Inclusive student civic engagement as a pathway for enhanced skills and competences in professional higher education
Building skills through student civic engagement in professional higher education
The EngageAll project boosts the role of Professional Higher Education (PHE) in promoting active citizenship. We highlight how student involvement outside of academics brings many benefits. This includes participating in
We concentrate on the diverse student body in PHE. We pay special attention to the challenges students face in balancing their academic work with extracurricular activities.
EngageAll aims to:
EngageAll helps students join extracurricular activities regardless of their background. This includes civic and student engagement. Our goal is to create
By making these opportunities more visible, accessible, and valued, EngageAll helps students develop essential skills, civic values, and democratic engagement. This builds a bridge between higher education and civil society.
We hosted our second EngageAll webinar on 6 October 2025. In this session, we introduced a new framework for measuring civic engagement in higher education.
Researchers from DHBW Karlsruhe introduced the EngageAll Framework, with expert reflections from THEA and Civil Society Europe. Participants discussed how to apply the framework in their own institutions.
The framework offers practical tools for universities to assess and enhance student civic competences.
Download a Concise Version of the Framework
Full framework coming soon.
Watch the recording to learn how universities can measure and enhance student civic engagement using the EngageAll Framework.
Project Reference:
2024-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000251679
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