scholarly journals Методический подход к определению перспективных направлений развития социальной инфраструктуры университета

2019 ◽  
pp. 98-107
Author(s):  
Анастасия Троценко
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Methodical Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Students ◽  
The University

Целью настоящей статьи является определение основных направлений развития социальной инфраструктуры университета для повышения его конкурентоспособности с помощью разработанного автором методического подхода, в основу которого положен метод анализа иерархий Т. Саати, позволяющего определить приоритетность направлений развития социальной инфраструктуры университета. Предложенный методический подход позволяет учитывать интересы обучающихся (местных, иногородних российских и иностранных), научно-педагогических работников (молодые ученые и НПР старше 40 лет, проживающие и не проживающие в кампусе) и представителей бизнес-сообщества для формирования приоритетности в развитии элементов социальной инфраструктуры университета. Методический подход был апробирован на примере Дальневосточного федерального университета. The purpose of this article is to determine the main development directions of university social infrastructure to increase its com-petitiveness using the developed methodical approach is based on the method of T. Saaty’s Analytic Hierarchy Process to de-termine priority of the development directions of university so-cial infrastructure. The proposed methodical approach allows to take into account the interests of students (local students; stu-dents from other regions of the country; foreign students), scien-tific and pedagogical workers («young scientists» and scientific and pedagogical workers over 40 living and aren’t on campus) and business community representatives to prioritize the devel-opment of university’s social infrastructure elements. The me-thodical approach was tested on the example of Far Eastern Federal University. The methodological approach proposed in the article allows university top management to determine prom-ising areas for the development of the university’s social infra-structure, taking into account the interests of the main groups of iterested parties (students, academic staff, the business community), thereby allowing the university to create competitive advantages aimed at attracting and retention of certain groups. After identifying promising areas for the development of the social infra-structure of the university, it is necessary to develop measures aimed at developing the relevant ele-ments of the social infrastructure of the university, which is the goal of the next study.

scholarly journals Importance of Stakeholders within University Social Responsibility

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-58
Author(s):  
Lenka Smolíková ◽  
David Schüller
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Group Method ◽  
University Management ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Science And Research

Abstract Research purpose. The paper follows a definition of University Social Responsibility (USR) recently formulated by Kouatli in 2019. In accordance with the definition, the main objective of this study is to identify and establish the importance of individual stakeholders to the university. The article also includes several case studies demonstrating the possibilities of cooperation between university management and other stakeholders to address the social aspects of sustainable development primarily. Design / Methodology / Approach. The focus group method was used to identify all stakeholders. For individual focus groups, respondents rated their importance for universities on a scale from 1 to 7. Subsequently, different stakeholders were divided into relevant groups by factor analysis. The obtained outputs were used for the identification of important university stakeholders in the field of education and science. Findings. The university’s most important stakeholders in education were found to include applicants for study and their parents, student, and academic staff, and last but not least, foreign students. In the field of science and research, the university’s main stakeholders are academics, enterprises, and the professional public. Emphasis is placed on how the university can cooperate with its stakeholders in CSR activities. Originality / Value / Practical implications. The value of the proposed stakeholder framework can be seen in the identification of important stakeholders for universities. The paper also includes case studies related to the cooperation with the Czech university to fulfil its USR objectives.

scholarly journals Town-Gown Relationships: Perceptions and Expectations about Bartın University Town-Gown Relationships

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-24
Author(s):  
Fatma Ünal
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Human Power ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Contributions ◽  
University Town ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Universities have missions to conduct scientific research, produce information and technology, fulfill the function of qualified human power needed by the societies at the universal level, as well as lead the transformation of the region and the city regarding social, cultural and economic perspective. The growth and development of universities and effective fulfillment of their functions are associated with the people’s perception about universities’ economic and social contributions to society along with getting approval and support from them. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions, evaluations and expectations of Bartın people towards Bartın University, which celebrated the 11th anniversary of the foundation in 2019. In the study, which used a mixed research method, 255 people were reached by using the criterion sampling method and the data were collected by demographic information form, scale and interview form. Findings revealed that Bartın people had little participation in the activities organized by the university and were not aware of these activities sufficiently. Findings also showed that socio-cultural activities organized by the university had enriched the social life, the development of the university had increased the possibilities of transportation both in the city and intercity and the increase in the number of the students positively affected the tradespeople. Additionally, it was concluded that the trainings and activities organized in the university contributed to the personal and professional development of the society. Moreover, the activities should be increased and cityoriented researches should be conducted. Participants, who stated the rapid development of the university as the most powerful aspect of the university, shared the suggestion that the academic staff should be increased in quantity and merit should be taken as the basis for the improvement.

scholarly journals Impact of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Discussions in Smart Cities: Comprehensive Assessment of Social Media Data

Smart Cities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arash Hajikhani
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Network Services ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
The Social ◽  
Physical Infrastructure ◽  
Ict Infrastructure

Discussions on “smart cities” are gaining in popularity in the past two decades and has shown potential in tackling the cities’ environmental, social, and economic challenges. Smart cities are known as a system of physical infrastructure, the information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, and the social infrastructure that exchange information that flows between its many different subsystems. The “smart cities” concept has been introduced with various dimensions, among those, the embedded ICT infrastructure in smart cities is playing a decisive role between the functions of the system. One of the important derivatives of ICT is the new communication mediums known as social network services (SNSs), which is emergent and introduces additional functionalities to “smart cities”. This paper seeks to advance the understanding of SNSs in smart cities to evaluate the effects on the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. This agenda has been tackled by a rigorous methodological approach in order to capture and evaluate the presence of entrepreneurially concerned discussions in a popular SNS intermediate (Twitter). Beyond the methodological contribution on handling big data in SNSs for gaining insights on innovation and entrepreneurial aspects in smart cities, the findings distinguished the influence of a certain category of content generators (professionals) that drive the biggest motives of the interactions in SNSs.

scholarly journals Factors affecting Happiness of Expatriate Academicians and Expatriate Non-Academicians in Dubai

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Kamarul Zaman Bin Ahmad ◽  
Majid Wahid Shaikh
Keyword(s):  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Academic Group

Purpose: To determine the antecedents of happiness and compare academicians and non-academicians in selected Dubai Universities. Design/methodological/approach: Qualitative research using in-depth interviews followed by cross-sectional surveys of teaching staff and non-teaching staff from different universities in Dubai.?Findings: There is no significant relationship between knowledge sharing and happiness of academics and well as non-academics. Happiness is significantly related to the other factors.Research implications and limitations: The small sample size of the academic group and the study was targeted at the university staff in Dubai only. Practical implications: The findings of this research gives useful recommendations to Universities to improve happiness among their academic as well as non-academic staff. It will also provide recommendations for developmental purposes for the University of Dubai and the UAE’s “Happiness and Positivity program.”Originality/value: No known research studies the determinants of happiness for academics and non-academics in Dubai Universities.Paper type: Research paper

scholarly journals MALAYSIAN STUDENTS' SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN EGYPT, MOROCCO, AND JORDAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-247
Author(s):  
Wail Muin Ismail ◽  
Zakaria Alcheikh Mahmoud Awad ◽  
Muhammad Azhar Zailani ◽  
Xuan Di
Keyword(s):  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
University Campus ◽  
The Social ◽  
Class Climate ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Adjustment Issues ◽  
Malaysian Students

Purpose of the study: This study examines the social adjustment of Malaysian students studying in Egypt, Morocco, and Jordan. Quantitative, comparative and case study methods were used. Methodology: Through the questionnaire, in which the social adjustment of the students to the university campus was defined, a total of 587 questionnaires were answered by Malaysian students studying in the three countries. SPSS software was used to carry out the calculation of the mean, t-test, ANOVA and Tukey HSD analysis. Main Findings: The outcome of the analysis shows that Malaysian male and female students reached the medium level of social adjustment in the three countries. The differences in the means of female and male responses have no significance. Malaysian student's adjustment to the class climate was higher than that of the environment outside. Malaysian students more adjusted with a university campus in Jordan and Egypt than they are in Morocco. Applications of this study: This study showed a view of conditions Malaysian students in Jordan, Morocco, and Egypt. It will be helpful for students, universities, teachers to be aware of foreign students’ social adjustment issues and pay more attention to this particular problem. Novelty/Originality of this study: This paper found Malaysian students are more adjusted to the university campus in Jordan and Egypt than they are in Morocco. This suggests that Morocco is a better destination for study for Malaysian students as long as the social adjustment is concerned.

Social Stability Risk Assessment of Jianli-Jiangling Highway Project — Based on Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 2193-2198
Author(s):  
Gui Mei He ◽  
Yi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Social Instability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Highway Project

Highway as a significant part of social infrastructure affects the interests of all social aspects during construction and thus will bring about social instability risks. In this paper, the social instability risks from Jianli-Jiangling Highway project were identified and evaluated using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. The results will promote science-based decision-making and careful use of preventive measures, and thus ensure the evaluated project can be smoothly implemented. This study will provide some references for similar projects in the future.

scholarly journals Developing library e-learning courses - how to make a fruitful collaboration?

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Beth Våga ◽  
Mona Henriksen ◽  
Inger Gåsemyr
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

The University Library of Stavanger has made three interactive library courses. Two of the courses are in Norwegian, Vitenskapelige artikler i sykepleiefaget (Scientific articles in nursing), and Kildebruk og litteratursøk (Information literacy: How to search and cite) and one in English, Writing thesis, using sources. The purpose has been to help students developing skills in information literacy, to fulfill the demands required by the Norwegian ministry of education and research. The courses are available at the library's webpage. Their purpose is to be a supplement to ordinary library courses. The courses consist of text, films, interactive tasks and voiceover. We have made subject-specific courses, which cover different faculties at the University. We believe that the students at a university seek to identify themselves with the profession they aim to become a part of through their studies, and hopefully they develop an attachment to the library.   The course Writing thesis, using sources is primarily aiming towards engineering students, but it will also be useful for other student groups. The university has many foreign students in different engineering disciplines and levels. They sometimes have a bachelor's degree from a country with an academic culture that is different from ours. The course is written in a clear and concise language. The students can listen to the text, or read it. The cooperation between the library and the academic staff has varied during the development of the courses. We had close contact with two members of the Department of Health Studies during the whole process of the first course, Vitenskapelige artikler i sykepleiefaget (Scientific articles in nursing).They gave us advice about content and definitions. There has been less cooperation with academic staff during the two other courses. Cooperation with NettOp (The University's department for web-based education) has been outstanding. NettOp has guided us on subjects like software, layout, technical support, interactive objects and pedagogical advice, like how to write for students. We also invited students to give feedback on the courses. The process has been informative, and we have developed new skills. At the same time there have been challenges, such as software issues and lack of collaboration with academic staff. Maintaining the courses is very time consuming. We would like to meet other colleagues in higher education interested in e-learning courses and exchange experiences. Discussions may be about matters such as: Do we really need interactive courses? Should the courses be subject-specific or general in content? How can we include academic staff in a better way? Could students do the job? Could several universities cooperate to make interactive courses? Could we borrow content from each other? How do we know whether the courses are used or not? What about the learning process and outcome for the students? How do we best promote the courses? Experiences with different software and use of devices. Discussions should be conducted in groups consisting of max 8 participants. The results from the discussions could for example be published on UBIS' blog.  

scholarly journals Gender and Socio-economic Differences in Substance Use Among Academics in Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State of Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Dimkpa Daisy Inyingi ◽  
Lydia Amonia Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
T Test ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The use of substance by university academics in recent times is a cause for concern especially due to the negative implications of its misuse. The social climate in the university is gradually changing in spite of its setting which is meant for educating and reforming individuals, as new forms of social organizations have evolved wherein academics get involved in indiscriminate substance use as a result. This research was undertaken to investigate the reasons why academics engaged in substance use and to find out the difference in its use, based on gender and socio-economic status of the respondents. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 833 academic staff. A total of 113 academics who were randomly selected from six out of twelve faculties in the university participated in the study. Three Research questions and two research hypotheses were generated to guide the study. A researcher designed instrument named ‘University Academics’ Substance Use Questionnaire’ was used to generate data, and analyzed using mean scores, standard deviations and the t-test. Results indicated that a higher number of male than female academics engaged in substance use due to emotional and psychological reasons; and that alcohol, tobacco and caffeine were the most frequently used substances. The predisposing factors to substance use were amongst others, early parental and cultural initiation. The t-test also showed statistically significant differences in substance use based on gender and socio-economic status of the respondents. Based on the findings, recommendations were made.

scholarly journals International Academic Exchange of Students and Teaching Staff in Human Geography Study Field: The Case of Klaipėda University / Visuomeninės geografijos studijų krypties studentų ir dėstytojų tarptautiniai akademiniai mainai: Klaipėdos universiteto atvejis

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 91-103
Author(s):  
Daiva Verkulevičiūtė - Kriukienė ◽  
Angelija Bučienė
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Academic Exchange ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The University ◽  
Foreign Universities

The participation in Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes is the most popular form of mobility among the university teachers and other academic staff as well as students. The geographers of Klaipėda University can study in more than 20 universities of different regions of Europe, and the geography of studies expands from year to year. While studying in foreign countries, they not only deepen their knowledge, but also broaden the geographic scope, acquaint with new people and cultures, strengthen the knowledge of foreign language. From the other side, the students of foreign universities, having been chosen the geographic modules at Klaipėda University, have a possibility to see and learn about the nature of Western Lithuania, social and economic objects, the cultural environment. According to the foreign students, the studies are organized so, that academic staff is able to collaborate with each student immediately, and the atmosphere of studies is very good. Besides the foreign students, Klaipėda University receives also the foreign academic staff, organizes the international practices, develops the projects, and the academic staff of Klaipėda university has a possibility to visit the universities of foreign countries. Those visits give the invaluable benefit to the teachers, because one can receive more experience, and the newly adopted methods may be applied at Klaipėda University.

scholarly journals Social activity of Carpatho-Ukrainian students in interwar Brno (renovation according to the found sources)

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Kostiantyn Kutsov
Keyword(s):  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Student Organizations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Local Students ◽  
The University ◽  
High Technical School

For today the social activity of Carpatho-Ukrainian students in Brno is known to be the least studied issue in the history of the Carpatho-Ukrainian student movement in the period of interwar Czechoslovakia. Based on all available archival and published sources, in this study the attempt is made to reconstruct and analyse the process of formation and development of public activity of Ukrainian students (natives of modern Transcarpathian region (Ukraine) and Presov self-governing region (the Slovak Republic)), who in the 1920 – 1930s studied at higher education institutions in Brno (the University named after Masaryk, High Technical School, High Vet School). The author of the article states that the social activity of Carpatho-Ukrainian students in Brno developed in several stages. The first stage is the second half of the 1920s, the period when Prague student associations such as the Ukrainophile Union of Subcarpathian Students; and the Russophile society Vozrozhdenie (Rebirth) extended their activities in Brno some local students not only became their members but also formed some of their non-formal centers in Brno (e.g. Union of Subcarpathian Ruthenian Students). However, due to the decrease in the number of Carpatho-Ukrainian students at local universities, this process soon slowed down. Next stage is the second half of 1930s. At that time, relatively large independent Carpatho-Ukrainian student organizations – Russophile Society Verkhovina (1936) and the Subcarpathian Academic Society (1937) formed and gradually intensified in their activity in Brno. However, due to the political situation in the Czechoslovak Republic in 1938 – 1939, their activities ended. More information about the issue discussed in the article can be found in the original documents kept at the archival institutions of Brno.

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