From university to labour market in the 21st Century: a step forward in work-based placements Erasmus Project

Project Title

From university to labour market in the 21st Century: a step forward in work-based placements

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Today the impact of enterprise-university collaboration on the national and global economies as well as social welfare cannot be overestimated, as the quality of people’s life and the society depends on job satisfaction and payment level which are rooted in the competences acquired by the student at university. Despite significant efforts by academic, business and governmental bodies in Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan to broaden the engagement in university-business cooperation, there is a lack of awareness of how HEIs and business can cooperate and how their activities interrelate. EU Universities and business, on the contrary, have accumulated relevant experience and efficient modes of cooperation that needs to be disseminated to education areas in the consortium members to facilitate the Bologna process achievements, link business and academia. The outcomes of UniLab project can be divided into specific and general. The specific outcomes for the Partner countries are: (1) increased university-business cooperation skills and experience of academics and business people, governments, HEIs and business (2) increased recognition of the importance of the university-business cooperation with governments, HEIs and business (3) improved skills and future job prospects of students (4) modernization of HEI curricula in compliance with the interests and demands of the labor market (5) created jobs, stimulating social and economic growth of RU, AZ, BY, increasing living standards of the society as a whole.The general outcomes for the Partner countries as well as EU education area are: (1) making HEI more attractive for potential talented students and researchers, 2) improving innovation and competitiveness for business (2) creating effective models for better aligning curricula and the skills of graduates with the labour market, improving employment pathways for students, and recruitment for employers as well as lifelong learning programmes for business.

Project Website

http://unilab.eucen.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 784476 Eur

Project Coordinator

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CONTINUING EDUCATION NETWORK & Country: BE

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITE DE LILLE
• FEDERAL STATE AUTONOMOUS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SIBERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
• FEDERAL STATE EDUCATIONAL GOVERNMENT-FINANCED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ORENBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
• FRANCISK SKORINA GOMEL STATE UNIVERSITY
• EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION MOGILEVSKIY STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE NAME OF A.A. KULESHOV
• AZERBAYCAN DOVLET NEFT VE SENAYE UNVERSITETI
• KHAZAR UNIVERSITY