Lead organization: University of Maribor, Slovenia
Co-Leader: Brest State Technical University, Belarus
This Work Package is essential step in ongoing curriculum development. The analysis represents an articulation of criteria necessary to obtain assessment of educational program.
It addresses evaluation of existing programmes at partner universities with the purpose to:
- outline current situation of architectural and civil engineering programme and practices at partner universities
- provide baseline of information on architectural and civil engineering market in partner countries
Analysis of related courses/programmes and practices at EU universities will be also done by EU partners.
Partners from industry involved in the project will provide baseline of information on architectural market structure in partner countries. With the aim to develop responsive curriculum to emerging issues in architectural and civil engineering practice, survey of analysis of market needs will be conducted. The suggested competences for programs at each partner university will be compatible with the market needs, since involvement of industry together with EU experts is expected to have direct input in creation of these.
This will be conducted through following project tasks:
ACT 1.1 Analysis of related courses/programmes and practices at EU universities
ACT 1.2 Analysis of related programmes and practices at partner universities
ACT 1.3 Analysis of market needs
ACT 1.4 Creation of the learning outcomes based on the needs from labour market and industry
During this Work Package one workshop will be organised in M3 at the University of Maribor.
Lead organization: Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Co-Leader: University of Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
After having thorough analysis on the Current programmes in EU and at partner HEIs - State of the Art, that resulted with final reports, new courses in curricula at BSc and MSc are planned to be developed at each partner university. They will be defined through overreaching philosophy of the program that will effectively address relevant practices in architectural education.
In order to reach continuity of education program that goes in line with labor market needs, this project is treating both, BSc and MSc study programs at partner countries. There will be modernized and developed two groups of courses on BSc and MSc level - architectural courses and civil engineering courses.
Following modernization of BSc courses and creation of new courses at BSc and MSc level in M11 workshop 2 will be organized at the Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara.
The process of modernization of existing courses at BSc and MSc level and design of new courses at BSc and MSc level will follow two short visits of partner universities in M6 and M8 to one of EU partners.
This will be conducted through following project tasks:
ACT 2.1 Modernization of existing courses at BSc and MSc level
ACT 2.2 Design of new courses / curricula at BSc level
ACT 2.3 Design of new courses/ curricula at MSc level
ACT 2.4. Accreditation of the programme at the partner universities
Lead organization: University of Maribor, Slovenia
Co-Leader: National Polytechnical University of Armenia, Armenia
The ultimate goal of this work package is capacity improvement at partner universities that will support educational process and foster quality of teaching. A central purpose in this work package is to strength capacity building at each partner university through implementation of various activities. Professional development of academic staff (two from each partner university) will be carried out in M12 at University of Maribor. Training will facilitate basic concepts of teaching of current relevant topics in the field of architecture and civil engineering using innovative teaching methods to improve teacher’s practices. The training for professional development of academic staff will be also organized with the accent on the new innovative methods of teaching.
Professional dialog among academic staff on relevant topics will result with the teaching materials needed for new courses. In line with above mentioned goals, on-line platform for teaching process of master program will be developed.
During this work package the workshop 3 in M14 will be organized in National Polytechnical University of Armenia Foundation.
This will be conducted through following project tasks:
ACT 3.1 Training of partner HEIs staff for current relevant topics in the field of architecture and civil engineering
ACT 3.2 Training of partner HEIs staff in new innovative teaching methods (such as integrated studio approach, mentorship-based learning, etc.)
ACT 3.3 Writing new teaching materials for related courses
ACT 3.4 Developing on-line platform that will be used for teaching process
ACT 3.5 Purchasing necessary literature, equipment and software
Lead organization: University of Malaga, Spain
Co-Leader: Džemal Bijedić University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The main objective of this working package is to create sustainable and multi-dimensional chain of collaboration between industry and the partner universities. Partner universities will operate within specific domain fostering skill development environment based upon market needs and will work on generation of knowledge that in the end could offer quality enterprising workface.
Developing network between industry and partner universities may expand the area of operation and create new possibilities for each partner university. As an integral part of each partner university curriculum, internship program will be developed based upon already created network between industry and partner universities.
Research - based collaboration with industry will be created through Master program at partner universities. Focus of collaborative graduate projects - master thesis will be to identity and evaluate area of interest of companies in order to bring innovative ideas through collaboration with universities.
Within this work package one workshop (W4) in M17 at University of Malaga will be organized.
This will be conducted through following project tasks:
ACT 4.1 Developing network between the industry and the partner university
ACT 4.2 Creating internship program between partner universities
ACT 4.3 Creating 5 joint projects between HEIs and industry (Master thesis)
Lead organization: Leipzig University of Applied Sciences - HTWK Leipzig, Germany
Co-Leader: The Belarussian National Technical University, Belarus
The main aim of this work package is implementation of new courses at partner HEIs with the support of EU countries and industry. Newly created education environment will fully support performance of new courses and in that sense help academicians to transfer their knowledge to students in the best manner. New courses delivered at BSc and MSc level will encompass relevant and innovative topic and will be delivered to students at partner HEIs through collaborative work of academicians from partner universities, EU partners and active involvement of industry.
This will be conducted through following project tasks:
ACT 5.1 Enrolment of new students at all 2 levels of study – administrative procedures
ACT 5.2 Delivering new courses at BSc level at the partner universities
ACT 5.3 Delivering new courses at MSc level at the partner universities
ACT 5.4 Preparation of the report on new programs
Lead organization: Leipzig University of Applied Sciences - HTWK Leipzig, Germany
The purpose of this work package is to ensure quality assurance and control monitoring system that complies with the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) standards and guidelines. In order to ensure better sustainability and higher level of confidence from the potential prospective students, the Quality Control and monitoring of this project and it individual activities is carefully prepared, developed and followed.
This will be conducted through following project tasks:
QPLN 6.1 Creation of procedures for quality control and monitoring
QPLN 6.2 Internal quality control activities
QPLN 6.3 External quality assurance activities
QPLN 6.4 External financial audit
Lead organization: International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Co-Leader: National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia, Armenia
Dissemination and sustainability will start from the beginning of the project and will cover internal and external dissemination performed by the project partners.
Dissemination of the project will aim to:
Increase the interest of wide public about the project and its deliverables and goals,
- Increase the number of potential students,
- Increase the interest of professionals for getting higher education by the EU standards.
This will be conducted through following project tasks:
DISS 7.1 Establishing the dissemination plan
DISS 7.2. Setting up and maintaining the project Web site
DISS 7.3 Dissemination activities within partner country universities
DISS 7.4 Dissemination events with stakeholders, labour market and local authorities
DISS 7.5 Organizing Final Conference
EXP 7.6 Creation of Financial and institutional sustainability plan
EXP 7.7 Sustainable cooperation with labour market
Lead organization: UniversitàdegliStudi G. d’Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara, Italy
UniversitàdegliStudi G. d’Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara will be responsible for the project management but it will be assisted by the International Burch University (IBU).The project coordinator - project manager (PM) will be from the Pescara, Italy. PM will carry out top managerial activities related to coordination of project activities based on agreed timeline of activities and budget. Each partner will select one representative that will be part of the Steering Committee (SC) that will be coordinated by the Project Manager (PM). PM will be responsible for organization and harmonization works and tasks among partners.
This will be conducted through following project tasks:
MNGT 8.1 Overall project management and administration
MNGT 8.2 Project coordination meetings
MNGT 8.3 Periodical and final reports