Today, I would like to take this opportunity to share with all of you the 1st Teacherpreneur Award for Primary Education, launched by the Faculty of Education and Sport at the University of Deusto, thanks to the Teaching Innovation Unit.
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UNIC (English version)
Last week (3-9 November) was a week packed with professional events and activities. One of these events was the Working Conference held on the 4th, 5th and 6th at the University of Deusto as part of the UNIC alliance, in which I was able to actively participate.
For those of you who are not familiar with it, UNIC (European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition) is a European alliance that was created in 2020 and is part of the European Commission’s European Universities Initiative. It is made up of 10 universities whose main objective is to develop innovation for inclusive and super-diverse higher education, and city-university cooperation for greater social and community impact.
UNIC has 7 thematic lines (TL) and 6 work packages (WP), which are led by one or more universities in the alliance and include representatives from all the universities in the alliance.
In my case, I am working with an interdisciplinary and inter-university team of creative and innovative individuals to promote equally innovative approaches to teaching, learning and mobility, especially virtual mobility, among teachers and students. For me, this is an eminently entrepreneurial endeavour in which, every time we meet (at least once a month), we try to work towards innovative education by generating ideas that help us move forward in an increasingly complex society.
Through the WP I collaborate with, we have created the UNIC CTL Teaching and Learning Centre, which encompasses key units for teaching, learning and mobility. Our goal is to consolidate the work done in previous years and deepen institutional collaboration for greater sustainability, innovation and shared resources. At the CTL, we design training courses and educational materials, and propose spaces for the promotion of educational innovation.
During the Working Conference, we had the opportunity to explore how colleagues from the other nine universities perceive educational innovation within the alliance. To do this, our WP prepared a world café to stimulate an activity that gave us some clues to continue our work.
Today, I would also like to highlight the opportunity I had to exchange opinions, points of view and, of course, business cards (yes, the traditional kind) with colleagues from the Universities of Koc (Turkey), Cork (Ireland), Erasmus (Netherlands), Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), Malmö (Sweden) and Zagreb (Croatia). All of them make proposals on entrepreneurial education, each from their own post-industrial and diverse contexts and possibilities. For me, it was a unique opportunity to be able to share with people from so many different universities who have something in common, which is a commitment to entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial people. So today, without a doubt, the UNIC alliance deserves a space in this blog!
Aventopía (English version)
Some days ago, I was reading Emprendedores magazine and a news item caught my attention. It was about an idea that I’m sure many people have had at some point. In this case, two people have already taken the leap and put it into practice. It has to do with artificial intelligence (AI) and adventure, of course! If you’re interested, keep reading.
Mamukko (English version)
A few weeks ago I visited a place that left me fascinated: Kinsale (Ireland). This month I am in Cork on a research stay thanks to the University of Deusto and one Saturday I went to Kinsale, very close to Cork. I had high expectations because of the good things I was ‘told’, so, before going, I had a look on the web to see what I could find there. After spending more than half a day there, I would definitely recommend it!
Of course, I did some research to see if there were any entrepreneur around and, yes, in a corner, just around the corner on one of the main streets, a small shop caught my eye, it appeared out of nowhere, its name is Mamukko. Just in case, if you happen to be in Kinsale, here is the exact address and contact details: Guardwell, Kinsale, P17 A257. Tel: 085 734 2004 and email contact: contact@mamukko.ie
Mamukko is a family business, as one of the founders explains:
With 14 awards to its name, Mamukko has earned recognition both locally and internationally. New York Times, Forbes, and Stern Magazine have seen this brand as a key force in sustainable fashion.
Mamukko was founded in 2011. Since then, it is considered as a leader in Irish circular design, placing Kinsale firmly on the map of sustainability and eco-conscious innovation in Europe.
Its founder are Nora Magyar and her hunsband Attila Magyar, a 5th generation leatherworker. This couple transforms reclaimed materials into limited edition, high-quality bags and accessories. They invest in sustainability through the reduction of waste and the creation of sustainable fashion. Among the materials they use, we can find decommissioned sails, life rafts, leather remnants, and even airplane seats.
Founded in 2011, Mamukko has established itself as a leader in Irish circular design, placing Kinsale firmly on the map of sustainability and eco-conscious innovation in Europe.
All Mamukko’s designs are created (manufactured) in-house at their workshop in Kinsale, and always environmentally friendly.
Although when I visited the shop I could not be with Nora and Attila, I recognise that Jean was a hostess who knew how to perfectly convey Mamukko’s philosophy to me and led me to think again that another more sustainable world is possible. Thank you, Jean, for your time, your words and your teachings, and thank you Nora and Attila for your art. I took a ‘little piece’ of Mamukko with me.
Enjoy the rest of the month of May.
Lightning bites! (English version)
A few months ago, as part of the UNIC alliance at the University of Deusto, I was invited to give a talk on my experience of entrepreneurial education as part of the so-called lightning bites. You know that it is hard for me to say no, and what’s more, I wanted to do it. What I didn’t know is that I would have to do it from Cork (Ireland), where I am working this month. So last Tuesday, 13 May, at 13:00, there I was, of course, talking about, among other things, teachepreneur. My only problem was the lack of time, I wanted to tell so many nice ‘things’.
In any case, I’ll take this opportunity to share my presentation with you, in case you are interested in having a look at it.
Have a nice weekend!