MODES
Fourteen partners, nine countries, three years of working, from Autumn 2009 to 2012: this is ModES (Modernisation of higher education through soft skills accreditation) in a nutshell. Led by Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, financed by the EU programme "Lifelong Learning Erasmus", the ModES project created a White Paper on soft skills, based on the teaching and learning experience of the university collegiate halls of residence.
As a result, a new curriculum was set to enrich the students' profile with new employment-oriented competencies (such as leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, ability to generate new ideas, creativity).
The objective of the MODES project was to integrate a common European programme on soft skills in the academic curricula and in the post-diploma supplement.
Key links:
Mediating soft skills at higher education institution.
L'introduzione delle soft skill nelle istituzioni di istruzione superiore
The ModES projects aimed to achieve:
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A University education oriented to the needs and requests of companies.
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An increment on the mobility of students and young professionals in Europe thanks to the soft skills form standardized and identified at a European level in the university curriculum.
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A higher match between graduates' profiles and the labour market requests.
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Enhanced relations between university and enterprises.
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Modernisation of university education.
The curriculum has been based on:
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Best practices based on educational methodologies concerning soft skills already implemented by some partners.
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Interviews with companies and stakeholders to identify the most demanded soft skills in the workplace.
The deliverables are:
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Academic curriculum on soft skills in four languages (Italian, English, Spanish and Polish).
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A prototype of a serious game on soft skills in four languages (Italian, English, Spanish and Polish) to learn those skills identified before in interviews with companies’ representatives.