Hands-on SHAFE project presented to Valletta delegation

Hands-on SHAFE project presented to Valletta delegation

Hands-on SHAFE project presented to Valletta delegation 

On the 20^th of October, the Irish Hands-on SHAFE project team members presented to visiting delegation (55 persons) as part of the ESF funded Hiliet-Il-Kominita project (https://www.facebook.com/hilietilkomunita/) which is concerned with social mobility and urban regeneration in Valletta, Malta.

The "practice exchange workshop" was hosted by the Dublin team in St. Laurences, a former church within the TU Dublin Grangegorman campus that is used for visitor events. 

Hands-on SHAFE took up a large share of the event. Members of the Dublin Hands-on SHAFE project team gave a series of presentations to the visiting delegation about Hands-on SHAFE project, including:

• The general overview of the Hands-on SHAFE project with special emphasis on digital skills (Dr. Damon Berry) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7122491976087650304/
• SMART module 4 "Personal Mobile Security (Ms Paula Kelly including a practical task - "make your own secure password")  https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7122499732148469760 
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• SMART module 8 "Home Security Locks" (Dr John McGrory - including a practical demonstration of different lock systems).  https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7122514584359288832/

Other presentations were given on the TU Dublin-led Inclusion4EU project (Dr. Dympna OSullivan), TU Dublin community outreach activities (Dr Brian Gormley) and ended with a presentation on initial results from a TU Dublin age-friendly research project about using mobile and IOT technology to encourage older people to engage in outdoor exercise activities (Ms Fatima Badmos).