What is
Educate to Innovate:
Developing and Sustaining Female Food Entrepreneurs

The aim of this Erasmus+ funded project is to develop and upskill, Vocational Education and Training (VET) teachers equipping them with the required knowledge and skills to develop and support the growth of Female Food Entrepreneurs (FFEs).

The project team will do so by developing an innovative pedagogy guide and resource tool for VET teachers. This will enable them to develop female-focused entrepreneurial training courses that will be influenced and delivered by food entrepreneurs. In summary, training that will involve Entrepreneurs helping to develop Entrepreneurs. Encouraging the growth of continuing professional development for VET teachers and developing innovative teaching approaches is a key objective of this project.

 
If you are a VET Provider, Trainer, Female Food Entrepreneur or Female with a Food Business Idea in Europe and would like to contribute to the research associated with “Educate to Innovate” and take part in the many free activities and events taking place across Europe as part of this project please contact us.

Who We Are

Maria McDonagh

Business Development Manager for Medicinal Nutrition

Dr. Lisa Ryan

Head of the Department of Natural Sciences in the School of Science and Computing at GMIT

Emma Finnegan

Research Assistant at GMIT

Georgeta Raţă

Associate Professor at the Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine.

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