IO4. Guides for a successful SOC internship
These guidance reports target supervisors of the internships (both academic and external) and students. The guides are intended to support an effective SOC internship, from the selection of the organization by the student (e.g. potential additional schemes to be considered, such as EU scholarships, grants and loans) to the delivery of the expected outcomes of the internship in accordance with the rubric for SOC internships.
This Intellectual Output implies the completion of the following tasks:
- Rubric to evaluate students’ performance throughout the socio-civic (SOC) internship
- Guide for academic supervisors
- Guide for supervisors in the host organization
- Guide for students
The Guide for SOC academic supervisors will contribute to:
- Advise organizations on how to set up excellent SOC internships in a win-win scenario for academia and the organization.
- Drive behavioural change, towards a shift on the design of internships to enhance the acquisition of social and civic competence.
The Guide for SOC supervisors in the host organization will contribute to:
- Advise organizations on how to design excellent SOC internships in a win-win scenario for academia and the organization.
- Align the socio-civic and/or environmental targets of the organization with the educational environment.
The Guide for SOC students will contribute to:
- Advice students on how to apply for a SOC internship as well as the follow-up of the procedure, including support on available funding for internships abroad.
- Drive interest towards socio-civic competences, by highlighting tips for a successful SOC internship.
The resulting materials will provide a set of tools that will easen the autonomous incorporation of the IN4SOC outcome by institutions and organizations interested in replicating the benefits of the project at their own entities.
