Annmarie is the Programme Director and a Business Studies Lecturer at the Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland. She is a member of the EU HEInnovate Expert Facilitators Group and has broad experience with using HEInnovate. She implemented the HEInnovate tool in the School of Business and Humanities in Dundalk Institute of Technology in 2015 and...

Paul has been engaged with HEInnovate since its conception and has supported its growth and development including the development of the training materials during the past five years. He has undertaken institutional reviews using the HEInnovate framework and worked with institutions internationally who have been seeking to become more...

Nadine is the founder of BCS Consultancy Services, a consultancy company specialising in advice and expertise on EU policies and EU programmes in higher education. Nadine advises on higher education strategic developments, leadership and governance, internationalisation, regional innovation and quality enhancement. She has directed and completed a...

Adina first attended an HEInnovate workshop and training in August 2015, given the initial interest of Babeș-Bolyai University in assessing and subsequently developing internationalisation. Adina since became a member of the HEInnovate expert group. Over the past years, she has been active in delivering workshops and presentations on the HEInnovate...

Ana has a Phd in Business and Economics, with a thesis about Operational risk in banking and focussed on internal and audit control for years. She moved on to the entrepreneurship world when she started to be part of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) team in Cantabria in 2008. During her time as Vice-dean at the Faculty of Business and...

Oto Hudec has a background in statistical and evaluation methods and has almost 20 years of experience in the management of education and development at the Faculty of Economics. At the same time, he also works as a head of the Institute of Regional and Community Development since 2002. At present, he is a full professor in the field of public...

Following the summer break, we are resuming the HEInnovate webinar series with a panel discussion that will explore different practices focusing on the promotion of student entrepreneurship. The new series gets underway by discussing how to enhance the impact of student entrepreneurship, explored through the following questions: What role can...

This document provides an overview of the eight areas of HEInnovate and lists the statements found in the self-assessment. To access this document in any of the EU languages, click on the 'view' or 'download' buttons on the right.

The manual gives you a comprehensive overview on how to best use HEInnovate and describes three different types of HEInnovate workshops. It explains the use and features of the website, including how to set up your own groups.

These are chapters from the Training Manual, providing advice and ideas on how to run the three different types of HEInnovate workshops, set the agenda and whom to invite.

You can use the action sheet to capture the actions agreed on by participants during the workshops.

Universities are sometimes compared to mythological places: ivory towers. While beautiful from the outside, the inhabitants usually shut themselves off from the external world and generally keep themselves to themselves. Or, in the case of universities, academics are said to stay within their specific disciplines. Of course, providing education at...

The Arqus European University Alliance aims to encourage entrepreneurship and creativity throughout the entire university community, including students, academic and administrative staff. The initiative stated, under the Arqus Action Line 5, the following main objectives: Stimulating entrepreneurial mind-set and creativity Reinforcing regional...

Buildings nowadays often integrate high engineering art: glass facades with automatic shutters, elaborate air circulation, efficient light system and new materials. Most people enjoy the benefits of these innovative ideas making buildings more sustainable and resource-friendly. At the same time, occupants of these buildings can find themselves in...

The HEInnovate webinar held on the 24th June 2021 hosted a discussion on the role Higher Education institutions can play to foster social inclusion through knowledge exchange, and included the presentation of an experimental project that used the arts to achieve better policy-making and boost social innovation. The speakers presented their wide...