CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ...... 2
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME ...... 2 1.2 ACTIVITIES FUNDED THROUGH THE LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME ...... 2
2 MOBILITY ...... 3
2.1 PURPOSE OF THE LEONARDO MOBILITY ACTION ...... 3 2.2 MOBILITY TARGET GROUPS ...... 3 2.3 GENERAL STATISTICS ON LEONARDO MOBILITY FUNDING IN 2008 ...... 4 2.4 UK NATIONAL PRIORITIES FOR 2008 ...... 5 3 AT-A-GLANCE GUIDE TO PROJECTS ...... 6 3.1 IVT – PEOPLE IN INITIAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING ...... 6 3.2 PLM – PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR MARKET ...... 10 3.3. VETPRO – VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING PROFESSIONALS ...... 12
4 PROJECT PROFILES ...... 14
4.1 PROJECT PROFILES - PEOPLE IN INITIAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING ...... 15
4.2 PROJECT PROFILES – PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR MARKET ...... 38 4.3 PROJECT PROFILES – VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROFESSIONALS ...... 47
1 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME
2007-2013 Education and Training Programmes: The New Generation The Leonardo da Vinci programme is part of the European Commission’s new Lifelong Learning Programme and is designed to build a skilled workforce through European partnerships. Leonardo funds overseas work placements and the development of training materials with the objective of improving the provision of Vocational Education and Training (VET) across Europe.
The overall objective of the new programme is to contribute, through lifelong learning, to the Lisbon goal for the EU; to become an advanced knowledge based society with sustainable economic development, more and better jobs and greater social cohesion. It aims to support these goals through promoting the exchange of best practice, co-operation and mobility between education and training systems within the EU, while respecting national diversity.
Leonardo focuses on raising the quality and relevance of VET and this is an exciting opportunity for organisations involved in VET to build European partnerships, exchange best practice, increase the expertise of their staff and develop the skills of learners.
1.2 ACTIVITIES FUNDED THROUGH THE LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME
In 2008 the Leonardo da Vinci programme funded the following types of activity (managed by the Leonardo UK National Agency or the Executive Agency):
Preparatory Visits to help organisations interested in participating in the Leonardo Programme to find new partners or discuss and develop an outline of a planned project. Mobility projects, including work placements for learners, trainees and staff. Small Scale Co-operation Projects (including Partnerships) that allow UK organisations to work with European counterparts on issues of mutual interest, to share good practice, experience and to discuss common problems. Large Scale Co-operation Projects (including Transfer of Innovation) for the development of innovative practice and the transfer of results to new settings (e.g. target groups, sectors, countries) through working with transnational partners.
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2 MOBILITY
2.1 PURPOSE OF THE LEONARDO MOBILITY ACTION
The main purpose of this action is to improve the vocational skills of the UK workforce. Organisations can apply for Leonardo Mobility funding for two main activities: a European work placement for learners or a short study visit for staff involved in Vocational Education and Training.
In 2008 the UK National Agency has awarded funding to 127 successful projects under the Leonardo Mobility measure.
2.2 MOBILITY TARGET GROUPS
The three main target groups eligible to participate in a Mobility project are as follows:
People in initial vocational training (IVT) Those enrolled on a full-time or part-time course of initial vocational training (usually, up to N/SVQ level 3), including Apprentices. You can send IVT trainees to another European country for a work placement to enable them to gain real experience and skills in employment.
People in the Labour Market (PLM) Those in employment, those undertaking work-based training, those who have graduated from college or university, or those who are not in work. You can send people in the labour market to another European country for a work placement to enable them to gain real experience and skills in employment.
Vocational Education and Training Professionals (VETPRO) Those who are employed, in a business or training environment, to design or deliver training, professional development or careers guidance. Professionals can take part in short placements to learn from European colleagues. A placement will contribute to their personal development, and they will be able to learn new skills and ways of working to bring back to their job in the UK.
3 2.3 GENERAL STATISTICS ON LEONARDO MOBILITY FUNDING IN 2008
Number of participants per target group in each UK country;
Number of 2008 Leonardo Mobility Projects per UK Country & Target Group
50 IVT
PLM 40 VETPRO
30
20
10
0 Northern England Scotland Wales Ireland
IVT 46 6 7 5 PLM 23 0 0 1 VETPRO 27 5 5 2
Type of promoting organisations supported by Leonardo Mobility;
Breakdown per Type of Promoting Organisation
VET Providers Associations
Centre for vocational guidance and counselling Body providing guidance and information on Lifelong Learning University / Higher Education Institution Vocational training centre or organisation Professional Associations
Enterprise SME (<500 employees) Non-profit organisation / association Public Authority (national)
Public Authority (regional or local)
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2.4 UK NATIONAL PRIORITIES FOR 2008
Please note that different National priorities are set in each country eligible to participate in the Lifelong Learning Programme. These may also differ depending on the specific action under the LLP. In the UK the National priorities for the Leonardo Mobility action in 2008 are as follows:
Applications from organisations working with disadvantaged groups; Applications from organisations that have not previously applied for Leonardo mobility projects; Applications from organisations in under-represented countries and geographical regions will be encouraged, namely Wales, the East Midlands and the East of England. Applications from both small enterprises (up to 50 employees), whose primary function is not the delivery of education and training, and applicant organisations facilitating the participation of those not in employment, education and training (NEETs).
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3 AT-A-GLANCE GUIDE TO PROJECTS
3.1 IVT – PEOPLE IN INITIAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Organisation Title of the Project Project number Page
Photography and Video Students Aberdeen College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163051 15 Emplacement
Creating Opportunities for Mobility in Angus College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163066 15 Catering
Exploring Finnish Land-Based Engineering Askham Bryan College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163112 15 in a Changing Climate
The Integration of Environmental Askham Bryan College Management and Agricultural Production in UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163113 16 Sweden Widening Horticultural/Forestry/Animal Askham Bryan College Management Experience through European UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163109 16 Learning and Study 16 Widening Horticultural Experience through Askham Bryan College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163107 European Learning and Study
Birmingham College of Food, Placements in Europe UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163031 17 Tourism and Creative Studies
Blackpool and the Fylde College Blackpool V Como 6 UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163033 17
Bournville College Work Experience 2009-2010 UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163119 17
Development of Forest Schools skills for the Bridgend College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163063 18 Child Care Sector
Marine Biodiversity Survey Placement in the Cardiff University UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163064 18 Eastern Aegean
Care Co-operatives Limited French English Social Enterprise UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163055 18
Chelmsford College Preparing for a career in Travel & Tourism UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163041 19
City College Plymouth Learning Difficulties in VET UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163010 19
Colegsirgar Sport, Coaching and Culture UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163062 19
Corporation of Ashton Sixth Further Business Opportunities 2010 UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163035 20 Form College
Craven College Abruzzo Tourism Project UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163054 20
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Promotion of Education Through Rugby for Cumbernauld College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163127 20 Youth
Cumbernauld College GOALIES UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163126 21
Vocational Opportunities in Lifelong Cumbernauld College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163125 21 Learning European Sports
Deeside College Apprentice Mobility UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163036 21
Dundee College Euroskills Extra UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163014 22
FILTON COLLEGE Internships in Tenerife UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163139 22
Gorea LTD Developing Innovation Skills UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163071 22
Grampus Heritage and Training Training In Contemporary Applications of UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163120 23 Ltd Traditional European Crafts
Grampus Heritage and Training Developing Environmental Skills In Rural UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163114 23 Ltd Europe
Grampus Heritage and Training European Archaeology Skills Exchange UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163117 23 Ltd
Hartlepool College of Further Plumbing Exchange France 2008 UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163132 24 Education
Highsted School stagiaires a bruxelles UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163004 24
Lancaster and Morecambe Summer Camp Animateurs UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163038 24 College
Lancaster and Morecambe Zoo Work UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163023 25 College
Enhancing the Apprenticeship in Sporting League Football Education Excellence experience plus Exit & UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163136 25 Progression opportunities
Global Excellence Training for Vocational Leeds Thomas Danby UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163020 25 Education & Training
Development and sharing of 'best practice' Lincoln College in vocational placements with 3 partner UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163069 26 institutions
Morthyng Ltd Wider Employability Skills Training UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163032 26
Newham College of Further A EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE - 2 UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163095 26 Education
North Devon College Restaurant Industry Cultural Exchanges II UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163049 27
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North Highland College Land-based Sector Exchanges UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163106 27
North Warwickshire and NWHC Euro Placements UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163122 27 Hinckley College
Northumberland College WORK IN EUROPE 2008 UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163129 28
NWIFHE Finnish Irish New Travels In Performance UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163034 28
Life Long Learning in the Travel & Tourism Park Lane College Leeds UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163015 28 Sector: In the Beginning (IVT)
Leisure & Outdoor Recreation - Into the Park Lane College Leeds UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163026 29 21st Century
Park Lane College Leeds MIXED MEDIA IN SOUTHERN SPAIN UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163013 29
Ripley St Thomas CE High SKILL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163022 29 School INTERNATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Siawns Teg Limited Culture on the Menu UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163042 30
Transnational Engineering Awareness South West Durham Training Ltd UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163012 30 Programme
Exposure to European Health and Social Southern Regional College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163009 30 Care Practices 2008
Ecological Architecture: A European Southern Regional College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163008 31 Perspective
Social Opportunities for Coaching Southern Regional College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163133 31 Competencies in European Regions
European Volleyball Enterprise though Southern Regional College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163146 31 Nurturing and Training
Childcare and Health and Social Care Southern Regional College UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163147 32 Initiative in Lifelong Learning
Stephenson College Student Exchange Construction UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163074 32
Stephenson College Student Exchange Motor Vehicle UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163078 32
Stevenson College Edinburgh SCE European Training Opportunities UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163091 33
Stevenson College Edinburgh SCE European Work Experience UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163090 33
Work placements for trainee footballers The Scottish Football within European Centres of Excellence : A UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163079 33 Association National Strategy
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The Vocational Language The PIE Project (Placements in Europe) UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163083 34 Company
Additionality for Apprentices in the European UK PETRA Consortium UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163018 34 Community
University of Cumbria Primary Student International Experience II UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163029 34
Vocational practical experience placements University of Worcester for UK nursing and paramedic students in UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163094 35 Malta.
West Suffolk College WSC IVT mobility 2008-2010 UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163118 35
Wirral Metropolitan College European Work Placements 2009 UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163046 35
International Work Experience for year 10 Yewlands School UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163102 36 NVQ Business German Students
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3.2 PLM – PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR MARKET
Organisation Title of the Project Project number Page
Ambios Ltd Ecological Training- A European Perspective UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163145 38
Athena Spirit Limited Graduates GET Placements 2008 UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163053 38
Bhagavat Educational Trust Living and Learning Abroad UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163086 38
BTCV Hosting Environmental Learning Placements UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163115 39
Italian Opera Performances for Cardiff Cardiff University UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163072 39 Young Singers
Sustainable Development in Hospitality & City College Plymouth UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163011 39 Catering
European Training Services Trans European lifelong learning 2008 2009 UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163017 40
Everything's Possible Everything's Possible Learning to Learn UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163128 40
Grampus Heritage and Training Graduate European Archaeology Skills UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163108 40 Ltd Exchange
Sharing Skills in Europe / Association of Historic Royal Palaces UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163104 41 European Royal Residences
European workplacements for disengaged League Football Education UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163135 41 footballers
Life Long Learning in the Travel and Tourism Park Lane College Leeds UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163024 41 Sector: Into the World of Work (PLM)
Graduate Leadership Training – EU Phoenix Business Solutions UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163085 42 Programme
placementmaker limited World of Skills UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163154 42
South Lakes Wild Animal Park Exchange of experience between zoos UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163073 42 Ltd
Placements in Enterprises for Reinforcing StudentForce for Sustainability UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163131 43 Sustainable Development
Tameside MBC Expanding Modern Apprenticeships UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163057 43
Applying Knowledge through Experience in Tellus Group Ltd UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163150 43 Protecting the Environment
“Work Experience as a Route to Employment Tellus Group Ltd UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163149 44 and/or Further Training
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Network for the exchange of conservation The Kingcombe Trust volunteers between the UK and countries of UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163040 44 the EU
The United Euro Bridge (TUEB) Evergreen UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163052 44
Twin Training International EUtopia 2009 UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163037 45 Limited
European Placement for Enhanced Learning University of Coventry - Careers Employability and Mobility for Young UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163021 45 Services Workers III
Visit Chester & Cheshire Chester Goes to Europe UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163016 45
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3.3. VETPRO – VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING PROFESSIONALS
Organisation Title of the Project Project number Page
UK/08/LLP- Arch Nature Exchange 6 47 LdV/VETPRO/163047
Innovation in Cultural Heritage UK/08/LLP- Arch 47 Interpretation LdV/VETPRO/163110
Retention in Secondary Education: a UK/08/LLP- Blackburn College 47 European Network LdV/VETPRO/163137 Skills for life themes in Teaching and UK/08/LLP- Burton College learning in Vocational Education and 48 LdV/VETPRO/163030 Training UK/08/LLP- Careers Europe Guidance Exchange 2008 - 2009 48 LdV/VETPRO/163144
UK/08/LLP- Cumbernauld College COACHES 48 LdV/VETPRO/163124
UK/08/LLP- Deeside College Supporting Health Skills 49 LdV/VETPRO/163056 Dudley and West Midland UK/08/LLP- Zoological Society (Dudley Animal Connections 49 LdV/VETPRO/163096 Zoological Gardens) New methodologies in Vocational UK/08/LLP- ECTARC Training and Guidance for Migrant 49 LdV/VETPRO/163155 Communities UK/08/LLP- Eucontact Ltd UK VETPRO GO EUROPE 50 LdV/VETPRO/163153
Grampus Heritage and UK/08/LLP- Cultural Heritage and Training 50 Training Ltd LdV/VETPRO/163101
Institute of Revenues, Training of Trainers in Customer UK/08/LLP- 50 Rating and Valuation Services in the Public Sector (TICS) LdV/VETPRO/163087
Improvements in Football Coaching Via UK/08/LLP- Irish Football Association Ltd 51 EU Co-operation LdV/VETPRO/163151
UK/08/LLP- Manchester Academy Study Visits 51 LdV/VETPRO/163039
Merseyside Police European Policing UK/08/LLP- Merseyside Police 51 Exchange 2008 LdV/VETPRO/163111
UK/08/LLP- meynell walter services ltd iP-D!P Study Tours 52 LdV/VETPRO/163140
UK/08/LLP- North Devon College Sports Wellness in the Netherlands 52 LdV/VETPRO/163048
Knowledge Transfer Through Trainer UK/08/LLP- North Devon College 52 Mobility LdV/VETPRO/163050
Vehicle bodywork repair and finishing - UK/08/LLP- North Glasgow College 53 sharing good practice LdV/VETPRO/163044
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UK/08/LLP- Northumberland College VETPRO EUROPE 2008 53 LdV/VETPRO/163130
Life Long Learning & Continuous UK/08/LLP- Park Lane College Leeds Professional Development Across the 53 LdV/VETPRO/163068 Wider Europe
Learning through Enterprise UK/08/LLP- Robert Owen Society 54 Experience in Europe (LEEiE) LdV/VETPRO/163092
Approaches to Writer Development: UK/08/LLP- Script 54 The European Model LdV/VETPRO/163143
SHROPSHIRE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE Shropshire Fire and Rescue UK/08/LLP- VET STAFF EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 54 Service LdV/VETPRO/163070 2008/09
South Shropshire District Ludlow/Slovenia Conservation Training UK/08/LLP- 55 Council and Management Project LdV/VETPRO/163103
South Yorkshire Fire & UK/08/LLP- European Staff Exchange Project 2008 55 Rescue LdV/VETPRO/163148
Developing the Skills and UK/08/LLP- Southern Regional College Competences of Forensic Science 55 LdV/VETPRO/163006 Lecturers
UK/08/LLP- Southern Regional College Management and Leadership Platforms 56 LdV/VETPRO/163005
UK/08/LLP- Southern Regional College Best Practice in E-Learning 56 LdV/VETPRO/163003
Timber production & construction in UK/08/LLP- Southern Regional College 56 Finland LdV/VETPRO/163007
Specialist Schools and UK/08/LLP- Global Vocational Initiative 57 Academies Trust LdV/VETPRO/163116
UK/08/LLP- Stephenson College Trainer Exchange Construction 57 LdV/VETPRO/163080
UK/08/LLP- Stephenson College Trainer Exchange Motor Vehicle 57 LdV/VETPRO/163081
Stevenson College UK/08/LLP- SCE Lecturer Mobility 58 Edinburgh LdV/VETPRO/163089
The Scottish Football European Transnational Football UK/08/LLP- 58 Association Coaching Exchange LdV/VETPRO/163077
European Conflict Resolution and University of UK/08/LLP- Peace Implementation: Skills, Practice 58 Wolverhampton LdV/VETPRO/163045 and Understanding Warwickshire Adult Services Mobility Warwickshire County UK/08/LLP- Project: Learning from social care 59 Council LdV/VETPRO/163121 provision in Germany
WSC VET PRO 'Get up and Go to UK/08/LLP- West Suffolk College 59 Europe!' 2008-10 LdV/VETPRO/163141
Anglo-Spanish Hospitality, Tourism & UK/08/LLP- York College Travel VET, Mediterranean Culture & 59 LdV/VETPRO/163002 the New European Worker
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1. Aberdeen College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Photography and Video Students Grant Approved: € 28,679 Emplacement Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163051 UK Country: Scotland
Project Summary: Aberdeen College will send 11 Higher National Diploma students studying Video Production and Photography on a 2 week placement to Germany, where they will participate in the CYNETart Multimedia Festival. Participants will showcase their coursework, stage free workshops for the general public, take part in the Multimedia competition and create a video and photographic documentary of CYNETart Festival 2008. The project will aim to improve employability skills, use of technical foreign language skills, increase mobility and co-operation, facilitate innovative practice and lead to long term collaboration.
Destination Country(s): Germany
Angus College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Creating Opportunities for Mobility in Catering Grant Approved: € 50,488 UK Country: Scotland Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163066
Project Summary: Angus College will build on the experience from a previous Leonardo Mobility project. 20 students will be sent to the Czech Republic and Spain for a 2 week placement to work in the Czech Hronov Vocational Secondary School of Hospitality and travel Ltd and Spanish Consorcio Hacienda La Laguna, who are both engaged in culinary and catering activities. The placements will address the skills gaps in the catering sector and feed on customer care, communication and team working skills. Placements will provide opportunities for learning of a foreign catering culture and a taste for independent living.
Destination Country(s): Czech Republic, Spain
Askham Bryan College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Exploring Finnish Land-Based Engineering in a Grant Approved: € 54,858 Changing Climate Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163112 UK Country: England
Project Summary: Askham Bryan College will send second year National Diploma students studying Land Based Technology to undertake a two week exchange to Luovi Vocational Institute, in Finland in Feb/March 2009. The aims of the project will be to create opportunities for students to access a further education learning centre, improve confidence, self-esteem, awareness of being part of the European workforce and also build upon the participants transferable skills and increase their chances of employment in addition to improving their access to wider learning opportunities, jobs and career progression.
Destination Country(s): Finland
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Askham Bryan College Target Group - IVT Project Title: The Integration of Environmental Management Grant Approved: € 31,960 and Agricultural Production in Sweden Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163113 UK Country: England
Project Summary: The application is targetting Further Education students studying towards First Diploma qualifications in Agriculture and the Countryside to undertake a 3 week exchange to Sweden in May 2009. The aim of the project will be to improve the participants confidence, self esteem, awareness of being part of the European workforce and also build upon their transferable skills and increase their employability through improving their access to wider learning opportunities, jobs and career progression. The project will meet the needs identified within the land based sector of improving the level of skills of young people through training and working within the sector in a cold weather climate.
Destination Country(s): Sweden
Askham Bryan College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Widening Horticultural/Forestry/Animal Grant Approved: € 31,960 Management Experience through European Learning and Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163109 Study UK Country: England
Project Summary: This application will aim to provide an opportunity for Animal Management, Horticulture and Arboriculture & Forestry students to undertake a three week visit to Sweden. The aim of the project for the participants will be to improve their confidence, self esteem, awareness of being part of the European workforce but also it will build upon their transferable skills and increase their employability in addition to improving their access to wider learning opportunities, jobs and career progression.
Destination Country(s): Sweden
Askham Bryan College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Widening Horticultural Experience through Grant Approved: € 26,671 European Learning and Study Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163107 UK Country: England
Project Summary: The application aims to provide an opportunity for Further Education students in Horticulture Courses who have an interest in Landscape Construction to undertake a two week exchange visit in France. The participants will widen their horticultural experience, be involved in practical construction work, and get experience from working abroad. Activities will involve working with students in their area of study, both in theory and practical activities when the students will be able to participate in practical construction work and gain first-hand knowledge of skills and techniques used in France. Comparison of climate, soils, materials used and construction techniques will be a major aspect of the report they will be asked to produce. Living together on campus will allow them to develop an understanding of each other’s cultures and languages.
Destination Country(s): France
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Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Target Group - IVT Creative Studies Grant Approved: € 137,533.11 Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163031 Project Title: Placements in Europe UK Country: England
Project Summary: Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies plan to send students on a three week placement to either France, Portugal, Spain or Cyprus. Participants are full-time Level 3 students studying the National Diploma in Hospitality Supervision, Sports, Travel and Tourism and Early Years Care, Catering and Bakery NVQs and NVQs in Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy. Students will be involved in a variety of duties whilst on placement including restaurant service, general client care and guest entertainment and at the end of the placement, which will lead onto a Certificate of Achievement to add to their UK Level 3 qualification.
Destination Country(s): Cyprus, Spain, France, Portugal
Blackpool and the Fylde College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Blackpool V Como 6 Grant Approved: € 33,622 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163033
Project Summary: Blackpool and the Fylde College are planning to send students undertaking NVQs in Hairdressing or Beauty Therapy on a two week placement to an Italian College in Lake Como. Blackpool and The Fylde College and the Italian college, Cias Formazione Professionnale, have a reciprocal relationship and have both been involved in projects funded by Leonardo over the last 8 years. The aims of the project will be to provide students with practical experience of salons in Lake Como, gain experience of linguistic and cultural differences and increase employability skills.
Destination Country(s): Italy
BournvilleCollege Target Group - IVT Project Title: Work Experience 2009-2010 Grant Approved: € 33,986 Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163119 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will involve a 2 week work experience in France and the Netherlands for Level 1 and 2 students in Construction, Floristry, and Horticulture. The College will aim to build up experience and interest amongst students and teachers in undertaking work practice abroad, to enhance programmes of training and broaden appreciation of wider European professional and social cultures. Of the two new areas identified in this project, Floristry and Horticulture are training areas which fit in well within the capacity of Bourneville's long standing partners in the Netherlands and is suitable in terms of distance and finance. This placement is primarily aimed at addressing the new training needs identified in conjunction with the new automotive employment prospects in the west of Bourneville and the associated skills training needs of the local population arising from the change in the economy and employment base.
Destination Country(s): France, Netherlands
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Bridgend College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Development of Forest Schools skills for the Grant Approved: € 50,840 Child Care Sector Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163063 UK Country: Wales
Project Summary: Bridgend College plan to send 20 participants, who are studying towards the Level 3 childcare qualification, on a 2-week work placement in a variety of kindergartens in Stuttgart, Germany. This project will offer a unique opportunity to students from a deprived region to develop their skills, broaden their horizons and to see what potential exists in employment opportunities in and out of the region. The project will aim to reinforce confidence in the students that they are capable of achieving qualifications and skills that will gain them sustainable employment. The college would also like to investigate whether this practice could be integrated more widely into the Welsh model of children’s care, learning and development.
Destination Country(s): Germany
Cardiff University Target Group - IVT Project Title: Marine Biodiversity Survey Placement in the Grant Approved: € 54,220 Eastern Aegean Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163064 UK Country: Wales
Project Summary: Cardiff University plan to send 2nd year Marine Geography students to undertake a work placement at Archipelagos, Institute of Marine & Environmental Research of the Aegean Sea. As part of the work placement, participants will carry out research into coastal marine biodiversity, with respect to conservation issues such as coastal fisheries, marine mammal conservation, biodiversity action plans and primarily the recording of data to establish the Faros coastal region of Ikaria as a Natura 2000 site. Participants will gain hands on training and experience to obtain data on marine biodiversity for inclusion in coastal management with the study area a candidate Natura 2000 site. The data will also be utilised for increasing public awareness of the conservation value of the region on Ikaria and the surrounding area.
Destination Country(s): Greece
Care Co-operatives Limited Target Group - IVT Project Title: French English Social Enterprise Grant Approved: € 62,301.53 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163055
Project Summary: Care Co-Operatives Limited will be sending 19 participants on a two-week placement to Association for the development of inclusion, training and employment in France. The target group will be adults with special needs who are undertaking Initial Vocational Training and the subject areas are catering, construction, conservation, horticulture and hospitality. The work programme will include visits to local farms and food producers to give trainees an appreciation for sustainability issues involved in the food chain. Construction trainees will have the opportunity to visit buildings and current building projects. On completion of their training placements in France, participants will gain a recognised and accredited Vocationally Related Qualification .
Destination Country(s): France
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Chelmsford College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Preparing for a career in Travel & Tourism Grant Approved: € 43,268 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163041
Project Summary: This project from Chelmsford College is aimed at 15 2nd year students studying Level 3 BTEC qualifications in Travel and Tourism. The students will actively be seeking employment in the Travel & Tourism industry post qualification and therefore, the project will aim to improve, develop and gain skills that will enable students to achieve successful employment opportunities. The students will be able to achieve an operational understanding of their prior study and class based learning. In particular, the student’s Spanish linguistic skills will be enhanced in the work place environment. The placement in Port Aventura, Salou, Spain will provide realistic opportunities for the students to build on their confidence when dealing with tourist’s real demands. The participants will gain experience in reception duties, such as checking guests in and out, booking restaurants and organising children's entertainment.
Destination Country(s): Spain
City College Plymouth Target Group - IVT Project Title: Learning Difficulties in VET Grant Approved: € 26,110 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163010
Project Summary: City College plymouth plan to send 8 young participants with learning difficulties, low self esteem, aspergers and dyslexia to Sweden on a two week work placement. These participants will be 2nd year students at Level 1 who will have completed their first year of basic training at the College and they will be working at a specialist city centre training hotel alongside Swedish students with similar learning difficulties. The aims of this project will be to motivate these young people to learn new skills for integration in the world of paid work and increase confidence in their own abilities.
Destination Country(s): Sweden
Target Group - IVT Colegsirgar Grant Approved: € 41,041 Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163062 Project Title: Sport, Coaching and Culture UK Country: Wales
Project Summary: This project will be organised by Carmarthenshire College, which is one of the largest FE Colleges in Wales. The project will cater for 15 participants studying sports vocational courses at Level 2 to undertake a 2 week mobility period near Florence, Italy in September 2008. These participants will benefit from witnessing how sports provision is delivered in another European country and have the opportunity to both participate in and observe/analyse the methodologies of a number of different sports. The expected outcomes will be to enhance the students' standards and understanding of Sports education, coaching and training as well as to increase their employability by providing them with skills to use in their sports coaching careers.
Destination Country(s): Italy
19 2. Target Group - IVT Corporation of Ashton Sixth Form College Grant Approved: € 27,671 Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163035 Project Title: Further Business Opportunities 2010 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will enable 10 participants undertaking a range of vocational qualifications in Business Management and Economics to take part in a 2 week work placement in Montigny le Bretonneux, France. Tameside is the 56th most deprived Local Authority area in England (IMD, 2007) and is one of only a small number of areas to receive the Government's Working Neighbourhood Fund, to takle worklessness, as a result of this deprivation. The project will build on previous visits by students from Montigny. This project will formalise the professional link between the two towns and their training providers as both towns will provide the assessment on placement for the visiting students.
Destination Country(s): France
Craven College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Abruzzo Tourism Project Grant Approved: € 33,622 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163054
Project Summary: Craven College will send 12 young participants studying Level 3 BTEC Travel and Tourism qualifications to the Elsform Pantheon Park Training Centre in Chieti, Italy for a 2-week mobility period. Participants will take part in a structured programme of work experience, language learning and visits. This will support the development of skills needed to work throughout Europe. Elsform is an experienced partner in Leonardo, and has recently delivered a similar project for Leonardo in partnership with Craven College.
Destination Country(s): Italy
Cumbernauld College Target Group - IVT Project Title: GOALIES Grant Approved: € 255,558.16 UK Country: Scotland Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163126
Project Summary: Cumbernauld College will send 93 young participants and 45 accompanying coaches/mentors to be hosted by partner organisations in France, Italy and Malta on sports placements for 2 weeks. The participants will be young individuals, a proportion of whom are from disadvantaged local communities aged 16-19. In most cases, they will be school leavers and initial vocational trainees from college's who have demonstrated ability and potential in football but their lack of academic/nationally recognised qualifications makes them extremely vulnerable to unemployment. The project will be designed to improve the acquisition of vocational and life skills of the young participants as well as improve their confidence and self-esteem.
Destination Country(s): France, Italy, Malta
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Cumbernauld College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Vocational Opportunities in Lifelong Learning Grant Approved: € 117,833.43 European Sports Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163125 UK Country: Scotland
Project Summary: Cumbernauld College will send 43 participants from disadvantaged backgrounds on a 2-week work placement on sports coaching. It will hope to utilise sport and associated vocational areas to boost self-esteem, promote social integration, healthy lifestyles and reduce crime through an educational and inclusive sports programme. This will support participants through formal and non formal education to ensure a career opportunity beyond this exchange. This programme will provide transnational exposure to European pedagogical and vocational skills for a period of 2 weeks within a recognised Centre of Excellence or, alternatively, a successful European sports organisation.
Destination Country(s): Spain, France, Italy, Malta
Cumbernauld College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Promotion of Education Through Rugby for Grant Approved: € 268,955.12 Youth Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163127 UK Country: Scotland
Project Summary: The project will send 96 teenage participants who have links to community rugby organisations in Glasgow and the surrounding areas on a two week placement to specialised European centres in Spain, France, Italy and Ireland. This project will seek to offer trainees not only the best opportunity to meet their Sporting career aspirations by training in European facilities with no counterpart in the UK but also to provide an academic backup system for the less skilled trainees. As a direct outcome of this project, it is expected that participants will be motivated to re-engage in the process of learning, improve attainment, achievement and maximise positive transitions to FE.
Destination Country(s): Spain, France,Ireland, Italy
Deeside College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Apprentice Mobility Grant Approved: € 130,918.65 UK Country: Wales Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163036
Project Summary: Engineering apprentices from Deeside College will undertake placements of either 2 or 3 weeks in Germany or Spain. Participants will be placed in partner companies according to the type of apprenticeship in the UK, for example component manufacturing or motor vehicle. The purpose of the placements will be to enhance training by providing them with broader work experience, and opportunities to gain NVQ units that could not otherwise be obtained in their UK working environment.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Spain
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Dundee College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Euroskills Extra Grant Approved: € 108,271.735 UK Country: Scotland Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163014
Project Summary: Dundee College will send students on Sport, Business and Technology programmes on a 4-week placement in one of seven partner countries. It is planned that Business trainees will undertake a range of duties including developing questionnaires, carrying out market research and preparing accounts and invoices Computing students will work with IT companies to develop databases and network support. Biotechnology students will carry out lab tasks in Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry including a range of preparations, analysis and techniques. Sports students will work at sports clubs and leisure centres in Portugal and Austria and Engineering trainees will work in the Tele communication and electronics industry near Giessen in Germany. The specific aims of the project include developing business, sport, tourism and technology skills in different situations, developing soft skills and personal effectiveness and improving cultural awareness and linguistic skills.
Destination Country(s): Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Turkey
FILTON COLLEGE Target Group - IVT Project Title: Internships in Tenerife Grant Approved: € 47,112 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163139
Project Summary: Filton College will send 8 BTEC National Diploma students studying Travel & Tourism on a 10 week placement to Tenerife, Spain. The placements will be in 4 or 5* hotels with the focus on practising customer service skills. The expected outcomes will include linguistic acquisition, professional development certification, employer liaison and experience of living and working in a foreign country.
Destination Country(s): Spain
3. Gorea LTD Target Group - IVT Project Title: Developing Innovation Skils Grant Approved: € 54,429.38 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163071
Project Summary: This project will enable 44 participants to undertake a 3 week placement to Germany, Italy, Malta or Portugal. The participants will be students drawn from secondary schools across the UK and will undertake their placements in a European school. They will spend the majority of their time learning in areas related to their studies. These areas may include science, ICT, and interdisciplinary lessons. The promoter will work together with The European Association of Teachers in providing the necessary support and management.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Italy, Malta, Portugal
22 Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd Target Group - IVT Project Title: European Archaeology Skills Exchange Grant Approved: € 128,718.93 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163117
Project Summary: 36 participants will be recruited from UK universities and the 6 week EASE placement will be accredited as part of their archaeological course of study. The host countries in the EASE project will be Slovakia, Latvia, Germany, Finland and Sweden. As part of the placement, participants will develop core archaeology skills which will be the basis for their continued work and career development in the profession. The project will also encourage the understanding of different archaeological methods across Europe and promote the possibility of research and co-operation in the future.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Finland, Latvia, Sweden, Slovakia
Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd Target Group - IVT Project Title: Training In Contemporary Applications of Grant Approved: € 108,875.68 Traditional European Crafts Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163120 UK Country: England
Project Summary: The project will provide 5-week placements for 36 participants from vocational craft courses. Participants will be recruited from vocational level courses in these and other similar colleges including Edexcel Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design), Year 10 Contemporary Applied Arts and Design Crafts BTEC National Diploma. TICATEC placements will aim to develop core craft skills within the participants study area and will provide participants with a deeper understanding and appreciation of Europe’s shared craft heritage. They will gain confidence in the expression of new and innovative ideas and will begin to consider the place of their craft in the heritage of Europe and the modern European market place. The specific craft skills being taught will include weaving, lace-making, ceramics, woodworking, metalworking, embroidery and printed textiles.
Destination Country(s): Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Slovakia
Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd Target Group - IVT Project Title: Developing Environmental Skills In Rural Grant Approved: € 116,827.60 Europe Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163114 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will allow 36 Environmental students the opportunity of spending 5 weeks in an environmental work placement in either Cyprus, Germany, Ireland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The objectives of the Desire project will be to provide a period of relevant and accredited ‘real work’ environmental experience for participants and to stimulate awareness of the European co-operation and similar challenges that are being faced throughout Europe. Activities will include planting, coppicing, footpath design and construction, countryside furniture construction (bridges, steps benches etc), biodiversity assessments and species identification, basic surveying.
Destination Country(s): Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Slovakia
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Hartlepool College of Further Education Target Group - IVT Project Title: Plumbing Exchange France 2008 Grant Approved: € 42,537 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163132
Project Summary: The purpose of this project will be to send 15 plumbing apprentices to Lyon for a two-week placement. The apprentices will be aged 17-19 and currently undertaking level 2 and 3 courses. It is anticipated that the placement will give the trainees exposure to different techniques and practices, enhance skills and cultural experiences and provide curriculum enrichment activity.
Destination Country(s): France
Highsted School Target Group - IVT Project Title: stagiaires a bruxelles Grant Approved: € 37,430 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163004
Project Summary: The purpose of this project will be to send 11 sixth form students to work in a range of organisations in Brussels as part of a three-week placement. Students will be following a Level 3 Business Studies course and will achieve an Edexcel key skills certification through the placement. The aims of the project will be to integrate class theory with European business practice, to give participants the opportunity to practise communication skills, including French, in a European business environment and to formally validate and accredit these skills. It is hoped that the bilateral arrangements made with hosts will result in intercultural dialogue, thus enabling participants to gain valuable practical experience in a European context supporting theoretical study.
Destination Country(s): Belgium
Lancaster and Morecambe College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Summer Camp Animateurs Grant Approved: € 19,476 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163038
Project Summary: Lancaster and Morecambe College will send 8 full time students from the Faculty of Sport, Child Education, Care and Health on a 3 week supervised work placement as activity leaders, where they will coach and train children on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The host organisation will run a summer camp for Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Russian children where the development of sports, games and language skills is encouraged. The objectives of the project will be to allow the participants a unique work experience in a former Communist Bloc country, gain an insight into the leisure industry within other European countries and develope an appreciation of European co−operation and employment opportunities.
Destination Country(s): Belgium
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Lancaster and Morecambe College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Zoo Work Grant Approved: € 12,659 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163023
Project Summary: This project will include 4 students from Lancaster and Morecambe College, who are studying towards a BTEC National Diploma in Animal Management. They will undertake 4 weeks work experience in the Royal Antwerp zoo joining the Zoo’s internship programme and gaining experience in food preparation, maintenance, upkeep of animal quarters, cleaning and assisting the full time caretakers. Antwerp Zoo, with its 5000 animals, will present participants with invaluable experience in working within an organisation at the cutting edge of conservation and breeding of endangered species whilst at the same time providing them with excellent work experience which will be used to further their careers.
Destination Country(s): Belgium
League Football Education Target Group - IVT Project Title: Enhancing the Apprenticeship in Sporting Grant Approved: € 158,416.83 Excellence experience plus Exit & Progression opportunities Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163136 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This Project will focus on the training and development needs of 16 – 18 year old Apprentice footballers undertaking the Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (ASE) programme at professional football league clubs throughout England and Wales. It has been developed from an MBA level study, which looked at ways of improving the Exit and Progression support offered to Apprentice Footballers completing the ASE programme. This 2-week placement will improve the Apprentices' skills through exposure to different techniques and practices, increase opportunities for employment within the UK and across Europe and enable the transfer of know-how back to UK football clubs.
Destination Country(s): Iceland, Netherlands
Leeds Thomas Danby Target Group - IVT Project Title: Global Excellence Training for Vocational Grant Approved: € 108,205.24 Education & Training Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163020 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will encourage students from a variety of vocational subject areas at Leeds Thomas Danby to participate in a placement period abroad. Participants will be selected from Childcare, Social Care, Media, Hospitality, Food Manufacture and Hair & Beauty to spend three weeks working in a partner organisation within either Sweden, Finland or Italy. The project will aim to provide participants with a global work perspective, vocational and practical skills and soft skills such as team working, communication, leadership and self-initiative, which are required by modern employers to enable them to work competitively in the global market place.
Destination Country(s): Finland, Italy, Sweden
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Lincoln College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Development and sharing of 'best practice' in Grant Approved: € 62,628 vocational placements with 3 partner institutions Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163069 UK Country: England
Project Summary: The participants will be 24 second year Level 3 students from the vocational areas of Health and Social Care, Early Years and Sport. The placements will take place at Alfa College, Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology and Richard Von Weizsacker. The project objectives will be to establish a unified approach to placement practice in Health, Social Care & Early Years between the partners and to consider facilities in residential care homes and early years establishments in support of the clients independence or parental involvement in early years education. They will also hope to enhance the independent living skills of the participants resulting in the growth of personal confidence, competence and communication skills and enhance their vocational training.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Malta, Netherlands
MorthyngLtd Target Group - IVT Project Title: Wider Employability Skills Training Grant Approved: € 111,223.61 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163032
Project Summary: This project will be aimed at those young people who are disadvantaged by poor or lack of formal education from 11 to 16, and or who have economic and social barriers to entering mainstream education, learning and employment. The promoting organisation will send participants from such disadvantaged backgrounds on a three-week placement to France and Belgium. Trainees will be following a range of Entry to Employment, Key Skills and NVQ Levels 1 and 2 courses and all placements will be in construction / building maintenance, catering, hairdressing, retail and customer service and will contribute directly to achievement of qualifications and attainment of college-based mainstream learning with employment or a full apprenticeship.
Destination Country(s): Belgium, France
Newham College of Further Education Target Group - IVT Project Title: A EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE - 2 Grant Approved: € 116,474.93 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163095
Project Summary: Newham College of Further Education will send 45 students and modern apprentices studying Child Care, Business and Administration, Hair and Beauty or Travel, Tourism and Leisure on a 2-week work placement to Italy, Germany, Greece, Finland or France. The promoter has identified a lack of European awareness and understanding in the student body and emerging workforce. This project will seek to address these issues through this placement programme and provide participants with an experience of working in another EU country which has direct relevance to their own studies. It is envisaged that participants will be able to practise their professional skills and discover new techniques and experiences.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Italy
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North Devon College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Restaurant Industry Cultural Exchanges II Grant Approved: € 71,258 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163049
Project Summary: The participants in this project will be young adults working towards recognised National Vocational Qualifications in Hospitality and Catering, who require training and assessment in an industrial situation through a 4 week work programme. Within their courses, the participants study a wide range of culinary styles, which are enhanced by the prospects of real industrial experience in top class European restaurants. They will gain experience in all the main areas of the restaurant; larder, pastry, sauce and fish, which will help the students to learn how each section fits together. They should also be involved in service in order to see how the menu comes together at the hotplate. The knowledge that the students will gain will in turn be filtered back into local businesses, which will drive up the quality of delivery and develop the knowledge economy within the sector.
Destination Country(s): Czech Republic, Hungary, Sweden
North Highland College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Landbased Sector Exchanges Grant Approved: € 22,050 UK Country: Scotland Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163106
Project Summary: North Highland College will send 5 wildlife management students, who are studying at National Certificate level on the Scottish Qualifications Framework, to Sweden where they will study environment, habitat and Wildlife Management and in particular, the management of Wild Game populations such as Moose, Deer and Game Birds. The placement will allow the trainee to acquire and develop comprehensive skills in their chosen field of Wildlife Management, or Equestrian studies. Participants will also gain an insight into conservation, rural tourism and equine practices in another member state and develop skills that they could not acquire at home. This placement will assist them in completing the SQA Work Placement Unit.
Destination Country(s): Sweden
North Warwickshire and Hinckley College Target Group - IVT Project Title: NWHC Euro Placements Grant Approved: € 94,348.54 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163122
Project Summary: This promoter will send NVQ Level 2 Hairdressing or Level 2/3 Beauty Therapy students to Portugal and 32 NVQ Level 2/3 Professional Cookery and Food Service students to Malta. The project is designed to enhance the social and vocational trade skills of College students by broadening their horizon within the European Union. The principals will be to widen the understanding of 16-19 year olds of different European cultures, develop an understanding of different skills in culinary cuisine/hair and beauty techniques used within the European Union and gain experience of living abroad and working with peers in another country..
Destination Country(s): Malta, Portugal
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4. Northumberland College Target Group - IVT Project Title: WORK IN EUROPE 2008 Grant Approved: € 112,858.46 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163129
Project Summary: This project will provide work placements for people in initial vocational training in the areas of catering and hospitality, beauty and complementary therapies and childcare. Northumberland College, who is managing and co-ordinating the project, is the largest provider of IVT in the county and the only college of further education for adults and young people. Northumberland is in a remote geographical location within England, which means that many of its population feel no real sense of European identity. For this reason, the principal objective of WORK IN EUROPE 2008 will be to introduce people in IVT to the experience of working in other EU countries, and to the notion of looking further afield for new ideas and inspiration. It is hoped that by experiencing mobility placements they will gain new practical experiences, begin to see new employment possibilities and develop adaptability.
Destination Country(s): Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey
5. NWIFHE Target Group - IVT Project Title: Finnish Irish New Travels In Performance Grant Approved: € 28,640 UK Country: Northern Ireland Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163034
Project Summary: NWIFHE will organise a three-week mobility project in the next academic year centred on a visit by music students from NWRC in Derry, N.Ireland to the Kajaani Institute in Finland. The selected students will be drawn from the National Diploma in Music Practice and the Higher National Diploma in Music Production. The main aims of the project will be to allow participants to develop their performance industry skills, increase their knowledge of Finnish society and culture, continue developing teaching and learning strategies in the field of music at NWIFHE and cement the relationship between NWRC and the Kajaani Institute. Preparation and participation in this project will elicit high achievement from our students and bring benefits to teaching and learning in music at NWRC.
Destination Country(s): Finland
6. Park Lane College Leeds Target Group - IVT Project Title: Leisure & Outdoor Recreation - Into the 21st Grant Approved: € 50,472 Century Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163026 UK Country: England
Project Summary: Park Lane College Leeds will send 14 participants drawn from BTEC National Diploma and Foundation Degrees in Sport & Exercise Sciences to national sports centres in Finland and Austria. The host organisations will be The National Sports Institute in Finland and Tony & Gerhards Ski School in Austria. Park Lane College Leeds operates from many sites across the city, with four wards in the worst 10% of the national Index of Deprivation 2004. The participants will come from differing disadvantaged backgrounds, such as long-term unemployed, drug/alcohol abuse, single parent families and many have underachieved at school and lack basic skills as well as the vocational skills required to access jobs in the open labour market.
Destination Country(s): Austria, Finland
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7. Park Lane College Leeds Target Group - IVT Project Title: MIXED MEDIA IN SOUTHERN SPAIN Grant Approved: € 35,208 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163013
Project Summary: This project will enable 12 students studying Level 3 BTEC courses in Media, Performing Arts, Production Arts and Photography to undertake a 3 week vocational placement in Spain. The students will work on a street theatre production that will be performed in English but will involve Spanish influences, including music, flamenco and costume. The placement will allow participants to gain hands-on experience in their vocational area. On return a film will be produced and used to support the participants' qualifications. The project will enable the participants to develop key skills and gather evidence to enhance their qualification. They will also have the opportunity to develop soft skills such as self confidence, team work and initiative.
Destination Country(s): Spain
8. Park Lane College Leeds Target Group - IVT Project Title: Life Long Learning in the Travel & Tourism Grant Approved: € 103,260.00 Sector: In the Beginning (IVT) Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163015 UK Country: England
Project Summary: Park Lane College, Leeds plan to send 20 disadvantaged students drawn from Level 3 & 4 BTEC National in Travel, Tourism, Hospitality & Animateur and Foundation Degree in Travel & Tourism Management to the Marina Hotels in Majorca. The aim of the project is to develop the participants learning in a “sheltered” working environment and give them the opportunity to increase skills which will either give access to employment or to higher education. The travel, tourism and hospitality sector in Leeds continues to develop rapidly and this transnational experience gives students not only evidence to cover units of their qualifications, but also the life skills they need to progress in a demanding industry.
Destination Country(s): Spain
9. Ripley St Thomas CE High School Target Group - IVT Project Title: SKILL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH Grant Approved: € 71,108.18 INTERNATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163022 UK Country: England
Project Summary: Ripley St. Thomas C of E High School will send students on a three-week placement to experienced host partners in Spain, France and Germany, where they will gain work experience in Childcare & Youth Services, Business & Administration and Travel, Tourism & Leisure. As a language college all students are required to undertake some form of international experience, to include linguistic development, whilst in the sixth form. The main aim of the project will be to motivate students, especially in the field of skill development geared both to their vocational development and linguistic skills, through enabling students to put the skills learnt in the classroom into practice and to develop awareness of the opportunities offered in the European workplace.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Spain, France
29 10. Siawns Teg Limited Target Group - IVT Project Title: Culture on the Menu Grant Approved: € 69,434 UK Country: Wales Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163042
Project Summary: 26 young people aged 15 to 19 from Siawns Teg in Wales will visit participating organisations in Slovakia to gain vocational learning experience in hotel and catering disciplines. There are limited opportunities in rural mid-Wales for young people leaving full time education to gain practical work placement experience including vocational learning. The placements in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava will provide valuable work placement experience, new skills and cultural learning around vocational disciplines in diverse settings for food preparation, food delivery and hotel management.
Destination Country(s): Slovakia
11. South West Durham Training Ltd Target Group - IVT Project Title: Transnational Engineering Awareness Grant Approved: € 21,830 Programme Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163012 UK Country: England
Project Summary: Eight advanced apprentices representing toolmaking, machining, operations and maintenance, sheet metalwork, fabrication and welding will be involved in a two week mobility project working alongside fourteen technical drawing apprentices employed by Siemens AG Power Generation Training Centre. The project will provide a unique opportunity to enhance learning by working with a distinguished European graduate apprentice peer group. The project will enable the participants to improve their personal and professional skills and to improve their future career prospects while in the labour market. The main aims of the project will be upskilling in terms of both knowledge and performance, exposure to new training methods while working in a different vocational environment and educational system, exposure to a modern language (German), joint project concept design and completion of Level Two wider key skills with a European theme.
Destination Country(s): Germany
12. Southern Regional College Target Group - IVT Project Title: European Volleyball Enterprise though Grant Approved: € 69,717 Nurturing and Training Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163146 UK Country: Northern Ireland
Project Summary: The project is for 25 participants from various sports disciplines at Southern Regional College to attend a two week period of placement in Italy with Azzurra Sportilia. Some of the participants are from underprivileged, poorly educated, socially excluded backgrounds so this project will boost self-esteem and promote social integration and healthy lifestyles through a fun and inclusive sports programme. The main aims of this programme is to provide transnational exposure to European training and coaching methods and skills acquisition within a recognised coaching Centre of Excellence.
Destination Country(s): Italy
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13. Southern Regional College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Social Opportunities for Coaching Grant Approved: € 138,555.56 Competencies in European Regions Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163133 UK Country: Northern Ireland
Project Summary: The project will be for 60 participants from Southern Regional College and 40 from the Irish Football Association Under-19 squads to undertake a 2 week placement in Malta. The main aims of this programme will be to provide transnational exposure to European training and coaching methods and skills acquisition within a recognised coaching Centre of Excellence for a total of 80 beneficiaries. Expected outcomes of this project will be the acquisition of sports skills, personal development and vocational skills to ensure employability on return. The participants will be able to utilise and further develop their healthy lifestyles, fitness, peer group communications and cultural expertise gained.
Destination Country(s): Malta
14. Southern Regional College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Ecological Architecture: A European Grant Approved: € 26,828 Perspective Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163008 UK Country: Northern Ireland
Project Summary: This project will broaden the knowledge of a group of students and tutors from Southern Regional College on the subject of ecological issues in architecture. The group will comprise of students and tutors from their Architectural Technology and Building Engineering courses. These will be first year HND students who have a good theoretical knowledge, but little working experience of architecture at this stage. Issues such as the use of ecologically-friendly building materials, renewable energy, energy reduction, recycling, sustainability etc. are becoming more and more important to the architects of todays structures. This project will aim to equip our students with up-to-date knowledge of the developments, innovations and best practices in their vocational area that they can take into the industry when they graduate.
Destination Country(s): Spain
15. Southern Regional College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Exposure to European Health and Social Care Grant Approved: € 35,732 Practices 2008 Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163009 UK Country: Northern Ireland
Project Summary: Southern regional College will send a group of 10 students studying either the BTEC National Diploma or the BTEC Higher National Diploma in Health & Social Care for 3 week study placements to Finland. The students will experience examples of best practice, innovation and social enterprise in Finland, comparing current policies and practice in relation to complimentary provision being piloted on the NHS in Northern Ireland as well as being exposed to the ongoing development of caring skills practice. The project will improve chances of employment through greater confidence, knowledge and experience as a result of this project.
Destination Country(s): Finland
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16. Southern Regional College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Childcare and Health and Social Care Initiative Grant Approved: € 80,602.67 in Lifelong Learning Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163147 UK Country: Northern Ireland
Project Summary: Southern Regional College will send 35 NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care students for a 2 week period of work experience within a recognised H&SC or Childcare setting in Italy. They will develop skills in health, communication, multiculturalism and legislation in EU countries as well as vocational skills to ensure employability in Health, Social Care & Childcare sectors. The content of the placement will be designed to meet individual needs according to their personal and academic skills, knowledge of health and safety and nutritional requirements. It is hoped that this experience will transform lives, especially for underprivileged and socially excluded individuals, by promoting a culture of lifelong learning among the beneficiaries to improve acquisition of professional skills.
Destination Country(s): Italy
17. Stephenson College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Student Exchange Construction Grant Approved: € 104,314.93 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163074
Project Summary: With this project the College will offer a 2-week study and work placement abroad in Germany for students attending construction-related vocational courses. The students will study courses alongside German students for the first week and then spend 1 week on a work placement in a related business, which will be integrated into their general course structure. The focus of the overseas placement will be on new energy efficiency techniques and systems led by the German training college, which specialises in this field as a gap has been identified in the UK around this area.
Destination Country(s): Germany
18. Stephenson College Target Group - IVT Project Title: Student Exchange Motor Vehicle Grant Approved: € 57,432.38 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163078
Project Summary: 20 participants from Stephenson College will spend 2 weeks attending training and work placements in Sweden, hosted by Edstromska MFT and their participating employers, including Volvo. The training will enable the participants to develop an understanding of the techniques used in the Swedish Motor Vehicle industry. It will also help them to develop an understanding of the importance of eco-friendly fuels within the Motor Vehicle industry and gain experience of how the Motor Vehicle Industry qualifications gained here in the UK can be of value elsewhere in Europe.
Destination Country(s): Sweden
32 19. Stevenson College Edinburgh Target Group - IVT Project Title: SCE European Work Experience Grant Approved: € 44,314.00 UK Country: Scotland Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163090
Project Summary: Stevenson College Edinburgh will offer a student work experience placement for up to 14 students, studying at both National and Higher National levels, before they enter the second year of their vocational courses in social, health or child care. Whilst on placement, they will investigate not only how care is delivered but how training is carried out for students undertaking similar programmes, paying particular attention to the use of ICT within the workplace and college. It is also expected that students will undertake project work whilst on placement and will present this on their return. The three week work placements are offered in Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands at the mid-point of the students’ course to enhance their employability and confidence alongside their theoretical and vocational curriculum.
Destination Country(s): Finland, Netherlands, Sweden
20. Stevenson College Edinburgh Target Group - IVT Project Title: SCE European Training Opportunities Grant Approved: € 116,276.16 UK Country: Scotland Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163091
Project Summary: Stevenson College Edinburgh will offer training placements to a total of 44 HND students of photography, tourism and German language in either France, Germany or Norway. This opportunity will aim to enhance the vocational training course which the students aged 16 + are pursuing to bring the subject to life and enhance the European dimension of the students’ life experience. This project consolidates several concurrent projects for exchanges between staff and institutions in different subject areas which should ensure a strong partnership network for the duration of the project and beyond.
Destination Country(s): Germany, France, Norway
21. The Scottish Football Association Target Group - IVT Project Title: Work placements for trainee footballers within Grant Approved: € 352,475.85 European Centres of Excellence : A National Strategy Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163079 UK Country: Scotland
Project Summary: This project will send 141 trainee footballers from senior clubs on two-week placements to a range of clubs and high quality training centres in Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Italy, Lithuania, Spain, Turkey and Sweden. The aim will be to expose participants to efficient and technologically advanced training regimes in order to optimise skills acquisition and performance, improving their chances of succeeding as professional footballers, but also providing a back-up system that will enable them to achieve qualifications required for a range of secondary careers in the EU.
Destination Country(s): Cyprus, Spain, Greece, Latvia, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey
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22. The Vocational Language Company Target Group - IVT Project Title: The PIE Project (Placements in Europe) Grant Approved: € 85,941 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163083
Project Summary: This project will enable Year 10 pupils to undertake a two week placement to Spain. The pupils will be accompanied by two teachers and will be working in hotels as well as experiencing the language and culture of Spain. They will gain Europass accreditation and will be gathering evidence for their language portfolios. As all of the participants are under eighteen, the whole of the placement programme will take account of the legislation contained in the Childrens’ Act 2004. For example, all persons who come into contact with the participants would have to have CRB clearance.
Destination Country(s): Spain
23. UK PETRA Consortium Target Group - IVT Project Title: Additionality for Apprentices in the European Grant Approved: € 72,080 Community Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163018 UK Country: England
Project Summary: The UK Petra Consortium will send 23 young people aged 16-24 on 3 week work placements to Belgium and Austria. Participants will be drawn from member organisations of the UK Petra Consortium undertaking Apprenticeships at NVQ Level 2, in transition from E2D or at level 1 and will include a number of young people who need additional support with basic and key skills. The main objectives of the project will be to broaden the current Apprenticeship framework with additional language skills training and to improve key skills attainment, independent living and communication skills.
Destination Country(s): Austria, Belgium
24. University of Cumbria Target Group - IVT Project Title: Primary Student International Experience II Grant Approved: € 93,705.04 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163029
Project Summary: This project will send students undergoing training in primary and early years teaching on 3-week visits to Finland, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden where they will undertake placements in a range of institutions related to their training. The placement will be an integral part of the Qualified Teacher Status initial teacher- training course. The project will broaden participants’ cross-cultural understanding of educational issues, help them to develop their own life-long learning strategies and widen participation. Moreover, the emphasis in PRISTINE II on the promotion of intercultural awareness means that the project will be directly relevant to current developments in UK schools: the increasing importance of the international/global dimension in school, the need to support EAL pupils (including the children of migrant workers) and the fact that learning a foreign language is to become compulsory in UK primary schools in 2010.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Spain, Finland, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden
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25. University of Worcester Target Group - IVT Project Title: Vocational practical experience placements for Grant Approved: € 63,360 UK nursing and paramedic students in Malta. Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163094 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will send 24 nursing and paramedic students to Malta for work experience placement for 4 weeks duration. This will form part of their elective training requirements in the final year of their course. There will be 6 flows over 2 years. Alongside the new, modern, Mater Dei hospital in Malta, there is a community care service which is delivered and managed by doctors in small medical practices with all emergency and nursing care being managed and organised through the hospital Accident and Emergency department. This contrasts with the UK where health care systems are structured by the central government with implementation varying slightly across the many health care regions of the NHS. The evaluation of this project may lead to the development of teaching materials and/or module.
Destination Country(s): Malta
26. West Suffolk College Target Group - IVT Project Title: WSC IVT mobility 2008-2010 Grant Approved: € 159,809.65 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163118
Project Summary: This project will enable 57 students to undertake a two-week work experience placement in Finland. Participants will be second year National Diploma students studying Art and Design, Social Care of Vulnerable people and Childcare and Early Years Learning. Participants will take up work placements in craft and design studios, social day care, residential homes, kindergarten and nursery schools where they will work in teams with Finnish students and staff. They will develop their skills for 'Working With Others', 'Problem Solving' and 'Improving Own Learning and Performance' and study the Nordic Humanist development of Art and Design, Humanist Social Care and Early education. This will help them to improve their current practice and raise their aspirational level to attain higher level qualifications and mobility within the European job market.
Destination Country(s): Finland
27. Wirral Metropolitan College Target Group - IVT Project Title: European Work Placements 2009 Grant Approved: € 34,456 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163046
Project Summary: This project will enable students from the curriculum area of business, administration, management and computing to undertake a 3 week work placement in southern Spain. They will be hosted by Calpe International College, who will provide Spanish language training. The placements will be provided by local employers. The programmes from which the participants will be selected range from entry to higher level and this project will enable them to participate in high quality employment situations than would otherwise be unavailable to them locally. The programme will be open to and encourage participation of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and also women returners.
Destination Country(s): Spain
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28. Yewlands School Target Group - IVT Project Title: International Work Experience for year 10 NVQ Grant Approved: € 79,836 Business German Students Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/IVT/163102 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will enable participants to undertake a two-week placement in Spain or Germany. Participants will be studying for an NVQ Level 2 course in Spanish or German in Year 10 and the visit will be timed to coincide with the Year 10 work experience. Overseas work placements would also have a hugely significant impact on a pupils' professional and linguistic skills, increase confidence, broaden horizons, enhance career prospects and aspirations. This is particularly important for the students in our school who are often from families with second or third generation unemployment, have never been abroad and have little or no inclination or drive with regard to their future and their careers.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Spain
36 37 4.2 PROJECT PROFILES – PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR MARKET 29. Ambios Ltd Target Group - PLM Project Title: Ecological Training- A European Perspective Grant Approved: € 103,008.62 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163145
Project Summary: This project will provide training in ecology to encourage recognition of shared natural heritage and will also work toward integrated European and Global priorities for management of the natural world. It is a two-year project, involving different groups of participants for six weeks placements in Spain, Hungary and Poland. The project will offer 32 trainees an opportunity to address their needs and develop new skills in terms of contemporary ecological practices such as wildlife survey, monitoring as well as ‘hands on’ practical conservation and habitat management. Participants will benefit from recognised certification, qualification, linguistic development, improved employment prospects and cultural experience.
Destination Country(s): Spain, Hungary, Poland
30. Athena Spirit Limited Target Group - PLM Project Title: Graduates GET Placements 2008 Grant Approved: € 255,481.083 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163053
Project Summary: The applicant will send graduates from different disciplines across the Yorkshire region to European-based graduate work placements. The participants, particularly those who are unemployed or underemployed, will be looking to acquire first-hand work experience, or build upon previous work experience undertaken during their degree, and develop transferable skills to help them succeed in the labour market. The main objective for this project will be to develop a model for a regional European graduate placement scheme that will have a long-term impact on high level of skills development and graduate retention for the Yorkshire region. The promoter also hopes to support SME's to develop capacity building measures that will improve competitiveness through knowledge and technology transfer.
Destination Country(s): Austria, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia
31. Bhagavat Educational Trust Target Group - PLM Project Title: Living and Learning Abroad Grant Approved: € 306,609.16 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163086
Project Summary: This application will target unemployed young people, educational underachievers, offenders and ex-offenders and those in or leaving care and will focus on 5 Eastern European countries, with 9 different NGO partners working in related areas. The project will give an opportunity to the most disadvantaged young people within the UK to expand their understanding of themselves and develop an awareness of their place within Europe. The work placements abroad will be on deprived projects such as orphanages for disabled children in Eastern Europe.
Destination Country(s): Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Turkey
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32. BTCV Target Group - PLM Project Title: Hosting Environmental Learning Placements Grant Approved: € 70,180.825 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163115
Project Summary: The project will aim to provide 33 participants with a mobility experience which will enable them to understand the European context in which they work and see how other countries approach similar activities. The partnership will involve 9 environmental sector partners in 8 other countries and the placements will be for a two week period organised to meet participant needs. Individuals involved will be from a diverse range of backgrounds including disadvantaged or excluded groups across the UK. The placements will aim to stimulate debate and find new ways of working with local communities and volunteers. Participants will be hosted by the partner organizations in Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Portugal and Romania.
Destination Country(s): Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, France, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Romania
33. Cardiff University Target Group - PLM Project Title: Italian Opera Performances for Cardiff Young Grant Approved: € 92,970 Singers Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163072 UK Country: Wales
Project Summary: The project will enable 14 participants to undertake a 4 week placement in Italy. The participants will be promising singers drawn from around the world to be recruited on to one year courses at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice, a new department within Cardiff University. The young professional singers will dedicate part of their training program to preparing a performance of opera, which will be produced in Barga, a small village town with a traditional eighteenth century theatre, as the main training and performance space. The project aims to engage the participants in an actual opera production of their own, something that neither Cardiff nor at present Florence can offer as individual organisations. In addition to this, the participants will have a chance to be heard in Italy by potential employers.
Destination Country(s): Italy
34. City College Plymouth Target Group - PLM Project Title: Sustainable Development in Hospitality & Grant Approved: € 182,181.29 Catering Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163011 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project is aimed at young people in the labour market and unemployed, graduates, all with at least basic training/qualifications in the catering or hospitality industry. This project will give them an insight in opportunities and possibilities for a better future. This project will integrate education, training, emphasize enterpreneurship. The participants will spend between 19 and 22 weeks abroad. Each of the destinations has a special contribution to make to the individual participants. This might be location, gastronomy, size, geography, language. The individual will be chosen carefully for his/her destination and the type of placement likely to be offered.
Destination Country(s): Belgium, Germany, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Turkey
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35. European Training Services Target Group - PLM Project Title: Trans European lifelong learning 2008 2009 Grant Approved: € 1,017,007.42 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163017
Project Summary: The project will offer 176 places in 10 European destinations in co-operation with 14 hosting partners. The programme will build on 22 years of experience in the field of European mobility projects, a strong network of partnerships and an organisation and methodology that clearly respond to participants' needs.The participants will be job seekers who are trying to improve their employment prospects through trans-national training and mobility. Each placement will comprise of a two to three weeks language course followed by a 9 to 10 week work experience placement. The project will aim to enhance participants’ technical, generic and language skills and to promote mobility within the European employment market.
Destination Country(s): Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Turkey
36. Everything's Possible Target Group - PLM Project Title: Everything's Possible Learning to Learn Grant Approved: € 159,338.465 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163128
Project Summary: This project will target those not in employment, education or training (NEET). The project will aim to introduce 42 individuals to a positive first experience of vocational training, to increase their confidence and motivation and to act as a catalyst for engaging in future education and training in the UK. The placements will be for between 2 and 6 weeks, and will take place in Martinique, Italy, Germany & Denmark. The intended outcomes of this project will include helping participants to gain knowledge of what opportunities are available to them and to help develop a measured idea of which vocational area they may eventually work within.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Denmark, France, Italy
37. Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd Target Group - PLM Project Title: Graduate European Archaeology Skills Grant Approved: € 137,654 Exchange Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163108 UK Country: England
Project Summary: The applicant will send 35 participants who are recent graduates to Cyprus, Bulgaria, Iceland and Slovakia to learn new skills in archaeology for 8 weeks. The project will aim to bridge the gap between graduation and employment and to address the shortage of skills in the chosen field. It also hopes to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of the different methods and techniques involved in European archaeological research, which will lead to closer cooperation between partners. The placements in Bulgaria, Iceland and Slovakia will take place over the Summers of 2008 and 2009, where most excavations in Cyprus will be done in Spring or Autumn due to the heat in summer.
Destination Country(s): Bulgaria, Cyprus, Iceland, Slovakia
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38. Historic Royal Palaces Target Group - PLM Project Title: Sharing Skills in Europe / Association of Grant Approved: € 11,125 European Royal Residences Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163104 UK Country: England
Project Summary: Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is the independent charity which looks after the The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, the Banqueting House, Whitehall, and Kew Palace, which are open to nearly 3 million visitors a year. The Sharing Skills in Europe project will be aimed at people working in and training at this organization. Historic Royal Palaces will send 3 of its members of staff on work week placement in order to strengthen their professional skills and support the development of the European network. The placements will give participants the opportunity to become aware of the host country’s museological practices and culture and to develop co-operation amongst museums in Europe. More specifically, the project will contribute to know-how improvement and techniques that are becoming increasingly rare.
Destination Country(s): Austria, France, Poland
39. League Football Education Target Group - PLM Project Title: European workplacements for disengaged Grant Approved: € 128,970 footballers Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163135 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will focus on the training and development needs of 19 released footballers between the ages of 18 and 21, all of whom have completed the two year Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (ASE) qualification with one of the 72 Football League Clubs in England and Wales. It is envisaged that they will undertake a 16-week work placement with football clubs in Iceland and the Netherlands. Research has illustrated low employment levels amongst those exiting the Apprenticeship and for this reason the proposal highlights a need for improved skills, increased mobility and exposure to the European job market amongst this group.
Destination Country(s): Iceland, Netherlands
40. Park Lane College Leeds Target Group - PLM Project Title: Life Long Learning in the Travel and Tourism Grant Approved: € 54,690 Sector: Into the World of Work (PLM) Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163024 UK Country: England
Project Summary: Park Lane College, Leeds will send a group of 10 Level 3 and 4 BTEC National and Foundation Degree students in the travel, tourism & hospitality sector to a long-standing host partner, the Marina Hotel Group, in Majorca. The main objective of the project will be to develop the participants knowledge of the Travel and Tourism and Hospitality sectors and give them the opportunity to increase personal and professional skills which will either give access to employment or to higher education. The 12 week placement will complement a parallel IVT mobility and will run concurrently with it.
Destination Country(s): Spain
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41. Phoenix Business Solutions Target Group - PLM Project Title: Graduate Leadership Training – EU Grant Approved: € 131,279.72 Programme Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163085 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will provide leadership and management training for 37 recent graduates, both employed and unemployed. The training will comprise a two day leadership and management workshop in the UK followed by a 3 – 12 week placement in Spain or Bulgaria. The placement will include a one week intensive language training course, work shadowing of an effective leader and undertaking of a project on process improvement. The project will address labour market needs and promote higher level transferable skills in the UK and Europe.
Destination Country(s): Bulgaira, Spain
42. Placementmaker limited Target Group - PLM Project Title: World of Skills Grant Approved: € 224,479 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163154
Project Summary:
Placementmaker will send recent, unemployed graduates from the East Midlands region to host partners in Slovakia and the Czech Republic on long-term work placements of either 22 or 26 weeks. The main aim of this project will be to improve the graduates' employability and international skills, which will make them more attractive to regional businesses, who have a higher volume of International Trade but fewer graduate positions than comparable companies in other regions.
Destination Country(s): Austria, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
43. South Lakes Wild Animal Park Ltd Target Group - PLM Project Title: Exchange of experience between zoos Grant Approved: € 16,464 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163073
Project Summary: South Lakes Wild Animal Park will send 6 of its members of staff on a work placement with one of the Zodiac Zoos in the Netherlands. During the exchange, the participants will broaden their knowledge of animal keeping/zoo education, familiarize themselves with different working methods, learn how to keep diverse animal species and broaden the foreign network of partners on working level. Additional to the requirements of the exchange programme, participants will also formulate a Personal Development Plan of personal goals they intend to obtain during the exchange programme.
Destination Country(s): Netherlands
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44. StudentForce for Sustainability Target Group - PLM Project Title: Placements in Enterprises for Reinforcing Grant Approved: € 42,984 Sustainable Development Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163131 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will enable 8 graduates from the East Midlands region to undertake a 12 week training experience within enterprises associated with the United Nationals Regional Centres for Education across Belgium and Germany. Participants will be supported and trained so they can become more employable in sustainable energy, waste and water management, as well as in sustainable design, engineering, construction and planning. The promoting organisation will focus on the mobility of trainees as well as recent graduates in the intermediate labour market and placement activities will include surveying, monitoring, promoting, designing, planning, constructing, installing and maintaining.
Destination Country(s): Belgium, Germany
45. Tameside MBC Target Group - PLM Project Title: Expanding Modern Apprenticeships Grant Approved: € 21,301 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163057
Project Summary: This project will enable 5 participants who are currently participating in a local government apprenticeship scheme at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council to undertake a 5 week work placement in a relevant department of the Town Hall of Montigny, the French twin town for the Borough. All trainees will be young people, resident in the Borough of Tameside, one of the country's most deprived Boroughs and the promoter hopes that the work placement will encourage greater participation in the third year of the apprenticeship and/or to aid the participants employability through increased confidence, motivation and skill levels that will be gained though the placement.
Destination Country(s): France
46. Tellus Group Ltd Target Group - PLM Project Title: Applying Knowledge through Experience in Grant Approved: € 138,868 Protecting the Environment Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163150 UK Country: England
Project Summary: The project will enable 20 post-graduate students who have completed degrees in biological and environmental sciences to undertake a 22 week placement in conservation areas of the Aegean and Mediterranean Sea provided by host organisations in Greece and Italy. The project's main aim will be to provide participants with practical experience that will enable them to secure permanent employment. Through work carried out in the region of the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, the secondary aim will be to achieve effective protection and conservation of its special natural environment. To do so, scientific research on the marine and terrestrial environment of the Aegean islands and Sicily, as well as on the factors that threaten it, will to be conducted. In parallel, actions developing environmental awareness in the local communities will be implemented.
Destination Country(s): Greece, Italy
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47. Tellus Group Ltd Target Group - PLM Project Title: “Work Experience as a Route to Employment Grant Approved: € 54,650 and/or Further Training Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163149 UK Country: England
Project Summary: This project will enable young people aged 17 to 20 years old who are not in education, employment or training to undertake an eight week construction placement in Germany. This target group is perceived to be in a ‘downward spiral’ and the aim of the project will be to address this by altering the perceptions of potential employers and/or providing participants with the opportunity of entering into tertiary education. Partners in the project will include City College Plymouth, Connexions, JobCentre Plus, Gesellschaft für Europabildung and work place providers in Berlin, Germany.
Destination Country(s): Germany
48. The Kingcombe Trust Target Group - PLM Project Title: Network for the exchange of conservation Grant Approved: € 197,039.70 volunteers between the UK and countries of the EU Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163040 UK Country: England
Project Summary: The project will enable 85 individuals drawn from a number of target groups, including young people with relevant qualifications and adults aged 50-60 who have retired early, to participate in a two-week placement to France, Hungary, Czech Republic or Poland. The partners will offer an interesting range of habitats and challenging environmental problems. The overall aim will be to broaden the volunteer base of conservation in the UK and the EU by providing participants with experience, training and motivation to become more involved in conservation. This application is an extension of the successful 2007 Mobility project.
Destination Country(s): Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Poland
49. The United Euro Bridge (TUEB) Target Group - PLM Project Title: Evergreen Grant Approved: € 286,135.85 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163052
Project Summary: This project will enable 41 recent graduates to undertake a placement in Austria, Spain, Greece, Italy or the Netherlands. Uniquely some of the placements will be offered to residents of the Cayman Islands who are now eligible for the programme. Participants will undertake 4-6 month work placements in small and medium sized enterprises and organizations within specific sectors chosen according to their professional needs. Placement activities will be either administrative and technical in nature and the overall outcomes will be the acquisition of new skills gained by working in a foreign-based company, the ability to better understand and use foreign languages, better knowledge of the European job market and increased possibilities of finding employment in a foreign country.
Destination Country(s): Austria, Spain, Greece, Italy, Netherlands
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50. Twin Training International Limited Target Group - PLM Project Title: EUtopia 2009 Grant Approved: € 565,994.715 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163037
Project Summary: This project intends to send 110 participants on a 13-week work placement to 10 European countries in up to 10 occupational sectors, including Business Administration and Healthcare. The participants will be recent graduates, jobseekers, and those in work based training. The project will benefit participants’ training and professional development by providing specific sector knowledge and training, employability skills and a more competitive edge towards long-term sustainable employment, access to local and relevant employment opportunities and opportunities to learn and/or improve language skills.
Destination Country(s): Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Romania
51. University of Coventry - Careers Services Target Group - PLM Project Title: European Placement for Enhanced Learning Grant Approved: € 511,177.81 Employability and Mobility for Young Workers III Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163021 UK Country: England
Project Summary: Coventry University’s Careers Service will send 21 participants currently completing undergraduate or postgraduate study in a wide range of specialties on a 26-week work placement in 14 different European countries. Participants will undertake work placements abroad in both multi-national corporations and SME's, where they will gain work experience and reinforce employability, language and cultural skills directly related to their educational backgrounds and the needs of the job market.The promoter believes that this project will be necessary as research on employers’ expectations and needs clearly identify skills relating to European mobility as largely missing in the new workforce, which have in turn hindered business development and the modernisation of business and working practices at all levels.
Destination Country(s): Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden
52. Visit Chester & Cheshire Target Group - PLM Project Title: Chester Goes to Europe Grant Approved: € 55,750 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/PLM/163016
Project Summary: Visit Chester and Cheshire will send 10 participants, with no formal qualifications and those whose skills need upgrading, on 13-week training placements to Germany or Italy. Participants will be drawn from local businesses in the hospitality sector and placements will be organised by Chester’s twin towns of Senigallia and Lloraach. The project will upskill employees with no formal qualifications, enabling them to compete more favourably in the labour market. The key aims and outcomes of the project will include providing Life Long Learning opportunities for adults in the workplace, develop high levels of customer service to bring world Class Service skills to Cheshire and encourage the participants to gain recognised valued qualifications in their chosen fields.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Italy
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46 4.3 PROJECT PROFILES – VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROFESSIONALS Project Summary: Target Group - VETPRO Arch Grant Approved: € 43,586.40 Project Title: Innovation in Cultural Heritage Interpretation Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: Scotland LdV/VETPRO/163110 This project will develop the skills of trainers in Cultural Heritage Interpretation (CHI) through a programme of workshops, visits and hands-on activities during exchanges with 5 European countries. The target group will consist of heritage professionals in Scotland who train or develop interpretational programmes with communities, volunteers and other professionals working in the cultural heritage sector. The three main aims of the Innovation in Cultural Heritage Interpretation project will be to develop CHI skills amongst Scotland’s workforce, to build links between the CHI and Heritage Tourism community within Scotland and among European partners and to encourage the development of Continuing Personal Development training opportunities in Scotland’s heritage industry.
Destination Country(s): Bulgaria, Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia, Turkey
53. Arch Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Nature Exchange 6 Grant Approved: € 105,276.60 UK Country: Scotland Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163047
Project Summary: This project will ensure that there is continuity in the mobility of trainers, training planners, advisors and policy makers from Scotland's natural heritage, conservation and environment sectors. "Nature Exchange 6" aims to provide placements for participants to 11 European countries to exchange skills, technologies and good practice. The programme content has been developed to identify areas where skills need to be updated to assist in training for nature conservation in Scotland, including work with endangered species such as White Tailed Eagle, Hen Harrier and the Large Yellow Bumble Bee.
Destination Country(s): Belgium, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia
54. Blackburn College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Retention in Secondary Education: a European Grant Approved: € 28,575 Network Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163137
Project Summary: This project aims to investigate the current strategies and methodologies adopted in Europe on the theme of retention of young learners aged 14 to 18 in secondary vocational education and training. The European Commission has set two benchmarks to be achieved by 2010 that will be addressed by this project; namely, the abatement of early school leavers' figures, and the completion of upper secondary education. One of the main factors influencing student retention is student motivation and there is now a recognised need for effective initial advice and guidance systems. Participants will observe educational practices in the partner countries, and will look for examples of innovation and share good practice with the intended outcome of identifying activities that are transferable to the UK and the rest of Europe.
Destination Country(s): Denmark, Italy, Netherlands
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55. Burton College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Skills for life themes in Teaching and learning Grant Approved: € 18,240 in Vocational Education and Training Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163030
Project Summary: Burton College will send 10 of its curriculum managers, teachers, trainers or assessors in vocational education and training working in technological fields on a one week work placement. The main aims of the project will be to observe vocational teaching and learning in a range of technological situations, record and analyse the data collected identifying examples of key themes and use examples of best practice to develop staff to improve the quality of teaching and learning. The proposed outcomes are that the 10 participants will receive personal development to improve the quality of their delivery and they will gather a range of examples of the integration of key themes into teaching and learning and specified best practice.
Destination Country(s): Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Sweden
56. Careers Europe Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Guidance Exchange 2008 - 2009 Grant Approved: € 50,740 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163144
Project Summary: Guidance Exchange 2009 is a programme of 26 1 week exchange programmes in 13 different countries for qualified and experienced personal advisers or guidance counsellors from Careers Scotland, Careers Wales, the Careers Service Northern Ireland, Connexions Services and Next Step networks in England. The main aim of the placements will be to give guidance counsellors and personal advisers an in depth insight into and understanding of the guidance, educational, employment and training structures of another European country. Typical themes may include an overview of the guidance system in a particular country or the focus may be on a particular facet of guidance, such as guidance for new migrants.
Destination Country(s): Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia
57. Cumbernauld College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: COACHES Grant Approved: € 51,194 UK Country: Scotland Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163124
Project Summary: This project will involve an exchange of 28 coaches from different organisations who are seeking to use sport as an inclusion based tool to change the lives of disadvantaged individuals. Many of the coaches involved will be from disadvantaged backgrounds and include asylum seekers, recovering drug addicts and former offenders. In addition, some of the participants involved in this project will be Sports coaches who work with “at risk” children as well as a Rugby Pathways organisation aimed at widening community participation. A precise focus of the exchange will be to provide a perspective on the transitions from sport to engagement and to develop innovative and robust pathways into education and employment for disaffected or disadvantaged individuals.
Destination Country(s): Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Malta
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58. Deeside College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Supporting Health Skills Grant Approved: € 11,310 UK Country: Wales Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163056
Project Summary: Six tutors from the Health and Social Care Department of Deeside College will undertake a best practice visit to the Gascony region of France for 1 week. The main objectives of the visit will be to enable tutors to develop their knowledge and appreciation of how alternative European health, care and early year’s education systems are managed and delivered in comparison to delivery within Wales as well as to facilitate tutor developments and their delivery of health, social & early years topics to students studying the Welsh Baccalaureate at Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced levels.
Destination Country(s): France
Dudley and West Midland Zoological Society Target Group - VETPRO (Dudley Zoological Gardens) Grant Approved: € 19,550 Project Number: UK/08/LLP- Project Title: Animal Connections LdV/VETPRO/163096 UK Country: England
Project Summary: Animal Connections will aim at giving 10 zoo professionals currently employed at Dudley Zoological Gardens the chance to visit Zoo Dvur Kralove in the Czech Republic for 2 weeks. The personnel involved will include managers and senior staff from a range of departments within the Zoo including Marketing and Retail, Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry, Building and Enclosure design, Education and Training and Horticulture. The work placement will allow the participants to gain experience of best practice in an Eastern European Zoo and exchange ideas and expertise in a range of areas, such as zoo design, animal welfare and conservation, staff training and public education, retail, marketing and commercial development.
Destination Country(s): Czech Republic
59. ECTARC Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: New methodologies in Vocational Training and Grant Approved: € 17,200 Guidance for Migrant Communities Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: Wales LdV/VETPRO/163155
Project Summary: The project will involve a group of vocational professionals involved in a community cohesion strategy and in particular the integration of migrant communities in the area of North East Wales. The 10 professional personnel selected to take part in the project will represent the leading bodies involved in providing education, training, advocacy and guidance to over 10,000 migrant workers in the North East Wales area. They will take part in a 1-week work placement in Seville, Andalucia in order to examine how immigrants from Northern Africa and South America have been successfully integrated into the community and take this new knowledge forward for development in Wales.
Destination Country(s): Spain
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60. Eucontact Ltd Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: UK VETPRO GO EUROPE Grant Approved: € 23,730 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163153
Project Summary: This 1-week work placement will send 14 trainers in construction crafts to take part in an experience exchange on energy efficiency in buildings hosted by KOMZET Germany. The participants will be staff from the Construction Departments of 6 UK colleges situated in Wales, East Anglia and the East Midlands. The expected outcomes include acquiring new knowledge in energy efficiency in buildings, upskilling the trainers so that the 6 participating colleges can develop courses in this area, building networks between the training and the business worlds in Germany and the UK, improving the quality and increasing the volume of mobility through Europe.
Destination Country(s): Germany
61. Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Cultural Heritage and Training Grant Approved: € 99,377.20 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP-LdV/VETPRO/163101
Project Summary: The CHAT project will bring together a partnership of 12 countries to share experience in training provision for the cultural and creative industries. The participants in the CHAT project will be trainers and curriculum developers in vocational training programmes, which focus on traditional skills and crafts with cultural links. This partnership will enable the promoter to compare approaches toward training provision and engage people of all ages innovatively in craft training programmes. It also hopes to highlight examples of good practice of providing creative training in crafts, explore the added value of developing close associations with the European creative industries, encourage entrepreneurship and business start ups and explore the value of cultural/creative crafts in the rural environment.
Destination Country(s): Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia
62. Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Training of Trainers in Customer Services in Grant Approved: € 73,580 the Public Sector (TICS) Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163087
Project Summary: The purpose of this project will be to facilitate both the improvement in trainer skills training across the EU and the ease with which these professionals can teach others to handle cross-border transactions and practise in other Member States. Local authority practices are becoming increasingly required to develop a European dimension to their work, as the property industry in Europe becomes more trans-national. This project will help to develop the skills of trainers so that they will develop knowledge and skills in trans-European consumer practices in customer services across the public sector. The participants in the project will take part in a work placement to Alicante in Spain, where they will research best practice in local taxation administration and exchange ideas, content and training techniques.
Destination Country(s): Spain
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63. Irish Football Association Ltd Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Improvements in Football Coaching Via EU Co- Grant Approved: € 37,700 operation Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: Northern Ireland LdV/VETPRO/163151
Project Summary: The Irish Football Association will send 20 coaching staff working at various levels within the Northern Irish football domain to the French club Club Sportif Frasne to exchange best practice and learn new innovative methods of improving coaching techniques and skills levels among Irish players. Such initiatives in Europe have been proven to result in improved training efficiency and skills acquisition among recipients of these programmes and has allowed equivalent European clubs to enjoy a much higher success rate in European and International competition. The Irish FA hope that this VETPRO project will allow clubs in Northern Ireland to follow suit.
Destination Country(s): France
64. Manchester Academy Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Study Visits Grant Approved: € 35,700 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163039
Project Summary: Manchester Academy will send 20 Business and Enterprise Co-ordinators from the United Learning Trust Academies on a 1-week work placement to Spain and Sweden in order to develop their skills and expertise in meeting young people's needs in the academies. The expected outcomes will be that staff will gain expertise that can be used in English Academies and will continue to share good practice with European colleagues, develop student visits, challenges and work placements. The training content will comprise a range of meetings and visits to study vocational education courses, commercial enterprises and incubation services.
Destination Country(s): Spain, Sweden
65. Merseyside Police Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Merseyside Police European Policing Grant Approved: € 49,878.4 Exchange 2008 Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163111
Project Summary: The aim of the project will be to support the professional development of 27 police officers and police staff at different stages of their careers, through exposure to new and innovative working practices in the international sector of public safety (reduction of crime and disorder). This will lead to the transfer of innovative methods and practices and an improvement of competencies. The promoter also hopes to support Liverpool as the 2008 European Capital of Culture and promote intercultural dialogue.
Destination Country(s): France, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Turkey
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66. Meynell Walter Services Ltd Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: iP-D!P Study Tours Grant Approved: € 28,460 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163140
Project Summary: This project will send twelve institution-based trainers in Playwork on a 1 week work placement to visit partners and observe play in Denmark and Sweden. Host partners will be international leaders in a field in which the UK has one of the poorest records. The project will encourage innovation and the development of good practice in playwork training in the UK. In order to do this, participants will observe children's play, exchange ideas between UK playwork trainers and professionals working in the play sector in Denmark and Sweden and offer written and spoken stimulus on play and play work. The expected outcomes willbe that participants will gain new perspectives plus a renewed sense of purpose as well as to become more aware of the diversity of play provision for children & young people.
Destination Country(s): Denmark
67. North Devon College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Knowledge Transfer Through Trainer Mobility Grant Approved: € 8,732 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163050
Project Summary: North Devon College will send four trainers from the college’s Construction department on a two-week training course on Energy Efficiency in Buildings organized by KOMZET (CoVE in timber construction) to Germany. A shortage of trained auditors in this area has led to delaying the implementation of Energy Performance of Buidlings Directive 2002 in the UK, while few vocational schools in the UK have developed curricula on this topic. The main aims of this project will be to acquire new theoretical and practical knowledge in energy efficiency in buildings so that North Devon College can develop courses and provision in this area and to build new networks between the training and the business worlds in Germany and the UK.
Destination Country(s): Germany
68. North Devon College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Sports Wellness in the Netherlands Grant Approved: € 10,800 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163048
Project Summary: This project will send 6 Sports and Outdoor Education trainers on a one-week placement to a vocational training institute in Zwolle in the Netherlands to research how Dutch schools and colleges deliver a programme based upon the promotion of fitness testing, lifestyle and wellness activities. The Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives Cross Govt. Strategy (Jan 2008) identifies that educational establishments must make a major contribution towards the reduction of excess weight amongst the general population through ensuring that physical activity is an integral part of daily life. The work placement will provide staff with experience of alternative methods of vocational training.
Destination Country(s): Netherlands
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69. North Glasgow College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Vehicle bodywork repair and finishing - sharing Grant Approved: € 4,320 good practice Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: Scotland LdV/VETPRO/163044
Project Summary: This project will send three members of staff from North Glasgow College on a one week placement to Kaunas Mechanical School in Lithuania in order to develop their professional skills and transfer good practice in the field of teaching vehicle construction, vehicle bodywork repair and finishing. In particular, the project will focus on employability related training within this field and will include visits to large commercial vehicle manufacturers and distributors. This project will specifically link to the college’s formal staff development policy. The proposed outcomes of this project will be that staff will gain an improved understanding of educational provision in a European context and greater cultural awareness as well as an insight into the development of employability skills across within European motor vehicle commercial organisations.
Destination Country(s): Latvia
70. Northumberland College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: VETPRO EUROPE 2008 Grant Approved: € 47,368.75 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163130
Project Summary: This project will send vocational teachers and trainers at Northumberland College on a one-week placement. The principal objective of VETPRO EUROPE 2008 is to introduce vocational teachers and trainers to the experience of working in other EU countries, and to the notion of looking further afield for new ideas and inspiration. Few trainers have had experience of IVT in other EU countries and so a very localised approach is adopted. Adopting the priority of continuous professional development (CPD), the college will use this mobility project to expose participants to structures, practices and quality systems in other countries.
Destination Country(s): Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey
71. Park Lane College Leeds Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Life Long Learning & Continuous Professional Grant Approved: € 9,450 Development Across the Wider Europe Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163068
Project Summary: The project will send members of staff from 3 vocational areas at Park Lane College Leeds to go to Estonia and Austria for a one week trainer placement. They will look at Hair & Beauty and Health & Social Care, and also do a research in Childcare. The visit will provide the staff with knowledge of course delivery in a different country and allow them to acquire specific professional skills. As Leeds and Keighley are both multi-ethnic communities, it is also hoped that these placements will enable Tutors to develop activities to support their learners to experience new cultures and values. In addition to specific professional skills, this project will enable trainers to experience how softer skills are incorporated into delivery overseas.
Destination Country(s): Austria, Estonia
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72. Robert Owen Society Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Learning through Enterprise Experience in Grant Approved: € 15,950 Europe (LEEiE) Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163092
Project Summary: Robert Owen Society, a new Leonardo applicant, will recruit participants from social enterprises in the West Midlands area for a 1 week work placement to Malta. The project will be aimed at addressing three needs. Firstly the need for social enterprises to share experiences of how to grow their business and become financially viable. Secondly to explore the best way to support social enterprises. Thirdly to further develop our understanding of how social enterprise can contribute to achieving sustainable rural communities. The project will hope to achieve increased understanding of social enterprise development, successful support structures for social enterprise and the role of social enterprise in rural communities.
Destination Country(s): Malta
73. Script Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Approaches to Writer Development: The Grant Approved: € 19,720 European Model Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163143
Project Summary: The purpose of this project will be to cultivate the skills of writers, mentors, dramaturgs and workshop leaders through immersion in the working practices of the Irish and Swedish host organisations. This project will be the first time Script has worked in Europe and it will provide them with an opportunity to disseminate their work to a greater range of people, widen access to their services, and incorporate aspects of the European approach into their own writer development training programmes. The eight participants will be exposed to different models of writer development training, which will pertain to their work in the UK, enhancing their career development and employability. They will also have the opportunity to disseminate skills at a bespoke event to partners and external organisations in the creative industries.
Destination Country(s): Ireland, Sweden
74. Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: SHROPSHIRE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE Grant Approved: € 48,913.15 VET STAFF EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 2008/09 Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163070
Project Summary: This project will send 28 staff from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service on a 1 week placement to 5 European countries in order to study the varying approaches to community safety, operations, training, education, training planning and career guidance within the international fire and civil protection community. The programme will be devised to expose staff to innovation and alternative ways of working as well as develop their confidence in challenging traditional approaches to community safety, operations, training and professional development.
Destination Country(s): Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Hungary
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Project Summary: South Shropshire Districh Council will send 6 training professionals on a three week placement in Slovenia. The project will involve the survey, mapping, conditional analysis, and repair of a generic type of rural architecture in Slovenia. Working in partnership with national and local government, local communities and schools, and newly established non-governmental cultural organisations, this project will be a unique opportunity for UK conservation training professionals to both share expertise and gain new experience. The project will deliver training in community engagement, digitally based recording and analysis and technical conservative repair technology. In order to ensure maximum exposure of the results and experience gained by the participants, the project will be filmed, tabulated and described in written and internet based formats.
Destination Country(s): Slovenia
76. South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: European Staff Exchange Project 2008 Grant Approved: € 6,880 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163148
Project Summary: This proposal will pilot a mobility project between South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue (SYFR) and Cordoba Fire Service in Spain in conjunction with Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service. The visit will examine the area of Training and development which has been identified by both SYFR and SF&RS as an area for improvement. The project will support a cross team approach to the professional development of four members of SYFR staff who are responsible for vocational training and / or human resources. This will be achieved by providing informal learning opportunities and exposure to new and innovative ways of working in the international fire and rescue sector. As a result of this project it is expected that staff involved will act as 'change agents' and will facilitate the transfer and improvement of competences.
Destination Country(s): Spain
77. Southern Regional College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Best Practice in E-Learning Grant Approved: € 6,160 UK Country: Northern Ireland Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163003
Project Summary: The main emphasis of this project will be for participants to broaden their understanding of the whole issue of e-learning and how it can be successfully implemented in the delivery and assessment of learning in a Further Education or Higher Education environment. During the work placement, participants will have the opportunity to observe and procure good practice in other institutions and thus allow them to benchmark against practices within the College. Specific considerations will include provision of a learning platform which will meet the demands and learning styles of the current 16-19 year old student, the challenge of identifying and dealing with e-plagiarism and college twinning for staff in a dynamic environment.
Destination Country(s): Czech Republic
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78. Southern Regional College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Management and Leadership Platforms Grant Approved: € 10,780 UK Country: Northern Ireland Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163005
Project Summary: This 1 week fact finding visit to a major Management & Leadership Training Centre in Prague, Czech Republic will develop greater awareness and subsequent application of current educational practices, with particular reference to all aspects of management and leadership curriculum. It will also develop current delivery practices, examine the engagement between training/education providers and employers, gain a greater perspective of international business and management training needs and develop new transnational qualifications jointly in Leadership and Management. This will be a unique partnership between Education, Training and a key Awarding Body for Management and Leadership that has centres in Ireland, UK and Europe.
Destination Country(s): Czech Republic
79. Southern Regional College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Developing the Skills and Competences of Grant Approved: € 10,150 Forensic Science Lecturers Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: Northern Ireland LdV/VETPRO/163006
Project Summary: Southern Regional College will send seven lecturers from the BTEC National Diploma in Forensic Science course on a 1 week placement to Institute of Forensics Research in Poland. As the selected participants have no vocational training in the area of forensic science, the project will address the gap in experience by exposing the group to the practical application of forensic techniques. There will be a particular emphasis on the use of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Informatics, Statistics and Photography in forensics. Upon the participants return, they will be able to incorporate the experience and knowledge gained during the visit into their curriculum, which will add value and credibility to the delivery of the Forensic Science course.
Destination Country(s): Poland
80. Southern Regional College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Timber production & construction in Finland Grant Approved: € 11,220 UK Country: Northern Ireland Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163007
Project Summary: This project will enable a group of tutors from the college's Carpentry and Joinery Department to travel to Helsinki University of Technology and observe educational best practice in a country with a strong timber industry. The promoter believes that this activity is very important since timber frame housing is becoming more popular in Northern Ireland as the demand for affordable housing is rising rapidly. The expected outcomes of this project will be that the project will add value and improve the quality of the college's course delivery in these vocational areas and that as a result of this, existing and future students will become more marketable within the industry.
Destination Country(s): Finland
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81. Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Global Vocational Initiative Grant Approved: € 191,709.38 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163116
Project Summary: The participants in the GlobalVoc programme will be teachers and adults other than teachers from schools, colleges and Academies, training providers and employers who work to develop appropriate vocational learning opportunities for young people aged 14-19 in England. They will undertake school, information & guidance and employer visits in order to gain a detailed understanding of the good practice established in other European countries and to reflect on how this practice could impact positively on their own teaching and learning. There will be a focus on the importance of foreign language learning in the host schools and particularly upon the practice of vocationally-orientated language learning (VOLL).
Destination Country(s): Germany, Spain, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
82. Stephenson College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Trainer Exchange Construction Grant Approved: € 17,950 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163080
Project Summary: Stephenson College will send 10 Construction trainers on a 1 week work placement to Biberach in Germany to experience first-hand German vocational and education training practices with regards to energy efficiency in buildings. The experience exchange will focus on the following leading topics: “Exchange of didactical approaches and fostering the cooperation between education, enterprises and social partners in the specific field of energy saving in buildings OR timber construction OR carpentry & joinery". The programme will develop an understanding of the techniques used in the German Construction industry, of the importance of sustainable energy within the construction industry and to gain experience of how the Construction Industry qualifications gained here in the UK can be of value elsewhere in Europe.
Destination Country(s): Germany
83. Stephenson College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Trainer Exchange Motor Vehicle Grant Approved: € 29,600 UK Country: England Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163081
Project Summary: The aim of this project will be for our Motor Vehicle trainers to undertake a one-week work placement to Vasteras in Sweden to experience first-hand Swedish vocational and education training practices relating to environmental energy usage in Motor Vehicles. The experience exchange will focus on the following leading topic: “Exchange of didactical approaches and fostering the cooperation between education, enterprises and social partners in the specific field of environmental energy usage in the Motor Vehicle industry". The expected outcomes of the project will be to develop an understanding of the techniques used in the Swedish Motor Vehicle industry, the importance of environmental energy usage within the Motor Vehicle industry and to improve relations and contacts between the students and workplaces in the UK and Sweden.
Destination Country(s): Sweden
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84. Stevenson College Edinburgh Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: SCE Lecturer Mobility Grant Approved: € 25,830 UK Country: Scotland Project Number: UK/08/LLP- LdV/VETPRO/163089
Project Summary: This project will be designed to aid the development of curricular areas in social, health and child care by exposing staff to a variety of teaching practices and developments that are occurring in participating colleges. The teaching staff currently work with students from the age of 15 upwards on full time and part time programmes. The main aims of the project will include the use of ICT and VLE to improve the learning process for the student and the training undertaken by staff and to to identify areas of good practice that can be adopted and shared. At the end of the project, the participants will disseminate their own experiences to colleagues and students and will relate commonalities and differences and adopt good practices.
Destination Country(s): Finland, Netherlands, Sweden
85. The Scottish Football Association Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: European Transnational Football Coaching Grant Approved: € 71,082 Exchange Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: Scotland LdV/VETPRO/163077
Project Summary: The Scottish Football Association is committing itself to the introduction of advanced, efficient and scientific coaching methods with particular emphasis on the introduction of European initiatives utilised by their EU partners and competitors. For this reason, the SFA have decided to extend their previous VETPRO awards in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and will now send 40 football coaches from local teams across Scotland on a 1 week work placement to 7 different European Countries, including Cyprus and Lithuania. Whilst on placement, coaches will look at methods of improving training efficiency and the use of sports science in football coaching as well as boosting technology transfer between coaches in Europe and Scotland.
Destination Country(s): Cyprus, Germany, Spain, Greece, Latvia, Portugal, Sweden
86. University of Wolverhampton Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: European Conflict Resolution and Peace Grant Approved: € 65,079.3 Implementation: Skills, Practice and Understanding Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163045
Project Summary: The University of Wolverhampton will co-ordinate, train and prepare 30 participants to attend and contribute to two conflict resolution and peace implementation workshops to be held at the Falstad Memorial Centre in Norway. Participants will include staff from the University of Wolverhampton, Members of Non-Governmental Organisations including the Red Cross. The main aims of the project will be to develop vocational training skills and expertise and to develop the teaching curricula so that it includes more practical and vocational applications towards employment related to European Conflict Resolution and Peace Implementation. The proposed outcomes will include findings that facilitate wider knowledge transfer and that the network of professionals involved in the project will continue to share best practice.
Destination Country(s): Norway
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87. Warwickshire County Council Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Warwickshire Adult Services Mobility Project: Grant Approved: € 6,549 Learning from social care provision in Germany Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163121
Project Summary: This project will give three Warwickshire personnel an opportunity to take lessons from the models of purchasing and provision of social care to disadvantaged people in the German system. In particular, the participants have an interest in looking at the training of the workforce and how standards are developed when the workforce is directly employed by the service user. Warwickshire County Council faces a challenge in managing the quality of the social care workforce when the Council is not the employer or directly procuring services on behalf of service users. The experience of different models of delivery in Germany will provide a training opportunity for the participants in their own continuous professional development. The expected outcome will be that there will be changes in the way Warwickshire partners train staff.
Destination Country(s): Germany
88. West Suffolk College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: WSC VET PRO 'Get up and Go to Europe!' Grant Approved: € 374,000 2008-10 Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163141
Project Summary: In 'Get up and GO-Europe' West Suffolk College will send 20 VETPRO members of staff, from a wide range of activities within the organisation to workshadow their counterparts in 2 of our partner colleges in Finland. These colleges will include areas of vocational training, such as apprenticeship training, preparatory education for immigrants, careers guidance and adult guidance, which are of interest to the promoting organisation. Audio visual versions of these will be posted on the WSC staffnet and will therefore diseminate the participants findings to others within the organisation, and to partner colleges in the region and in Europe.
Destination Country(s): Finland
89. York College Target Group - VETPRO Project Title: Anglo-Spanish Hospitality, Tourism & Travel Grant Approved: € € 24,080.00 VET, Mediterranean Culture & the New European Worker Project Number: UK/08/LLP- UK Country: England LdV/VETPRO/163002
Project Summary: The project will provide 14 VETPRO participants with an opportunity for involve themselves in continuous professional development and to explore innovation in VET systems and practice by exploring the development of innovative ICT based content, pedagogies and practices for lifelong learning. This project will be been undertaken in response to systematic changes in VET such as the shift to learning outcome and competence based systems as well as changes in demographic composition of learners and workforce. Ultimately the project will allow VET Pros to explore ways of enhancing and developing high quality VET pathways leading to smooth transitions to work and/or progression to higher education. It is also hoped that the participants will develop their knowledge of developing provisions that promote integration / training as well as promoting the awareness of cultural and linguistic diversity within Europe by removing all forms of discrimination, prejudice and xenophobia.
Destination Country(s): Spain
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