Project partners
The WebCEF project is an initiative of a consortium of eight educational institutions and organisations across Europe. A description of each partner organisation and their tasks in WebCEF is given below and over the following pages.
Two institutes have joined the consortium as associated partners in 2008.
The University of Bologna - CILTA (Centre of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics “L. Heilmann”)
GROUP T- Leuven Engineering College (Association K.U.Leuven) and
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The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (coordinating institute) is the largest university in Flanders, and one of the oldest in Europe. It has over 25000 students (over 3000 of which are international students), employs over 14000 people, and offers over 60 academic study programmes and over 100 post-graduate and PhD programmes. It is also a leading research university and has participated in numerous European projects. KULeuven has a long-standing tradition within the Socrates and Erasmus programmes and participates in a number of international study programmes. Read more. | |
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The Dresden University of Technology (TUD) founded in 1828, not only ranks among the oldest technical universities in Germany but also among the most important ones as far as research is concerned. With its 34575 students and almost 4000 employees, among them 438 professors, it is the largest university in Saxony today (not counting the Faculty of Medicine). Having been committed to the natural sciences and the engineering sciences until the reunification of Germany, TU Dresden has developed into an all-around university due to the new faculties of social sciences and medicine. With its altogether 14 faculties it now offers a broad scientific spectrum which only few universities in Germany are able to match. Read more. |
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The University of Savoy has developed from a “University School” founded in the 19th century before the annexation of Savoy to France. It obtained full university status in 1979 and now has over 12000 students - 10% of whom are international students - 600 full-time academic staff, 1000 part-time and professional staff, and 400 technical and administrative staff. The university supports 23 research centres and offers a total of 200 academic programmes, at Licence, Masters and Doctoral levels, in five subject areas: Languages and Literature, Law, Social Sciences, Economics and Business Management, Science and Technology. In close proximity to both Italy and Switzerland, the University of Savoy has a strong record in international exchanges, with 40 international academic programmes leading to the award of joint diplomas. Digital learning support is provided to all students through a CSCW workspace (the cartable électronique) developed at the University and licensed to other educational institutions in the region. Read more. |
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At Fontys University of Applied Sciences , it is possible to follow almost all higher professional education programmes at bachelor's and master's level available anywhere in the Netherlands. Fontys offers programmes in Health Care and Social Work, Economics, Business and Communication, Technology, Visual and Performing Arts, Logistics and Transport, and Education. Programmes can be followed in numerous locations. All programmes are focused on professional practice in a modern society. This focus is expressed through practical lessons, practice placements, also abroad, and the use of modern information and communications technology in education. Teaching is provided at Fontys in small groups, which guarantees close contacts with lecturers who can better be described as counsellors. At Fontys, the student always occupies a central position. Read more. | |
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The University of Åódź (founded on 24th May 1945) is one of the biggest Polish universities and it has 11 faculties. In the academic year 1998/1999 the UÅ opened branches of five faculties in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Inter-faculty Mathematics and Natural Studies were formed in 2002, where students can individually choose to study one of the majors (biology, chemistry, physics, information science, mathematics). University of Åódź has a long-standing tradition within the Erasmus programme and participates in a number of international study programmes as international cooperation has been given the utmost priority in the development policy of the University. With the introduction of the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) to 24 departments and with the signing of 110 bilateral agreements students obtained the right to continue their studies in 14 EU countries. Additionally the University of Lodz holds 34 institutional and 50 faculty international cooperation agreements. Faculty members of the University of Åódź take part in many international research programmes including: SOCRATES/ERASMUS, TEMPUS, INCO-COPERNICUS, ACE, Jean Monnet, CEEPUS. The University of Åódź is a collective member of such international organisations as: EUA, Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), Alliance of Universities for Democracy. It also operates within the network GRUPO COMPOSTELA DE UNIVERSIDADES. Read more. | |
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The University of Helsinki, founded in 1640, is the largest university in Finland, with some 38,000 students, of whom 1,300 are international students. The university staff is about 7,500. The university with its 11 faculties enjoys high international reputation. In 2005, it came 76th in the Top 500 world universities ranking (23rd in Europe; 1st in Finland; http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005_Top100.htm). It is a member of numerous academic research-oriented organisations and networks, such as LERU, Utrecht, Unica, Europaeum and NordPlus. |
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Euneos is involved in the following areas: international teacher-in-service training in the educational use of ICT; organizing Comenius and other educational in service teacher training courses and workshops; consultancy in educational cooperation and collaboration across the borders; practical networking and community-building services, and promotion of eJournalism, i.e. of a holistic approach to eLearning in schools. The activities they organize include: In-service teacher training, Project Management, Consultancy, Application service provision for schools and educational institutes. Read more. |
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The Open University (OU) is the world leader in distance teaching and the largest university in the UK. It is also well known as the UK's most innovative and high-impact concept in higher education. Since its charter was granted in 1969, it has re-shaped the notion of quality distance learning, evolving to what the OU now calls Supported Open Learning in recognition of the extensive and flexible support offered to its 220,000 currently registered students through a vast human network of 7,400 Associate Lecturers throughout the UK and Europe. Over 160,000 students are now regularly online, using discourse environments to work with their tutors and peers or interacting with increasing amounts of custom-developed primary and support resources via the Web and streaming media. The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) was set up in 1995 in recognition of the need for the OU to be at the forefront of research and development in a convergence of areas that impacted on the OU's very nature. Approximately 70 researchers, technologists and designers work in the fields of new media systems, narrative hypermedia, the semantic web and knowledge technologies, knowledge management, social software, and information retrieval and knowledge discovery. KMi has an enviable track record in deploying and evaluating knowledge media in both OU communities and other sponsoring organisations. In keeping with a lifelong learning perspective, our research agenda takes a broad definition of ‘learning', embracing distance learning, learning in the classroom, and learning in the workplace. We believe that to demonstrate that technologies work requires that they are grounded (in authentic work contexts, with genuine user communities), and interdisciplinary: hence our mix of computer science, knowledge representation, cognitive science, sociology, human-computer interaction, multimedia, and the visual arts. Read more. |
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The University of Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum (Unibo) is one of the most important institutions of higher education across Europe with more then 90.000 enrolled students, 23 faculties, 69 departments, 3200 academics and 3000 administrative staff located in the Multicampus structure in Bologna, Forlì, Cesena, Rimini and Ravenna. Unibo offers a vast array of programmes, both at the first, second and third cycle of studies and is fully committed to the implementation of the Bologna process action lines. Internationalisation, both for teaching and research is one of the political priorities of the University of Bologna, which is today the most internationalised of all the Italian universities. Unibo results respectively the first and the fourth European university according the numbers of outgoing and incoming students participating in the Erasmus programme and it is largely involved in International programme design, including joint and double degrees. |
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Group T is an innovative and international university college situated in Leuven, Belgium. It consists of three closely linked schools: Leuven Engineering College, Leuven Education College, and Leuven Anticipative Continuing Education (ACE-Group T). Group T is a member of the Association K.U.Leuven.
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