There are different ways for different individuals to participate.
How can I participate, and what can I get from doing so?
As a student:
- How to participate:
- Take a course involving ApS.
- Suggest social organizations to work with.
- Suggest external internships/final bachelor’s projects/final master’s projects.
- Benefits of participating:
- Promotes a connection with the university and commitment to the community.
- Promotes both cross-cutting skills and skills specific to the degree in a practical, experience-based, meaningful way.
- Opens new perspectives on professional orientation.
- Responds adequately to a professional challenge.
- Provides opportunities and motivation for studies and for social involvement.
- Provides the satisfaction of participating in a project for social change.
As a professor:
- How to participate:
- Integrate service learning into teaching.
- Promote final bachelor’s projects using ApS methodology.
- Suggest social organizations to work with.
- Benefits of participating:
- Connects teaching to the university’s other two missions: social responsibility and research.
- Promotes professors’ role of facilitating education encouraged by the EHEA.
- Provides an opportunity for innovation, including active methods in teaching.
- Facilitates training and evaluation in skills.
- Adds a new dimension to teaching and research, thanks to collaboration with external organizations.
- Provides feedback on the impact of teaching in a real-life context.
As a social entity:
- How to participate:
- Suggest opportunities for ApS to the university.
- Consider opportunities proposed by the university.
- Take part in the design, implementation and evaluation of ApS projects with students and professors.
- Benefits of participating:
- Creates a connection with the university.
- Encourages the close collaboration of students, professionals and the community.
- Helps to find specific solutions to the entity’s needs.
- Helps to train professionals in social commitment.
