{"id":4722,"date":"2016-12-12T14:41:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T14:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esu-online.org\/new2022\/projects\/student-learning-assessment-and-certification-in-europe-essa\/"},"modified":"2022-10-11T08:30:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T08:30:37","slug":"student-learning-assessment-and-certification-in-europe-essa","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/esu-online.org\/projects\/student-learning-assessment-and-certification-in-europe-essa\/","title":{"rendered":"Student learning, Assessment and Certification in Europe (ESSA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project aims to create a more flexible approach to student learning, assessment and certification across Europe\u2019s higher education sector, in a way that will enhance graduate employability. The aim is to improve levels of student satisfaction by allowing them to engage with real world issues in a sphere that is of considerable significance to many of them –  social responsibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Utilising the Benchmark Standards for University Social Responsibility across the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), that were produced in an earlier EU Lifelong Learning Programme funded project<\/a>, the work of the current project develops the concept of facilitation of learning as a key to effective engagement of students as active agents of their own learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By using a group of trained facilitators, a cohort of 60 students drawn from the three participating universities will be trained as Social Responsibility Auditors in a student-centered, action-reflection learning based programme, delivered in blended mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will culminate in four Audits<\/u> of different European higher education institutions, carried out by cross-national teams of the students involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students awarded a Level 6 EQF Certificate in Social Responsibility Auditing following satisfactory completion of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n