Education
Fighting fake academic diplomas
Building on blockchain technology, the new service SWITCHverify allows universities in Switzerland to guard themselves against fake academic diplomas.
Empowering women in Western Africa
More than 2,000 young women in Western Africa have received a jump-start for pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering and math through regional network WACREN.
Meeting the demand for virtual education in Ecuador
Usage of the advanced distributed learning platform for facilitating virtual education increased exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Connecting remote locations in Ireland
HEAnet is expanding its “eduroam Everywhere” project. Eduroam is a global secure mobility service developed for the academic and research community.
From academia to innovation: improving the teaching of entrepreneurship in Ecuador
Working collaboratively across academic and industry in order to improve the conditions under which entrepreneurs operate, which is one of the main challenges faced by countries for their development in the future.
Data relief for South African students
How the national research and education network has been instrumental in securing affordable online education for South African students and university staff.
Mauritania joins the academic network community
Researchers and students in Mauritania can look forward to improved connectivity as the Arab African country has announced the establishment of a national research and education network.
Closing the digital divide during COVID in Ireland
Over a period of just eight weeks, national research and education network HEAnet partnered with Dell Technologies to supply over 16,700 students from 36 Universities, Institutes of Technology, and ETBs across Ireland.
OpenUP2U: accessible education in times of crisis
In an effort to support continued learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU-funded Up2University (Up2U) project rapidly accelerated development of a version of its trusted, remote learning platform, and offered it to all schools and universities across Europe.
Fostering the transfer of innovation and technology from academia to society
Linking researchers, teachers and students through projects, technological services, and scientific development initiatives to enable a cycle of constant growth
Opening the door to Europe’s digital language library
The CLARIN research infrastructure (or simply “CLARIN”) was set up in 2012. Its objective is to make digital language resources from Europe accessible to humanities and social science researchers through a single sign-on.
South Africa’s vocational education goes Industry 4.0
The TVET project provides invaluable support to learners, delivering the Internet access and knowledge resources they need to study and graduate.