Your monthly collection of news, events, and resources in entrepreneurship and engagement in higher education
April, 2023
ACEEU’S KEY EVENT IN 2023
Register now for 2023 ACEEU Stakeholders Forum
June 26 to 29, Barcelona
The preparations for the 2023 ACEEU Stakeholders Forum are at in full swing. Join us and more than 400 front runners in Barcelona to discuss and shape the future of higher education. Meet ACEEU accredited institutions, current applicants, ACEEU Council members and project partners as well as the finalists of the 2023 Triple E Awards during this 4-day event on “Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities for Sustainable Development”. Not a member yet? Join ACEEU.
What does it take to become a truly entrepreneurial university?
Learn from the 4-decade continuous transformation of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD)!
In light of ACEEU’s upcoming Triple E Awards, check out this month’s Spotlight article relating the unique journey of the winning of the 2022 Triple E European Entrepreneurial University of the Year Award from ACEEU. Explore the stages of development of UWTSD in a must-read article from Professor David A. Kirby, holder of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion, and the Assoc. Prof. Kathryn Penaluna, Director of the International Institute for Creative Entrepreneurial Development (UWTSD-IICED). Not only did UWSTD introduce Entrepreneurship Education to Wales, but it has driven the development of an entrepreneurial culture both nationally and internationally. Read here to delve into how patience, determination and transformation brings vast benefits to the university, its students and both the economy and society.
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Higher Education: Opportunities and Threats
ACEEU leading the conversation on AI in HEI, a successful event of the Qual-AI-ty Engagement project
ACEEU and the project partners brought together leading experts in higher education to explore how AI is transforming the sector and the implications for education. Panellists considered the potential of AI in personalised learning pathways and intelligent tutoring systems, and also addressed concerns over bias, fairness and ethical considerations. Additionally, QUALIA, an AI-powered tool developed as part of this EU-funded project, was presented. It collects and analyses data to enhance the quality assurance procedures of higher education institutions. The event provided a collaborative environment to explore the transformative potential of AI in higher education.
Embedding Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions
Higher Education Institutions are key actors in the advancement of sustainability due to their mandate of creating knowledge and forming new leaders with the competencies and vision to foster change. However, HEI efforts, although echoed across national strategies and policies, remain at an operational level that has yet to transcend systemic embeddedness. This is the solution ACEEU offers to European HEIs through DECODE Sustainability Project.
ACEEU together with consortium partners celebrated the DECODE Empowerment Program, a three-day training event held in Barcelona from 22nd-24th March 2023, for deans, heads of department, and the representatives for sustainability in their institutions. The DECODE Tools were introduced and used to aid them to promote Sustainable Development.
These DECODE tools and methodologies come as a game-changer for European HEIs to support further institutionalisation of sustainable development in their academic units.
ACEEU shapes third mission of Ukrainian higher education through UNICOM project
ACEEU contributes to building system-level third mission capacities in the Ukrainian higher education landscape, this time through the UNICOM project (Universities-Communities: Strengthening Cooperation). The final aim of the project is to embed third mission into national policies and guide the interplay between practice, theory and policy, with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine being one of the beneficiaries. We also see and contribute to understanding the diversity and variousness of activities lumped under 'third mission', that are shaped by the specifics of each context. ACEEU is very proud to be part of shaping the future of Ukrainian universities by making them more entrepreneurial and engaged.
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ACEEU TEAM MEMBER IN SPOTLIGHT
Engagement in Higher Education
Local engagement has consolidated as a growing strategic priority, with the potential to generate multiple benefits for higher education institutions
Finish off our ACEEU news with an interesting relfection on how community engagement has been revitalised the landscape of education in Europe. Universities are now shifting towards listing to their communites to have a more impactful educational and research offer, that in turn can solve the global problems we are facing. Hugo, our Higher Education Specialist, walk us thorugh the challenge of strategic change for higer education institutions to play a more relevant role in their ecosystems and communities.
Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (ACEEU), Wilhelm Schickard Strasse, 14, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia 48149, Germany
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