TransFIRe is a UKRI funded Research Hub at Cranfield University, with 12 research organisations in the UK and more than 70 project partners from across the foundation industries, covering Chemicals, Metals, Glass, Cement, Paper, Ceramics, and trade associations, professional membership bodies, civic sector and government organisations.
Their objective is to drive sustainability improvement in the foundation industries through research.
When the Principal Investigators were looking for a venue to host their bespoke training and research workshop, for 20 Post Doctoral Researchers, which was aligned with the values and objectives of the TransFIRe project, they chose ESA in Crete.
The agenda consisted of learning and research skills development sessions.
Unique learning environments
Offsite technical visits and sharing research with academics at local Universities.
Informational and fun recreational activities
Unforgettable evening experiences including starwatching with ESA astronomer Christos Sotiropoulou or olive oil tasting and wine pairing with ESA Sommelier Stella Diomandaraki.
Always accompanied by delicious, locally sourced, low packaging, Cretan catering with local, organic fine wines from award winning Dourakis ‘green winery’.
Powered only by Cretan sunshine, ESA is a beautiful building rooted in the earth amongst ancient rocks and olive trees, surrounded by nature. Its construction is a leading example of sustainability in practice. ESA is an experiential and creative place where people feel enlivened, uplifted and creative. Great living and great learning happen at ESA. A perfect setting for:
Our passion is contributing towards co-created sustainable enterprise for positive impact on communities and the natural environment on a global scale. Leadership and entrepreneur issues of adaptation, resilience, authenticity, sustainable-self, values connected sense-making and the continued emancipation of women (WISE) to take up more leadership roles in the world are at the core of the ESA sustainability experience.
ESA has been a consortium partner and Project Leader in Lifelong learning and Erasmus+ projects since 2013. We have collaborated with partners from Austria, Croatia, France, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland. We always participate in EU Co-Funded Projects which focus on new approaches for skills.
