HMU International Relations Office
Erasmus+ Research & Cooperation Projects
Projects the HMU International Relations Office participates in under the Erasmus+ programme.
HOPE - Higher Education for Openness, Peace & Empathy
2025 - 2028
HOPE (Higher Education for Openness, Peace & Empathy) is a three-year project funded under the ERASMUS+ programme. The HOPE project aims to strengthen the role of higher education institutions in promoting peace, dialogue, empathy and constructive conflict resolution. The project will develop a Peace Education curriculum and a Joint Minor Programme, providing students and academic staff with knowledge and practical skills in reconciliation, intercultural communication and peaceful conflict management. In parallel,
Digital Twin on Smart Manufacturing
2024 - 2026
Digital Twin is a three-year project funded under the ERASMUS+ program. The Digital Twin project aims to develop a course providing theoretical knowledge about Digital Twins along with hands-on practice through remote laboratories. This way, the Digital Twin project will provide industry a new technician profile that will a) integrate the traditional skills of the industrial automation with new competencies about the virtualization systems and digital twin and b) support the deployment of digital transformation in
CyberSEA - Increasing Cyber Security at SEA through digital training
2024 - 2026
CyberSea is a three-year project funded under the ERASMUS+ program. The CyberSea aims to improve cybersecurity in the maritime industry by increasing awareness and training for cadets and seafarers. By creating educational materials and piloting remote labs, the project will equip seafarers with the knowledge and skills needed to protect ships and their cargo from cyberattacks. CyberSEA will foster a network of experts, promote cyber resiliency and advocate for the adoption of the CyberSEA approach as a standard fo
African BlendEd Course: novel pedagogies boosting employability and socio-economic prosperity - ABC BlendEd
2024 - 2026
ABC BlendEd is a three-year project funded under the ERASMUS+ program. Innovative teaching paradigms are needed to provide students with essential soft skills training and international exposure, without requiring costly curriculum revisions or excessive time and resources. The ABC BlendEd project aims to launch such a paradigm in the African higher education area, building on the 13 years of experience of over 20 European universities to promote students’ employability. Coordinator: INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DO PORTO
TechWhiz - Sign Language Dictionary of Technical Terms for Education
2022 - 2024
TechWhiz is a two-year project funded under the ERASMUS+ program. The project aims to assist deaf students gaining access to education in their first language thus enhancing their learning experience. To address this goal, an online semi-automatic platform will be developed to create and search a glossary providing explanations of technical or scientific terms in sign language. Coordinator : Medidata, Portugal (HMU coordinator, Professor George Papadourakis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) Offici
Digital Training for Cybersecurity Students in Industrial Fields
2021 - 2023
DICYSTECH is a two-year project funded under the ERASMUS+ program. The project aims to develop open access training modules and linked cybersecurity remote laboratories for cybersecurity education that serve a double purpose: to meet Industry 4.0 needs and to provide innovative educational practice in the digital era supporting the uptake of innovative digital technologies (such as VLEs) for teaching and learning in HVET. Coordinator: Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri, Spain (HMU coordinator, Professor George Papadou
Computer-assisted teaching of Sign Language using Computer Vision and Machine Learning - CAT-SL
2020 - 2023
CAT-SL is a three-year project funded under the ERASMUS+ program. The CAT-SL aims to fill the skill gap in SL teachers in special education for the deaf (higher education) due to scarcity of available expertise. Furthermore, it is by definition related to the social inclusion priority, since it aims to educate educators of children with special needs (primary education). Finally, it aims to develop innovative technologies for higher education, thus justifying the innovative practices in the digital era priority. Co
Advancing inclusive education through International Sign - InSign
2019 - 2022
InSign is a three-year project funded under the ERASMUS+ program. The InSign aims to promote the access of deaf students to education, mobility, and global citizenship. The INSIGN project establishes an innovative infrastructure, by offering two open-source courses, to promote the communication between deaf and non-deaf as well as among international deaf students using International Sign probably the simplest sign language to learn. Coordinator: University of Siegen , Germany (HMU coordinator, Professor George Pap