In the framework of the EURspace Project (www.eurspace.eu), HETEL abantean is in Vilnius (Lithuania) with its colleagues from Portugal, Turkey, Romania and Italy to work in the development of a learning outputs matrix to find those ones common (and different) in the curriculum of cookery and bakery courses, levels 3-4 EQF.

The intention of this work is to facilitate mobility and recognition of competences across the EU, starting with this pilot project in the mentioned areas.

More info to come in our Website and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/eurspace/

   It is not clear yet if the great technological developments we are living mean a true industrial revolution. What is anyway sure is that the so called Industry 4.0. is brining many organizational and technical changes in companies and VET colleges need to be ready to transmit this to their students.

   Through the LAIT 4.0. project, cofinanced by the Erasmus+ Programme, with help of IK4 Tekniker, 7 teachers from HETEL´s schools, 4 from Dundee and Angus College (Scotland), 4 from APRO Formazione (Italy), 4 from SRC Kauno (Lithuania) and 2 from ROC Da Vinci (Netherlands) will update their technological knowledge to be able to assist SMEs and VET students in this adaptation process.

   Next Thursday and Friday, 24^th and 25^th of November, the project team is meeting in Maristak (Durango) and Zabalburu (Bilbao) to start working.

Good meeting!

This week, from the 22nd to the 26th of May, we are receiving a group of 14 eachers from Italy, Romania and Turkey within the framework of the IMPROSK Erasmus+ project.

As a partner in this project, HETEL will share with them our experience and good practices in the implementation of work based learning (WBL) in our schools.

Along these 5 days, the 14 teachers will be in our associated VET schools Maristak Durango, Goierri Eskola and Zabalburu Ikastetxea learning about how we use different methodologies (Problem Based Learning, cooperative learning) and how we work with companies to promote WBL and to keep on improving its quality.

At the same time, we have sent to Stuttgart (Germany) 5 teachers from our schools Maristak Durango, Zulaibar, Mondragon and UGLE. During 5 days they will learn how VET schools work with companies in Germany and what kind of training is received by the mentors of these students in companies.

    Our work to improve the quality, impact and expectations for those who choose Vocational Trainining as their career path lead us often to others part of the world. This week, our destination is Germany, where we are meeting with our colleagues of EMPLOVET, an Erasmus+ project to develop materials to help VET graduates in their job hunting process.

    During the last months, the project partners have been working in different modules. In the case of HETEL we have been busy with the development of a module on rights and obligations at work from a European perspective, giving also a high importance on professional attitudes at work. These days in Germany, in the premises of our partner  KulturLife in Kiel, we will put our progress in common to assess our results and to start working in the translation of contents to partner´s languages (Spanish, Romanian, Macedonian, Turkish and German).

Next year the contents will be available on-line in our project Website, www.emplovet.eu. Don´t miss them!