What is a workshop?
Is a group of participants engaged in an intensive discussion and practical activities in a particular subject or topic. The groups were organised to discuss and explore the subject in dept and examine real-case scenarios.
Purpose of the workshops
Promote a stronger discussion and perform hand-on activities in a specific topic. The workshop focuses on practical learning activities to increase the individual knowledge and technical competencies of each participants.
After they attended the training seminars, set as in-depth lectures on the topics, workshops aim to provide a different perspective and a more practical approach to the topic, with examples and good practices.
Objective of the workshops
- Develop capacities of strategic leaders, top management, and critical staff in the 4 pillars of the project.
- Increase skills for action on the 4 core topics of the project, empowering the Iraqi university staff leaders and members.
- Develop competences for the critical staff and knowledge for the leaders.
- Increase the internal capacity for governance, management, and implementation plans on the universities.
Target groups
- University leaders in charge of defining the institutional strategy and the strategic planning.
- Academic and administrative staff.
- Middle management involved in Quality Assurance processes, institutional management, financial and administration processes, activities related to the university’s Third Mission and social role, etc.
- The project focal points.
- The future trainers which at each Iraqi Partner institution will deliver the local Training of Trainers.
Workshops schedule
Workshop 1 – Quality Assurance by Istanbul Aydin University. Date: 15/11/2021 from 10.00 to 12.00 Iraqi time
Workshop 2 – Accountability and Management orientation for results by the University of Siena. Date: 18/11/2021 from 10.00 to 12.00 Iraqi time
Workshop 3 – University Social Responsibility and Third Mission by the University of Bologna. Date: 23/11/2021 from 10.00 to 12.00 Iraqi time
Workshop 4 – Governance and Leadership by the University of Evora. Date: 25/11/2021 from 10.00 to 12.00 Iraqi time
How to join
- The workshops were held on Zoom Platform.
- The links to join were made available in the PDF file.
- Please note that registration is needed. After registration, participants will receive the actual link to join the virtual room.
Workshop plan
- Number of participants per university: 4 to 6 staff members and leaders, working on the area of the workshop in the university
- Number of hours: between 2 to 3 hours
- Local/place: online
- Activities orientation
- Lectures (15 minutes max)
- Text reading (short documents)
- Group activities per university or per specific areas
- Debate
- Preparation of a final report on the outcomes of the session
Workshop activities flow
