Developping a Pedagogical tRaining offer to Promote KnOwledge and reSearch attractivEness Erasmus Project

Project Title

Developping a Pedagogical tRaining offer to Promote KnOwledge and reSearch attractivEness

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 : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Research and innovation; Open and distance learning; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

The PuRPOSE project’s main objective is to promote research attractiveness in the fields of entrepreneurship and management studies by developing new training approaches and tools in order to contribute to overcome obstacles such as lack of interest, network, knowledge and skills that prevent students from engaging in PhD studies. The private sector will be strongly involved in the project in order to increase relevance of activities, favor a practical approach and allow students to develop their network.

The project will go through three phases:
– A development phase during which the partners will carry out an inventory and analysis of existing good practices, define strategies and create the tools for increasing research attractiveness
– A pilot phase where the tools and concept created will be tested on Master’s students during the learning teaching and training activities carried out.
– An analysis of the tools and concept created following the experience of the pilot phase

The first intended result is an analysis of good practices and obstacles in partner HEIs. This output will lead to the development of strategies and recommendations for fostering research attractiveness and to the refinement of the MiniLabs pilot concept.

The second intended result is the “MiniLabs pilot concept”, a comprehensive Learning, Teaching and Training concept. This MiniLabs pilot concept will be based on a series of principles, tools and training methods with the aim of favoring research attractiveness for Master’s students. It will be conceived as an idea to help trainers provide an attractive and innovative pedagogical approach to give students the necessary skills, knowledge, interest and practical know-how to get involved in research/PhD studies after their master’s degree. The MiniLabs will include two main features: collaborative work by international student teams on research projects through online and face to face coaching, and an online training module in the form of a series of videos.

The third intended result is the MiniLabs Guide for promoting research attractiveness. The analysis of the MiniLabs pilot concept will lead to the production of a guide for promoting research attractiveness that will be easily transferrable through the consortium’s network
In terms of long term impact, the final expected results are the dissemination of the MiniLab’s guide for research attractiveness, the replication of the MiniLabs concept and the creation of a European network working on themes revolving around research in entrepreneurship and attractiveness, exchange of good practices and encouraging research in management studies involving external actors.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 214722 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Universität Siegen
• LIMERICK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• Réseau Entreprendre