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-====== About the ASTONRail Project ======
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-The ASTONRail project (Advanced approaches and practices for rail training and education TO inNovate Rail study programs & Improve rail higher education provision) develops innovative methods, approaches and practices for rail skills development.
-As a result the current rail higher education provision in Europe will be improved and modernized in order to support the recruitment of qualified employees for the rail industry.
-The project started in September 2020 and will end in August 2023.
-===== Background =====
-The rail industry is transnational and one of the fastest growing industries in the world at the moment, requiring a skilled workforce able to master new technologies, the effective implementation of innovation and to handle system complexity with ease. But there is actually a lack of rail-related workforce, making it very challenging to build and maintain professional teams in the railway sector with the right education or experience. Little has been done to innovate the University-based rail educational approaches and practices.
-The main objective of the ASTONRail project is therefor to develop a portfolio (toolkit) of innovative methods, approaches and professional practices for the development of rail skills in study courses and in university training programs.
-Current and future railway employees are to be provided with the skills and competences required for a successful career in the railway industry.
-The project is building a strategic partnership to work towards innovations in rail-related higher education and to design a common EU-wide standard for the development of rail skills and competences.
-Target groups of the project are:
-  * the whole rail sector, current employees and potential employees as well as young rail talents
-  * all rail-focused bodies, including all rail companies, UIC, UNIFE, National and International Rail organisations, like UEEIV (Union European Railway Engineering Associations), NGOs and independent rail transport campaigners like RailFuture
-  * all universities and training providers specialising in rail skills development (as educators and trainers or students and trainees)
-===== Project Partners =====
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-Eight international partners from seven European countries are involved in ASTONRail.
-  * [[https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/|Aston University]], Birmingham UK (Lead Partner)
-  * [[https://www.kth.se|Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan]], Stockholm SE
-  * [[https://www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina-strutturale/home|Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza]], Rome IT
-  * [[http://www.fpz.unizg.hr/en/|Sveuciliste u Zagrebu]], Zagreb HR
-  * [[https://www.eurnex.org/|EURNEX e.V.]], Berlin DE
-  * [[https://fpedas.uniza.sk/en|Zilinska univerzita v Ziline]], Zilina SK
-  * [[https://en.th-wildau.de/|Technische Hochschule Wildau]], Wildau DE
-  * [[https://www.uma.es/escuela-de-ingenierias-industriales/|Universidad de Málaga]], Málaga ES
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-===== Funding =====
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-The ASTONRail project is funded by Erasmus+: Strategic Partnerships for higher education (KA203) of the European Union.
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-===== Project Structure =====
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-More information about [[astonrail-project:working-groups-overview|Working Groups and Intellectual Outputs]]