Supporting students to become active and engaged citizens Strengthening the civic responsibility of universities Ensuring Equity in Higher Education Examples from the IDEAS database

1. Support students to become active and
engaged citizens
Strengthening the civic responsibility
of universities
Examples from the IDEAS database
Idenifying Effective Approaches to Enhancing the
Social Dimension of Higher Education

2. • 2-year multi-national research project,
financed by the European Union
• focusing on finding and mainstreaming
examples of effective grassroots equity
interventions
• clear emphasis on finding proven results and
understanding drivers for success
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3. Independent,
Community-Based
Initiatives driving
participation
Technology
Driving Disruption
Efficiency-
demands driving
Innovation
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5. Independent,
Community-Based
Initiatives driving
participation
Participation driven by joint-
initiatives, often led by
universities
Technology
Driving Inclusion Openness driving Inclusion
Resource
Limitations
driving Innovation
Triple-Bottom Line driving
Innovation
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7. We share the societal aspiration that the student
body entering, participating in and completing
higher education at all levels should reflect the
diversity of our populations.
London ‘Bologna’ Communique
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8. • are more likely to volunteer
• are more likely to trust others
• are more likely to feel they have a
say in government
OECD: Education at a Glance 2015
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9. Engage with Communities to
change the aspirations of
young people
• create programmes inside the community
• bring young people into the university
• provide accessible role models
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10. Engage with Communities to
change the aspirations of
young people
• Arbeiterkind.de
• Schools Network Access Program
(SNAP) and the I Belong Program,
Australia
• Science Academy, France
• Professor Fluffy Programme, United
Kingdom
• Manchester Access Programme
(MAP), United Kingdom
• The Brilliant Club, United Kingdom
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11. Prevent castes within
Higher Education
• Provide ‘safe’ environments for students
• Mix of cultural, psychological and study-skill
support, provided holistically
• 24/7 reference points/counsellors (buddies!)
• Individually tracking academic performance of
students in the programme to identify issues
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12. Prevent castes within
Higher Education
• Academic Advancement
Programme at UCLA
• Tu Kahika Programme New
Zealand
• University of Mainz Peer
Counselling
• Mental Health & Employment
Service – UK
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13. Bypass administrative
barriers
• Creating alternative pathways around the barriers rather than
necessarily removing them, e.g.
• Create extra flexible program where students can’t attend normal
lectures
• Create alternate admission pathway, where regular one
discriminates against students.
• Allow credit accumulation from various sources
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14. Bypass Administrative
Barriers
• Special Entry Access Scheme,
Monash University
• Borderless Higher Education for
Refugees (BHER), Canada and
Kenya
• OER University
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16. • Currently 53 good practices from 19 countries in
and outside of Europe.
• 75% of the 53 cases are from 14 countries in Europe
• http://equityideas.eu
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17. Prepara on
Access
Success
Transi on to the labour
market

18. Aspira on development
Crea ng a sense of belonging
Raising awareness neg stereo
types
Academic support
Psychological support
Mentoring by role models
Summer Programs
Increasing STEM
Improving professional Skills
Staff
D
evelopment
Student funding & Scholarships
Community & family engagement
Ini a ng systema c change

19. 0%
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90%
100%
Results
Men oned
Measurable
Results
Men oned
Measurable
Quan ta ve
Success
Measurable
Qalita ve Success

20. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
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60%
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Financial
Contribu on
In kind
Contribu on
Students as
Volunteers
All cases
European cases
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21. Financial
Contribu on, 56%
In kind
Contribu on,
17%
Students as
Volunteers, 27%
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22. • Civic responsibility is not an aim but a means to the
success of programmes focussing on Access, Success
and Inclusion.
• Students as volunteers are crucial to the
quantitative and qualitative success of the
programmes as well as to the funding of
programmes.
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23. • Science Academy 2006 by Paris Montagne,
France
• The Brilliant Club, Uk
• Arbeiterkind.de, Germany
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24. • VASVU, VU University, Netherlands
• Development of complex services for
disadvantaged students at Wlislocki Henrik
Student College, the University of Pecs,
Hungary
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25. • empower students in bridging their sense of
belonging at the university and their own
communities
• provide learning and skills development by
giving service to communities and other
students
• enhance study motivation, academic self
confidence, engagement and involvement in
HE, hence increase retention and attainment
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26. • Institutional capacity (relevant practices,
structures, and policies)
• Faculty capacity
• Student support for and involvement in civic
learning and engagement
• Community participation and partnerships
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