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EU Support to Strengthening Teaching and Research at ADA University

16.10.2017

The project will support the ADA University as a whole and particularly its Centre of Excellence in EU Studies (CEEUS) to address main challenges in its further development as both national and international renowned university.

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the university’s capacity in four strategic directions: i) institution building, ii) teaching, iii) research and iv) outreach activities and to help the university to fully integrate the CEEUS into the university structures.

This purpose will be achieved through measures that aim at:

  • Development of a mid-term sustainability strategy for the CEEUS that includes staffing, branding, online and social media presence;
  • Further development of teaching & learning capacity in EU studies by planning and implementing strategies on fostering student recruitment, programme marketing, graduates’ employability, key learning activities as well as internationalization;
  • Development of a roadmap to achieve research excellence for integration into the European Research Area and provision of an annual action plan including a pilot project;
  • Institutionalization of training needs analyses and training models in EU studies, development and implementation of programmes in executive education and for targeting schools, youth and a wider population.

Successfully implemented, the project will show how to develop and offer programmes in EU studies nationally and internationally for the benefit of students, but also government bodies and the business world.

 

Achievements

1) Conducted close liaision with Kaunas University of Technology representatives on Second EU Grant for establishing a Master degree in European Studies at ADAU. Capitalisation of the grant results and strategy development for including European Studies teaching modules into ongoing teaching activities. Preparation of first short-term expert missions and study tour Europe to gain best practice on how Centres of Excellence (in EU Studies) in Europe operate.

2) Conceptualised present and future Erasmus+ collaborations with partners in Europe to synergize collaboration on future grants. Taking part in a Summer School on "conflict management" at ADA University, funded by DAAD.

3) Identified topics for "think tank"-type interventions and high-level policy events.

4) Conducted needs analysis for establishing ADA Research Centre and identified subjects for trainings and grant applications

5) Carried out assistance to the ADA University management in the implementation of Blackboard system and how to use it for up-to-date teaching and learning purposes, introduction of modern pedagogical concepts to improve quality in teaching at ADAU and high schools ADAU is cooperating with, as well as presented and discussed different sources of funds available through EU Programmes.

6) Conducted exchange with ADAU's key staff best knowledge and practice of (B2C) recruitment of students at (private) HEIs in Europe.

7) Planned involvement in designing and conducting both lectures in degree programmes and further trainings for enterprises' HR professionals at ADAU.
 

Duration: April 2017 – October 2019

 

 

Project category
Multisector
Address
ADA University, Baku
Editorial sections
Azerbaijan