ENHANCE

The consortium's universities educate nearly 293,000 students and hire about 63,000 employees. Over the past 5 years, nearly 4,500 of their employees and students have participated in various exchange programs between ENHANCE universities. Consortium members have obtained more than 4,050 patents.

The goal of ENHANCE is to create systemic, structural and sustainable cooperation between the consortium's universities, which will lead to new solutions beyond existing models of cooperation.

- to introduce innovative educational methods on a large scale,

- making it easier for students to choose subjects from the offer of partner universities,

- creating a system to support the mobility of the academic community,

- reducing bureaucratic barriers in the cooperation of partner universities.

Universities of the ENHANCE consortium cooperate with 30 associated partners: companies, city halls, student organizations, research networks, foundations and non-profit organizations.

For more information: https://enhanceuniversity.eu/

Selected ENHANCE activities led by Warsaw University of Technology:

1. Educational strategy of the ENHANCE consortium

The strategy focuses on the joint educational offer of the partner universities; it outlines the 11 strategic educational goals of the consortium and the methods of achieving them.

More information: https://enhanceuniversity.eu/eleven-strategic-goals-european-higher-education/

2. Language Tandems

A project aimed at learning foreign languages in pairs consisting of students or employees from 7 European technical universities.

More information: https://www.enhance-tandems.pw.edu.pl/enhance_tandems

3. ENHANCE Certificate on Climate Action (ECCA)

ENHANCE Certificate on Climate Action (ECCA) empowers you with essential knowledge and skills on climate change, tools and methods for adaptation and mitigation, and finally will give you the possibility to design and prototype your solution.

More information: https://www.ecca.enhance.pw.edu.pl/

4. Green Campus ENHANCE Summer School on Climate Change

Summer school on climate change issues. It was attended by students from all partner universities who worked in interdisciplinary groups.

More information: https://summerschool.enhance.pw.edu.pl/

5. ENHANCE Certificate in Higher Education Teaching

ENHANCE Certificate in Higher Education Teaching is intended for a large spectrum of academic staff with a diversified theoretical background and practical experience in teaching. It will foster the professional development of academic staff by providing them with various opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills.

More information: https://www.chet.enhance.pw.edu.pl/

6. ENHANCE Winter School in Data Literacy

The Winter School in Data Literacy is a module of the ENHANCE Certificate in Data Literacy and will provide participants with the skills necessary to transform data into knowledge. Participants worked on the project challenge in Data Literacy under the supervision of academic teachers from Warsaw University of Technology, Technische Universität Berlin and Universitat Politècnica de València.

More information: https://winterschool.enhance.pw.edu.pl/

7. ENHANCE GIRLS IN STEM Competition

A competition aimed at female high school students selected by ENHANCE partner universities to promote ideas for solving environmental local problems that can have a global dimension. It aims to encourage girls to study science and technology.

For more information: https://www.girls.enhance.pw.edu.pl/page5.html

8. Mentoring system for startups

Creating a mentoring system to support start-ups emerging in the university ecosystem.

More information: https://mentoring.enhance.pw.edu.pl/

9. Information tool for service-learning and volunteering opportunities

Sevice-learning combines learning with the community service in order to provide the meaningful learning experience while managing real-life problems and meeting societal needs. It must, however, be stressed that service learning is not simply academic credit for volunteer work and service to society – the emphasis is on learning and specific learning outcomes are to be achieved by students. 

More information: https://enhanceuniversity.eu/service-learning-in-nutshell-toolkit/

10. ENHANCE Staff Weeks in Göteborg

The goal of ENHANCE Staff Weeks is to build relationships among staff at partner universities, familiarize them with modernizing university administration, and foster their stronger commitment to embodying ENHANCE values.

Staff Weeks 2 and 3, organized by Chalmers University and Warsaw University of Technology on April 26-28, 2022, focused on two thematic areas: The Innovative Learning Environments and The Education Pathways Towards Virtual Exchange.

More information: https://enhanceuniversity.eu/staff-week-kicks-off-at-chalmers/

11. ENHANCE workshop on online learning and teaching

International workshop for academics on remote teaching.

More information: https://workshop.enhance.pw.edu.pl/

12. Workshop for modular training toolkit for students engaged in ENHANCE activities

International online workshop for academics and students on creating guidelines to engage students in learning and knowledge transfer.

More information: https://workshop.enhance.pw.edu.pl/toolkitstudentscocreation/