YETI Project Newsletter Issue 1 - May 1st, 2021
Welcome to YETI!
The European Union (EU), through its ‘Higher Education Agenda’, has identified Entrepreneurship Education as a top priority for the years to come (EC 2017; 2019). Entrepreneurial competencies, such as curiosity, creativity and many more, are believed to be ‘decisive for lifelong learning’ and for the survival of our prosperous economy (EC 2017)…
Meet some of the partners
VSB-TUO – Technical University of Ostrava
Since 1849, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava has been among leading higher education institutions in Central Europe. Today, the University offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD programmes to around 12,000 students in engineering, IT, technology, economics and business-related branches…
Univations
Univations GmbH is a reliable partner in the fields of innovation management, knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship. We support in the development of sustainable business models and product innovations, as well as the acquisition of capital and the relaying of valuable cooperations. Furthermore, we support through the processes of innovation in companies…
University Industry Innovation Network
The University Industry Innovation Network (UIIN) is honoured to be part of the YETI project, a spinoff of the Partnership for Initial Entrepreneurship Teacher Education (PIETE) project, which will help us empower the first cohort of Initial Teacher Education students to teach entrepreneurial skills to their (future) pupils, and ultimately make a step forward to close…
The University of Bielsko-Biala
The University of Bielsko-Biala (UBB), the only public university in the Podbeskidzie area (south region of Poland), is located in Beskid mountains, in Bielsko-Biala city which is called “little Vienna” due to its unique architecture. It is a cosy city offering a wide range of activities to tourists visiting Beskid mountains and people from neighbouring towns and villages who work or study there…
The University of Szeged
The University of Szeged is one of Hungary’s leading higher education institutions. The origins of the university trace back to 1581, but got its recent name in 2000, when its faculties united. The university is situated in Szeged (as it is in its name), Csongrád-Csanád county, in the Southern Great Plain of Hungary. Szeged is the sunniest city in Hungary, reasonably called the city of sunshine…
The University College of Teacher Education Tyrol
The University College of Teacher Education Tyrol (PHT) is the Centre of teacher education in the county Tyrol/Austria. By incorporating European standards of knowledge and research, the PHT is responsible for the Initial Teacher Education. In cooperation with the University of Innsbruck, it offers study programs for about 1000 students who are to become teachers in primary school…
Special topics
Learning to become a great teacher
A Japanese proverb says that one day spent with a great teacher is better than a thousand days of diligent study. How to find a great teacher though and, most importantly, how to become a great teacher or at least a successful one?…
How to be(come) a good teacher?
Entrepreneurship Education requires not only entrepreneurial competence, but also basic pedagogical competences – it requires being a professional teacher! A concept, which explains professionalism in teacher education, is presented in the following. It has been integrated by the University College of Teacher Education Tyrol (PHT) in several curricula…
Our partner’s view
How has COVID-19 influenced fostering EE in schools?
How has Covid 19 influenced fostering Entrepreneurship Education in schools in Germany? and what is futurego Sachsen-Anhalt? Since 2006, Univations GmbH has been implementing the school competition futurego Sachsen-Anhalt. The aim of this competition is to familiarise young people from the eighth grade onwards with economic relationships already at school…