EraSmus Curricula in Applied PlAnt SciEnces Erasmus Project

Project Title

EraSmus Curricula in Applied PlAnt SciEnces

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

Global changes affect agriculture and raise a tremendous challenge for the next generation of executives in Applied Plant Sciences: producing more with less. Because this task is complex, there is a need to organize the professional and academic fields within a collaborative network, gathering expertise and views from different countries. Developing such a network is the ambition of the ESCAPAdE Erasmus+ project. Bringing together seven Universities from the European Community and a group of 23 associated partners, we aim at facilitating the mobility of students in Applied Plant Sciences, thereby enhancing the connectivity between actual and future actors, leaders, teachers and researchers of the field. For this purpose, five work-packages have been implemented: i) map and diffusion of the diversity in Applied Plant Sciences educational programmes within our network; ii) Identification of professional needs in this domain; iii) construction of renewed pedagogical methods; iv) dissemination planning of the project; v) transversal tasks. Main results of this project are O1) a matrix of curricula in Applied Plant Sciences within our network, described with an ontology approach; O2) an innovative web-tool improving Erasmus students’ guidance for mobility ( https://escapade.boku.ac.at/), based on keyword search; O3) a white paper and webinar, dedicated to professional needs for future employees with Applied Plant Science profile; O4) new pedagogical resources produced with stakeholders and; O5) improved pedagogical experience mobilized during a summer school on “Host Plant Resistance Breeding” and O6) a documentation for quality label accreditation within an exploitation strategy. Implementing this ESCAPAdE Erasmus+ project allowed us to know each other, consolidate the European dimension of our Universities and develop skills and teaching activities relevant to professional and societal needs, thus providing our students with the best opportunities of training in the knowledge-based bio-economy of plants. Longer term benefits will be to increase the visibility and attractiveness of Applied Plant Sciences curricula and Erasmus trainings, and employability of our students in the sector.

Project Website

https://escapade-erasmus.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 283271,1 Eur

Project Coordinator

Institut national d’enseignement supérieur pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement & Country: FR

Project Partners

• DIMOKRITIO PANEPISTIMIO THRAKIS
• UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE
• Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze
• UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
• UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN
• SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET