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A Focus Group in the framework of LikeHome project took place on September 14th at the premises of the University of Alicante. The main objective of the meeting was to test the recently developed tool meant to help newly arrived migrants and refugees to find an education opportunity in their new host countries. The group was compounded of the participants originating from Ukraine, Colombia and Russia, as well as professors of the University of Alicante.

The MOOC created within the framework of the Erasmus + programme - ALDIA Project http://(http://aldia-project.eu/) has been selected in the grant call for innovation projects to promote the blended and online teaching of the Vice-Rector for Quality and Educational Innovation of the University of Alicante (PENSEM-ONLINE PROGRAM).

MOOC Aldia, along with 20 other MOOCs, is part of the MOOC set http://(https://web.ua.es/es/ice/moocs-noocs/mooc.html)approved in this program in order to offer online courses coming from the university perspective on current and diverse scientific issues. In the case of MOOC Aldia, it is intended to guide the teacher/trainer on how to support accessibility and bolster the academic success of students with sensory disabilities in the university and non-formal educational settings (especially in vocational training).

Members of the FotoH2 consortium met at the facilities of partner Broadbit Energy Technologies in Finland last June, for their first face-to-face coordination meeting after the project’s kick-off meeting last February. This meeting highlighted the excellent progress the project has made in its first six months, particularly with regards to computational modeling and lab experiments, putting it firmly on track to meet its goals and with a clear roadmap to proceed for the next months.

FotoH2 is a Horizon2020 research project, financed by the European Commission and coordinated by the University of Alicante which focuses on the design and development of a photoelectrochemical device capable of producing the direct conversion of solar energy into chemical energy contained in the bonds of hydrogen molecules. More information is available at http://fotoh2.eu/.

Over 30 participants actively engaged in the first V2WORK training module for university Career Centre staff which took place from July 2nd to 4th, 2018, at Nha Trang University in Vietnam. 

The module was centred on how and why Career Centres should engage with their internal and external stakeholders, and who these could be. The specific objectives included:
•    To understand the importance of engaging with stakeholders and the tools to help do so.
•    To identify how a Career Centre can build and develop networks and relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including students, graduates, academics, higher management, employers, employment agencies and associations, business angels, policy makers etc.
•    To examine the possibilities of cooperation at national and international levels