Entrepreneurial & Innovative Universities Acceleration Programme

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can have a strong positive impact on regional and Europe-wide social and economic development through education, research and engagement. However, they require targeted, methodological and experienced support to enhance their capability to fully realise their potential.

Accelerate_FutureHEI responds to the above-mentioned needs through the development and testing of acceleration services to support HEI institutional transformation involving:

• A robust, comprehensive methodology that is designed to transform and impact not just the HEIs but also their regions. It does so by taking an evidence-based approach that identifies the needs of the individual HEIs whilst also benefitting from an efficient universal approach that enables them to learn from each other.
• Underpinned by a change management process, the project offers an acceleration support system that builds on the status quo, develops a connected vision and set of activities described in a roadmap and is then executed in application projects supported with coaching, training and international exchange.
• Consortium built for success and impact as the project and overall methodology for acceleration services is designed, led and monitored by proven, globally-recognised experts specialised in implementing acceleration services to effect change at HEIs through entrepreneurship, innovation and engagement.
• The consortium offers the right setting for a pilot program to deliver a meaningful context-connected, practical outcomes for a committed and diversified set of 14 partners, uniting 2 established EIT HEI Initiative consortia, where impact would make a real difference in their regions.
• Sustained impact will be achieved as HEIs will have developed strong internal understanding of status quo and desired future state; designed and executed a roadmap & application projects; received expert coaching, training and peer learning in a network that will sustain beyond the project timeline