The Department of Computer Science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, acting as the coordinator for VSB–TUO, organized the BaTT Teachers Forum course focused on the use of batteries in the automotive industry. In the coming years, the European market will require thousands of qualified professionals, more than seventy percent of whom will work in technical roles. Well-prepared educators therefore play a key role in training the next generation of experts. The BaTT Teachers Forum platform provides space for sharing experience, exchanging best practices, and deepening knowledge among current and future teachers of vocational education.
The Ostrava course included expert lectures and discussions held in the Mobility Lab, Health Lab, and Smart Factory within the CPIT TL3 testbed, as well as at the IT4I supercomputing centre. The course was also organized in collaboration with the industrial partner Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech and offered participants the latest knowledge about trends in electromobility, along with opportunities to share experiences.
The project contributes not only to the development of vocational education in the field of battery systems, but also to the promotion of technical education across Europe,” said Jakub Štolfa, the project coordinator at VSB-TUO.
The CaBatt project runs from 2023 to 2025 and includes a series of five training sessions held in different European countries. It successively focuses on raw materials and recycling in Finland, battery production in Sweden, stationary battery applications in Portugal, batteries in the automotive industry in the Czech Republic, and batteries in the maritime industry in Norway.
Within the project, VSB-TUO is responsible for analysing the needs of the automotive industry, coordinating IT support, and developing educational programmes. “We are proud that our university can be part of an international initiative responding to the needs of modern industry. The course is a great opportunity not only for teachers but also for our university, which in this way strengthens cooperation with European partners and the industry,” added Jakub Štolfa.
Across the university, cooperation with teachers and students has long been supported as part of the ‘Improve Your Engineering Skills’ (Zlepši si techniku) programme.