SPACE Project

A European web platform has been launched to support the greater societal impact of higher education through fostering mutually beneficial partnerships between universities and their communities. ➡️community-engagement.eu ➡️Press release: bit.ly/43e9Ods

🌍 Our #impact continues! This year, the 9 universities of the EMERGE European university alliance are applying the #TEFCEToolbox — an institutional self-reflection framework for #CommunityEngagement that we developed in 2020. More about the Toolbox: lnkd.in/dt3PdbuG

This academic year we’ll be supporting the 13 member universities of #EUNICoast European university alliance to co-create action plans for community engagement, using the tools of the Community-engagement.eu platform. An exciting journey ahead! 🚀

Join our short training webinar tomorrow on the topic "Community-Engaged Partnerships: Models, Ethics, and Practical Considerations" ⏲️Thursday 8 May, 1:30–2:30 pm CET) 🔗Register: bit.ly/4lYRzTZ #CommunityEngagement

At our @SPACE_EUproject meeting at @UCC this month, we finalised a new tool to enhance university-community partnerships. Join our webinar on 8 May (1:30–2:30 pm CET) to hear more! 🔗Register: bit.ly/4lYRzTZ #CommunityEngagement

Don't Miss the Call! Only 1 month left to get your proposals in for the #EUprize for #citizenscience! The European Union Prize for Citizen Science spotlights exceptional Citizen Science, celebrating innovation and the incredible impact of citizen-driven European research🏆 impetus4cs.eu/opencall/

Always inspiring to see what participatory group work can achieve! 🌍✨Over two days in Brussels, 12 colleagues from 🇧🇪🇭🇷🇮🇪🇪🇸—university staff, students & experts—refined new tools to embed community engagement in curricula & university practices in Europe. More updates soon.🚀

If you are curious about how to integrate community engagement into academic curricula, join our online 'taster' sessions in 2025! The first short training takes place online on Thursday 30th January, with free participation. Registration: loom.ly/gh0nOwc.

🟢Discover insights on #ServiceLearning in higher education! The @apsucat in collab with @ACUPcatalunya presents a series of guides exploring the implementation & institutionalization of this methodology in universities. 👉Learn more: shorturl.at/7JHq1

🧵✨ Ahir vam viure una jornada increïble a la Fundació Girona Regió del Coneixement amb la Dinàmica de Grup del projecte SPACE! 🚀💡 Volem agrair a tots els i les participants per la seva energia i entusiasme. @SPACE_EUproject

🚀 Excited to kick off our journey in the SPACE (co)learning programme at @univgirona 🌟 Last Friday, we connected, shared goals, & laid the groundwork for collaborative growth. Here’s to new beginnings and shared knowledge! ✨ @SPACE_EUproject

🟢ApS stands for "Aprendizaje-Servicio" (Service-Learning). 📚@GUNi_net 's exploring innovation for sustainability, planetary health, & social justice at the International Week on #ServiceLearning in #HigherEducation, #iApS2030, in Mallorca (Sept 23-27). 👉iaps.uib.eu

The SPACE Meeting in Rijeka wrapped up successfully! 🤝✨We gathered at the University of Rijeka to strengthen community partnerships & educational frameworks. Thanks to all who participated & contributed to this fruitful event. #SPACEMeeting #Rijeka @SPACE_EUproject

Read @civicuniversity recent report titled 'BECOMING CIVIC: Reflections on the first phase of NCIA's action learning programe' Co-authored by @NCCPE co-directors, Sophie Duncan & Paul Manners & project team, Gemma Adams & Zoe Williamson. Full report: tinyurl.com/3vnsams2

Excellent workshop on the TEFCE Toolbox and SPACE project at the @GUNi_net Summer School for HE Policy and Management in Barcelona and Girona, with participants from 15 different countries.

❕Have you seen the programme of the @GUNi_net Barcelona Summer School to train professionals to lead innovative HEIs? ❕Are you familiar with the pillars of the programme & the world-renowned speakers who will be joining us? guninetwork.org/hub-summer-sch… 🟠🟡🟢Next week, we start!

Delighted to be invited to this hybrid session of #CiviCon24 tomorrow, where we will give an online presentation our work on developing tools and frameworks to support universities around Europe to be community-engaged.

Lots of ideas generated at our first SPACE Erasmus+ project workshop in Zagreb on collaborative curricular design and on strengthening #CommunityEngagement in higher education. Many thanks to all our partners (onsite and online!)

⚠️⚠️REGISTRATION OPEN ⚠️⚠️ for the 10th Living Knowledge Conference hosted by @univgirona 25-28 June, 2024! 🧐Interested in science shops, engaged research and teaching, community engagement and citizen science? This is your conference: 🔗Link: bit.ly/lk10info

Excited to launch our new project, Supporting Professionals and Academics for Community Engagement (SPACE), which gathers 15 partners from 4 EU countries 🇧🇪🇭🇷🇪🇸🇮🇪, including both universities & community partners, as well as European HE networks.➡️bit.ly/49jjfMh