CROSSMINDS (CROSSMINDS)

CROSSMINDS wants to respond to three recent developments: the promotion of lifelong learning for professionals, the increased interest in cross-border mobility of professionals and students and the use of opportunities within distance learning (as a result of the COVID crisis). The project will realize teaching modules specifically aimed at professionals and (engineering) students with a technical profile. The overarching theme is 'smart industries', in which the involved universities from Hasselt, Leuven, Ghent, Maastricht and Fontys colleges will each develop one module. Students and professionals will follow one or more teaching modules online and physically. The teaching module is challenge-based and provides opportunities to work in a cross-border and multidisciplinary team on a case from practice, which is presented by a participating professional. New collaborations between project partners may also be explored, for example by organizing inspiration days in which new initiatives are proposed with a view to further cross-border collaboration.