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Universi-DaD. Gli accademici italiani e la didattica a distanza durante l’emergenza Covid-19
No full textPrimi risultati dell'indagine nazionale sulle attività di didattica a distanza degli accademici italiani durante la fase di emergenza della pandemia Covid-1
Le attività di terza missione come possibile fattore d’innovazione didattica
No full textLe relazioni che le università intrattengono con il mondo non universitario come fattore di promozione dell'innovazione didattica alla luce dei risultati dell'indagine nazionale sulle attività di terza missione degli accademici italian
University Student Participation in Out-of-Class Activities: Consequences for Study Career and Academic Achievement.
No full textMerging survey and administrative data, the paper aims at exploring the relationship between university students’ involvement in extra-curricular and out-of-class activities and two aspects of their academic performance: the regularity of their study career and their academic achievement. It also deals with the uneven participation in these activities according to students’ characteristics. The results of a set of multivariate analyses show that while students’ involvement in out-of-class activities with peers is associated with study regularity but not with academic achievement, students’ communication with faculty is related both to regularity and grades. A second set of analyses identifies the characteristics that favour or hinder students’ involvement in out-of-class activities. It also points out students’ characteristics that are not related to it, showing that three sets of out-of-class activities that are associated with study regularity and, at least partially, with academic achievement are largely open to students’ participation irrespectively of their individual traits
The two dimensions of Italian academics’ public engagement
No full textThe article aims at investigating Italian academics’ Public Engagement highlighting its two dimensions, namely “Local Community Engagement” (LCE) and “General Political Engagement” (GPE). It is based on the results of a national survey on academics’ third mission activities carried out in the year 2015/2016 collecting information from a representative sample of 5,123 respondents working at 62 universities, with a response rate of 34.2%. In addition to detecting distinct dimensions of academics’ Public Engagement, data analysis shows that Italian academics are much more involved in LCE activities than in GPE ones. Although both LCE and GPE are influenced by many common factors, such as academic rank, discipline and being involved in other third mission activities, they also display peculiar traits: LCE activities are more likely to involve academic women while GPE are more likely to be carried out by older academics; LCE activities appear to be context-dependent while GPE activities are not. Hence, the article offers a contribution to a better understanding of the different goals of Public Engagement activities and of their spatial dimension
Italian academics’ Public Engagement: An opportunity to strengthen the relationship between universities and their territories
No full textThe term Public Engagement refers to a variety of activities aimed at engaging universities within the public sphere and, correspondingly, at involving the public in the teaching, research and service activities of universities. These activities – which are largely carried out by faculty either on a mere individual basis or as an institutional duty – provide an opportunity to strengthen the relationships between universities and their territories. Relying on the results of a survey on more than 5,000 academics working at Italian public universities, the article aims at showing how frequent academics’ Public engagement is, who are the academics mostly engaged in these activities, and whether there are territorial differences in this kind of engagement. The article also provides an assessment of the social and economic impact of Public engagement activities, especially at the local and regional levels. Distinguishing between two dimensions of academics’ Public engagement, namely «Local Community Engagement» and «General Political Engagement», the article shows that Italian academics’ participation in the former is considerable while their participation in the latter is limited. These findings suggest that academics’ Public engagement indeed provides an opportunity to link universities to their territories. Local community engagement varies according to some individual characteristics such as academics’ discipline and their involvement on other «Third mission» activities, but not to others. In particular, faculty working in Southern Italy and the Islands, the less developed regions of the country, and those working in North-West Italy, the most developed part of the country, are equally involved in Local community engagement. Finally, according to academics’ perceptions their Local community engagement has a more social than economic impact
The two dimensions of Italian academics' public engagement
Full text linkThe article aims at investigating Italian academics' Public Engagement highlighting its two dimensions, namely "Local Community Engagement" (LCE) and "General Political Engagement" (GPE). It is based on the results of a national survey on academics' third mission activities carried out in the year 2015/2016 collecting information from a representative sample of 5,123 respondents working at 62 universities, with a response rate of 34.2%. In addition to detecting distinct dimensions of academics' Public Engagement, data analysis shows that Italian academics are much more involved in LCE activities than in GPE ones. Although both LCE and GPE are influenced by many common factors, such as academic rank, discipline and being involved in other third mission activities, they also display peculiar traits: LCE activities are more likely to involve academic women while GPE are more likely to be carried out by older academics; LCE activities appear to be context-dependent while GPE activities are not. Hence, the article offers a contribution to a better understanding of the different goals of Public Engagement activities and of their spatial dimension
Di fronte all’epidemia COVID-19. Un’indagine sui comportamenti e gli atteggiamenti di cittadine e cittadini italiani
No full textPrimi risultati dell'indagine che Il CIRSIS – un centro di ricerca dell’Università di Pavia cui partecipano otto Dipartimenti – ha realizzato, in collaborazione con la società QuestLab di Venezia, sull’epidemia da coronavirus intervistando un campione di 1.500 cittadini italiani su alcuni temi:
- il livello di allarme sociale provocato dall’epidemia,
- la preoccupazione per le sue conseguenze,
- i mezzi utilizzati dai cittadini per informarsi durante il primo periodo della crisi,
- la fiducia nelle diverse fonti di informazione,
- i comportamenti e gli orientamenti nella prima fase dell’emergenza
La rivincita della scienza sul senso comune? Gli orientamenti di fiducia degli italiani all’inizio dell’emergenza Covid-19
Full text linkThe main hypothesis of the article is that the pandemic phenomenon has partly increased the level of trust the Italian people have in scientific and health institutions, but it is not a completely consolidated trust. To control this hypothesis, a sample survey was carried out in correspondence with the gradual introduction by the government of measures of lock-down. The data shows increasing trust in scientific and health institutions throughout the survey period. The responses of some respondents, however, show a certain level of incoherence. Many people declaring a high level of trust towards the scientific and health institution show (to different degrees) confidence in the idea that the virus was created in a laboratory, a thesis widely rejected by the scientific community with many explanations in the media. The rooting of anti-scientific beliefs may be much higher than suspected by commentators, and the celebration of a revenge of science may be premature
Good Practice for Student Mobility in University of Pavia
No full textPavia is a city with 70,000 inhabitants 40 km south of Milan, the regional capital of Lombardy, one of the more populated and rich Italian regions. The University of Pavia was established in 1361 and until the 20th century has been the only university in the area of Milan and in Lombardy. Todays within the region there are 13 universities, 7 of which are located in Milan. Seven institutions, including Pavia University, are state universities.
Currently, some 24,000 students study at the University of Pavia. About 21,500 students attend short first cycle courses (55%), that is undergraduate or Bachelors’ programmes, long first cycle (28%) and second cycle (16%) courses, that is graduate programmes equivalent to Masters’. The rest are doctoral students and students attending advanced specialised courses.
Less than 10% of the students are from Pavia; about 55% of them come from other places within Lombardy, while 35% come from outside the region.
Within Pavia, almost all the students walk around the city. More than 60% of them travel by bus and a considerable minority travel by car. About one out of four students travel by bicycle
As urban mobility is one of the most important aspect of student life, since 2003 the University of Pavia has developed a protocol with the municipality and the Urban Public Transport society for the student mobility at discounted tickets (20 Euros per year for students; 175 Euros for specializing and majoring students). About 50% of university students use it
L’impegno pubblico e sociale
No full textIn Italia ci si è finora scarsamente interrogati sul contributo che gli accademici e le università danno ai processi di innovazione economica e sociale. A questo tema è stata dedicata una ricerca i cui risultati sono presentati in due volumi. In questo primo volume è approfondito il ruolo degli accademici, nel secondo – di prossima pubblicazione col titolo «Università e innovazione. Il contributo degli atenei italiani allo sviluppo regionale» – quello degli atenei come organizzazioni. L’indagine che è al centro del presente volume ha coinvolto circa cinquemila accademici e rappresenta l’impegno di ricerca più consistente e approfondito su tale fenomeno. Argomento centrale è la «terza missione» svolta dai docenti universitari, accanto ai compiti tradizionali costituiti dalla didattica e dalla ricerca. Si tratta di quell’insieme di attività che conducono alla valorizzazione commerciale della ricerca scientifica attraverso i brevetti, la creazione di imprese accademiche (spin-off), la ricerca svolta in collaborazione con le imprese o su commissione di aziende esterne. Ma sono anche considerati altri tipi di attività che caratterizzano l’impegno sociale e «pubblico» degli accademici fuori dalle mura delle università: dalla divulgazione dei risultati raggiunti dalla scienza al contributo alla soluzione di problemi sociali e politici rilevanti. Questo studio mostra dunque una dimensione importante e trascurata del ruolo degli accademici in Italia: una trama di relazioni e attività da conoscere meglio per governarle e valorizzarle efficacemente
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