Semi-annual update 5 – March 2018 – August 2018
Amendment
A third amendment was started in June 2018, to cover the accession of one new beneficiary and one new partner to the consortium from 1 September 2018.
Academic beneficiary: Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Prof. Kristina Niedderer will move to MMU from 1 November 2018, so adding MMU as a partner will allow Prof. Niedderer to continue scientific oversight of the project throughout, as well as bringing in MMU’s design expertise and further widening the reach of the project in the UK.
Academic partner (Third Country): ITMO University, Russia
Has expertise in app and software development, which will benefit the consortium and the final prototypes to be produced. Project participation will provide them a great opportunity to collaborate with design beneficiaries and to help with the design development and application.
Management meetings
Management meetings took place as follows:
- Nottingham, Thursday 17 May (secondments, final conference planning)
- Luxembourg, Friday 29 June 2018 (secondments, final conference planning, sustainability)
Sustainability
Members of the consortium submitted a proposal to JNPD, successfully passing Stage 1 and submitting further information to Stage 2. The consortium is looking at ways that some of the suggested prototypes not being developed through MinD can be produced through other sources.
Periodic Report
The project halfway point was March 2018, and the consortium submitted a full periodic report in June 2018, with details of secondments undertaken and successful outcomes of the first half of the project. Highlights included the successful completion of WP3, data collection, and the selection of the two prototypes which will be developed in the second half of the project.
Semi-annual update 6 – September 2018 – February 2019
Amendment
The third amendment started in June 2018 was approved by the Research Executive Agency on 1 October 2018. This covered the accession of Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) and ITMO University (Russia) to the consortium.
Management meetings
Management meetings took place as follows:
- Netherlands, Thursday 27 September 2018(secondments, design phase update, final conference planning)
- Spain, Friday 23 November 2018 (secondments, design phase update, third symposium, final conference planning, sustainability)
Sustainability
As the JNPD Stage 2 proposal was not funded, members of the consortium are looking at other ways that some of the suggested prototypes not being developed through MinD can be produced through other sources. In particular, new partner MMU have provided more information about intellectual property rights and sustainability.