- The creation of the partnership
- The common vision of engagement
- The partners and their role (including participation, power relations and commitment)
- The outcomes
- The continuance or sustainability of the initiative
Figure 1. Key points of CUE initiatives
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The next step has been the design of the
research methodology and a survey questionnaire (following the five key
points previously mentioned). For this purpose a working group has been
created at the GUNi knowledge community
for debating about the questions and contents of the survey
questionnaire. Parallel to that, GUNi has developed a database of the
target, which counts with a contact list of CUE networks and their
affiliates, and a collection of two thousand CUE initiatives identified
around the world.
The launch of the survey questionnaire was
at the end of October 2012 and it will be open until the end of December
2012. Once the data is collected it will be analyzed by GUNi, and the
results will be presented and discussed in the GUNi Academic Seminar
(March, 2013) and at the 6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education (May, 2013).
The survey questionnaire
The survey is conducted as an online
questionnaire for each participating initiative. The questionnaire
includes both scaled response-type questions and questions requiring
evidence of a more qualitative nature. The questionnaire is organized in six parts
or sections according with the theoretical reflection based on relevant
literature. The first section consists on basic data from the
initiative. The aim of the second section is to collect data regarding
the creation of the initiative and of the partnership, and what this
initiative is about: Where did the idea come from? Who are the members
of the partnership? What is the aim of this initiative? The third
section is about the vision of engagement and community that the
partnership has. In this part it is interesting to know the level of
partnership that is related to the leadership, power relations,
commitment and participation of all members of the partnership. It also
asks about the type of community and how research, teaching, learning
and engagement are linked. The following section is focused on the
specific role of each member of the partnership, especially concerning
its contribution to the project, the mechanisms and structures developed
to support the initiative, and the involvement of people. The fifth
section is about the main outcome and the impact of the project on each
partner. The final section is about the sustainability or continuance of
the initiative and includes the self assessment and the recommendations
for overcoming difficulties. The questionnaire ends with a space for
complimentary information.
Call for participation
GUNi invites all those involved in engaged
initiatives to take part in this research by completing the survey
questionnaire. To access to the questionnaire click here.?All
responses of the survey questionnaire will be featured in the research
project?s publication and at the GUNi website. Also, the conclusions of
the research project will be published in the next GUNi Report, Higher Education in the world 5. We would be very grateful if you could
disseminate this project among those persons involved in community
university engagement that might be interested. Please do not hesitate
contacting us for any clarification on the project you may need.
Many thanks in advance for your collaboration!
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