• News
Submitted on:
13 Jan 2020

The HEInnovate country review for Italy highlights that good practices are burgeoning all over the country, both in the most developed and less affluent regions. The report is now available to download at heinnovate.eu/en/resources, and illustrates policy actions promoting the entrepreneurial and innovative activities in the Italian higher...

  • Country reviews
Submitted on:
10 Jan 2020
Country:
Austria

Austria places high emphasis on the societal role of higher education institutions as a proactive and stimulating innovation force through the promotion of a broad entrepreneurship definition. This includes the institutions’ identities as well as their teaching and research activities. In view of the fast changing world of work, high professional...

  • Country reviews
Submitted on:
09 Jan 2020
Country:
Italy

Italian Higher Education (HE) is facing some crucial challenges and actions are essential to unleash its full potential within the European context. Promoting an entrepreneurial and innovative agenda and a new sustainable development model should become pivotal in every education policy. Furthermore, a long-term national strategy should encompass...

  • News
Submitted on:
18 Nov 2019

The next 1.5-day long interactive training session on HEInnovate will take place in Brussels on the 16th – 17th January 2020. The training – run in cooperation with the European Commission – will provide information and advice on how to make the most of HEInnovate and the available training and supporting materials. The training session is aimed at...

  • Country reviews
Submitted on:
18 Nov 2019
Country:
Croatia

This publication presents the findings and recommendations of the HEInnovate review of the impact of higher education institutions (HEIs) on entrepreneurship and innovation in Croatia. The review assesses the strategies and practices of HEIs in Croatia in supporting entrepreneurship and innovation and the government policy context. It stresses the...

  • News
Submitted on:
12 Nov 2019

The HEInnovate country review for Austria was launched in Vienna today, displaying a collection of good institutional and policy practices in the country. The report, Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in Austria assess the potential of country’s higher education systems to spur entrepreneurship and innovation. According...

  • Event
Event date:
24 Oct 2019

The 8th European University Business Forum, ‘University business cooperation - a crucial partnership for innovation and sustainable development’, is set to take place in Brussels on 24-25 October 2019. The Forum will bring together policy makers, representatives from higher education and business and other stakeholders to discuss and debate the...

  • Country reviews
Submitted on:
05 Jul 2019
Country:
Romania

This publication presents the findings and recommendations of the HEInnovate review of the impact of higher education institutions (HEIs) on entrepreneurship and innovation in Romania. The review assesses the strategies and practices of HEIs in Romania in supporting entrepreneurship and innovation and the government policy context. It stresses the...

  • News
Submitted on:
27 May 2019

The European Commission, in partnership with the OECD and the Romanian Ministry of National Education are organising in the framework of the Romanian EU Presidency an HEInnovate conference on “Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship in and through Higher Education” in Bucharest on 20-21 June 2019. The event is hosted by the Politehnica...

  • Event
Event date:
03 Oct 2019

As part of the Digital Education Action Plan of the European Commission, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is organising a 24-hour Digital Education Hackathon (DigiEduHack) on 3 October 2019. The initiative, led by EIT Climate KIC and coordinated by Aalto University, will focus on the future of education in a digital age and...

  • Event
Event date:
29 May 2019

The EMeRGe Research Group is pleased to invite you to a HEInnovate Entrepreneurship Education Workshop at DkIT, Dundalk (Muirhevna Building, Room M111) on the morning of Wednesday 29th May. The workshop is being organised in association with the EC's HEInnovate team and the Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (ISBE). Details and booking...

  • News
Submitted on:
24 Apr 2019

The next 1.5-day long interactive training session on HEInnovate will take place in Brussels on the 27-28 June 2019. The training – run in cooperation with the European Commission - will provide information and advice on how to make the most of HEInnovate and the available training and supporting materials. The training session is aimed at...

  • News
Submitted on:
09 Apr 2019

The European Commission, in partnership with the OECD and the Romanian Ministry of National Education are organising, in the framework of the Romanian EU Presidency, an HEInnovate conference on “Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship in and through Higher Education” in Bucharest on 20-21 June 2019. The event is hosted by the University...

  • Case studies
Submitted on:
13 Mar 2019
Country:
Germany
Area of discipline:
Information And Communication Technology

The Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI, German: Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH), is the Information Technology Faculty of the University of Potsdam. 1 It is located in the City of Potsdam Southwest of Berlin. Research and teaching at HPI focus on information technology (IT) systems engineering. Currently, approximately 550...

  • Case studies
Submitted on:
13 Mar 2019
Country:
Ireland

The Irish National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education has developed a Digital Badge in Entrepreneurship Education (Figure 1). The Badge’s main purpose is the professional development of higher education teachers towards teaching entrepreneurship. This badge is based on the 2016 EntreComp competence framework that...