Learning Opportunities

Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation and Volunteering

SAP (from 22/09/2025 to 10/10/2025)

This Short Advanced Programme (SAP) is jointly coordinated by Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave (IPCA) and Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS), under the Entrepreneurship strand of Work Package 4.In a global, competitive world, adaptability and lifelong learning are key. Addressing complex challenges needs collaboration across sectors. Social entrepreneurship, grounded in community and solidarity, supports sustainable regional development.

Eurovalues Nexus: Empowering European Citizens - 2nd Edition

SAP (from 05/11/2025 to 17/12/2025)

The “Eurovalues Nexus: Empowering European Citizens 2.0” SAP offers an immersive learning experience that deepens participants’ understanding of European values, citizenship, and democratic engagement. Through interactive online sessions, a hands-on week in Austria, and a final reflection, students explore the EU’s foundations, citizenship rights and responsibilities, and their role as active citizens. The programme equips participants with key skills and intercultural competences to engage in Europe’s diverse democratic landscape.

Event-driven Innovation: - Zooming in on the World Surf League 2026

Erasmus+ BIP (from 28/09/2026 to 25/10/2026)

Join an international team of students and tackle real-world challenges at the World Surf League in Peniche, Portugal. Using Design Thinking, you will develop and test innovative solutions that create social, economic, and environmental impact. Test your ideas, work with industry professionals, and discover how major events can drive sustainable innovation.

Future Explorations

Erasmus+ BIP (from 07/04/2026 to 04/05/2026)

Ready to shape the future?Join the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) Future Explorations and dive into global challenges through sustainable innovation. Collaborate internationally, explore smart technologies, and co-create real solutions using design futuring and innovation methods. Experience a dynamic mix of online teamwork and in-person exchange. Grow your skills, expand your network, and help build a smarter, greener future. Apply now—your future starts here!

Games that can be Heard with the Eyes: Accessible Design for Hearing Inclusion - 2nd Edition

Service Learning Opportunity (from 07/09/2026 to 25/06/2027)

Games Heard Through the Eyes: Accessible Game Design for Hearing Inclusion is an international Service-Learning project that brings together students from the University of Burgos (Spain) and University of Leiria and Oeste (Portugal) to co-design accessible video games with and for people with hearing impairments. Working alongside social organisations, educators and end users, students apply user-centred design, accessibility principles and agile project management to create inclusive gaming experiences that promote digital participation, social innovation and European collaboration within the RUN-EU Alliance.

Go for a Digital Product - Physical Interactive Stories

Erasmus+ BIP

Go for a Digital Product

Erasmus+ BIP (from 27/04/2026 to 15/05/2026)

Join our international BIP: engineering and design students collaborate to imagine how digital products using drones can support well-being and quality of life. Over one online week + one intensive week in Finland, you will:Apply design thinking to drone-based challenges.Work in multidisciplinary teams on future concepts.Explore drone tech, sensors, data & control.Tackle regulation, privacy, ethics & sustainability.Focus on concept and system design, using simulations and prototypes to develop innovative, responsible solutions for well-being and quality of life (employment, environment, health, education, recreation, social belonging, safety, and security).

Hack Your Device, Fundamentals of Cyber Security

Erasmus+ BIP (from 17/04/2026 to 15/05/2026)

This BIP will give you a practical introduction to cybersecurity, the Internet of Everything and enable you to be able to ethically hack a common IoT device.

Health Innovation - Designing the Future of Healthcare

Erasmus+ BIP (from 05/10/2026 to 04/12/2026)

Join the Health Innovation – Designing the Future of Healthcare programme and work on real healthcare challenges in an international, multidisciplinary environment. Collaborate with students from diverse backgrounds and develop evidence-based solutions using Human-Centered Design and the Double Diamond model. Through online learning and an intensive on-site week, you will explore healthcare systems, carry out user-focused research, and develop innovative concepts that address real needs. Strengthen your collaboration, communication, and critical-thinking skills while designing solutions that truly matter.