New collaborations invited to take part in SLWC+ in Semester 2
Ten projects across all five TU Dublin Faculties are currently running in Semester 1 of the Students Learning with Communities + pilot programme (SLWC+) and seven projects will run in Semester 2.
The programme is run as a collaboration between Sustainability (Societal Engagement and Sustainability Education) and Partnerships (Strategic Partnerships). A Sustainability Education Lead is assigned to each project to support the collaborations and the project work.
The programme will take six more projects into the Semester two programme, and staff can submit their Expressions of Interest to take part here. The deadline for new submissions is Wednesday 15 January, 2025. please read the SLWC+ Pilot Supporting document here.
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Submissions will be reviewed in January and successful project applications will be notified x date. Collaborations then commence from 03 February 2025.
SLWC+ will enable you to:
- Get support from Societal Engagement, Sustainability Education and Strategic Partnerships to create an impactful learning experience for your students.
- Contribute to SLWC+ evaluation and influence the future of the Students Learning with Communities model at TU Dublin.
- Develop an easy way to align with UEM and Graduate Attributes.
- Get exposure for your module and recognition for you and your students through our celebration event in May 2025.
About the SLWC+ programme
The SLWC+ programme is designed to support lecturers to effectively integrate community engaged learning - also known as service-learning - into modules and programmes to deliver a highly engaged student experience. It engages students in the application of learning in real-world contexts and develops students’ team working skills and work preparedness through the collaborations it supports. By enabling an embedded learning experience, students become more informed and understanding of our complex World through the multiple perspectives and points of view introduced through collaboration.
The SLWC+ programme has developed well-tested resources to support faculties to embed community-engaged learning into their modules and has created institutional knowledge - a body of practitioners distributed across TU Dublin’s faculties and schools who have experience in integrating the model into their teaching approach.