The project E+DIETing_LAB led by the European University of the Atlantic (UNEATLANTICO), a member of the university network in which the Ibero-American University Foundation (FUNIBER) collaborates, stood out in the European and African Triple E Awards Ceremony, obtaining first place in the votes in social networks and fourth place in the jury’s vote in the EDI Community Engagement Initiative of the Year category.
The award ceremony, held in Lisbon, Portugal, was attended by Dr. Iñaki Elío, UNEATLANTICO professor and member of the E+DIETing_LAB project.
The Triple E Awards are a global recognition of efforts made in the pursuit of entrepreneurship and engagement in higher education. It is the first award to focus specifically on different dimensions of the third mission of universities. Implemented on a regional scale, the Triple E Awards aim to foster change in universities and highlight their role in their communities and ecosystems.
In addition, during these days, the ACEEU Europe-Africa 2024 Forum was held, bringing together experts and pioneers to advance the frontiers of entrepreneurship and engagement in higher education. This year’s theme, “Engaged Research and Intrapreneurship for Social Impact: Creating a Legacy through Action” highlighted the role of engaged research and the creation of a system that enables academics and non-academics to act as an entrepreneur within the university.
Elío emphasized that the UNEATLANTICO project has three clear specific objectives; to produce practical experiential learning scenarios around the most relevant clinical cases and the general practice of the community dietitian, to produce educational technologies for the training of practical and interpersonal skills in health issues related to dietetics and to increase the social responsibility of higher education institutions by responding to the University’s mission and promoting healthy and sustainable eating habits.
Although he was in charge of collecting the award, Iñaki emphasized that “the award is the result of the work of a great team”. This team is made up of Arturo Ortega, director of the Projects Department; Sandra Sumalla, coordinator of the E+DIETing_LAB project; Thomas Prola and Milena Dávalos, project managers; Kilian Tutusaus, technology coordinator; Ruth Congregado, communications coordinator; and Imanol Eguren and Álvaro Lasarte, interns from the Food Department.
Together with UNEATLANTICO, the following European institutions also participate in the E+DIETing_LAB project: the University of Valladolid (UVA) in Spain, St. Pölten University in Austria, the University of Porto (U.Porto) in Portugal, AP Hogeschool Antwerpen in Belgium and Jan Kochanowski University (UJK) in Poland.
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