The main objectives have been: 1) PR1: To develop a joint undergraduate module, “European Traditional Musics Beyond Borders”, based on blended mobility. 2) PR2: To develop innovative digital educational content and technical structures for a sustainable online learning platform, “TUNE Online Platform for Learning, Teaching and Musical Exchange”, to be used during the virtual exchange portion of the JM. 3) To provide access to educational digital content, as well as live students’ performances produced during the project to the public, including underrepresented groups. 4) To foster intercultural competence through the lens of traditional music exchanges, raising awareness and understanding among students and stakeholders regarding awareness of cultural identity and cultural heritage in the European context. 5) To enhance music students’ employability by providing opportunities to build a European professional network, to gain performance experience and to develop digital skills. 6) As a supplement to 1), the project has aimed to further improve mobility between the partner HEIs by forming a community of traditional music students and faculty that engage in collaborations and exchange both within and beyond the scope of the project
The TUNE Cooperation Partnership project has aimed to develop an innovative joint module (JM) based on virtual and blended mobility in traditional music undergraduate programmes. To achieve this, all partner HEIs have used an online platform and other digital tools, together with blended Intensive Weeks, embedding internationalisation, both at home and abroad. The project sought to embrace the locally rooted, aiming to introduce students and faculty to the diversity of European traditional musics, transmitting and exploring their own vernacular culture. All participants will continue to do so following the project’s completion. The project has addressed several needs of the partner HEIs, such as improving internationalisation strategies, undergraduate traditional music curricula, and the general need of strengthening traditional music education in the European HEI sector. The project has also addressed the need to develop students' digital skills and teachers' expertise in the use of digital tools, as well as the need to build intercultural competence among students and teachers, enhancing the students’ employability skills and their practical and theoretical knowledge about traditional music performance.