New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

Identify the award category for which this initiative is being submitted
Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking

Email user
internacional@ceuandalucia.es

Basic information
Initiative title
Self-transformation

Full initiative Title
Self-transformation: Centre for Professional Studies for technological innovation.

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
The Centre for Professional Studies is one of the four centres in San Pablo Andalucía CEU Foundation. The Foundation fosters to offer all educational levels from primary school to higher education. The centre for Professional Studies endeavours to enhance all the educational places within the health and technology fields of Higher Education (specifically in the two-year trainingship programs).

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
Local

Where was your intiative implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Spain

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
Bormujos, Seville (Andalusia, Spain)

Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As a representative of an organisation
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project)
- Name of the organisation(s): Foundation San Pablo Andalucía CEU
  Type of organisation: Professional Studies Centre
  First name of representative: Laura
  Last name of representative: Díaz
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Spain
  Function: Coordinator of the International Committee of the Foundation
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Glorieta Ángel Herrera Oria, s/n 41930
  Town: Bormujos
  Postal code: 41930
  Country: Spain
  Direct Tel: +34 650 83 97 66
  E-mail: internacional@ceuandalucia.es
  Website: https://www.ceuandalucia.es/
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://salaprensa.ceuandalucia.es/
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): https://www.ceuandalucia.es/newsletter-ceu-andalucia/
In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
New European Bauhaus or European Commission websites

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
Our project focuses on the adaptation and improvement of spaces with technological
innovation in order to respond to the educational needs of youngsters in higher education for the local
network of businesses. We truly think that by expanding our limits to grow through motivational and
innovative spaces, students will boost their knowledge in their specific fields of expertise and practice.
Without a shadow of a doubt, students take advantage of educational learning spaces that have been
transformed into experiential practices. Consequently, they have a better performance in terms of work by
excellence and reliability. In fact, their qualification is crucial to ameliorate the technology business and
health frameworks of the towns and villages surrounded Bormujos, an urban area that is currently growing in
these above-mentioned sectors.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
Innovation

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Learning spaces

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Local business network

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Health field

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Technology field

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
The main aims of this project are related to IT sectors such as web and multiplatform developments, or
robotics. As well, they are linked to the health area (dental hygiene, clinic and biomedical laboratory,
anatomical pathology and radiology, among others). Therefore, spaces are addressed to create a real
experience, where students work on projects with authentic material. This transition to innovative spaces will boost cooperation with other sectors and businesses and will improve the quality of the living environment of our local area in terms of technology to meet local unity and preservation of the main green sectors of economy in Bormujos and the surrounding areas. Furthermore, these innovative learning spaces will make students adapt quickly to the sector sustainable needs by developing their skills and capabilities to create local-based green techniques that certainly will help the near environment.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
From the aesthetics and quality experience, our project is directly related to students that will be able to experience the future context that they will have to experiment in the local businesses. Therefore, transforming learning spaces fosters students' awareness of equipments and contexts to have a very positive experience. Students will embrace a sensory experience by working on the same elements they will find later on when working in a real environment. As well, aesthetically this self-transformation flows with the whole Foundation that innovates and offers the best materials, resources and equipments for their students.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
Transforming spaces will help students to share experiences and opportunities equally. It helps them to be close to their local businesses and their living environment. A feeling of belongingness to a space that needs to be quickly adapted for the global society we have is what this project focuses on. This is a method to bring the student the perspective of his or her area, but also to establish the right of every student to build and cooperate equally in a fast-paced changing society.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
All the local business sectors that form a network of collaboration for our students to make their trainingship could be benefited from this initiative. Furthermore, it can serve to solve complex social environmental problems that emerge in a regular daily basis in business.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
This project works with the idea of togetherness stand point to enhance and develop current and future paths of youth working access. For this purpose, we develop our education system and facilities to allow the local, regional and national industrial needs can be met with students' preparedness for job requirements

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
In this initial step we are focusing our efforts in the Tech, health care and science fields of expertise. The reason why we have selected these fields or areas is based on real working requirement and preparation needs, and the fact that a practical focus would allow students to reduce the learning curve of a new and demanding work environment.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
The innovative character of this initiative is represented by the values and the character of the center itself. Transmiting innovation and self-improvement through evolution, changes and adaptation to the needs of the business network is an identity mark of the actions the center owns. Therefore, the Centre of Professional Studies in San Pablo CEU Andalusia Foundation is notorious in terms of technological advances, industrial relations, and high-tech updates.

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
In this case, this self-transformation could also be experienced by international students that come to our centre. In fact, they could serve as an example to other places or to motivate other learning institutions to cooperate and collaborate in projects that will benefitiate all our students. A clear example of what could be transferred would be the robotics equipment used.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
Transforming learning spaces to give students the opportunity to work with real equipment and experience lessons and practises in authentic contexts. Learning by doing, practising, touching, experiencing, solving problems and facing real challenges.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
We think that by providing local solutions and educating students from a local vision/perspective, we will be investing in global changes. As it is normally said "act locally to think globally", we truly believe that international dimensions can be reached from home. Changing and transforming infrastructures within classrooms will help students to experience another reality that will change the local business path when having access to a job vacancy.

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
The self-transformation project is aiming to keep on improving learning spaces, but so far, we have achieved a lot by developing more Higher Education plans that meet the local business requirements. As well, it has benefited students who can have a better trainingship and will be better prepared for their future jobs. In brief, for their two-year courses, they have to end up their formation in a trainingship plan of three months, so this initiative will help them to have more resources to access the job market.

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
Web link
Web link
- https://salaprensa.ceuandalucia.es/?p=74352
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
We think our project contributes in some ways to create supportive learning environments for sustainability that span all activities and operations by an educational institution and enable teaching and learning that is hands-on, interdisciplinary and relevant to local contexts, and to be actively involve students and staff, local authorities, youth organisations and the research and innovation community in learning for sustainability, according to the European actions.
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