Building Bridges: Collaboration for Impact (BIP) has officially started!
This week marks the start of Building Bridges: Collaboration for Impact, a Staff BIP bringing together representatives from across Europe to strengthen collaboration with external stakeholders and enhance societal impact trough joint learning and exchange.
Mid Sweden University, together with Atlantic Technological University and ECAM LaSalle, is hosting the Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) "Building Bridges: Collaboration for Impact". This Staff BIP is a collaborative initiative between the European University Alliances ChallengeEU and EU GREEN within the framework of the Summer University network.
This week, the programme officially kicked off with its first online session, bringing together university staff from across Europe to exchange experiences and prepare for the on-site week in Sundsvall (23 – 27 March). Over the coming weeks, participants will join a total of four interactive online sessions to get to know each other, set expectations, discuss practical details, and share experiences from different countries.
During these virtual meetings, participants will explore topics such as creating micro credentials using the BIP format, understanding how collaborate with different types of external stakeholders, the impact of university-society collaborations, and practical perspectives on business cases, incubators and acceleration form lecture perspective.
The on-site week in Sundsvall will combine inspiring lectures, interactive workshops and social activities.Participants will engage in workshops on citizen science and CBL (Challenge based learning), learn how to create and use relevant micro credentials for staff and students, explore different educational cultures, and discover new approaches for learning opportunities.
This next phase of the programme offers participants hand-on opportunities to learn, share best practices, and strengthen European collaboration in higher education.
We look forward to welcoming all participants to Sundsvall in March!