The goal of the project is to find out how humour literacy can be used to reframe the conflicts and controversial issues in the public sphere and bring benefit to European society by promoting dialogue rather than conflict. Humour literacy is understood to be an ability to decipher the signs, references and messages that humorous discourse evokes, and an awareness of the benefits and risks of presenting these messages in humorous form to different audiences, public and private, such as a risk of humour failure, humour scandal, or discriminatory humour. Humour literacy has not been systematically and cross-culturally studied before. We plan to fill this gap by employing a comprehensive analysis of humour on all levels of the communication process: production, content and reception, which corresponds to the three R&I work packages of the project. We want to reach our goal by conducting interviews with humour producers (artists, standup comedians, cartoonists), collecting and analysing humorous content, as well distributing questionnaires and conducting focus group discussions with humour recipients (e.g. visitors of humour or cartoon museums). The staff exchange between 23 partner institutions (15 academic and 8 non-academic ones) from 11 EU and 3 non-EU countries over the period of 48 months. It will be organized in such a way as to create synergy by combining the professional and culture-specific expertise of the academic project participants, who represent diverse fields of study including linguistics, folkloristics, sociology, critical literacy, second language teaching, political communication and computational analysis, with that of practitioners. This will ensure the knowledge exchange between academic and non-academic partners as well between EU and non-EU partners. The project results will be disseminated among academic and non-academic institutions with the specific focus on educational activities which aim at promoting humour literacy.

"""Interdisciplinarity, multiculturalism and non-standard situations - the use of medical simulation as an educational tool in the field of medical sciences and health sciences"" is a project aiming at supporting students of medical and health sciences, in particular nursing, obstetrics, medicine and medical background students. The project stems from the need to continuously modernise and upgrade the educational offer, adjust it to the needs of both the society and the economy, improve the quality of education, make education more attractive in the case of majors in medical and health sciences as well as to develop and strengthen occupational and scientific professionalism of students. The project addresses the need for educating students in a multicultural environment characterised by the presence of groups of various origin, following different normative systems and holding different religious beliefs, which have become common in the work with patients. Non-standard situations related to the work with patients happen on daily basis, where a health care professional has to deal with a given situation for the very first time. The project uses the medical simulation method intended for teaching clinical skills and forming the basis for solving complex clinical situations as well as making suitable decisions accordingly. In line with the applicable educational standards, students of medical and health sciences should acquire not only relevant knowledge, but also practical skills and social competences. Education in simulated conditions corresponds perfectly to the applicable educational standards, as it:- offers the opportunity to perform and repeat certain procedures depending on individual needs of a student, without fear or stress on the part of both the students and their patients;- makes students highly competent in terms of their skills necessary for communicating within a therapeutic team and cooperation within an interdisciplinary team;- makes students highly competent in terms of responding to non-standard and challenging situations and implementing standard medical procedures in such situations.The following three partner universities have agreed to jointly implement the project: Opole Medical School (Poland), Medical University in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Silesian University in Opava (Czech Republic). The added value of the project is the joint involvement of experts in medical sciences, health sciences and cultural anthropology from the three partner universities. This provides an opportunity for developing the first international course book describing scenarios for working with patients in non-standard situations characterised by interdisciplinarity and multiculturalism. As a result of the project, the curriculums being developed will be modified, according to the major, in such a way as to make sure they reflect the specificity of particular medical professions. Sustainability and effectiveness of the project will be ensured in the long run. Therefore, the project specifies that its implementation will be a starting point for a long-term strategy of competence support at our school. The intellectual outputs will be used directly by the universities involved in the project, they will be also used after the project end through, inter alia, development of common procedures for working with patients in non-standard situations in the context of giving classes devoted to medical and health sciences at Medical Simulation Centres, incorporation into the course book, available in hard copy or digital form, containing scenarios used during classes given at Medical Simulation Centres, introduction of an obligatory course for students of medical sciences and an optional course for students of health sciences devoted to the procedures to be followed by a therapeutic team when dealing with patients in difficult and non-standard situations and with patients from different cultures, as well as a common area of courses offered at partner universities to facilitate easy exchange of academic teachers, experts and students."

<< Objectives >>The project will develop a coherent training program among the partner countries for the university physiotherapy/ physical activity /sports /nursing students and professionals in practice, based on the analysis of the local situation (healthcare systems, management of long-term rehabilitation, local traditions of physical activities, patients’ needs, unmet needs, etc.) and best practices.<< Implementation >>1. Project Management2. Comparison of local contexts and Transnational Analysis.3. Transnational database of good practices.4. E-learning platform. The platform will be the space for online learning, online assessment of the gained skills, exchanging of the experience.5. Dissemination of the project for sustainability of the results<< Results >>Publication with the ISBN on the comparison of the local contexts of the participating countries.Transnational Database of Good Practices including the list of the varieties of national initiatives and their results, scientific publications, descriptions of tests, evaluations, training, etc.A digital platform containing the learning material and the links to the transnational database of good practices. Results will be available in 7 languages

"""Education of students within the medical and health sciences - conservative treatment of pelvic floor muscle dysfunctions"" - was a project supporting students of medical sciences and health sciences, especially students of physiotherapy, nursing and midwifery, and the medical community, resulting from the health needs of an aging society in Europe. The subject of the project was undertaken by three partner universities: Opole Medical School (Poland), Università degli Studi G.D'Annunzio Chieti Pescara (Italy), Universidad de Cádiz (Spain). After the consolidation of Opole Medical School and the University of Opole in July 2020, the project was conducted by the University of Opole.Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) including faecal and urinary incontinence, sexual dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapse or the presence of chronic pelvic pain affects 25% of adult women worldwide, significantly reducing their quality of life. The aging of the population and the related predicted increase in the number of women reporting pelvic floor dysfunctions over the coming years lead to a need of better understanding of the problem, the rapid detection of risk factors causing PFD and the search for effective methods of conservative treatment.The most common symptom of PFD is urinary incontinence (UI), which is difficult to estimate because of its intimate nature. It is estimated that 5-69% of women and 1-39% of men have at least one episode of incontinence or loss of urine over a period of 12 months. The aim of the project was to develop by an international team of experts a subject in the field of conservative treatment in dysfunctions of pelvic muscles, based on the principles of Evidence Based Medicine, and to develop the international textbook dealing with the subject of PFD.The introduction of a new subject will supplement the knowledge among students and future medical staff in the field of manual therapy in pelvic floor dysfunctions, which will contribute to their increased attractiveness on the labor market. On the basis of an international project, partner universities introduced to the compulsory curriculum the subject and syllabuses of ""Conservative treatment of pelvic floor dysfunctions"", which contains a number of standards characterizing the programmed subject. An additional advantage of the project was the involvement of physiotherapists, nurses, and midwives from three countries. It gave the chance to develop an adequate treatment and prophylaxis based on cooperation within therapeutic teams. At the same time, the developed curriculum has been modified depending on the field of study, so that it took into account the specifics of individual medical professions.An additional advantage of this project was the unification of manual techniques in the preventive treatment of pelvic floor muscle dysfunctions manifested by the UI and the unification of research methodology. Articles written on the basis of the project enriched the literature on this issue. A textbook is touching upon a problem such as anatomical bases, diagnostics in pelvic floor dysfunctions, palpation assessment, bioelectric activity assessment and passive rigidity of pelvic floor muscles, conservative treatment, manual therapies, physical therapies, electrostimulation and magnetic field stimulation as well as issues related to behavioral therapy.The durability and effectiveness of the project is ensured in the long-term perspective, after completion of the project."

"<< Background >>The contextual opportunity of the current project proposal arises primarily from the stringency to substantiate and improve the digital skills and competencies (basic and advanced) of both teachers and students along with the need for training in digital teaching methods for teaching staff, in accordance with the directions given by the EU Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027, while fostering cooperation between all stakeholders.All four partner universities have common needs in terms of improving teaching-learning processes through digital tools through: the development of digital skills and competencies of teaching staff, transitioning from traditional towards innovative digital teaching practices, integrating blended learning methodologies, along with development of new digital practices and instructional design of the curricula in order to accommodate digital tools. Our project aims to tackle these complementary needs by developing an intensive teacher training programme geared towards substantiating and improving teaching staff’s digital skills and competencies, along with affixing beneficial changes in their running practices and methodologies through the organic integration of ICTs into learning processes, digital tools and practices as well as blended learning demarches. Moreover, at an organizational level, the partner universities shall update their teaching staff on the stringencies of digitalization, generating institutional progress and innovation. Also, developing international partnerships shall generate additional multiplying effects and future common demarches and projects. In addition, the partner universities and their communities would benefit from updating the current formal curriculum to better accommodate digital skills and a better correlation with the current labour market needs as well as training future generations of students in a progressive manner. Furthermore, in our demarches, through the intensive teacher training programme, considering the first target group’s needs, our project seeks to build and improve digital skills and competencies of teaching staff, in order to ameliorate its individual adaptability to new stringencies of digitalization, consolidating lifelong learning capabilities and generating a better correlation between instructional demarches and current context’s needs. Consequently, the entirety of the teaching and learning processes shall benefit from the project results for years to come.Additionally, a second target group would be the students, in need of a higher adaptability to digital advances in the field of finance as well as connecting them to the latest practices involving ICTs in finance, in a well-coordinated effort to increase their level of integration into the workforce, while building on life-long learning skills and professional resilience. Hence, through a modular approach of a three-year long summer school programme, our project seeks to capitalize on digital tools and digitalized instructional methodologies in order to substantiate high-grade digital skills and integrate efficient digital practices into the finance field by implying new technologies and specialized professional finance software, mending the local unemployment issue by tackling new paradigms in finance involving digitalfinance, behavioural and neurofinance by integrating them into a summer school curriculum that meets the current labour market’s needs. Moreover, the Institut de Haute Formation aux Politiques Communautaires (IHF) and Bold Technologies SRL shall highly benefit from the development of international partnerships, integration and collaboration with university networks. IHF would hold a substantial part in transferring knowledge from the field of neurofinance research to the applied and digitalized instructional activities, in order to develop relevant skills for students in accordance with the current labour market needs of the financial field.<< Objectives >>The project aims at two directions:- to develop digital skills for teachers to integrate in their curricula modern teaching methods that use digital technologies.- to develop the competencies of bachelor economics students in innovative fields of finance (digital finance, behavioral finance, neurofinance, financial simulations) and to integrate current softwares that are used in practice in their activity, for a better future insertion on labor market.The ReThink Finance project has 3 main objectives:O1: Development of digital skills and modern teaching methods for economics teachers.O2: Development of economics students' digital skills and integration of efficient digital practices into the finance field by making use of new technologies and specialized professional finance software through virtual and blended learning activities.O3: Adapting economics students' knowledge to the latest and innovative finance paradigms involving digital finance, behavioral finance and neurofinance to dynamically respond to the requirements of the working environment and to increase their level of integration into the workforce, while building on life-long learning skills and professional resilience.<< Implementation >>To achieve the objectives, ReThink Finance project will carry out the following main activities:(A) Project Management and implementation:A1 Establishing a Local Organizational Bureau/ dealing with administrative matters A2 Assesment criteria for student/staff selection (1st year)+selectionA3 Assesment criteria for student/staff selection (2nd year)+selectionA4 Assesment criteria for student/staff selection (3rd year)+selectionA5 Implementation, monitoring and control strategy for quality assuranceA6 Running a help desk during the application phaseA7 Disseemination Materials/Preparation of materials A8 First Report SubmittedA9 Interim Report SubmittedA10 Final Report Submitted(O) Project Results:O1 Elaboration of the curricula for the Intensive Training for Teaching Staff “Development of digital skills and modern teaching methods for economics teachers”O2 Elaboration of training materials for the Intensive Training for Teaching Staff “Development of digital skills and modern teaching methods for finance teachers”O3 Book of ""Good teaching practices in the digital era"", 100 pages.O4 Elaboration of the curricula for the summer school for economics students “FinTech: digital finance and blockchain”O5 Elaboration of training materials for the summer school for economics students “FinTech: digital finance and blockchain”O6 Elaboration of the curricula the summer school for economics students “From traditional finance to neurofinance”O7 Elaboration of training materials for the summer school for economics students “From traditional finance to neurofinance”O8 Finance Lab Pro - Virtual financial simulationsO9 Elaboration of the curricula for the summer school for economics students “Corporate valuation and financial simulations in global financial markets”O10 Elaboration of training materials the summer school for economics students “Corporate valuation and financial simulations in global financial markets”O11 Virtual valuation competitionO12 Book for students “Changing paradigms in finance – from traditional finance to digital and neurofinance” – 150 pagesO13 E-learning platformO14 Virtual training FinTech: digital finance and blockchain(C) Learning, Teaching, Training Activities:C1 Implementation of the Intensive Training for Teaching Staff “Development of digital skills and modern teaching methods for economics teachers”C2 Implementation of the Intensive Summer Programme for economics students “FinTech: digital finance and blockchain”C3 Implementation of the Intensive Summer Programme for economics students “From traditional finance to neurofinance”C4 Implementation of the Intensive Summer Programme for economics students “Corporate valuation and financial simulations in global financial markets”(E) Multiplier events:E1 ReThink Finance International Conference. An innovative approach in the research and study of digital and behavioral financeE2 ReThink Finance International Conference. An innovative approach in the research and study of digital and behavioral financeE3 ReThink Finance International Conference. An innovative approach in the research and study of digital and behavioral finance(M) Transnational project meetings:M1 Kick-Off MeetingM2 Intermediary Project Meeting 2M3 Intermediary Project Meeting 3<< Results >>By fulfilling the stated project objectives, we envisage the achievement of the following expected results and outcomes:INDIVIDUAL level:Ri1. Improvement of teaching staff’s digital skills and modern teaching methods which will lead to an improved and redesigned curricula regarding the digital teaching methods;Ri2. Improvement of students’ digital skills by integrating the use of financial software (Finance lab, FinBoard and Traderion) and databases (Thomson Reuters Eikon) used in practice;Ri3. Well trained and better informed students about new and innovative concepts in finance;Ri4. Open access to a e-Learning platform with current relevant information pertaining to topical finance trends;Ri5. Free access to an e-book devised to be a relevant support for theory & practice for the tackled finance topics;Ri6. Ensuring the smooth transition from education to the labor market by engaging students in activities that simulate real professional processes;Ri7. Good organizational ability and communication skills for students and teaching staff, acquired as a consequence of being exposed to an international consortium.ORGANIZATIONAL level:Ro1. Creation of qualitative, modern and interactive teaching, training and assessment curricula, materials and tools using relevant financial software and databases;Ro2. Improvement of teaching staff expertise in the use of digital technologies in teaching;Ro3. Developing a user-friendly e-Learning platform customized for each user category, aimed at facilitating access to quality Open Educational Resources on current paradigms in finance and topical economic realities, geared towards participants, students and professionals especially those from low-opportunity backgrounds or marginalised communities;Ro4. Elaborating an open-access e-book which will contain new information in the field of finance; Ro5. Access and use of a collaborative learning in virtual communities using ICT-based tools;Ro6. The possibility to implement the curricula elaborated within the project as study disciplines in the curriculum of the specializations in the field of Finance in the future;Ro7. Strengthened the international cooperation and nurturing the knowledge alliance between project partners."