Interdisciplinary Education for the Bioeconomy:
embedding the mindset of the bioeconomy in the curricula of Bachelor degree programmes
Thursday 19 and Friday 20 May
was held at the Monasterium Poortackere, Ghent, Belgium
Outline Programme
Wednesday 18 May |
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20.00 |
Welcome Reception and Walking Dinner, Klein Turkije 20, Ghent |
Thursday 19 May |
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9.00 |
Welcome and Introduction to the Colloquium |
Session 1 – Framing the challenge, what learning outcomes should be achieved in order to develop the students’ mindset for the Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy |
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9.15 |
Keynote: Opportunities and challenges for promoting education and training to provide the skills for the developing bioeconomy |
9.45 |
Keynote: Developing competences and skills for Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy to meet the needs of the labour market. |
10.15 |
Coffee break |
10.45 |
Keynote: Learning from the planned learning outcomes and curriculum of a BSc Bioeconomy degree programme |
11.15 |
Keynote: Learning from the planned learning outcomes and curriculum of a MSc Bioeocnomy degree programme |
11.45 |
Panel discussion |
12.30 |
Lunch |
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Session 2 - Addressing the learning outcomes to be achieved for the interdisciplinarity of the Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy in Bachelor degree programme curricula |
13.30 |
Keynote: The concept of developing a learning trajectory across a BSc degree programme for embedding the interdisciplinarity of the sustainable circular bioeconomy. |
14.00 |
Case Study: Energy Transition at Avans Hogeschool |
15.00 |
Coffee break |
15.30 |
Roundtable discussions groups focusing on the challenge in defining the learning outcomes to be achieved for developing the mindset of the Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy in discipline specific Bachelor degree programme curricula. |
16.30 |
Report back |
17.00 |
Closure |
17.15 |
ICA CoP Bio-Edu General Assembly |
20.00 |
Colloquium Dinner, De Abt, Lange Kruisstraat 4, Ghent |
Friday 20 May |
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Session 3 – The Strategic approach for embedding an interdisciplinarity mindset for the Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy across all discipline specific Bachelor degree programmes in a life science faculty/ university |
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8.30 |
Keynote: A Case Study of a University strategic approach to curriculum development for embedding interdisciplinarity for the Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy across all Bachelor degree programmes. |
9.00 |
Keynote: A Case Study of a University strategic approach to curriculum development for embedding interdisciplinarity for the Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy across all Bachelor degree programmes. |
9.30 | Roundtable discussion groups |
10.30 |
Coffee break |
11.00 |
Roundtable discussion groups |
11.45 |
Report Back |
12.00 |
Move to the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, University of Ghent |
12.30 |
Plenary Session: Report back from ICA-Edu, ICA-Edu SIG and the ICA-CoP Bio-Edu |
13.00 |
Closure |
Download the Colloquium flyer |