WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE(COME) AN ENGAGED UNIVERSITY

Third European Conference on Service-learning in Higher Education, Multiplier event of Erasmus+ project SLIHE, Slovakia, 2020

Medzinárodná online konferencia na tému "Čo znamená byť angažovanou univerzitou?"organizuje Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici v spolupráci partnermi projektu SLIHE, Európskou asociáciou pre service learning vo vysokoškolskom vzdelávaní, Latinsko-americkým centrom pre service learning a Platformou dobrovoľníckych centier a organizácií. 

Hlavné prednášky na konferencii budú mať poprední odborníci a odborníčky v oblasti service learningu a tretieho poslania vysokých škôl na medzinárodnej úrovni.

The conference addresses the guiding question: “What does it mean to be(come) an engaged university?”. It aims at promoting service-learning in higher education and increasing awareness about the role of service-learning with respect to the third mission of universities. The objective of the conference is to spread knowledge and share experiences about theories, research and practice on service-learning as well as networking with different stakeholders in the field of higher education. The conference targets scholars, practitioners, students, and community partners interested in the concept of engaged university and service-learning as a strategy for its development.

The conference is organized by partners of the Erasmus + project “Service-Learning in Higher Education” (number 2017-1-SK01-KA203-035352): Matej Bel University (Slovakia), Babes Bolyai University (Romania), Palackého University Olomouc (Czech Republic),  University in Rijeka (Croatia), Danube University Krems (Austria), Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany) and the European Association of Service-Learning in Higher Education (EASLHE) in collaboration with the Latin American Center for Solidarity Service-Learning  (CLAYSS). The conference is part of the Third Regional Service-Learning Week in Central and Eastern Europe region (CEE) organized by CLAYSS and CEE Service-Learning Network.

The conference will be on-line in the “flipped format”.