Study Visits
At the E3M project a study visit is considered as a short stay of one to three days in a host institution for a group of project partners having the following objectives:
- Document good practices in the Third Mission activities
- Develop a deeper understanding about what constitutes “excellence” in HE third mission activities
- Discuss and confront indicators developed by E3M with real Third mission best practices and identify criticism from field experts in HE institution
- Identify practical problems in Third Mission measurement and discuss the Delphi results with HE internal experts
The following six study visits are programmed and scheduled between May and June 2011:
Study visit 1
Host institution: Politecnico di Torino, www.polito.it/index.en.php
Dimensions of study: Technology Transfer & Innovation and Social Engagement
Participant partners: Andres Carrión (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia) and Ela Krawczyk (Dublin Institute of Technology)
Date: 26-27 May 2011
Study visit 2
Host institution: Széchenyi István University, http://info.sze.hu
Dimensions of study: Technology Transfer & Innovation and Social Engagement
Participant partners: Lucio Pisacane (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella) and Attila Pausits (Danube University of Krems)
Date: 2-3 June 2011
Study visit 3
Host institution: Dublin Institute of Technology, http://dit.ie
Dimension of study: Social Engagement
Participant partners: Marko Marhl (University of Maribor) and Tuija Lauren (University of Helsinki)
Date: 17 June 2011
Study visit 4
Host institution: Turku University, www.utu.fi/en/
Dimensions of study:
Participant partners: Alfredo Soeiro (University of Porto) and Ela Krawczyk (Dublin Institute of Technology)
Date: 28-29 June 2011
Study visit 5
Host institution: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, www.upv.es/index-en.html
Dimensions of study: Continuing Education and Technology Transfer & Innovation
Participant partners: Lucio Pisacane (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella) and Attila Pausits (Danube University of Krems)
Date: 27-29 June 2011
Study visit 6
Host institution: University of Cambridge, www.cam.ac.uk/
Dimensions of study: Continuing Education, Technology Transfer & Innovation and Social Engagement
Participant partners: Lucio Pisacane and Roberto Moscati (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella)
Date: 6-7 September 2011
Summary of the Study Visits
