EQUIPE PLUS

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• EQUIPE PLUS
• GRUNDTVIG 4 (Network) Project
• 3 Years
• October 2005 September 2008
• 33 Partners

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Whos Who

• Project Contractor EUCEN
• Project Director Pat Davies
• Project Coordinator Carol Stewart/
• Carmen Royo

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Management Group

• Afredo Soerio University of Porto (PT)
• Kari Seppala University of Turku (FI)
• Monica Lopez Sieben University of Valencia (ES)
• Toril Eikaas Eide University of Bergen (NO)
• Dermot Coughlan University of Limerick (IE)
• plus
• Pat Davies, Carol Stewart, Carmen Royo

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Specific ManagementGroup Responsibilities

• Pat Davies Overall project direction and
  liaison with Brussels
• Carol Stewart Day-to-day Coordination
• Carmen Royo Administration
• Monica Lopez Sieben Website
• Kari Seppala Indicators
• Dermot Coughlan Benchmarking/best practice
• Toril Eikaas Eide Open Conferences

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What do we needto achieve in our meeting?

• All partners to be clear about
• The overall project objectives and outputs
• What they personally need to contribute to meet
  those objectives and outputs
• Project administration finances/travel
  regulations etc.

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The Transition from Equipe to Equipe Plus

• Equipe Plus builds on Equipe
• Utilises Equipe outputs
• Quality Learning Tool
• Benchmarking Tool
• Resources case studies, articles, experts, web
  references
• Dissemination/valorisation
• Growing the network

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Equipe Plus - Actions and Outputs Meetings and
Events

• Partnership meetings X 3 (IT, FR, SL)
• Peer to Peer Quality Reviews (PPQRs) - Real
  Virtual
• Rolling Programme of Presentations/Events at
  National Network Meetings
• 2 Hands On Workshops Using Equipe Tools
• 3 Conference Poster Sessions
• 2 Open Conferences

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Equipe Plus - Actions and Outputs Reports and
Publications

• National reports on quality arrangements for
  Lifelong Learning (from every country represented
  in the project)
• Website
• Report on University involvement in Grundtvig

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Equipe Plus - Actions and Outputs Production of
Tools

• Indicators and examples of best practice in
  University Lifelong Learning

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Equipe Plus - Actions and Outputs Dissemination
Activities

• Ongoing over life of project
• Shared responsibility

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Equipe Plus - Partner Input All partners

• Partner Meetings
• Dissemination
• National Quality Reports

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Equipe Plus - Partner Input Partners With
National Networks

• Organise a workshop at annual conference to
  offer hands on experience of an Equipe tool
• Provide a slot at their annual conference for
  visiting presentations on quality in ULL
• Make 2 visits to a national network meeting in
  another country to present on quality on ULL in
  their own country

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Equipe Plus - Partner Input Partners With No
National Network

• Attend a workshop in Eucen conference (Spring
  2007/2008)
• Participate in a Peer to Peer Quality Review
  (PPQR) - Real

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Equipe Plus - Partner Input Optional Involvement

• Contribute to the development of indicators and
  collection of examples of best practice
• Participate in PPQR Virtual
• Research and write a report on University
  involvement in Grundtvig across EU (possibly
  shared responsibility)

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Report on University Involvement in Grundtvig

• For the period 2002-05
• Research the scale, scope and quality of
  involvement
• Assess the impact of University involvement in
  Grundtvig
• Assess the impact of Grundtvig on University LL
• To be complete by the end of the project

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Peer to Peer Quality Reviews(PPQRs)

• Real or virtual
• Involvement of all partners
• Use Equipe tools
• Focus on quality practice
• Feedback on tool and report on impact on practice