European Education Connectivity Solution

This website will be maintained and supported by the consortium co-ordinator OneCard Solutions and will provide the most up to date information on the ongoing development of the EECS project

Email: eecs@onecard.ie
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Welcome to the European Education Connectivity Solution (EECS)

News

iCloud Printing Kiosks

2011-11-25

Nov., 2011 - OneCard Solutions are working closely with Waterford Institute of Technology to install a new state of the art print kiosk on its campus.

Printing and Photocopying Application integration

2011-11-25

Nov 2011 – OneCard Solutions are working with the EECS consortium partner and RTD, CTRC (Card Technology Research Center) to provide a updated and modern Print copy solution to meet the changing requirement of college and Universities.

Swedish Universities

2011-11-25

Nov., 2011 – A workshop meeting was held with a number of Swedish Universities where the EECS SME partner, Mecenat gave a presentation about the EECS project. Mecenat provided an update on the EECS prototype, progress and the future plans.

SCM application Development

2011-11-25

Nov., 2011 - OPTeam is the SME that is leading the further development of the SCM module. This is a key part of the EECS solution which allows for the mobility of students by providing standards for the secure transmission of students details to host universities.

CAI development and Application Integration

2011-10-25

Oct., 2011 - One Card Solutions have met with application solution providers who are working to integrate their existing applications to use the EECS standards.

Pilot Demonstration Sites

2011-09-25

Sep 2011 - The SMEs recognise that they need to improve the concept of the standardised interoperable campus card system (EECS) and therefore the SMEs are implementing a plan to bridge the gap between the research and the commercialisation of the product. It has been agreed that the system will be installed and set-up as a pilot demonstration at a number of sites. The first site which agreed to participate in the trials is the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). The University of Rzeszow have also agreed to a pilot demonstration at their Institution.

ECCA Conference 2011

2011-06-09

The European Campus Card Association’s Annual Conference is taking place this year at the
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK on June 12th and 13th.

EECS Project has now concluded

2011-06-09

The EECS project has heralded a major advance in campus card technology by developing the prototype for a secure, standardised, interoperable campus card system. This concept will assist academic mobility by facilitating the electronic transmission of student data between educational institutions, by providing a standardised interface between the campus card system and other facilities such as library, access control, time and attendance etc.

The European Education Connectivity Solution (EECS) Project is now in final month of completion

2011-05-04

The European Education Connectivity Solution (EECS) is now in its final month of the project. Currently the consortium is working on completing WP5 Validation and Trials and also WP6 Training, Knowledge Management and Dissemination. The project is on time and on course and a full working prototype of the EECS project will be developed by May 31st 2011.

EECS WP5 Trials in CR80 news article

2011-04-18

On April 11^th 2011, CR80 news, a US publication on campus cards, published an article on the EECS Project detailing the success of the WP5 trials and information on the project itself.

WP5 Trial Results

2011-04-13

To meet the requirement of WP5 of the European Education Connectivity Solution (EECS) project it was necessary to carry out trials between two HE institutions in Europe. This involved students from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Ireland and the Technical University of Lodz (TUL), Poland, two members of the consortium, becoming trial exchange students.

News Archive

The European Education Connectivity Solution (EECS) project was researched and developed by a consortium which consists of three European SMEs and three Technology Research Centres. The main aim of the project was to develop a prototype campus card management system to serve the unique needs and requirements of European Higher Education Institutions. The prototype system provides a secure, standardised campus card system to overcome the current barriers to expansion of the campus card market and support academic mobility within Europe.

The concept of developing a European standardised card system was researched among the members of the European Campus Card Association (ECCA). This research clearly identified the need for operability and mobility across the EU. The creation of a standardised campus card system will facilitate secure access to a range of campus services. It will also provide academic mobility by allowing Higher Education institutions to share information using a common identification card that will act as a student’s “electronic key” and will enable access to a student’s records on secure databases.

A standardised campus card will enable more efficient electronic exchange of data amongst H.E. Institutions with the technology of the new millennium. In Europe many Higher Education institutions operate campus card systems in order to facilitate access to services for students, academics and visitors: point of sale, library access, access to classrooms/residences, printing/photocopying, etc. However, these systems operate in isolation on a stand-alone basis, providing no interoperability with other H.E. Institutions card systems due to the lack of system standards.

The main aim of the EECS project is to provide standards, mobility and interoperability throughout the European campuses. The first phase of the EECS project involved several phases of development which was successfully completed in May 2011. The SME's ongoing work is focused on developing the EECS project, bridging the gap between research and commercialisation of the EECS project. A pilot of the EECS solution will be implemented in a number of demonstration sites over the next 12-18 months, with the first being implemented at Waterford Institute of Technology in the first quarter of 2012.