Good practice Imported

Robot4all

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The project "Bridging the skills gap: Strategies for the promotion of digital, coding and robotic skills for social inclusion, equality and access" pioneered in proposing to introduce coding and robotics to VET schools as an innovative way to address deficits, social exclusion, p

Details

Maturity: Discontinued
Promoter: University of Hanover — website
Type: System
Status: Ended
Target groups: Marginalised young people and children
Period: 2017-11-01 – 2020-07-30
Region (NUTS): DE92
Keywords: robotics, disadvantaged, STEM, inclusion

Context

Equipping young Europeans with the right skills was reaffirmed by the 2016 Council Resolution on a 'New Skills Agenda for an Inclusive and Competitive Europe', which noted that 40% of employers cannot find people with the skills they need while students leave education without being sufficiently prepared for the labour market.

Objectives

The project aimed to promote acquisition of skills for social inclusion, enhance access and learning performance for disadvantaged learners, support continuous professional development for VET teachers, develop VET-business partnerships, and promote open and innovative pedagogies.

Activities

Robot4All introduced coding and robotics to VET schools and put together a toolkit highlighting how robotics can enhance inclusion across socio-economic status, gender, language acquisition, and learner performance, including freely accessible online robotics material for students in lower-income neighbourhoods.

Conclusions

Key learning points are listed as 'NEI' (not established/identified) and the record states 'Evaluation: No'; the project ran from November 2017 to July 2020 and has since ended.

Implementation

Indicative cost: Medium (€50k–€500k) — Funded €329,815.00 by the European Commission (Erasmus+).
Time to results: Medium (1–3 years) — Ran from November 2017 to July 2020 (about two years nine months); the project has ended.
Staffing & skills: Leibniz Universität Hannover / University of Hanover (coordinator), 2 EK Peiraia, Emphasys Centre, Civic Computing, CDIMM Maramures Foundation, Cyprus Computer Society, I.E.S. María Moliner, Women in Digital Empowerment