FF News, International 04/12/2022

SSHTeaching21 + project meeting

On Thursday, April 7, the University of Hradec Králové welcomed colleagues from the Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland) and Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia) to discuss the current issues related to their joint Erasmus+ project SSHTeaching21+. The whole day meeting represented the very first chance for the participants to meet in a physical form.

Even though the Erasmus+ project Enhancing Quality Teaching of Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher Education for 21+ (SSHTeaching21+) started in November 2021, the international team did not have a chance to meet physically due to the previous measures related to the spread of the COVID-19. Fortunately, the improving pandemic situation has finally made it possible.

The participants consisted of project management at individual institutions whose goal is to ensure the smooth implementation of the project. All the participating sides presented their current progress on the emerging project results and expressed their needs regarding the cooperation. The most important issue was the project schedule and its potential deviations from the original plan. So far, no radical changes in the time schedule are expected.

The project's primary focus is to improve the quality of teaching of Humanities and social sciences at the Higher education level, which should be achieved by creating a handbook with the title Teaching SSH for 21+ and, subsequently, e-learning dedicated to this issue. However, before the creation of the handbook itself, there are two previous results from which the mentioned brochure will draw the necessary data. Both the In-Depth Analysis of Psychosocial Aspects and the Analysis of Intercultural Dimension are expected to provide the needed data by the end of this year.

The final part of the meeting was dedicated to discussing the specific form of activities planned in Poznan, Poland, which represents the opportunity for the next project meeting scheduled for September this year.