INGENIUM

The Management and Coordination (M&C) activities aim at promoting a smooth operation of the Alliance consortium (clear distribution of tasks, rapid problem-solving, easy communication, coordination and decision making) leading to a smooth and timely implementation of work programme, including:

• To define the relationships between the partners in the implementation of the work programme, and the composition and operation of the coordination structures 
• To ensure the coordination of the project activities, communication, internal and external flow of information, timely production of deliverables and risk mitigation strategies.
• To ensure an appropriate management of the budget
• To document project development, prepare and submit all relevant reports, in communication with the EACEA.
  
  1.1 Consortium Agreement (CA): preparation and signature
  1.2 Setting up the Alliance Governance structure
  1.3 Partner communication and coordination
  1.4 Project management, monitoring and reporting

This WP aims to prepare the partners and the partnership for the challenges of enhanced interuniversity cooperation and to set up the basic instruments, infrastructures and procedures to facilitate it, beyond the strict management of the project. All partners will be involved in the implementation of the actions under the coordination of MUS. In this WP the Alliance will:

• Identify, assess, and when possible, remove or request the removal of the national and regional regulatory, organisational and bureaucratic obstacles for an enhanced cooperation in all fields (education, research, social engagement and outreach programmes …). We intend to involve regional and national higher education authorities in this process. 
• Develop a joint Quality Assurance (QA) system and to introduce a common culture of QA across the Alliance structures and activities. 
• Set up joint IT supporting infrastructure and services aiming at achieving a paperless Alliance 
• Improve academic and administrative staff skills to cope with the challenge of cooperation, particularly to avoid that language skills becomes a barrier for cooperation
  
  2.1 Identification of obstacles to set up interuniversity campus
  2.2 Preparation of the Interuniversity Campus framework
  2.3 Joint quality assurance systems and accreditation of the INGENIUM European Campus
  2.4 Foreign language courses for academic and administrative staff

This is a transversal WP that underpins the INGENIUM European University. The WP involves all the Alliance partners in pooling capabilities so as to make the best possible use of potential and ‘level-up’ digital capacities, and to meet the Alliance commitment to strategies to address digital poverty & fair access to INGENIUM educational opportunities and experiences.

The WP proposes several concrete measures utilizing digital tools to address organisational, technological, and pedagogical issues involved in realizing the educational and research training goals of INGENIUM and thereby enhance the Alliance contribution to facing the challenges of the digital transition: 

• Create the INGENIUM website as the main common communication and dissemination platform for all INGENIUM partners 
• Provide a joint e-learning platform for supporting education and training across the INGENIUM partners 
• Exploit the developed IT infrastructure to support Open Data and Open Science
  
  3.1 INGENIUM website and Online communication tools
  3.2 Digital IT Infrastructure and services
  3.3 INGENIUM Education Platforms
  3.4 Open Data & Open Science

This WP aims at creating the relevant framework, structures and procedures and thus paving the way for seamless academic mobility of students and staff across the individual member institutions.

Supported by measures to promote and support student and staff mobility, the key action will be to create a single inter-university campus – the INGENIUM European Campus (IEC) – as one major hallmark of the Alliance, featuring:

• a joint teaching body, the IEC Faculty, composed of dedicated academic staff from all the partner universities, cooperating in the development and delivery of joint study programmes; - an Open Degree structure to allow for the configuration of flexible and multidisciplinary curricula with integrated international physical, virtual, and/or hybrid student mobility; 
• a catalogue of designated INGENIUM programmes, with participants acquiring a minimum of 25% of ECTS credit points by way of international physical mobility, with full and automatic recognition of study periods carried out at, or delivered by, any of the partner universities. 
• special courses and activities within the INGENIUM Winter/Summer Schools
  
  4.1 Organising the IEC Faculty
  4.2 Establishing the INGENIUM Open Degree Framework
  4.3 Establishing INGENIUM joint Programmes
  4.4 Promoting academic mobility this is inclusive and green
  4.5 INGENIUM Winter/Summer Schools

The INGENIUM for innovative teaching and learning WP is aimed at boosting the development and transfer of innovative teaching and learning methodologies. To achieve it, several instruments are proposed:

• The INGENIUM Staff Academy to showcase, share and transfer selected innovative pedagogical methodologies from the partner Universities or, if appropriate, from other higher education institutions beyond the Alliance 
• The Education Lab, as a decentralised research and development unit, where staff can explore new methodologies, meet peers and share best practices with strong student involvement. 
• Initiatives to promote joint innovation projects, such as competition or supporting actions 
• A joint digital micro credentials platform and the development of open micro credentials
  
  5.1 INGENIUM Innovation Committee and Strategy
  5.2 INGENIUM Staff Academy
  5.3 INGENIUM Education Lab
  5.4 INGENIUM micro credentials for lifelong learning

This WP aims at boosting inter-university cooperation in training and capacitation of researchers within the Alliance, as well as providing them with opportunities for professional development, international collaborations, and joint projects, with a view to:

• Enhance research collaboration across the Alliance
• Support the development and implementation across the Alliance of best practice in research supervision, mentoring and training facilitating talented early-stage researchers
• Encourage the internationalisation of the research collaborations
  
  6.1 The INGENIUM Doctoral School
  6.2 Joint Doctorate Programmes and joint supervision of PhD Thesis
  6.3 INGENIUM Science Factory for PhD students
  6.4 INGENIUM research groups
  6.5 PhD scholarship for talent attraction and mobility
  6.6 INGENIUM gateway for singular research infrastructure and resources
  6.7 Connecting the Alliance with world leading research networks       

The INGENIUM Alliance is strongly committed to European and Global Challenges, which are materialised around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the European Green Deal (EGD) growth strategy of the European Commission.

This WP proposes concrete measures to enhance the Alliance contribution towards those goals, through:

• Raising the awareness and the policies of our organisations, through the creation of a Sustainability Committee, the launch of an INGENIUM SDG Challenge Lab and the elaboration of an INGENIUM Green Deal Agenda. 
• Support the surrounding society and industry in their transition to greener and more sustainable businesses. 
• Extension of the cooperation networks with third countries HEIs, through the INGENIUM Global Partnerships. 
• Promote student engagement in sustainable development issues, through actions such as the INGENIUM SDG Hackathon.
  
  7.1 INGENIUM for Sustainable Development
  7.2 INGENIUM for the European Green Deal
  7.3 Global University Cooperation for Global Goals
  7.4 Social and environmental engagement of students

This WP is aimed at enhancing the entrepreneurial character of our Alliance, building on the tradition and experience of some of the partners to develop all aspects of the Entrepreneurial University, including:

• Introducing entrepreneurship in all INGENIUM courses and activities to encourage researchers, academics, and undergraduate and postgraduate students to develop entrepreneurial mindsets and skills 
• Increasing the number of entrepreneurs produced across the Alliance 
• Supporting external stakeholders within the INGENIUM to set up new enterprises and benefit from wider geographical expertise and market knowledge
  
  8.1 Entrepreneurial INGENIUM
  8.2 INGENIUM for Spin out programmes
  8.3 Territorial balance for rural partnerships

With this WP the Alliance intends to strengthen the social dimension of higher education, and to improve access and completion by under-represented and vulnerable groups, its social engagement, and the contribution to more open, intercultural and inclusive societies.

The WP deals with different issues related to these objectives, such as:

• Promote the access of disadvantaged groups to higher education 
• Consolidate connections and cooperation with other levels of the educational system 
• Contribute to multilingualism, cultural integration and intercultural awareness 
• Create healthier environments in our Campus
  
  9.1 Inclusive University
  9.2 Improve and strengthen the link with the educational system
  9.3 A multilingual and intercultural Alliance
  9.4 INGENIUM for a healthy campus

The Impact and Dissemination WP will contribute to the success of the INGENIUM Alliance through effective exploitation and dissemination that will generate enhanced engagement of all stakeholders.

The activities proposed will help to: 

• Make the Alliance, its objectives and results better known and understood - Facilitate knowledge sharing around the Alliance activities 
• Raise the awareness of the university community regarding the challenges Universities face, and how cooperation can help to overcome them 
• Sustain the Alliance beyond the pilot project lifetime.
  
  10.1 INGENIUM Long-term Strategy
  10.2 INGENIUM Dissemination and Exploitation Strategy
  10.3 INGENIUM Communication and Dissemination
  10.4 The 10 Days of INGENIUM