Rose Cawood from Glasgow Caledonian University delivered this presentation on their 'Strategy for Change' Erasmus+ project at the Erasmus+ Inspiring Inclusion event in London on 12 November 2019.

2. What?
Key Aims of the Project:
1. Develop awareness and skills among students for effective community action
2. Incorporate entrepreneurship, ICT and leadership and other transversal skills
3. Create effective learning pathways – especially for widening access students
4. Benchmark students’ social innovation activities within five institutions
5. Design a formalised transnational, extracurricular programme structure
6. Ensure a virtuous circle participants feeding back their knowledge and experience
into the programme

3. Where?
Umea
(Sweden)
Glasgow
(Scotland)
Dublin
(Ireland)
Eindhoven
(Netherlands)
Aveiro
(Portugal)

4. How?
Benchmarking
Existing best practices
Needs of projects delivered by
universities to local
communities
Community engagement
Community engagement
Community projects
Training delivery
Awareness raising (1)
Leadership training (2)
Train the trainers (3)
Training materials
Modules
ICT tools & training materials
Dissemination
Management & Reporting
Quality Control

5. Outcomes

6. Inclusiveness
GCU
• Focus on Widening Access
• Of 5000 graduates in 2018, 22% from disadvantaged backgrounds & 44 % first in their family to achieve
a degree.
• Caledonian Club
The Project
• Quarter of the students we trained were from widening access backgrounds
(including minority groups based on gender, ethnicity, disability, nationality, faith, age,
sexuality; as well as students from low income and disadvantaged backgrounds)
• Travel/mobility process (essay/intention)
• Disability and Mental Health Services
• Campus/Student Advocacy groups (e.g. BME, LGBTQ+, mature student groups etc.)
• Event organisation and suppliers (e.g. Paragon, Social Bite)

7. Any questions?
Rose Cawood
Social Innovation Manager,
Research & Innovation Office,
Glasgow Caledonian University
Rose.Cawood@gcu.ac.uk