We set a number of project objectives that we wanted to achieve. These included; •To enhance technical knowledge & skills through access to industry experts, processes, techniques & equipment •To improve team working in work place environments •To improve teaching & learning experiences •To enhance employability & improved career prospects through training •To increase sense of initiative, entrepreneurship, self-empowerment & self-esteem that comes with living & working abroad •To increase sense of responsibility as they take ownership of the project •To improve foreign language competence- basic greetings & industry specific terminology •To enhance intercultural awareness •To improve adaptability skills in travelling, working & socially sharing throughout the mobility •To develop best practice pedagogical approaches being embedded into curriculum, curriculum development & enhancement •To engage in innovative practice, upskilling in technical areas which improve teaching delivery •To enhance cultural awareness and network of global contacts We wanted to promote enhanced innovative and creative thinking among those who would participate in a mobility, with the aim of leading to more entrepreneurial individuals.
NWRC has been applying for, managing and delivering on Erasmus+ projects and the preceding programmes for many years. The project has allowed us to send our staff and students on relative, informative and highly impactful training mobilities that we would not have otherwise have had the funding for. Up until recent times, our Erasmus+ projects have allowed us to deliver on the college's European and International Strategy and feed into the college's overarching strategies and the region's economic growth strategies; developing the . Over the years we have developed extremely successful relationships with other educational providers across Europe, many on a reciprocal basis - the project has also allowed us to connect and collaborative with new partners. The hope with this project, as with all past projects, is that it would enhance teaching and learning for staff and students and that they would develop their knowledge and skills, with a particular emphasis on competence and development of students' employment skills, through relevant training programmes delivered by our host partners.