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MIMPRENDO Project Soft skills development for youth employability NASPA International Symposium 2016
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About EucA International network of Halls of Residence, from 12 EU Countries More than 100 HoR, students Objectives: promote ‘student affairs and services’ and the HoR’s model at European and international level promote the professional growth on the HoR managerial staff develop students education EucA keywords: soft skills, international dimension, employability
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Halls of Residence for youth employability
Living and learning communities Competitive and supporting environments Holistic approach: personal and skills development path Multidisciplinary approach
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Living-learning community
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Soft skills and employability
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International opportunities
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The European Scenario Youth unemployment: 20,4% (Eurosat, July 2015)
Large skills gap between the needs of the labour market and the output of the educational system McKinsey report ‘Education to Employment, getting Europe’s youth into work’ Europe 2020 Strategy and ‘Rethinking Education’ calls for a fundamental shift in education, with more focus on “learning outcomes”, skills and competences Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 90% of all businesses in the EU
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MIMPRENDO Project How much creativity is developed by students during their university experience? How often entrepreneurs have innovative ideas and intuitions which need more human resources, time and competences than those available in house?
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MIMPRENDO Project MIMPRENDO links the needs of development of companies to the intellectual and creative potentialities of university students with the hall of resident as facilitator Players Italian Association of Halls of Residence (CCUM) Italian Young Entrepreneurs (Confindustria Gruppo Giovani)
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MIMPRENDO phases Submission of business case
Application and selection of the team Team work and project development Assessment Award
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Methodology Learning by doing On line cooperation
Technology supports the team to manage deadlines, meetings and tasks through the whole process Periodical meetings in the company Two “gates”: project setting and analysis problem solving and presentation SUPPORT On line monitoring (web platform) Tutorship: by halls of residence coach
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Assessment Innovation of solutions proposed
Applicability (technical and economic sustainability) Team work (multidisciplinary approach, respect of deadlines) Final presentation (public speaking)
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Learning outcomes Personal soft skills Social soft skills
Self awareness, Culture adaptability Tolerance to stress, Life balance Social soft skills Team working, Leadership Conflict management, Networking Methodological soft skills Result orientation, Decision making Continuous improvement
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Results 7 editions 40 universities 92 teams activated
1600 applications students involved 72% of the projects implemented by 24 months (50% by 6 months) 50% of the students received employment proposals
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Plus for companies minimal impact on business organization
contribution from academic multi-subject knowledge to entrepreneurial culture multiplication of time and intellectual resources devoted to innovation intellectual property of the result quality value: the process and methodology have been already tested and implemented through years of experience (7 years) and validated
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Plus for students acquisition of practical experience which can be included in their CVs introduction to an exclusive network and professional relationships acquisition of competences in the management of innovative projects promotion of self-entrepreneurship developing a more active approach to learning visibility of valuable and innovative ideas
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Questions & Answers www.euca.eu www.mimprendo.it president@euca.eu
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