SumHEIs | SYDIC

The project’s main challenge is to design a “Model” Summer School Office as an innovative and prototype tool to be used by HEIs. SumHEIs aims to contribute answering a variety of questions concerning the successful operation of a summer school and filling this knowledge gap. It recognizes that summer schools’ organizers cannot rely just on their skills and common sense if they want to be robust, competitive and sustainable in the long-term. SumHEIs defined 3 priority areas of action. From there, it develops 5 main goals, which in turn are expected to lead to 9 articulated results. The workflow is structured in 4 Intellectual Outputs. Summer School Programmes are an innovative approach to education, as they are credited as short-course programmes with a strong international perspective hosted by HEIs and other institutions. Our programme will ensure that more institutions will have the capacity to implement such programmes in the future, offering them the base for developing skills and competencies for effectively running Summer Schools as innovative educational and pedagogical procedures.

We are a consortium of 7 partners (Sapienza University of Rome, SYDIC, AKMI Metropolitan College, University of West Attica, Maynooth University, University of Latvia, University of Pavia), from 4 European countries – Italy, Greece, Latvia and Ireland, each one of whom aims at bringing its own experience and expertise on designing and developing a “Model” Summer School Office as an innovative and prototype tool for the development of a successful summer school to be used by HEIs.

Coordinator
	Sapienza University of Rome Founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, Sapienza University of Rome is one of the largest universities in Europe. The Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome embraces of five different Scientific-Disciplinary Sectors belonging to Economics and Business Sciences areas. Based on an integrated and multidisciplinary approach, it carries out teaching, scientific research, applied research, postgraduate/managerial training, and Third Mission in the following macro-areas: Business management; Banks and finance; Commodity study. uniroma1.it
Partners
	SYDIC The Italian Chapter of the System Dynamics Society (named as “Chapter” in the following) has been founded with the idea of being an Italian branch of the international System Dynamic Society (named as “Society”, in the following), with the goal of supporting all the activities carried out by the Society for the dissemination and promotion of the system thinking approach and the system dynamics methodology at a national level.
	Metropolitan College Metropolitan College (AMC) is a constitutive member of AKMI Educational Organization, the largest private postsecondary educational group in Greece (more than 14.000 students nationwide). AMC is one of the first private colleges in Greece (since 1982) and the college with the widest range of fields of study while being the largest UK TNE provider in Greece. All courses are specially designed to meet the demands of modern students and to facilitate their entry into the Greek and the international job market. AMC is accredited by the British Accreditation Council [BAC] as an independent institution offering higher education, and all academic degrees are recognized by NARIC. AMC is established as an institution of educational excellence, as it cooperates with distinguished state UK Universities. mitropolitiko.edu.gr
	University of West Attica The University of West Attica (UNIWA) is the third largest of HEI in Greece. Over 50,000 students attend undergraduate and postgraduate programs provided by 27 Departments and taught by teaching staff committed to maintaining the highest standards in education. UNIWA is a dynamic and constantly evolving institution that strives to fulfil its vision and mission, and to achieve its goals investing in the development of modern teaching methods, adapted to students’ needs and responsive to the competitive labour market and society requirements, as well as in its modern facilities and infrastructure. uniwa.gr
	Maynooth University Maynooth University located 20 miles (30 Kilometres) west of Dublin city in the Republic of Ireland is a fast-growing young university with a rich 250 history from the St. Patrick’s College catholic Pontifical University set up during Ireland’s colonial past. The last two decades have seen Maynooth University grow rapidly in scale and stature to 13,000 students and extensive research activities. The university is a wonderful place to learn, the teaching is excellent, and is delivered by leading international researchers who are committed and connect to their students. maynoothuniversity.ie
	University of Latvia The University of Latvia (UL) with more than 15 000 students enrolled in the 150 different study programmes, 13 faculties and 20 research institutes is one of the largest and leading universities in the Baltic States that concentrates on four main areas: humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and education sciences. The only higher education institution from Latvia ranked in the QS Top Universities ranking. UL is especially proud that its degree of internationalization has been recognized as high in several rankings, such as QS Top Universities, Multirank, Interfax ranking. lu.lv
	University of Pavia Founded in 1361, the University of Pavia (UNIPV) is one of the world’s oldest academic institutions. The University of Pavia features in a number of international rankings: Unipv is particularly competitive in the fields of Linguistics, Engineering, Pharmacy, Life Science and Medicine. As highlighted by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019 it ranks among the top 35 in the world in Classics & Ancient History and top 151-200 in Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy and Linguistics. unipv.it