Learning different welding techniques in an international environment Soldering a blocking system for doors was the challenge Horizon College teachers hans Peperkamp and Ronald Hiemstra faced 3 students from Armeria Eskola (Basque Country, Spain) and 2 Finnish ones Savon koulutuskuntayhtymä (Kuopio, Finland). It was carefully prepared and successfully carried out in the Metal Construction module, which took place from 7th to 18th of March in Hoorn Campus. Students were taught a variety of welding techniques variety (MIG, MAG and TIG). During 15 days students worked on their technical skills by reading and interpreting technical drawings, working with sheet metal and making o plan of actions while developing their intercultural and

Crossover cooperation between education and industry The Danish National Agency has announced recently that the third EMEU project submitted in spring last year has been granted approval. EMEU4CROSSOVERS’ main goal is to raise awareness of staff, students and industry regarding the need for and benefits of crossover cooperation between education and industry. The economy and society are changing rapidly, and the collaboration between education and industry needs to change accordingly. In the next three years 9 partners from 5 different European countries will work together to create, test and offer crossover experiences in theory and practice allowing students from different study fields to offer solutions for observations out of their

Construction and Painters Team meeting Last 25th and 26th November EMEU Construction and Painters Team met at Construccion Bizkaia VET College in Spain. The teachers could work on the new modules to offer, analyse how to improve their quality and define different actions in order to encourage students to take part in this kind of mobilities. It was a successful meeting and, in spite of the bad weather, it was a pleasure to be together again and to visit Bilbao. Carmen Romero Martin – Head of Building and Civil Works Department and International Coordinator at Construcción Bizkaia VET College  

European cooperation by programming Cobots in collaboration As part of the EMEU (Engineering Mobility in Europe) project, the Vocational School for Metal – Design – Mechatronics / BS MDM in Munich hosted a brand new module in the field of automation/ electrical engineering (AEE) dedicated to Cobots programming in November 2021. German hosts were extremely happy to welcome foreign students again after times of lockdown, Online schooling and virtual projects. Eight students from Spain, Slovakia and Holland met with eight German apprentices from dual companies, such as Yaskawa, MAN, MTU and SWM. y hosting the students, Munich VET school also welcomed ten teachers from Armeria Eskola, Spain, ROC Horizon College,

EMEU network’s success The EMEU network has once again proclaimed its efficiency and value by being awarded the European Innovative Teaching Award in the VET schools category. The winning project is ‘Engineering Mobility for All (EMEU4ALL)’, coordinated by EMEU in the Netherlands in collaboration with partners from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. The E4ALL project was successfully submitted in 2016, which aimed at three weeks’ study modules for different study fields, such as: health care, social care, marketing, retail, hospitality and sports. Besides study modules, the project developed virtual activities which have ever since motivated the partner students and staff to work together within their vocational context

EMEU Steering Group meeting For the last almost two years virtual mobility made possible EMEU cooperation. Connections were held tight thanks to people’s sheer dedication with the help of technology. EMEU has kept running during COVID times without any interruption. Coming up with tips to make workshops greener in different countries, commissioning machines at a distance or making a barbeque among various partner schools were some of the online activities carried out during the pandemic within EMEU. Last week, on the 29th and 30th September, EMEU steering group was finally able to meet physically again with almost the entire team. Members from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain got together

Hosting soon from 20.09. – 01.10.2021 location BSMDM/ Munich – Germany Interested in using collaborative robots (UR3e by Universal Robots) at the Municipal Vocational School Metal – Design – Mechatronics BSMDM in Munich?  You can join in and learn how to analyze, program and troubleshoot these mini robots.The team will consist of eight European students twinned with eight German apprentices for a duration of two weeks. In short, the following competences will be achieved in teamwork: analyzing the cobot system: robot arm, teach pendant, control. Programming of simple applications: pick and place, palettizing, glueing/welding, HRC. Finally diagnosis and troubleshooting and bringing the cobot system into service. For more information and

‘Barbecue project’ brings together Basque, Dutch and Finnish students Last December Armeria Eskola was commissioned to design a barbecue for later production in the workshops of the Gradia School of Finland. To do this, they have contacted the students of Horizon College from the Netherlands to agree on technical details. Twenty students of the ‘Design in Mechanical Manufacturing’ course from the Basque VET College started the challenge with the Solidworks program for graphic representations before the Easter holidays. Aware that the plans created by them were for use in other countries, the communication officers of each group have asked questions and doubts to the members of Horizon College (The Netherlands).

Roc Horizon –Armeria Eskola College connection Remote collaborative work to automate a station was the challenge three students from the Dutch Vocational school ROC Horizon College and nine students from the Basque VET counterpart Armeria Eskola had to face during the last three weeks of March 2021. The station is located in the Netherlands and is wired to a Siemens PLC, which is connected to an IXON router, so the Armeria students could access the station from their town Eibar (Basque Country). In the first step of the project, the Dutch students sent the information related to the station, the I/Os, the process they wanted to automate, the electrical and

EMEU. Minutes from the SG meting 4th of March 2021 Meeting minutes 4 March 2021 Participants: Jaana, Gregorio, Tanja, Malin, Angelika, Frans, Carmen, Alina, Ruben, Unai, Alda, Carmen, Guus, Flemming. Minutes: • Quick round: Any changes in the current situation at your college since last meeting? Some discussion about the current situation: o Finland: new restrictions apply starting. Gradia will ban the mobility activities at least till August. Pretty sceptical about the mobility. Virtual mobility can be proceeded as planned, at least Aino hopes so. o Denmark: opens a little bit. 1-4 glass pupils have started the school. Students have to be tested twice a week. o Fire at Bridgwater

EMEU4CROSSOVERS. Minutes from the meeting 4th of March 2021. EMEU4CROSSOVERS: Minutes EMEU4CROSSOVERS meeting 4 March 2021 Present: Flemming, AarhusTech, Aino (Gradia), Mervi (Sakky), Guus (mboRijnland), Ruben (UNI Eibar) Unai (Almeriaskola), Alda and Frans (Horizon College) 1 Welcome (Flemming) 2 Contrary to previous EMEU projects it is not possible to organize a physical pre-project submission meeting. As an alternative we aim to organize an online meeting for the involved SG members, a representative from each team. The aim is to explain the project in full detail in accordance with the Call 2021 KA2 criteria which we will know by the end of March 2021, and to answer any questions partners may

Emeu network students help each other make workshops greener With the aim of developing language proficiency in the foreign language, fifteen Armeria Eskola students and fourteen BSMDM Munich students have come together to identify the needs of making the workshops greener and learning strategies using digital media. ‘How Green is Your Workshop?’ project was carried out virtually following the EMEU concept for peer learning activities at a distance. After learning about the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, students have developed a plan to make the workshops more ecological using the idea ‘communal work’. The first step has been to introduce and share in pairs their hobbies and interests