Building Bridges between Europe and China to Strengthen the Social Work Profession Erasmus Project

Project Title

Building Bridges between Europe and China to Strengthen the Social Work Profession

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The Government of PRC has shown a strong political will to develop social work as a new academic profession in rapidly changing Chinese society. The Chinese universities are in the need of support for meeting this challenge in an appropriate way. There is a special need to develop practice education in social work training. This project (BUIBRI) aims to help the Chinese universities to strengthen relationship with working life and prepare students for effective professional practice in collaboration with stakeholders including governmental organizations. The project brings expertise in practice education by training practice trainers. In addition it provides pedagogical materials and methods for development of practice education as well as contributes to development of social work as academic discipline in terms of an integrated system of research, education and practice. It promotes social work’s capacity to become such a field of research, education and practice which meets Government’s expectations. The long-term impact concerns social work faculties and practice organizations and their pedagogical relationship nationwide.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 810284 Eur

Project Coordinator

ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO & Country: FI

Project Partners

• GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET
• NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY
• SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
• FUDAN UNIVERSITY
• THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION