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JTF grant for labour market project Strategic HR
Techport was the first organisation in IJmond to submit an entirely labour market-focused project to JTF IJmond. The application for the 'Strategic HR for SMEs' project has been honoured and will start soon.
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Fieldlab Smart Energy on lab safari
On Friday 26 April, the Techport Fieldlab Smart Energy project consortium was hosted by partner Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) for a lab safari.
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Hannover Messe 'Energising a Sustainable Industry' inspiration trip
On Monday 22 April, Techport organised a day trip to the world's largest industrial fair, Hannover Messe, for member companies, governments and educational institutions. Theo Koster of Techport: "It is striking how this fair has changed in recent years. Concrete products made of kilograms of steel and electronics are giving way to digital twins. Sustainability and digitalisation lie as...
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Esmee and Emmelotte already know they want to study automotive engineering mbo
Again this year, many Techport companies demonstrated during Girls’ Day that you can have a great career with engineering and technology and that technical talent is not innate, but that you can develop an interest in engineering.
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"By not focusing on technical skills, students are more likely to see engineering as something positive"
Dalton school De Klipper has been a Techport school since 2019. The school combines thematic learning with 'group-based' teaching. Instead of traditional classrooms and classroom teaching in large groups, teachers create vibrant learning environments. So that children of different ages and groups work together and learn from each other. Thematic learning makes every lesson engaging Director Madelon Boot: "Whether it...
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Primary school ‘The Adventure’: ‘Technology is woven into our education’
Primary school ‘Het Avontuur’ in Heemskerk is literally a Techport school from the very beginning. Since 2018, they have experienced a huge development in providing technical education. Their motto ‘Learning by daring & doing’ is already reflected in their lessons
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An enthusiastic kick-off of the Fieldlab Smart Energy Techport
On 18 January, development partners, customers and schools (MBO, HBO, WO) came together for the kick-off of 'Fieldlab Smart Energy Techport'. In the coming years, Techport, together with its business and education partners, will focus on energy efficiency, nuisance reduction and Smart Maintenance using digital technologies. Tiny Machine Learning Sensor technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) can make a big...
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Second Hackathon Smart Maintenance: from failure and repair to prevention and prediction
During the second Hackathon Smart Maintenance, 100 upper secondary school students and first-year mbo engineering students again worked on smart solutions to real-life maintenance issues.
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Ten years of Techport, ten years of successful collaboration in the region
During the festive event in IJmuiden, the successful cooperation of the past ten years was discussed. But above all it looked ahead to the future, and in particular to realising the energy transition in the IJmond region
