In May 2008, SQA had funding approved to support the continuing development of National Certificates and NPAs with a focus on the use of technology – the TranSETT Project (www.sqa.org.uk/europe). The funding was provided by European Structural Funds, Scottish Government and SQA. The first year of TranSETT has seen SQA create e-assessments and, in partnership with Scotland’s Colleges, web-based support materials for a range of subject areas. These resources will start to become available for centres to use from August 2009 , supported by a series of dissemination and training events.
In March 2009, SQA was approved for an additional £1.2m of European funding to continue and expand the development of innovative resources supporting a wider range of National Certificates and NPAs. This additional funding has been secured until 2011 and will allow SQA, with its partners, to continue this exciting development. Not only will we be developing more e-assessment and web-based learning materials but would also like to respond to the increasing use of other internet-based technologies to support learning, such as games-based assessment and e-portfolios.
Interested parties now have an opportunity to get involved in this development by completing our tender questionnaire.
Click here to access the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Closing date for submission is 6 July 2009.
A user guide to the Public Contracts portal is available to download below:
Click here to download the Public Contracts portal user guide
Further information is also available in the help section of the website, or by contacting the SQA procurement team and quoting reference SQA1446. (E-mail: procurement@sqa.org.uk)
Posted on the June 23, 2009 by Hugh Dailly
Filed Under Assessment, EU Funding, Funding, Games, SQA, Scotland, Scottish Government |
News this week of three separate calls for proposals from the European Commission. Details below:
Call for Proposals EACEA/14/08
Projects to test and develop the credit system for vocational education and training (ECVET) Deadline: 13 August 2008
Call for Proposals EACEA/16/08
Award of grants for actions to develop and implement the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), including national and sectoral qualifications frameworks
Deadline: 13 August 2008
Call for Proposals EACEA/17/08
National Lifelong Learning Strategies (NLLS)
Deadline: 13 August 2008
Posted on the June 4, 2008 by Hugh Dailly
Filed Under EU, EU Funding |
Deadline: 8 April 2008
The Information and Communication Technologies theme of the Cooperation Programme announced its Third call for proposals on 4 December 2007. The ICT theme was launched focusing on seven strategic Challenges for the seven years of this Framework programme.
(04/12/2007)
This Third call seeks proposals in three areas within two of these Challenges:
- Challenge 2 : Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics
- Challenge 4 : Digital libraries and content ; Intelligent content and semantics
The call also promotes research in three new areas of Future and Emerging Technologies :
- The science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICT
- Embodied intelligence
- ICT forever yours
Finally the call also covers Coordination and support actions in the field of international cooperation in ICT with partner countries overseas.
The ICT theme has committed a budget of €265m for this call. The closing date for proposals is 17h00 on 8th April 2008; and it is expected that the first projects funded from this action will be launched in the late autumn of 2008.
Click here for the Information package
Click here for the ICT website
Posted on the December 18, 2007 by Hugh Dailly
Filed Under EU, EU Funding |
The new Life Long Learning Programme supports learning opportunities from childhood to old age in every single life situation. It has a budget of € 7000 millions for the period 2007-2013, and is the successor to the current Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci and eLearning programmes.
Grants and subsidies will be awarded to projects and activities that foster interchange, promote bilateral and multilateral partnerships, foster trans-national mobility of individuals and promote quality in education and training systems throughout Europe. More information is available here: Call for Proposals 2008.
Infodays for the 2008 call for proposals will take place in Brussels on 18 and 21 January 2008.
Posted on the December 4, 2007 by Hugh Dailly
Filed Under EU, EU Funding, LifeLong Learning |
The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the EU is seeking to to conclude a service contract for a study regarding indicators on ICT in education. Deadline: 07/01/2008.
Full details: click here.
Posted on the November 20, 2007 by Hugh Dailly
Filed Under EU, EU Funding, Funding |
Call for contributions: e-Inclusion Initiative in 2008. The Commission is launching an advance call for contributions from individuals and organisations that believe they have a valuable contribution to share as part of the European e-Inclusion Initiative in 2008. This could be an event you are planning, a major new initiative, an incisive report or a project to overcome barriers that persist. Click here for a Call for Tenders in this Area.
Posted on the November 6, 2007 by Hugh Dailly
Filed Under EU, EU Funding |
This call for proposals is based on the decision establishing the Lifelong Learning programme which was adopted by the European Parliament and Council on 15 November 2006. The programme covers the 2007 to 2013 period. The specific objectives of the Life Long Learning programme are listed in Article 1(3) of the Decision and full details can be found by following this link.
Posted on the October 9, 2007 by Hugh Dailly
Filed Under EU, EU Funding, LifeLong Learning |
