HEInnovate webinar (Thursday, 19 September 2024, 17:00 – 18:00 CEST) ZOOM video conference (click here to register) Since 2013, HEInnovate, a joint initiative of the European Commission and OECD has been supporting individual higher education institutions and higher education systems to assess and develop their innovative and entrepreneurial...

This comparative case study focuses on interventions undertaken by two HEIs – Grenoble Institute of Technology and Luleå University of Technology – to address the goal of connecting with the ecosystem and creating effective collaborations with the regional business sector. To connect themselves with their external ecosystem and the regional...

Head, hands and heart (HHH) is a recent approach that entrepreneurship educators can use as a framework to design, run and evaluate their courses in a holistic manner. HHH offers the opportunity to evaluate students’ cognitive, practical and emotional capabilities, extending traditional approaches that consider mainly cognitive aspects – knowledge...

At Comenius University Bratislava (CU), the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship offers the course “Development of Entrepreneurial Skills in Cross Generation Teams”. It is a semester-long course where seniors and undergraduate students work together in teams on real-life businesses. The idea is not only to provide instructions but to...

A Junior Enterprise (JE) is a non-profit organisation formed and managed exclusively by university students. Junior Enterprises operate at the local level and are associated with a university. Students in JEs provide services for businesses, institutions and individuals. They are knowledge labs within academic institutions where the latest...

The next HEInnovate webinar will take place on Thursday, the 30th May 2024 at 5pm CEST. In this webinar, Gillian Golden and Nikolaj Broberg from the OECD will provide an update on the work of the Education and Innovation Practice Community (EIPC), established in cooperation with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Culture...

Encouraging and rewarding entrepreneurial behaviour in all staff reinforces the commitment to developing as an entrepreneurial and innovative HEI. There are many ways to provide incentives and rewards for staff, who actively support the higher education institution in advancing its entrepreneurial and innovative agenda. Incentives and rewards...

The European Commission is currently conducting an interim evaluation of the progress in putting in place and developing the European Education Area (EEA). The evaluation involves a number of consultations to gather feedback of a variety of stakeholders (including non-EU citizens). This Open Public Consultation welcomes input from all individuals...

The next HEInnovate webinar will take place on Thursday, the 18th April 2024 at 5pm CEST. It will explore how artificial intelligence is shaping higher education, the questions it raises and the opportunities it offers. The webinar will be moderated by Zsuzsa Javorka, Partner, and Lead of the Education and Skills Group at Technopolis. Zsuzsa will...

We are happy to announce that we will hold a two-day long physical training session in May 2024 to provide information and advice on how to make the most of HEInnovate. The training is run in cooperation with the European Commission. The training session is aimed at participants who are interested in learning how to use HEInnovate in their...

The European Commission has launched an assessment of the instruments, deliverables, results and impact of its university-business cooperation initiatives. Here you can find an official letter from the European Commission endorsing this study and providing further information about its importance. The assessment will provide a detailed analysis of...

The next HEInnovate webinar will be dedicated to exploring the HEInnovate action cards in the form of small interactive group conversations using breakout rooms. The HEInnovate action cards provide relevant and actionable recommendations for short-, medium- and long-term implementation along the dimensions of HEInnovate. The 56 action cards and...

The next HEInnovate webinar will take place on Thursday, the 1st February at 5pm CET and will discuss the role of HEIs in place-based transformative innovation. The webinar will benefit from contributions of five speakers, who will first provide a short background and then engage in a panel discussion with questions from the audience as well. The...

The next HEInnovate webinar will take place on Thursday, the 14th December at 5pm CET and will discuss the topic of the Internationalisation of higher education in European HEIs. The webinar, in which we hope to see active participation from our audience and hear your practices and questions as well, will be moderated by Rebecca Allinson, Managing...

The next HEInnovate webinar will take place on Thursday, the 16th November at 5pm CET and will discuss how higher education can support the development of the schools of the future and smart education. The webinar will be moderated by Tatjana Guznajeva, Senior Consultant at Technopolis Group. Tatjana will be facilitating the discussion of our...