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EACEA - Lifelong Learning Programme 1
Cooperation between HEIs and Enterprises
inErasmus Centralised Actions
Katarina SmalovaErasmus, Jean Monnet Unit
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Matinée Erasmus, Brussels, 5 May 2009
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Encourage trans-national higher education cooperation in strategically important fields:
Creating innovative European BA/MA/PhD courses and continuing education: Curriculum Development
Creating innovative European BA/MA/PhD courses and continuing education: Curriculum Development
Contributing to the reform of HE systems with regard to Bologna objectives: Modernisation of Higher Education
Contributing to the reform of HE systems with regard to Bologna objectives: Modernisation of Higher Education
Promoting Cooperation between higher education institutions and enterprises
Promoting Cooperation between higher education institutions and enterprises
Promoting the virtual dimension in Higher Education: Virtual Campuses
Promoting the virtual dimension in Higher Education: Virtual Campuses
Erasmus Multilateral Projects
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ACADEMIC Networks(31 LLP countries) promote innovation in a specific discipline, set of disciplines or a multidisciplinary area
ACADEMIC Networks(31 LLP countries) promote innovation in a specific discipline, set of disciplines or a multidisciplinary area
STRUCTURAL Networks(min 5 LLP countries) improve and modernise a specific aspect of higher education organisation, management, governance or funding
STRUCTURAL Networks(min 5 LLP countries) improve and modernise a specific aspect of higher education organisation, management, governance or funding
Erasmus Networks
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Erasmus Accompanying Measures
promote the objectives of the Erasmus programmehelp to ensure that the results of Erasmus-supported activities are brought to the attention of a wider public
promote the objectives of the Erasmus programmehelp to ensure that the results of Erasmus-supported activities are brought to the attention of a wider public
Aims
communication activitiesthematic monitoring of projectsdissemination and exploitation of project results
communication activitiesthematic monitoring of projectsdissemination and exploitation of project results
Activities
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Objectives
the facilitation and intensification of cooperation between HEI and enterprises by creating a common culture and understanding and developing exemplary actions in this area
Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
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reinforcing the link between studies and employment needs;
developing educational services for enterprises, provision for part-time students, advanced level vocational training, etc;
promoting exchanges and cooperation between HEI and enterprises;
promoting entrepreneurship, creative thinking and innovative approaches as part of the curriculum and as a skill for teachers/researchers;
assessing future skills needs in order to better match future labour market needs.
Priorities (1)
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Priority will be given to projects which include a strong role for partners from outside academia, notably:
enterprises (particularly SMEs)professional organisationschambers of commercesocial partnerslocal/regional bodies
Priorities (2)
Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
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In 2007:
22 proposals submitted
5 projects selected
Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
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Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
Title – Organisation - Number of partners
Description
• PRomoção do EMpreededorismo e InOvação (PREMIO)
• TECMAIA-Parque De Ciência e Tecnologia da Maia SA, Portugal
• 8 (PT, EE, GR, RO)
• A mixed partnership (HEIs, science and technology parks, development foundations)
• Promoting entrepreneurship and business start-ups among HE students, teachers and researchers
• Developing a tailor-made training module (blended learning) with mentors from the business sector
• The best business idea awarded a prize (premio) = incubation in the science and technology parks involved
www.premio-project.eu
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Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•Cross-Border Virtual Entrepreneurship (CBVE)
•EADTU, NL
•5 (EE, ES, HU, IT, PL)
•A mixed partnership (HEIs, a company) + regional enterprise networks, chambers of commerce, investment banks, professional org.
•Promoting entrepreneurship, business start-ups and innovation skills among non-traditional learners
•Piloting entrepreneurship in the curricula of the target group via flexible learning approaches
•Proposed business ventures assessed by non-university stakeholders
•Envisaged outcomes: own start-ups or source of innovation within established companies (i.e. increased employability of the target group)
www.eadtu.nl/cbve
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Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•Funeral Services Master Business Administration (FUSEMBA)
•Serveis Funeraris de Barcelona, ES
•4 (DE, ES, FR, IT) + a silent partner (UK)
•A mixed partnership (professional associations, one HEI)
•Promoting modernisation and innovation in SMEs by providing advanced vocational training to managers
•Team working and networking
•Blended learning (on-line plus face-to-face in different countries)
•Envisaged outcomes: a more competitive funeral services sector in Europe, HEI benefiting from the contact with real business
www.fusemba.com
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Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•Architectural Design and Manufacturing: From the School Lab to the Fabrication Workshop (CONTINUUM)
•Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis, GR
•12 (BE, ES, FR, GR, IT, LI, NL, UK)
•A mixed partnership (HEIs, companies)
•Creating links between schools of architecture and SMEs in order to bring together academic research and advanced technology in enterprises
•Staff from SMEs giving lectures to students and teachers and researchers
•Students and HEI staff visiting SMEs
•Students producing prototypes, the best ones supported by enterprises
•A web-portal
www.f2f-continuum.eu
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Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•Good Practices in University-Enterprise Partnerships (GOODUEP)
•Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, ES
•5 (DE, IT, NL, PL, UK)
•A partnership of HEIs and one research institute
•Mapping types of UEP in Europe
•Developing tools to assess/manage UEP activities and analyse the governance structure of UEP
•Identify good practice
•Present recommendations for HEIs, enterprises and HE policy makers
www.gooduep.eu
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In 2008:
28 proposals submitted
10 projects selected
New themes:
• student placements, female entrepreneurship, aged workforce, sector-specific projects (e.g. spa management), SMEs and immigrants, etc.
Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
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Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•A Model for Quality of Trans-national Student Placements in Enterprises (Q-PlaNet)
•Hochschule Karlsruhe – Technik und Wirtschaft (KOOR/BEST), DE
• 10 (DE, BE, EE, LU, RO)
•A partnership of HEIs and non-academic organisations (2 of which are ENT)•Aims:
1) To set up quality standards for practical placements in enterprises,
2) To set up three experimental quality reference centres in two new Member States, 3) To develop a European pilot network of Quality Reference Centres
www.q-planet.org
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• Involve partners from outside the academia
• 60% develop training courses, modules or enrich already
existing curricula with practice-based learning elements in
a specific field of study or a business sector
• 40% develop general strategies/guidelines/tools in relation
to Cooperation HEI/Enterprises (innovation, female
entrepreneurship, student placements, etc.)
Common Features of Projects Selected in 2007 and 2008 (1)
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• Use a virtual community platform and blended learning
• Often include a “competition” element
• Often a couple “HEI-Enterprise” in each participating
country
Common Features of Projects Selected in 2007 and 2008 (2)
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• Enterprises still not sufficiently active• Insufficient involvement of formal bodies
(associations of SMEs, professional organisations, social partners, decision makers, etc.) for a greater impact and sustainability
• Dissemination poorly addressed (no strategy from the beginning of the project)
Some Negative Features of Proposals Submitted in 2008 (1)
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• Intellectual and industrial property rights not properly addressed
• European added value rather poor, impact only on partner organisations
• Imbalanced budget (a big bulk of activities and the budget allocated to the applicant/coordinator)
Co-operation between HEI and Enterprises
Some Negative Features of Proposals Submitted in 2008 (2)
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Examples of other Erasmus centralised actions
Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•European Pharmacoinformatics Initiative (EUROPIN)
•Universität Wien, AT
• 6 (AT, DE, IT, PL)
• pure HEIs consortium
•to develop a joint PhD program on Pharmacoinformatics
•to promote creativity, competitiveness and employability of young scientists, soft skills such as group management, fund raising, and entrepreneurship
•strong participation of experts from pharmaceutical companies
www.europin.at
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Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•Employability & Entrepreneurship: Tuning Universities & Enterprises
•Universidade Catolica Portuguesa – Centro Regional do Porto, PT
• 6 (PT, UK, FR, PL, DK)
• a mixed consortium (HEIs + 1 association of enterprises)
•to identify a common skills profile of economic and business graduates through a study of market-valued skills among enterprises as well as alumni, professional organisations, and other relevant stakeholders
•Competencies Assessment Platform
•Competencies Development Strategy
•Curricula Developmental Model
•Coaching Model
http://feg.porto.ucp.pt/eetue/
Examples of other Erasmus centralised actions
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Examples of other Erasmus centralised actions
Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•Virtual campus for SMEs in a multicultural milieu
•Budapesti Gazdaságo Fõiskola, HU
• 6 (HU, DE, FR, UK)
• mixed partnership (1 SME federation and 1 employers’ confederation)
•joint diploma on-line courses for SMEs:•diverse combinations of the already existing BA modules and MA subjects•comparative character aiming at the facilitation of the international mobility of entrepreneurs who have received this joint Master degree•SMEs to provide feedback on the relevance of the curricula.
www.bgf.hu/project/llp/erasmus/evc
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Examples of other Erasmus centralised actions
Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•EUE-Net - European University – Enterprise Network
•Universitatea Transilvana din Brasov, RO
51 partners
•starting from the previous TN EUI-Net
•Increasing the presence of the entrepreneurs in university activities by innovative mobility schemes involving entrepreneurs•Tuning Entrepreneurship - defining generic entrepreneurial skills for the students and best profile of teachers•Enhancing the quality of practical placements of students•Development of a network of Career Development Offices.
www.eue-net.org
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Examples of other Erasmus centralised actions
Title – Organisation -Number of partners
Description
•Dissemination of TREE Thematic Network Results (Teaching and Research in Engineering in Europe)
•Università degli Studi di Firenze, IT
•more than 50 partners
•to enhance the European dimension of engineering education, to improve strategies for a better cooperation between higher education and enterprises and to focus the attention on the "knowledge triangle" of education, research and innovation
•regional conferences to reach all relevant stakeholders in EE in Europe•a publication (printed+web)
www.unifi.it/tree
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ActionSubmitted Proposals*
Selected
Proposals
A. Multilateral projects (total) 141 43
1. Curriculum Development 72 18
2. Cooperation between HEI and Enterprises 28 10
3. Modernisation of Higher Education 20 9
4. Virtual Campuses 21 5
B. Networks 21 14
C. Accompanying Measures 9 4
Call 2008 Results
* Including ineligible applications
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Applications SubmittedComparison 2007 / 2008 / 2009
53
28 23 2013 10
147
68
20 1927
199
162
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22 2033 31
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178
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2007 53 28 23 20 13 10 147
2008 68 20 19 27 19 9 162
2009 56 22 20 33 31 16 178
ECD EVC EMHE ECUE ENW EAM Total
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Success Rate of Erasmus Actions in 2007
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ECD ECUE EMHE EVC EAM ENW
Curriculum Development: 56, Selected: 22Cooperation HEI/Enterprises: 22, Selected: 5
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Success Rate of Erasmus Actions in 2008
Curriculum Development: 72, Selected: 18Cooperation HEI/Enterprises: 28, Selected: 10
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2008 Selected Applicationsby Coordinating Country
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2008 Selected Applicationsby Partner Country
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LLP – Erasmus Programme – Executive Agency (EACEA) Website http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/erasmus/erasmus_en.htm
LLP – Erasmus Programme – Directory project compendiahttp://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/erasmus/erasmus_compendia_en.html
Useful links
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Contacts
EACEA-CURRICULUMDEVELOPMENT@ec.europa.euGilles GERVAIS / Martin FREWER
EACEA-MODERNISATIONHE@ec.europa.euMaria-Luisa GARCIA MINGUEZ
EACEA-ERA-COOPERATIONUE@ec.europa.euKatarina SMALOVA
EACEA-VIRTUALCAMPUSES@ec.europa.euMartin FREWER
EACEA-EUC@ec.europa.euMireilla FABREGA IGLESIAS
EACEA-ERA-ACCOMPANYING@ec.europa.euKatarina SMALOVA
EACEA-ERA-NETWORKS@ec.europa.euKatia de SOUSA