a learning purpose, in a comfortable way and without additional expenses, is a great advantage. Augmented reality is particularly powerful in this context.…

EU neighbours: coping with COVID-19 in education and training

The ETF has published a report focusing on how 27 countries neighbouring the EU are coping with COVID-19 in the field of education and training, as part of our #learningconnects campaign. The report includes information about countries from South-Eastern Europe and Turkey, the Eastern Partnership and Russia, the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, and Central Asia on: support for teachers and…

Conference on CoVEs @ TKNIKA 2020

CENTRES OF VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE: SKILLS ECOSYSTEMS FOR INNOVATION, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUSION “The conference was not only dealing with Excellence: it was excellent in itself!” said the European Commission referring to the virtual conference on Centres of Vocational Excellence: Skills ecosystems for innovation, regional development and inclusion held on 16 June 2020. Tknika, with the support of the European…

Successful Skillman webinar on Capacity building in Higher Education

The first webinar on EU fund opportunities was hosted online by the Skillman Alliance on May 13th, 2020. It covered topics related to capacity building projects in higher education and it involved a top-notch crowd of experts in the sector with wide geographical coverage, including European, African and Asian countries.  The agenda of the webinar…

Live webinar on Augmented Reality by Soldamatic

On Tuesday, 5th May 2020 @ 15:00pm (GMT+2), our member Seabery will offer a free online webinar to show solutions for remote laboratories for education & research. If you are interested, please feel free to join. You will be able to do it from here: webinar room ************************* In this exclusive live webinar Seabery will cover the ways new…

International Expert Roundtable 1 and 2 July 2019

International Expert Roundtable on Lifelong Learning: Developing a Framework to Monitor and Evaluate Lifelong Learning Implementation, 1 and 2 July 2019 The potential envisaged of lifelong learning – both as a social good and economic imperative – is widely acknowledged. Many countries, including Singapore, have implemented strategies and policies to facilitate the access to and…

CPSC joins the network

Colombo Plan Staff College joins the Skillman.eu Network  Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC), a leading Inter-Governmental Organization (IGO), which consistently addresses issues in Technical and Vocational Education & Training in the Asian and Pacific region, has joined the Skillman.eu network. CPSC became operational in 1974 with the Republic of Singapore serving as the first host Government and…

Front Range Community College’s new building will expand opportunities for technical job training

PHOTO: Kati Weis, Chalkbeat Front Range Community College held a ribbon-cutting Thursday to celebrate its new Center for Integrated Manufacturing. A technical training program housed in a state-of-the-art building unveiled Thursday will enable students at Front Range Community College to pursue in-demand specialties like electronics engineering and optics — and eventually allow local high school students…

Gaziantep University becomes a Skillman.eu Network member

Gaziantep University Eu Research Centre (GABAM) adheres to the Skillman network as an associate. GABAM, located in the largest trade and industrial center in the west of Southeastern Turkey has a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research specially on energy, material, construction, engineering and information/communication technology. The university, besides enrolling over 25,000 undergraduates and…

People who will join the Skillman network could utilise the  Robotics and Automation programme for free

Training providers and employers committed to delivering curriculum that meets the skills demands of the advanced manufacturing and engineering workforce are called to join the Skillman network. Membership is free and a key benefit (access to new Level 3 Certificate in Robotics and Automation) will be offered to all new members. The qualification covers the…

Workshop on composite was carried out the past 8th November as a part of the Skillman international conference

The Workshop on composite was a part of the international conference program carried out on 8th November in TKNIKA – the center promoted by the Deputy Ministry of Vocational Education and Training of the Education Department of the Basque Government – San Sebastian. The purpose of the workshop was to engage key industry and education…

Last Skillman.eu activities carried out during the European Vocational Skills Week 2017

After the success of the International Skillman Conference held in San Sebastian the past 8th of November, the Skillman consortium has continued organising five additional online meetings to discuss 4.0 industry skill needs and to enrich the skillman 4.0 networking activities. Only four online meetings were expected but, due to the high number of requests,…

An agreement among Skillman and LEAN project enriches the potential of the Skillman educational offer within and beyond Europe

An agreement among Skillman, represented by Giovanni Crisonà, president of CSCS, and LEAN, represented by Stefano Maccaferri, president of CENTOFORM Srl, has been signed with the aim to start a cooperation addressed to develop and promote innovative solutions in the field of advanced manufacturing in the transport sector. LEAN project is an innovative capacity building…

The Skillman call receives a large number of applications from different European countries

The Skillman call to grant piloting training activities in automotive sector targeted at European students between 18-30 years old was a huge success. The applications received are almost 50 and come from 16 different European countries. Most of the applicants have already completed the cycle of higher education while just a few of them are…

The Skillman Coordinating Body held a meeting in Bruxelles to organize the next meeting between the Skillman partners.

The Coordinating Body of the Skillman project had a meeting in Bruxelles on the 15th of March. The meeting has been very useful to make a general review of project commitments. In addition, it has been a good opportunity to prepare the meeting between the Skillman partners that will take place next week in Birmingham…

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In this section we distribute publications made by SKILLMAN members and associated partners. We also link publications released by other stakeholders active in the field of advanced manufacturing for the transport sector. SKILLMAN Report on the state of the art of advanced manufacturing in the transport sector In this report we present the latest developments…

Skillman contributed to improve ESCO's skills

The Skillman’s Consortium has contributed to improve ESCO skills and occupational profiles in relation to the field of robotics, ICT in production processes and composite materials. Comments and suggestions for new concepts will be used in the development and implementation of the Online Consultation Platform (OCP). Among the things reported to ESCO, Skillman has proposed to include…