UPSCALE

Upscaling Graduates’ Employability Tracking through the implementation of special Dual Career paths in Botswana and Eswatini

UPSCALE / Upscaling Graduates’ Employability Tracking through the implementation of special Dual Career paths in Botswana and Eswatini

About the project

Project Acronym UPSCALE
Project full title Upscaling Graduates’ Employability Tracking through the implementation of special Dual Career paths in Botswana and Eswatini
Project No 101178037
Funding Scheme ERASMUS+, CBHE
Coordinator BOTHO University
Project start date 1 December 2024
Project duration 36 months

Objectives

  • SO1: To promote dual education and monitoring the higher education (HE) graduates’ employability and build-up national consensus between the key stakeholders involved in Botswana & Eswatini (hereafter Partner Countries-PCs);
  • SO2: To enrich and advance the legislative and normative framework on HE dual education & graduates’ employability at the national and institutional levels in PCs;
  • SO3: To develop and pilot Dual Career paths by each PCs` HEIs;
  • SO4: To strengthen the capacity of PCs` HEIs staff to develop and release graduates’ employability tracking, to deliver efficient career guidance services and promote the professional insertion of students and graduates in the labour market.

Main outputs

  • D2.1 Graduates’ Employability Country profile / Botswana and Eswatini
  • D2.2 Pilot Graduates` Employability tracking survey
  • D3.1 Regulation of the University Career Guidance Centers in PCHEIs
  • D3.2 Toolkit for tracking the graduates’ employability
  • D3.3 HE Graduates` Employability Report
  • D4.1 Dual Higher Education Model (DHE model)
  • D4.2 DHE study programmes
  • D4.3 Teaching and learning materials for specific DHEMs
  • D4.4 Toolkit on DHE implementation

UPSCALE Partners

  1. Botho University/ BOTSWANA (P1-BU) – Grant Coordinator
  2. BA ISAGO University/ BOTSWANA (P2-BIU) – Beneficiary
  3. Botswana University of Agriculture & Natural Resources/ BOTSWANA (P3-BUAN) – Beneficiary
  4. University of Eswatini/ ESWATINI (P4-UNESWA) – Beneficiary
  5. Southern Africa Nazarene University/ ESWATINI (P5-SANU) – Beneficiary
  6. International School for Social and Business Studies/ SLOVENIA (P6-ISSBS) – Beneficiary
  7. Maria Curie-Sklodowska University/ POLAND (P7-UMCS) – Beneficiary
  8. European Policy Development and Research Institute / SLOVENIA (P8-EPDRI) – Co-coordinator
  9. Lleida University/ SPAIN (P9-UdL) – Beneficiary

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