Your monthly collection of news, events, and resources in entrepreneurship and engagement in higher education

March, 2023

 ACEEU’S KEY EVENT IN 2023 

 Finalists for Triple E Awards selected 

Congratulations to all finalists!

The Triple E Awards are in full swing. Following the first round of evaluations, the 5 finalists in each of the 30 award categories have been selected, covering Awards focused on the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, as well as global awards. The finalists are now requested to extend their entries for the final evaluation to determine the winner.

Stay tuned. We will publish detailed information on all finalist entries soon, and you will be able to support entries by voting and social media support.

Click here to check the official website of the event!

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ACEEU SPOTLIGHT MAGAZINE

March Edition is out!

Entrepreneurial Universities: The Alignment of the Teaching and Learning practices 

In this month’s Spotlight article, Dr. Lina Landinez from the ACEEU (Germany) explains the power of constructive alignment and transformative approaches to promoting entrepreneurial thinking and acting among students and staff. Dr. Lina Landinez's article explores the concept of constructive alignment as a tool for universities to transform themselves into entrepreneurial agents. The article highlights the importance of promoting entrepreneurial thinking and acting among students and staff, and suggests that universities should align themselves at every level, from institutional commitment to daily teaching practices, to embed entrepreneurship in curricula and reflect the needs of local communities. Dr. Landinez argues that the transformative approach towards an entrepreneurial university can be achieved by using the concept of constructive alignment, which puts the responsibility of knowledge acquisition and creation on individual learners rather than teachers, as traditionally expected. Read the full article here.

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PROMOTION OF ACCREDITATION

How will ACEEU Accreditation benefit your Higher Education Institution?  

Click here for further information about ACEEU Institutional and Divisional Accreditation and submit today your Eligibility Application!

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ACEEU PROJECTS

Join us in Brussels to discuss the impact of AI in higher education

Join us in Brussels to discuss the impact of AI in higher education!

As part of its Qual-AI-ty Engagement project, ACEEU and its partners are hosting an evening event in Brussels, 5^th April, 2023, to discuss how AI is shaping higher education.

What has changed since the release of ChatGPT? How significant will be the impact of AI on higher education institutions, both positively and negatively? Will AI even challenge the existence of higher education institutions as we know them today? How can/should higher education institutions respond to address the present challenges and pave the way for the future? How can especially small institutions keep up with AI developments and up-skill themselves to be “AI-ready”? Which elements should be on top of the task lists of educational institutions, researchers and educators, and the European Commission?

Confirmed speakers include:

Dr. Thérèse Zhang Deputy Director, Higher Education Policy, European University Association

Orestis Trasanidis AI Lead, EIT Digital, and AI Community Coordinator/Leader at EIT Cross KIC European Institute of Technology

Prof. Dr. Elīna Gaile-Sarkane, Chair of the Senate of Riga Technical University and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management)

Dr. Georgi Dimitrov Head of Unit “Digital Education” at the European Commission

For more information, please visit:

https://qual-ai-ty.eu/Brussels_event.pdf

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ACEEU PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS 

Decode Sustainability

DECODE Sustainability Empowerment Program

Are you interested in the challenges of sustainability in European societies, industries, and economies? DECODE Sustainability Empowerment Program took place in Barcelona from March 22-24, 2023. The program is designed for deans, heads of departments, program directors, and delegates from European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

Through the DECODE self-assessment tool, participants will identify their priority areas for sustainability and develop a customized sustainability roadmap for their academic unit, exchange ideas and good practices with peers from other European universities, and develop a customized sustainability roadmap for their academic unit. Participants will exchange ideas and good practices with peers from other European universities while learning from leadership and change management experts.

Want to know more about how to drive sustainable development at the management level of your academic unit? Click here to check the official website of the event!

Project website: https://decode-council.org/index.php/news-and-event/

Flyer of the event: https://decode-council.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DECODE-Empowerment-Program-for-Impact-Roadmap-Design.pdf

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PROJECT UPDATE

Wrapping up the Projects

Celebrating successful finalisation of MyDigiCoop, INDEED, C-19 dResponse and Digital Balance projects!

March was a particularly successful month for ACEEU, as it marked the completion of several important projects. With this, we have contributed to the fields of social cooperative entrepreneurship, digital education, and distance learning. Explore the results of the projects

• MyDigiCoop https://www.aceeu.org/about/project/id/19
• C19-dResponse https://www.aceeu.org/about/project/id/21
• Digital Balance https://www.aceeu.org/about/project/id/17
• Indeed https://www.aceeu.org/about/project/id/22

We thank all the partners who have collaborated to have a maningful impact on the European HEIs sphere ba providing new ways of embeddign digialisation and entrepreneurship in the mission of universities and VET schools, and shaping the future of education.

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