{"id":3525,"date":"2020-10-23T11:43:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T11:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esu-online.org\/new2022\/steering-higher-education-for-community-engagement\/"},"modified":"2020-10-23T11:43:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T11:43:31","slug":"steering-higher-education-for-community-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esu-online.org\/steering-higher-education-for-community-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Steering Higher Education For Community Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newly launched EU-funded project will help universities and policymakers improve community engagement in higher education<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An international project has been launched to support community engagement of European universities, understood as university partnerships with external stakeholders to address societal challenges. The project (entitled \u2018<\/b>SHEFCE \u2013 Steering Higher Education for Community Engagement\u2019<\/i><\/b>), which is funded through the European Union\u2019s Erasmus+ programme, aims to build the capacities of universities, policymakers and stakeholders in Europe for mainstreaming community engagement in higher education. The SHEFCE project is led by the Institute for the Development of Education (Croatia) and gathers 22 partners\/associate partners from six EU Member States. The associate partners include the European University Association, the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education, the European Students\u2019 Union, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Council of Europe.<\/b><\/p>\n

Community engagement is an integral part of universities\u2019 \u2018third mission\u2019 activities. However, community engagement has so far been largely marginalised in higher education policy, with priority given to the economic significance and impact<\/span> of universities. The broader societal role of universities has begun re-emerging in policy initiatives, as reflected in the EU\u2019s <\/span>Renewed Agenda for Higher Education<\/span><\/i> and the Horizon 2020 \u2018<\/span>Science with and for Society\u2019<\/span><\/i> programme, as well as in the recent European Universities Initiative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The SHEFCE project is a follow-up to the project <\/span>TEFCE \u2013 Towards a European Framework for Community Engagement in Higher Education<\/span><\/i> that has developed a toolbox to support universities and policymakers in supporting community engagement. The SHEFCE project will have four main outputs:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. University action-plans for community engagement at five partner universities<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Policy recommendations for system-level support for community engagement in higher education in five countries and at the EU level\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. A European online platform for community engagement in higher education with resources and tools to support universities and communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Piloting a European university-community engagement \u2018heatmap\u2019 to help universities learn from good practices at unviersities in other countries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The project\u2019s partner institutions are five \u2018action-planning\u2019 universities (Danube University Krems, Free University of Brussels, Technological University Dublin, University of Girona and University of Rijeka) and experts in the field of higher education policy and community engagement (Association of Catalan Public Universities, Ghent University, Institute for the Development of Education, National University of Ireland Galway) and a social impact agency (Brodoto). <\/span>The partnership is further supported by four local partners, three networks\/national stakeholders and five international associations.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The SHEFCE project is co-funded by the European Commission\u2019s Erasmus+ programme Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education and will last until August 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Further information:<\/span> While the project website and social media are under development, please visit the web site <\/span><\/i>www.tefce.eu<\/span><\/i><\/a> for more information or contact SHEFCE project manager Thomas Farnell, Institute for the Development of Education, <\/span><\/i>tfarnell@iro.hr<\/span><\/i><\/a>)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

    Annex: List of SHEFCE project partners<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Partner institutions<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1<\/span><\/td>\nInstitute for the Development of Education<\/span><\/td>\nCroatia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2<\/span><\/td>\nDanube University Krems<\/span><\/td>\nAustria<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Rijeka<\/span><\/td>\nCroatia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    4<\/span><\/td>\nGhent University\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBelgium<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    5<\/span><\/td>\nTechnological University Dublin\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nIreland<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    6<\/span><\/td>\nUniversity of Girona<\/span><\/td>\nSpain<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    7<\/span><\/td>\nFree University of Brussels<\/span><\/td>\nBelgium<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    8<\/span><\/td>\nAssociation of Catalan Public Universities<\/span><\/td>\nSpain<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    9<\/span><\/td>\nNational University of Ireland Galway<\/span><\/td>\nIreland<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    10<\/span><\/td>\nBrodoto<\/span><\/td>\nCroatia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Associate partners<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Advisory team<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1<\/span><\/td>\nEuropean University Association\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2<\/span><\/td>\nEuropean Association of Institutions in Higher Education<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3<\/span><\/td>\nEuropean Students’ Union\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    4<\/span><\/td>\nCouncil of Europe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    5<\/span><\/td>\nOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    National stakeholders and partner networks<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1<\/span><\/td>\nIrish Universities’ Association \/ Campus Engage<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2<\/span><\/td>\nEuropean Higher Education Society (EAIR)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3<\/span><\/td>\nAustrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Local partners<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1<\/span><\/td>\nCitySpark\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBelgium<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2<\/span><\/td>\nDublin City Council\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nIreland<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3<\/span><\/td>\nGirona City Council\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSpain<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    4<\/span><\/td>\nRijeka City Council<\/span><\/td>\nCroatia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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