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Hydrocolloids as functional food ingredients for gut health (HYFFI)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

...d Hebridean Seaweed (HS). The LMWPs will be screened using batch culture fermentations with human faecal bacteria, for prebiotic activity (i.e. ability to modulate beneficially the gut microflora) by University of Reading (UREAD). The 2 most effective agar and alginate LMWPs will be selected and bulk produced by CC for validation of prebiotic activity in a feeding trial in human volunteers (Univer ...
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Novel Composite Materials and Processes for Offshore Renewable Energy (MARINCOMP)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The consortium behind the MARINCOMP IAPP – NUI Galway and University of Ulster; Toray Carbon Fibers Europe, a company specialized in manufacture of carbon fibre; EireComposites, an SME with innovative composite manufacturing technology; and Suzlon Blade Technology, a utility class wind turbine manufacturer – aims to reduce the cost of offshore wind and tidal turbine blade structures and enable the ...
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Rozvoj kompetencií v službách a remeslách

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

...ompanies focused on the production of furniture. 4. Nord West Academy of English in Londonderry secures five - week internship for twelve students. Four computer mechanics will be located at the University of Ulster in Londonderry where they will be participated on the management and maintenance of computers and their networks. Four students of entrepreneur school will carry out practice in the b ...
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Club Captains in Youth Sport

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

... like to work with a number of supportnig organisations, including but not limited to: Sport Ireland, Foroige, NYCI, Gaisce, YMCA, Scouting Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh, Dept of Education, CPSU, Brunel University, Edgehill University, Children's Ombudsman/Commissioner, Community Games, Special Olympics, GAA, Athletics, Irish Boxing Association, Athletics Ireland, IRFU, Paralympics, Swim Ulster.
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Auslandspraktikum zur Fokussierung eines Arbeitsplatzes in Europa

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

...in the European labour market. Participants will include students of the vocational college Werther Brücke in Wuppertal with the double qualiying educational background and technical assistant of a university. To be admitted to the final examination of the professional part of the technical assistants, a semi-annual professional training must be demonstrated. Some of it is the optional practical t ...
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Identifying, developing and sharing best practice approach for engaging with, retaining and working with Young Travellers

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

...agers -An online resource and best practice guide,15 thematic seminars, focus groups, conferences and workshops with 800 participants (560 local, 240 foreign),- Models disseminated through University of Ulster, NUI Maynooth, North-South Ministerial Council, British-Irish ParliamentaryAssembly, European Confederation of Youth Clubs. Innovative dissemination will occur at every stage completion of ...
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Auslandspraktikum zur Fokussierung eines Arbeitsplatzes in Europa

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

...in the European labour market. Participants will include students of the vocational college Werther Brücke in Wuppertal with the double qualiying educational background and technical assistant of a university. To be admitted to the final examination of the professional part of the technical assistants, a semi-annual professional training must be demonstrated. Some of it is the optional practical t ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

... mobilities. 4 of the 5 mobilities have been in the car mechanics area and the other one in the IT area. Car mechanic students have been in car repair workshops and the IT student has been in the University of Ulster. All students are males, their ages was between 20 and 25 years old. With these mobilities we expect to secure the international character of our Educational Center. We have to show t ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

...for Higher Education 2014-2020. A relatively small college with around 1000 full-time HE students, most of whom studying on collaborative Foundation and Bachelor's degrees in conjunction with Ulster University and Queen's University, With a long history of successful funding through the Comenius and Leonardo initiatives the College's International office and team sought to further reflect an outw ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

This project was for the mobility of students and staff at Higher Education level within programme countries. The objectives of the project were: 1. to allow university students to spend a period of time studying or working in programme countries as a recognised part of their course 2. to allow staff to spend time teaching at Erasmus+ partner institutions Students As the majority of Ulster Univ ...
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Teaching and Training Quality Management

...a different state-of-mind and process which, through self-reflection and dialogic reflection, could improve teaching efficacy and didactic quality.TQM project has been promoted by the Telematic University “Leonardo da Vinci” (acronym UNIDAV, IT), which has been working for years in pedagogical research and high education of trainers, and which coordinated the activities and tests in Italy. Univers ...
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We Speak

...training entities specialized in VET learners: More than 20 years of experience each. Located in Spain, Germany, France, and Italy.2. Technological innovation.3. Academic certification: Ulster University: UK.
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An Evaluation of Cross Border Training Provision

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

... The complexity of training provision and funding arrangements on both sides of the border impacts significantly on economic development in the areas, according theresearch undertaken by the University of Ulster. The study into the provision of skills training in the Irish Border Corridor was conducted by academics at the Faculty of Business and Management.The primary objective of the stu ...
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Creative Futures Programme

The Partnership is led by the University of Ulster supported by Dundalk Institute of Technology, Skillset and Adam Smith College, which has established a consortium of Scottish delivery partners. The partnership is supported by the Nerve Centre and Letterkenny Institute of Technology.The partners have identified a range of activities which will be delivered over a three year period across the eli ...
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Older People for Older People 1.4 (O4O)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2010,

...nd, two villages are involved with O4O. The first village is developing a meeting place for elderly people while the second village is developing intergenerational activities. Students from the local University of Applied Science are working with local project staff to develop these services. In Greenland, a large scale community needs assessment survey has been undertaken which will, for the fir ...
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EUROlinkCAT: Establishing a linked European Cohort of Children with Congenital Anomalies (EUROlinkCAT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Over 130,000 children born in Europe every year will have a congenital anomaly (CA; birth defect). These CAs, which are often rare diseases, are a major cause of infant mortality, childhood morbidity and long-term disability. EUROCAT is an established European network of population-based registries for the epidemiologic surveillance of CAs. EUROlinkCAT will use the EUROCAT infrastructure to suppor ...
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The use of computational techniques to Improve compliance to reminders within smartenvironments (REMIND)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The aim of this Project is to create an International and Intersectoral network to facilitate the exchange of staff to progress developments in reminding technologies for persons with dementia which can be deployed in smart environments. The focus will be on developing staff and partner skills in the areas of user centered design and behavioral science coupled with improved computational technique ...
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AcceLerate Innovation in urban wastewater management for Climate changE (ALICE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The challenges facing society in urban wastewater management cannot be solved by any one sector alone. ALICE (AcceLerate Innovation in urban wastewater management for Climate changE) will accelerate innovation by bringing together and exchanging knowledge between the key players who can, together, address the future techno-economic, governance and societal challenges arising from climate change. I ...
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Improving the crashworthiness of composite transportation structures (ICONIC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

The European aerospace, automotive, and rail industries are committed to improving their energy efficiency to meet targets set within the EU’s climate, energy and transport policies. This is motivating the increased use of lightweight composite materials in lieu of heavier metallics. To implement this transition, these industries must reach, at least, the same level of crash performance achieved w ...
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NOVEL, SUSTAINABLE MARINE BIO-SURFACTANT / BIO-EMULSIFIERS FOR COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION (MARISURF)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

... develop (1) innovative approaches in discovering, characterizing and producing novel marine-derived bio-surfactants from a large bacterial collection (greater than 500 strains) housed at Heriot Watt University, originally isolated from various coastal and open ocean waters around the world, (2) novel, economic, and eco-friendly end-products with commercial applications in order to replace synthet ...
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COllaborative Network for Training and EXpertise in psychoTraumatology (CONTEXT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Mental health disorders afflict more than one-third of the EU’s population each year with an annual economic cost to the EU of €432 billion. The ‘COllaborative Network for Training and EXcellence in psychoTraumatology’ (CONTEXT) is an international, interdisciplinary European Industrial Doctorate (EID) designed to address deficiencies in psychotraumatology training and innovation. A key feature of ...
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Mobile Assistance for Groups Individuals within the Community - STROKE REHABILITATION (MAGIC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

MAGIC Post Stroke Project Team has united members from across Europe, dedicated to enable significant change in the delivery of health & social care (H&SC) services for patients post stroke. The consortium has recognised a significant gap in care associated with the recovery of such patients & we need a new way of meeting the needs of 508,000 new post stroke EU citizens/ year. Demographic changes ...
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Meaningful Integration of Data, Analytics and Services (MIDAS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

The MIDAS consortium is a partnership involving health authorities in five EU countries and the U.S. and technical big data experts from research institutions, MNCs and SMEs. Managing big data for ‘health in all’ is a monumental challenge for policy makers. MIDAS is addressing this challenge by developing and delivering an integrated solution which will liberate knowledge from data silos and unify ...
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Analysis System for Gathered Raw Data (ASGARD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

ASGARD has a singular goal, contribute to Law Enforcement Agencies Technological Autonomy and effective use of technology. Technologies will be transferred to end users under an open source scheme focusing on Forensics, Intelligence and Foresight (Intelligence led prevention and anticipation). ASGARD will drive progress in the processing of seized data, availability of massive amounts of data and ...
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Development of innovative lightweight and highly insulating energy efficient components and associated enabling materials for cost-effective retrofitting and new construction of curtain wall facades (EENSULATE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

We will validate an affordable (28% reduction of total costs) and lightweight (35% weight reduction) solution for envelope insulation to bring existing curtain wall buildings to “nearly zero energy” standards while complying with the structural limits of the original building structure and national building codes. Two key commercial insulating products:• Highly insulating mono-component and enviro ...
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Sciuriosity - Evolving IAS grey squirrel management techniques in the UK. (SciuriousLIFE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background The presence of the invasive alien grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in the UK is detrimental to several native species and the overall health and resilience of affected woodland ecosystems. The native Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is particularly threatened by grey squirrels, but to date there has been no clear pan to stem its po ...
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Advanced TeChnologies and PlatfoRm fOr Smarter ASsisted LivING (ACROSSING)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Smart Home (SH) provides a promising approach to assisted living for the ageing population. Yet it still remains a challenge to develop and deploy such solutions in a large scale due to the lack of an easy-to-use technology infrastructure and application exemplars. This problem arises from the nature of the SH field: multidisciplinary, diverse in its applications, and with multiple stakeholders. W ...
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Sensor Enabled Affective Computing for Enhancing Medical Care (SenseCare)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

This project brings together a diverse group of subject matter experts from industry and academia under one umbrella, with the main aim of enhancing and advancing future healthcare processes and systems using sensory and machine learning technologies to provide emotional (affective) and cognitive insights into patients well-being so as to provide them with more effective treatment across multiple ...
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Development of an Easy-to-use Metagenomics Platform for Agricultural Science (MetaPlat)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

The aim of this project is to bring together experts from the academic and non-academic sectors and to create an easy-to-use integrated hardware and software platform. This will enable the rapid analysis of large metagenomic datasets. It will provide actionable insights into probiotic supplement usage, methane production and feed conversion efficiency in cattle. In the recent years, the number of ...
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LAND Management: Assessment, Research, Knowledge base (LANDMARK)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

LANDMARK is a pan-European multi-actor consortium of leading academic and applied research institutes, chambers of agriculture and policy makers that will develop a coherent framework for soil management aimed at sustainable food production across Europe.The LANDMARK proposal builds on the concept that soils are a finite resource that provides a range of ecosystem services known as “soil functions ...
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Connected Health Early Stage Researcher Support System (CHESS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Changing demographics and increasing pressure on health related resources mean that new models of care must be found. Fortunately, technology developments and increasing digital literacy mean that we can now put the correct information in the correct hands at the correct time. This is connected health and it allows patients, clinicians, and planners to make better decisions. Ultimately, these d ...
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Combined HEat SyStem by using Solar Energy and heaT pUmPs (CHESS-SETUP)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

The project objective is to design, implement and promote a reliable, efficient and profitable system able to supply heating and hot water in buildings mainly from renewable sources. The proposed system is based in the optimal combination of solar thermal (ST) energy production, seasonal heat storage and high efficient heat pump use. Heat pumps will be improved technically in order to obtain the b ...
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Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritages with the Arts: From Intervention to Co-Production (TRACES)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritages with the Arts: From Intervention to Co-Production (TRACES) aims to provide new directions for cultural heritage institutions to contribute productively to evolving European identity and reflexive Europeanization. To do so, it deploys an innovative ethnographic/artistic approach, focused on a wide range of types of ‘contentious heritage.’ Attention to con ...
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Gaming for Peace (GAP)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

EU Personnel in Conflict Prevention and Peace Building missions come from diverse organizations and nations, yet must coordinate together in the temporary network or umbrella organization that comprises each CPPB mission. Coordination is challenging strategically and operationally. Even if the structures to coordinate together are in place, diversity in organizations (militaries, police forces, ci ...
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NEARshore geological CONTROL on coastal morphodynamics: monitoring and modelling in high-resolution (NEARCONTROL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

A major shortcoming of contemporary coastal research is the poor quantification of geological control in nearshore hydrodynamic and morphosedimentary processes along natural and developed coastal areas. This is particularly relevant given the global dominance of geologically-constrained coastlines, which face increasing risks driven by extreme storm events and growing societal pressures on the coa ...
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Decision Support and Information Management System for Breast Cancer (DESIREE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer affecting woman in the EU. Multidisciplinary Breast Units (BUs) were introduced in order to deal efficiently with breast cancer cases, setting guideline-based quality procedures and a high standard of care. However, daily practice in the BUs is hampered by the complexity of the disease, the vast amount of patient and disease data available in the dig ...
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Ceramics and its dimensions

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Our cultural heritage leads to tomorrow’s creativity: Ceramics and its dimensionsIn ceramics no development can be looked upon as national, it is common European heritage. Generating routes from Past to Future, the project brings together 16 partners from 11 countries: museums, universities, research institutes, companies: Documenting the past it shows the scope in usage of ceramics. Past and Pres ...
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Grey and green in Europe: elderly living in urban areas (GRAGE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

The EU has to face many challenges in achieving a more balanced regional development and sustainable economic recovery. Many of those challenges have to do with the ageing population trend, urbanization and environment under distress. More liveable and efficient communities is a target to be reached in Europe, where the “silver hair” trends can become a challenging opportunity, from a social, econ ...
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Improving digital health literacy in Europe (IC-Health)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Citizens' digital health literacy is an essential element for successful eHealth deployment. However, citizens often do not have the necessary skills to find, understand and appraise online health information and apply their knowledge to make health decisions. Digitally health literate citizens are empowered to play a more active role in their health self-management, resulting in improved preventi ...
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Community-based ICT for Maternal Healthcare in Africa (mHealth4Afrika)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

mHealth4Afrika is a collaborative research project that addresses maternal and newborn healthcare delivery, a key requirement of end-user communities in developing countries, and priority area in both the 2015 Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.Aligned with Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges, mHealth4Afrika will research and evaluate the potential impact of co-d ...
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