Project description
Accelerating support for university transformation
Higher education institutions like universities can significantly impact regional and pan-European social and economic development. However, to realise their full potential, they require targeted, methodological and experienced support. In this context, the EU-funded Accelerate_FutureHEI project will develop and test acceleration services to equip universities with the skills and capacity to drive their institutional transformation towards becoming more entrepreneurial and innovative. Accelerate_FutureHEI will apply a robust, comprehensive methodology that builds on the status quo and develops a connected vision and set of activities that provide each institution with a tailored transformation action plan. Experts specialised in implementing acceleration services will guide the universities through coaching, training and international knowledge exchange to help them achieve their desired entrepreneurship, innovation and engagement goals.
Objective
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can have a strong positive impact on regional and Europe-wide social and economic development through education, research and engagement. However, they require targeted, methodological and experienced support to enhance their capability to fully realise their potential.
Accelerate_FutureHEI responds to the above-mentioned needs through the development and testing of acceleration services to support HEI institutional transformation involving:
- A robust, comprehensive methodology that is designed to transform and impact not just the HEIs but also their regions. It does so by taking an evidence-based approach that identifies the needs of the individual HEIs whilst also benefitting from an efficient universal approach that enables them to learn from each other.
- Underpinned by a change management process, the project offers an acceleration support system that builds on the status quo, develops a connected vision and set of activities described in a roadmap and is then executed in application projects supported with coaching, training and international exchange.
- Consortium built for success and impact as the project and overall methodology for acceleration services is designed, led and monitored by proven, globally-recognised experts specialised in implementing acceleration services to effect change at HEIs through entrepreneurship, innovation and engagement.
- The consortium offers the right setting for a pilot program to deliver a meaningful context-connected, practical outcomes for a committed and diversified set of 14 partners, uniting 2 established EIT HEI Initiative consortia, where impact would make a real difference in their regions.
- Sustained impact will be achieved as HEIs will have developed strong internal understanding of status quo and desired future state; designed and executed a roadmap & application projects; received expert coaching, training and peer learning in a network that will sustain beyond the project timeline
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
1098 XH Amsterdam
Netherlands
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.