Framework for Global Competence of Engineers
| Output Identification | IO1 |
| Output Description | The framework will define the global competence needed by engineers to communicate and work in environments characterised by cultural and social diversity. Also, it will define key elements characterising the competences, building on existing theory as well as on input from companies and organisations employing engineers. Each competence will include a title, a description of the content, a list of possible levels and of the steps and criteria required per each level. Competences will be defined in a way that ensures that they are possible to use both for self-assessment and for more rigorous assessment using the toolkit (IO2) by universities and companies. |
| Activity Leading Organisation | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI TRENTO |
| Participating Organizations | UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID |
| ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES | |
| KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN | |
| BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM |
Toolkit for assessing global competence of engineers, and the impact of training and international experience
| Output Identification | O2 |
| Output Description | The framework of global competence for engineers will be designed in a way that makes it easy to use for self-assessment. The toolkit will allow for easy, more rigorous, assessment of competence by HEIs and employers. Using the toolkit, HEIs and employers can both measure the level and profile of individuals’ competence, and assess the effect of interventions and experiences, e.g., training and international exchange or cooperation. Being able to identify strengths and weaknesses, more effective means of improving competence can be planned. On the personal level this could refer to focused training on specific competencies while at the organisational level this could translate to embedded mobility curricula or otherwise improved education.The toolkit will help validate international experience, thus promoting meaningful internationalisation and increase the capacity of professionalism of engineers to work at European/international level. Both the tools and the toolkit will be test-implemented at the partner universities. This will validate the usability of the concept, and it will also yield valuable data that can be acted upon (always considering privacy relations at different countries). |
| Activity Leading Organisation | UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID |
| Participating Organizations | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO |
| ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES | |
| KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN | |
| BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM |
Guidebook: Ways of enhancing intercultural competence building at HEIs
| Output Identification | O3 |
| Output Description | Edit a Guidebook containing general strategies as well as specific suggestions for HEI on how to enhance global competence building among staff and students, drawing on theory and current best practices, and making better use of the many existing opportunities for international exchange and cooperation. The guidebook will include a set of recommendations and guidelines, and will serve as a roadmap for improving practices strengthening transversal competences, thus increasing capacity and professionalism of students and practitioners to work at EU/international level. |
| Activity Leading Organisation | KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN |
| Participating Organizations | UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID |
| ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES | |
| UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO | |
| BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM |
Guidebook: How to improve the employability of engineering graduates with international experience through forums, job fairs and Job Networking Sessions. Case studies and best practices in Engineering schools
| Output Identification | O4 |
| Output Description | A guidebook will be written to outline how to improve the employability of engineering graduates with international experience through international forums, job fairs and job networking sessions. The guidebook will build on case studies and best practices, and will increase the international visibility of HEIs, strengthen cooperation between students, graduate and partners on the labor market, as well as help companies/organisations attract talents. This IO will consider results of previous IOs and will use job networking sessions to disseminate results.
The Guidebook will include:
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| Activity Leading Organisation | ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES |
| Participating Organizations | UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID |
| UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI TRENTO | |
| KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN | |
| BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM |
