Event Calendar

2nd NAD, Laos, 12 March 2021

The second National Project Status Awareness Day conference was held in Laos on 12 March 2021 one in the capital and one in the province (with 2 days of Piloting 3 inputs) The person in charge of education from the European Ambassador in Laos was invited, and the Vice-Director for Higher Education Department, Ministry of…

2nd NAD, Vietnam, January and March 2021

The second round of National Project Status Awareness Day conferences were held in Vietnam in January and March 2021. Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH) organized the 2nd National Awareness Day.. This March conference was held due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation,…

Catalyst 2nd Piloting Vietnam, 17 March – 19 April 2019

Vietnam Piloting 2 Core Curricula observations were conducted by TU Dresden and Edge Hill University in March 2019. Additional presentation workshops on exam creation and assessment were conducted at partner universities in Vietnam. Program CATALYST 2019 Programme of 2nd Piloting, Vietnam Report CATALYST March 17-30, 2019 2nd Piloting Report Vietnam

CATALYST 1st NAD at HUST & VUTED, Vietnam, December 2018

The National Project Status Awareness Day conference was held in HUST, Hanoi on 18 December and at Vinh University of Technology Education (VUTED) on 20 December 2018 to disseminate the information of the CATALYST project to stakeholders and non-stakeholders alike. Here the dissemination strategy was to engage all potential partners and especially students to make…

1st NAD Laos, 14 December 2018

The first National Project Status Awareness Day conference was held in Laos in December 2018 organized by the two Lao partners and inviting GIZ and EU Representative in addition to LIT. Agenda CATALYST Agenda NAD1 14.12.2018 Laos Report CATALYST Report NAD1 Laos 14.12.2018

Laos 2nd Piloting (LIT) of Modules 7 and 10, December 2018

Formative observation of teaching and learning carried out by Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) took place in Laos in December 2018. Observation Laos Module 10 Observation Laos Module 7

CATALYST Meeting of Management Board 19 – 21 November 2018 LIMERICK Institute of Technology(LIT), Ireland

Key points covered were (amongst others) the need for a realistic and commonly decided action plan and the preparations for the 1st National Awareness Day (NAD); management and dissemination problems; how to make modules sustainable; the equipment acquisition tendering procedure; financial and sustainability issues; implementation of Catalyst Core Curriculum modules second installment requirements (travel reports,financial…

CATALYST Key Curriculum Training, Edgehill University EHU, 12- 17 November 2018

Key Training on Quality Assurance, ECTS Tuning Model, Technology in the Learning Process, plus Modules Development took place at this meeting. CATALYST Agenda Meeting CATALYST MINUTES Training CATALYST EHU REPORT

Catalyst 1st Piloting Vietnam 9-23 September 2018

The first piloting activity was conducted by all Vietnamese and Laos partners. The EU observation for Vietnam took place between September 9 to 23, 2018 and the Laos EU observation was done by EHU. Additionally all Vietnamese universities received marketing training for their National PC Project Status Awareness Day Conference to be held by HCMC…

Laos 1st Piloting 31 August – 12 September, 2018

The piloting of the modules for the universities in Laos took place between 1st and 11th September 2018. The observations focused on pedagogy and curriculum delivery and involved teaching staff from Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Laos (NUoL) and Facutly of Medicine at University of Health Sciences (UHS). The observations of the…

CATALYST LSP 2 Training (Language for Specific Purposes), TU Dresden, Germany 11-23 March 2018

This training on preparation for Core Curricula development by the PC partners represented the second Language for Specific Purposes 2 training for vocational education in Vietnam and Laos. This was conducted according to the specialist skills of the individual EU partners and in some cases involved joint cooperation. The training was conducted over a 9…

LSP 1 Bucharest Training, 3-16 December 2017

This training represented the first Language for Specific Purposes 1 training for vocational education in Vietnam and Laos. This was conducted according to the specialist skills of the individual EU partners and in some cases involved joint cooperation. The training was conducted over a 10 day period. We found the facilities and organisation of the…

A1-A2 & B1 English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Training, 12-20 September 2017

Two colleagues (Gerard Cullen from TU Dresden and Quynh Nguyen from the Pyramid Group, Germany) visited NUOL for the purpose of conducting training A1-A2 and B1 ESP as agreed with the Project Manager and the EU and PC Steering Groups. The training consisted of Elementary/False Beginners Basic (A1-CEFR) ESP Training (Q.Nguyen) and Intermediate (B1 -…

Cluster meeting of EACEA for capacity building projects in Higher Education in Vietnam, May 25, 2017

See and download our poster Cluster meeting of EACA for capacity building projects in Higher Education in Vietnam

Kick off Meeting, 12-17 March 2017

On the first day of the conference, the presentations was delivered in the morning by partner countries and EU partners, followed by the explanation of Workpackages and Deliverables given on behalf of EU partners also by Limerick Institute of Technology (Padraig Kirby) in the afternoon. The outline of finances and budget for CBHE Project was delivered by University Politehnica…