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HETEL takes part in two European meetings of the Erasmus+ “CyberSecure Teaching” project in Portugal and Austria

HETEL has participated during March and April 2026 in two working meetings of the European Erasmus+ project CyberSecure Teaching: Strengthening Digital Resilience in K-12, Vocational Education, and Teacher Training, a Teacher Academy aimed at strengthening teachers’ competences in cybersecurity and digital hygiene. Setúbal (Portugal), 23–26 March The second Transnational Project Meeting took place at the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal. Over four days of intensive work, the consortium partners reviewed the progress made since the kick-off meeting in Finland, with particular focus on the teacher needs analysis (gap analysis) and the mapping of existing cybersecurity teaching materials. The meeting included a dedicated session on special needs, led by Masaryk University, and several working sessions in which the pedagogical and conceptual principles for the project’s teaching materials were established: key distinctions between teacher and student materials, shared conceptual frameworks, development templates and quality assurance criteria. The meeting concluded with concrete agreements enabling each partner to begin developing content immediately. St. Pölten (Austria), 14–16 April Just a few weeks later, the consortium met again at the Fachhochschule St. Pölten. This working week focused on the presentation of the second version of the needs analysis survey, the definition of the project’s target groups and progress on assessment tools. A session was also devoted to communication and dissemination, and the partners worked on consolidating the week’s results to plan the tasks ahead for the coming months, including the preparation of the next meeting in Belgium, dedicated to the Community of Practice. HETEL’s contribution HETEL is actively contributing to the project by bringing in the Vocational Education and Training perspective, a field where cybersecurity is increasingly relevant for both teachers and students. Our participation ranges from the design of the gap analysis instrument and the mapping of teaching materials to the integration of the VET perspective into the development of training resources. The CyberSecure Teaching project (2026–2028) is coordinated by JAMK University of Applied Sciences (Finland) and involves nine partners from six European countries: Finland, Austria, Portugal, Belgium, Spain and the Czech Republic. It is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. #ErasmusPlus #CyberSecureTeaching #Cybersecurity #VET #VocationalEducation #HETEL #TeacherAcademy

Involving students in Cyber-In

The last stage of the Erasmus+ KA2 project Cyber-In officially started last week during our transnational meeting in Roskilde (Denmark). After researching about cybersecurity skills in OT environments, with the collaboration of almost 40 companies from Basque Country, Denmark, Italy, Estonia and the Netherlands, and the development of training materials addressed to VET teachers/trainers we are now in the stage of involving students to benefit from a higher knowledge and skills in terms of cybersecurity in industrial environments. From October to December, teachers from Maristak Durango (ES), Roskilde Technical School (DK) and ROC Da Vinci (NL) will work to develop a challenge based activity addressed to students in IT and OT programmes, promoting their international and transdisciplinary collaboration. Students will have 3 months to solve the challenge proposed and will present their findings at the beginning of March in Durango (Basque Country). Excited to bring students on board to the Cyber-In project!

VR4VET. Final meeting in Vitoria for the imminent launch of the application

The use of virtual reality has proven to have advantages for student learning: greater attention for longer periods of time, unlimited iteration, a safe environment… And these are the premises we have used to develop the VR4VET environment for developing customer service skills among VET students. The project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program and coordinated by the Finnish school Gradia College, has developed various interaction scenarios applicable to courses related to hospitality, hairdressing and aesthetics, business administration and management, and commerce. After piloting with VET teachers from centers in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and the Basque Country, and soon to conclude the pilot with students from these schools, the application will be available on the project website (https://blogit.gradia.fi/vr4vet/) throughout November 2025, along with the manual for its independent use. In the case of HETEL, the Egibide (Vitoria) and Sopeña Bilbao school have been responsible for conducting the pilot project and will be the first to incorporate these materials into the training programs.

Defining Sustainable Competencies for Vocational Programs in the Construction and Building Maintenance Sector: Progress of the GeTinVET Project

Last week, Ander Arrese, a teacher from the Otxarkoaga Vocational Training Center, and Aitor Ruiz, HETEL’s European Projects Manager, participated in the third transnational meeting of the Erasmus+ GeTinVET project, held in Kouvola, Finland, on September 12-13, 2024. This meeting marks an important milestone in the development of this ambitious European project focused on sustainability in vocational education and training. About GeTinVETThe GeTinVET project (Greening Education and Training in Vocational Education and Training) aims to identify and improve the sustainability competencies of students in vocational programs related to the construction and building maintenance sectors. This initiative, which began in 2023 and will continue until 2026, brings together partners from five European countries: Project ProgressDuring the meeting in Kouvola, the partners discussed several key aspects of the project, all focused on defining and developing sustainable competencies: The GeTinVET project is making great progress toward its goal of defining and developing sustainable competencies for vocational programs in the construction and building maintenance sectors. The first tangible results are expected to be available following the Naples meeting in November. These results will be crucial in enhancing sustainability training in the sector at the European level. For more information on the GeTinVET project, its objectives, and partners, you can visit the official website: https://www.euges-cologne-projects.eu/Projects-EU-GES/GeTinVET. HETEL and the Otxarkoaga Vocational Training Center are proud to be part of this innovative initiative that will significantly contribute to the training of more sustainable professionals in the construction and building maintenance sectors, preparing students for the environmental challenges of the future.

Learning to embed international competences in VET curricula

This week in Helsinki we have had the opportunity to learn about the resources created by the Erasmus+ KA2 funded project, Build@Home, to embed internationalisation in training provision of vocational schools. Through the site www.buildathome.online, we have discovered different tools to foster the strategic thinking about why to care about internationalisation in vocational education, tools to create our own plan of approach to involve all staff (and students) in our schools and tools to implement our own internationalisation at home activities. Thanks to the exchange among participants from Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Italy and the Basque Country, HETEL´s team has come back inspired and greatly motivated to make internationalisation a reality for all of our students!