UNIversities for Future WORk Skills 2020 Erasmus Project

Project Title

UNIversities for Future WORk Skills 2020

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Open and distance learning; Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

UNIversities for Future wORk Skills 2020 – UNIFORS 2020 brings together a strong partnership (5 universities from Poland, Romania, Belgium, Spain and Portugal and two SMEs – one from Spain and one from Greece), which aimed to increase the chances of students to enter the labour market faster and better by improving their soft skills. The project explored the perspectives of employers, students and teaching staff in relation to specific soft skills gaps and collected best practices in this field at EU level. The partners developed a blended soft skills training programme including an innovative online course (36 hours). 80 students from 5 universities attended the soft skills course and half of them participated in a 5-day international intensive study program. More than 150 students from the partner universities received updated information on the needs of the labour market and became aware of the importance of soft skills for their future employment.
The project increased the university’s capacity to deliver soft skills courses by training teaching staff and experts (16 people) and strengthened cooperation between universities and the business sector/employers. Over 150 companies were involved in all stages of the project, from needs analysis to course development, implementation and evaluation.
2,500 members of the public, 500 students, 500 teachers, 25 other universities, 250 companies and 10 authorities from 5 EU countries have been informed about the project results.
All partner universities have integrated the developed soft skills training into their curricula for optional/extra-curricular courses, with 300 students expected to be trained within 3 years after the end of the project.

Project Website

http://www.uwm.edu.pl/unifors2020/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 250663 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIWERSYTET WARMINSKO MAZURSKI W OLSZTYNIE & Country: PL

Project Partners

• METODO ESTUDIOS CONSULTORES SL
• UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO
• UNIVERSITATEA ROMANO AMERICANA ASOCIATIE
• INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DO PORTO
• INFALIA PRIVATE COMPANY
• Haute école de la province de Liège