Cooperative university studies
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Linnéuniversitetet |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 1 998 895 |
| Project duration | January 2022 - June 2025 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Venture | Educational collaboration |
| Call | Educational collaboration and work-integrated learning - model and method development 2021 |
Purpose and goal
The companies´ main challenges are competence, innovation and gender equality. The project´s overall goal is therefore to meet these needs through a structured, proven and documented approach to cooperation education that is perceived as useful and requested by both industry and academia. The model must be a long-term engagement and a natural part of the education within Linnaeus University and be able to function as a good example of collaboration between industry and higher education.
Expected effects and result
A closer exchange of knowledge and an increased collaboration will lead to a greater innovation among the companies that are engaged in the educational collaboration. This can, among other things, stimulate further collaborations within the university´s courses: study visits, guest lectures and degree projects. An increased degree of industry contacts will also provide a strengthening of staff / teachers at the university and generate more research projects with external parties.
Planned approach and implementation
First, a detailed project plan is made to ensure a common overall structure in order to assure quality. In connection with this, a bench marking is made with similar projects both in Sweden and internationally, as well as a deeper inventory of the participating companies´ experience of collaboration in higher education. After that, a structural work is started that aims to develop the education itself, here teachers are involved to develop a model of how to work with the education within the university´s framework. After that, the education itself is planned.