Teaching Foresight and Futures Literacy and Its Integration into University Curriculum

Despite the accelerated dynamics of the environment, higher education institutions slowly update their curricula in entrepreneurship education according to global challenges and market needs. Moreover, knowledge and good practice exchanges between educators of futures studies, business representatives, and academics is limited. This article aims to present a methodology for prototyping an online course for individuals to become more future-oriented in their professional and personal settings. The main research problems tackled by the authors relate to: 1) the identification of competences that would help academics, entrepreneurs, and students to deal with uncertainty and to 2) convey the competences to the target groups through learning topics selected from futures studies and the entrepreneurship repertoire. The authors of the article undertook and coordinated theoretical and empirical research on foresight and Futures Literacy and its correspondence with entrepreneurship within the beFORE project funded under the Erasmus+ program’s Knowledge Alliance scheme. The research process resulted in the identification of 12 key competence items and the development of a free, approximately 34-hour-long online course consisting of seven self-standing modules, 25 lessons, and 79 learning topics corresponding to these competences. The originality of the paper is in its contribution to the discussion on the competences and online course content that efficiently increase the capacities of using the future(s) in professional, academic, and personal settings.

Proceedings of the 3rd P4Work Symposium – Work & Pain

The Knowledge Alliance Prevent4Work for Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders aims at establishing a collaborative network between higher education and research world, work health-related institutions, technology enterprises, and companies from different activity sectors to develop innovative educational programs, high quality evidence-based material and actions that could be implemented in the European Union to improve the prevention and management of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. The present work compiles the proceedings of the Third P4Work Symposium – Work & Pain. The virtual symposium was organized by Universidad San Jorge and INP Formation in collaboration with the other partners of the "Prevent 4 Work" project and was held on 20 October 2021 via Zoom.

Disturbi muscolo-scheletrici lavoro correlati: Raccomandazioni per l’implementazione dei corsi post-laurea presso le Università Europee

Storicamente, il ruolo dei professionisti specializzati in salute e sicurezza sul lavoro (SSL) è emerso dalla necessità di proteggere i datori di lavoro che lavorano nelle industrie a maggior rischio come le centrali nucleari e le industrie chimiche su larga scala in Europa. Più di recente, alcuni studi hanno evidenziato che la gamma di attività legate alle responsabilità di gestione della sicurezza include monitoraggio e preparazione di rapporti, ispezioni e audit, conformità normativa, risposta alle emergenze, indagini sugli incidenti, valutazione dei pericoli e dei rischi e formazione. Inoltre, ci sono alcuni obblighi supplementari non relativi alla sicurezza, come l’inclusione della responsabilità ambientale. Considerando che i disturbi muscoloscheletrici legati al lavoro (WRMD) rappresentano un grave onere in tutto il mondo, con un totale di 1,3 miliardi di casi, oltre 100 milioni di anni di perdita di anni di vita adeguati alla disabilità e che tali disturbi sono cause comuni di disabilità e congedo per malattia, questo argomento è molto importante per i professionisti (SSL). Negli Stati membri dell’UE per i quali sono disponibili dati, la grande maggioranza di tutti i lavoratori considera i disordini muscoloscheletrici come i problemi di salute più gravi legati al lavoro. La percentuale di lavoratori che segnalano tali disturbi come il proprio problema di salute più grave, varia dal 40% in Lussemburgo al 70% nella Repubblica ceca e in Finlandia. Inoltre, più della metà dei lavoratori con disturbi muscoloscheletrici ha riferito di essersi dovuti assentare dal lavoro (almeno una volta) in un periodo di 12 mesi. Nell’UE, il 26% dei lavoratori affetti da disturbi muscoloscheletrici presenti da lungo periodo, ossia con durata superiore a 3 mesi, insieme ad altri problemi di salute, segnala più di 8 giorni di assenza all’anno. Gli istituti di istruzione superiore (HEI) hanno un ruolo chiave nella diffusione e nell’aumento dell’accessibilità alle evidenze più aggiornate e recenti disponibili, relative all’impatto e la gestione dei disturbi muscoloscheletrici, per facilitare la diffusione delle conoscenze nella gestione pratica. In questo modo, la “Knowledge Alliance di Prevent4Work” per la prevenzione dei disturbi muscoloscheletrici correlati al lavoro ha elaborato questo documento con le conoscenze più recenti e pertinenti sull’argomento. Gli istituti di istruzione superiore che offrono corsi nell’ambito della SSL, nonché i corsi di laurea e post-laurea per professionisti sanitari che lavorano nel settore, possono beneficiare delle raccomandazioni qui presentate.

Simulation Analysis of Knowledge Transfer in a Knowledge Alliance Based on a Circular Surface Radiator Model

Based on the theory of acoustic waves, a circular surface radiator model is introduced as a basis for constructing a knowledge transfer model for a knowledge alliance. The three main variables in the model are chosen to be the number of enterprises in knowledge alliance, the frequency of knowledge transfer, and the relationship distances between the knowledge bodies. The internal mechanism of knowledge transfer in a knowledge alliance is studied, and the direct relationships among the internal influencing factors are explored. The results show that the number of enterprises in knowledge alliance, knowledge transfer frequency, and knowledge transfer effect are positively correlated. The “Rayleigh distance” in the knowledge field is the appropriate relationship distance measure for assessing knowledge transfer within the alliance. The Rayleigh distance is highly correlated with the number of enterprises in knowledge alliance and knowledge transfer frequency. Moreover, the number of enterprises in knowledge alliance and knowledge transfer frequency are interrelated.

Accessibility manager: Creating a profile of a new profession

Disability is viewed as part of the human condition. Measures aimed at promoting accessibility ensure that individuals with a disability can participate fully in society and on an equal footing with those who do not have a disability. Accessibility has been prioritized through regulations both nationally and globally. The Accessible Culture and Training project was funded by the ERASMUS + Programme of the European Union;[i]it promoted equal opportunities and access to cultural events across countries and languages. One of the main objectives of the project was to design a new job role entitled Accessibility Manager and to provide training associated with the position. This article reports on some of the intellectual outputs from the project, explains the process of defining the new job profile and discusses the skill set that has been identified. It concludes that the Accessible Culture and Training project responds appropriately to the formation of the new discipline, Accessibility Studies.[i] The Accessible Culture and Training project was funded by the ERASMUS + Programme of the European Union under the call Knowledge Alliance 2 with the reference 2015-1-ES01-KA203-015734.

SITUATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRATED FLIGHT PREPARATION AND TRAINING OF PILOTS AS AN EDUCATION SERVICE

This article examines the situational management of the Knowledge Alliance of Aviation Education as an Education Service in the conditions of the Slovak Republic. It is the second part of our study. In order to ensure the continuity, quality and safety in the aviation education of future military and civil pilots as aviation professionals, research works of a similar nature are needed. This article uses analysis and synthesis tools, the method “per partes” (integration in parts) with the potential to apply the situational management method in the aviation practice and the expert method. Authors solved the following praxeological questions: What does situational management mean in the education and training of pilots? What are the sources of knowledge and good practice in the management of education and training of pilots? Which control processes can we use for the efficient management of education and training of pilots as a complex aviation system? The output of the article is the proposal of situational management of the comprehensive system of education and training of pilots with the support of evolutionary and cooperative management in the aviation practice of state-private entities.

KNOWLEDGE ALLIANCE AS EDUCATION SERVICES: UPDATED CONTENT OF INTEGRATED FLIGHT PREPARATION AND TRAINING OF PILOTS

The article examines the current aspects of new education and training of pilots within the Knowledge Alliance of Aviation Education as the State-Privat Partnership in the Education Services in the conditions of the Slovak Republic. This article represents the part of the feasibility study. In order to ensure the continuity, quality and safety in the aviation education of future military and civil pilots as the aviation professionals, research works of a similar nature are needed. This article used analysis and synthesis tools, the method “per partes” (integration in parts) and the expert method. Authors solved the following praxeological questions: Which entity is competent and eligible for the comprehensive training of pilots as professionals? What kind of organization of education processes will ensure the required output and efficient use of available public and private resources? The answers to the praxeological issues are presented as the proposal of content of integrated flight preparation and training of pilots under the key leadership of the Air Force and their state, public and private partners. The output of the article is the proposal for the new content of the education and training of pilots.

The Hub model: It’s time for an independent summative evaluation

Over the past decade, governments and the non-profit, private, academic, and philanthropic sectors have begun thinking differently about how human and social services are organized and delivered. Across Canada, a range of integrated health and social care practices are being developed, adapted, and implemented to meet local needs. The Hub (or Situation Table as it is more commonly known in Ontario) model is one such approach. The Hub model is a multi-sector, collaborative, risk-driven intervention that mobilizes multi-sectoral human services for the purpose of rapid risk mitigation focused on the immediate needs of persons experiencing acutely elevated risk of harmful safety or well-being outcomes. Over the past eight years, the model has been adopted in over 115 communities across Canada.While the model has benefited from developmental and formative evaluations, it is now timely to undertake a systematic multi-site evaluation of the generalizable impacts (e.g., clients, system, costs) and lessons learned about what works, in which context, and why. This body of work will serve to inform policymakers, funders, practitioners and others as to the way forward with the Hub model. The Community Safety Knowledge Alliance (CSKA) is moving forward on a plan to see such independent evaluation undertaken.