The second newsletter for the #RestartVET Project is now released! RESTART VET aims to find out the e-readiness of #VET #teachers for transition to #online #learning along with their views on this mode of learning transaction. The ultimate goal of RESTART VET is to encourage a ‘digitalized centered’ approach, also considering a human-based #needs model of #vocational education area, as it is considered...
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The Square Dot team is an organisation located in Leuven, Belgium committed to tackle societal challenges through tailor-made policy advice.
We aim to develop research and provide policy advice with the view to enrich public policy with tailor-made, innovative and socially responsible solutions in the following areas:

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Our VET project #RestartVET goes public in #Italy at the #newspapers in Basilicata, Italy. Our project about #VET #skills of #trainers after #COVID can be found here: Visit: http://www.restartvet.eu/ Bravo! to Nicola Vita Claudia Caggiano for the great dissemination and thank you for the great meeting in #maratea last week! Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ewCTs9w3
This week, the CQ+ (De-escalating #polarization in #Europe) consortium met at Grupo Academia Postal office in Madrid to launch the #project! The consortium touched upon: 👉 The project’s #results 👉 #Impact+ workshop 👉 #Dissemination 👉 Project #management and administration CQ+ project consortium proposes to create a compendium of #challenged-based #learning #resources which will provide a suitable and #effective #framework for developing the key #softskills needed to enhance...
Beautiful sea views, insightful discussions and interacting with our lovely partners are just a few of the things that made the #RestartVET #transnational meeting in Maratea so unique! The #consortium met in person to discuss the #progress of the #project. ✔️ Overview of #piloting #activities ✔️ Presentation of the #restartvet...
This week, the #VAE consortium met at the Exeo Lab Srl office in Potenza, Italy to discuss the progress of the project. Our action points included: 👉 Content and organization of #VAE #webinars 👉 Our ongoing #regulatory analysis on #VAE procedures in Europe 👉 Development of the #VAE #digital #platform, a one-stop-shop for all #project #activities VAE will provide participants a “new chance” to identify...
Excited to announce another project launch 🚀 This week, we kicked off our newest project, #CIRCULO, which aims at supporting VET providers in offering high-quality online education in the field of #sustainability, #circular #economy and #green #skills. The project will achieve the following outputs: ✅ Train-the-Trainer Programme for VET professionals ✅ Training Map for building an understanding...
📢It was an absolute pleasure to host today the 3rd #stakeholder #consultation #meeting of the #SCALE project! 👉We discussed: ✅ What the SCALE project is about ✅ The #ACL #methodology: #skills, #stages, examples, #impact ✅ The ACL #Best #Practices #Guide ✅ We navigated through the e-learning #platform and commented on its functionality and registration process 👉The key focus of this project is to address current local...
📢It was an absolute pleasure to host today the webinar of the Guiding Schools project with eleven great professionals! 👉We discussed: ✅ The Quality Framework Handbook and its 6 key areas (available on the project’s website) ✅ The career guidance areas that are more interesting to them ✅ The multiple definitions of...
According to #Eurostat, 48% of upper secondary pupils in the EU were enrolled in a vocational education program in 2017. How do we make #VET learning better with increasing digitalization? How can we #address student needs by effectively #training VET personnel? The #erasmusplus project NEWHERA aims to answer these questions. The Square Dot Team BV will be leading the #online #learning #platform which will...
On Friday 13th May 2022, The Square Dot Team BV presented at the #verbindingsfestival (the Connection Festival) of the #FlemishGovernment Vlaamse overheid and #departement #diversiteit about the #challenges and #opportunities ahead for labor market integration in Europe. We have focused on our projects #INFORMER and #REBUILD that focus on the #integration of #migrant, low-skilled adults into the labor market by providing #skillstraining and #careerguidance. We look forward to more such collaborations with...