The Qual-AI-ty Engagement project is launching the Compendium of Good Practices on Student Engagement with Society. This compendium highlights cases from Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Spain, and the Netherlands, and how these diverse higher education institutions implement practices to facilitate students' interaction with society.
Student engagement with society as an established practice in Europe is just at an infancy stage. In order to prepare the future-change makers, higher education institutions must have a clear vision of what to achieve on this topic. To fit this purpose, the Qua-AI-ty Engagement Project has mapped and identified strategies and approaches fostering student engagement with society in different countries. This Compendium of Good Practices presents the background of each institution, the motivations, stakeholders, inputs, strategies, outputs, impacts, strengths, weaknesses, sustainability measures, and transferability elements. The twelve good practices available are:
1. Fernández, E. (2022). ECA Certificate for Quality in Internationalisation (CeQuInt). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5914417
2. University of Twente. (2022). ECIU University: European University on Challenge-Based Learning. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5914545
3. Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology. (2022). Fostering Social Responsibility through MCAST. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5914498
4. University of Twente. (2022). Green Hub Twente: Student Engagement in Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5914567
5. Molina, C., and Ejubovic, A. (2022). ICADE'S Corporate Social Consultancy: Economics and Business at the Service of the People. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6676143
6. Bonnici, J., Farrugia, M., Zammit, E., and De Raffaele, C. (2022). IICT Student Apprenticeships. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5914514
7. Barrère Unzueta, M., Goizueta Vértiz, J., and Irigoien Domínguez, A. (2022). Legal Clinic for Social Justice in the University of the Basque Country. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5914328
8. University of Santiago de Compostela. (2022). Repository of Good Practices in Quality Matters in the University of Santiago de Compostela. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5914361
9. Bonnici, J., Farrugia, M., Zammit, E., and De Raffaele, C. (2022). State Funding for VET and Higher Education Students. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5914465
10. Rojas, V., and Ejubovic, A. (2022). UNIKAT: From the Idea to the Foundation. Student Engagement with Society through Innovation and Entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5913034
11. Tellez, M., and Ejubovic, A. (2022). University College Cork: Students’ Civic and Community Engagement. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5913106
12. Babiča, V., and Birka, I. (2022). SSE Future Leaders Academy. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6684181
13. Ščeulovs, D. (2022). RTU Design Factory. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6684181
Student engagement with society is a growing urgency due to its positive effects on every nation's active citizenship, human and economic development. This is the belief on which Qual-AI-ty Engagement is working.
