ERASMUS DAYS CELEBRATION:1PM-2PM (GMT+1) ON TEAMS: 1610/2025
ERASMUS DAYS CELEBRATION 1PM–2PM (GMT+1) ON TEAMS THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER 2025
ERASMUS DAYS CELEBRATION
1PM–2PM (GMT+1) ON TEAMS
THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER 2025
Aim of Event:
Join us to hear about three Erasmus research projects being carried out by researchers in TU Dublin. Each presenter will outline their project and be available for questions.
In-4-STEM – Edmund Nevin
In-4-STEM focuses on the academic and social integration of first-year students by designing and implementing innovative interventions that tackle challenges experienced by minorities such as first-generation students, women, and apprenticeship students. Initial research has created an inventory of effective interventions for social and academic integration, which will be followed by pilot interventions in each partner organisation during the 2026/27 academic year. The project aims to support first-year students in their transition to higher education, promoting a diverse student body and improving retention in STEM courses.
SEiSC – Alan Farrell
Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Smart Clothing (SEiSC) combines AI and multimedia technologies to develop accessible and interactive training scenarios for VET teachers and learners. The project aims to enhance the ability of vocational training institutions to teach sustainable entrepreneurial thinking, improving employability outcomes. It connects institutions with sustainable clothing organisations through a cross-sectoral approach using practical simulation scenarios. By utilising AI algorithms and digitisation, adaptive teaching enables educators to improve practical skills through active learning methodologies and systems thinking. The project aligns with the EU Green Deal, the Digital Education Action Plan 2021–2027, SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), and the European Education Area strategy.
WaterSTEM – Dr Liam McCarton
WaterSTEM is a globally scalable education initiative that integrates hands-on, inquiry-based STEM learning into primary, secondary and third-level education. It features the WaterSTEM Manual—a story-driven resource following two characters, Wing and Tail—and the Water Cube, a low-cost mobile lab for exploring water filtration, solar energy and irrigation. Developed by TU Dublin in partnership with EWB Ireland, Perch Design Studio, Irish Aid and the Arup Trust, it fosters storytelling, creativity and intercultural learning. The initiative combines digital games with hands-on experiments and has been successfully piloted in primary and secondary schools in Ireland and Zambia, at the DCU Summer School, and in courses at TU Dublin and NCAD.
Organised by the CREATE Research Group and BERIC Research Centre, TU Dublin