THE AUTHOR Ernest Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style." The Old Man and the Sea had been awarded with the Pulitzer Prize … Continue reading BOOK: “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Implemented in 2011, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is part of the Language Policy Programme of the Council of Europe . The aim was to standardise at some level the language education throughout the European Union (EU). The baseline of the CEFR is the 6 levels of foreign language proficiency , … Continue reading Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
How to manage a project?
Planning and managing a project is all about information: collect it, analyse it, take decisions based on it. How you choose to do this sequence will be the ground where your work will flourish. If you choose badly will it mean that the project will not be successful? Well, no. It just means that you … Continue reading How to manage a project?
Horizon 2020: General Statistics
Horizon Dashboard is a place where you can find data about Horizon projects. Besides finding data about each project, you can also find general data. According to this site, Horizon 2020 (H2020) had about 1 million applications in total. However, only about 665,000 of those applications were actually eligible and only about 100,000 eligible applications … Continue reading Horizon 2020: General Statistics
European Education Area (EEA)
The European Education Area (EEA) became a reality in 2017, but it was progressively taking shape since the beginning of the Erasmus programme in 1987. Back then, the Erasmus programme had the goal to provide higher education students with the possibility to spend a period of their studies in another university within the European Union … Continue reading European Education Area (EEA)
New European Bauhaus
Bauhaus, officially Staatliches Bauhaus, was a German school that aimed to combine art and craftsmanship with design and architecture. It was founded in 1919, after the World War I, and forced to close in 1933 by the Nazi regime. The name “Bauhaus” comes from “Hausbau”, which means “house building”. The name reflected the goal of … Continue reading New European Bauhaus
The Gender Dimension
Gender should not be an issue. But it is. It is because in people’s mind there is a separation between men and women. We all know or have heard of the book “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” by John Gray, where it is stated that men and women have fundamental psychological differences. … Continue reading The Gender Dimension
‘Do No Significant Harm’
The “do no significant harm” principle is related with one of the 6 European Commission’s priorities for 2019-24, “The European Green Deal” . This priority translates the strategy of the European Commission (EC) to reach the compromises of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the ‘2030 Agenda’), which is based on the Sustainable Development Goals … Continue reading ‘Do No Significant Harm’
Open Access
Academic publishing started as a way to get individual research known to the whole scientific community and as a way to claim who first made the discovery. At the time, public recognition was more important than money. Soon enough, though, the money issue became much more important and academic publishing became a business, a very … Continue reading Open Access
Matching EU funding requirements
EU funding programmes can be challenging to understand due to the great volume of information available and its specific language. So, where to start? Usually, information is presented in a general-to-particular way: 1. EU values , which are always present 2. EU funding programmes and their corresponding strategic plans (areas or priorities), based on EU … Continue reading Matching EU funding requirements
New Year, Renewed Website
The main focus of ACPN_Projects is information, especially in project management. Like Winston Churchill said: «Information rules the world». All human activities are based on information and the more complete and detailed that information is, the more useful it is for decision-making. On the other hand, project is nowadays the best management approach to face … Continue reading New Year, Renewed Website
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