Hybrid Education for Social Innovation (SI) in the New Normal (HESINN)

The purpose of the project is the advancement of curricular development, research, internationalization and knowledge exchange in the field of SI and social impact. It seeks to embed learning from previous projects (i.e. the SILKEN project) at an institutional level within Indonesian institutions. An overview of the work to be undertaken through this funding and how it fits into our wider plans re digital SI curricula is provided in Appendix A. Specifically, this project will support with:
•Embedding SI in the Curriculum: to develop a SI seminar series that promotes the embedding of SI in postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. These activities will aim to create a SI mindset among academics and students, teach them new skills and enhance their employability. Through the Indonesian partners we will also promote academic collaboration in the design of a seminar series for SI – spreading best practice across the region.
•Research: to develop models for action research and utilise these to develop a social impact measurement framework for measuring SI development within the curriculum (testing these with students in Indonesia).
•Knowledge Exchange: promoting SI in curriculum development through introducing the concept in a seminar series. This seminar series is designed to improve collaboration, strengthen the wider ecosystem, and help drive policy toward greater social value creation. There will also be a focus on ensuring Knowledge Exchange between HEI leaders in the UK and Indonesia, to ensure top-down buy-in at institutions for SI. This seminar series will kickstart the development of the SI hybrid curriculum.
•Internationalisation: using existing networks (SILKEN/GLOCAL), we will link into our wider work across the world including HE in Hong Kong (which is developing a stronger impact focus) and other regional partners as well as further afield, such as Latin America.

This project sought to support the Indonesian university partner (Binus) to develop curricular for social innovation education that could be delivered to students and staff as a series of workshops. It also supported the development of social innovation research and knowledge exchange, through linking into wider projects including the British Council funded SILKEN project and the Glasgow Caledonian University led GLOCAL platform.