Good practice sharing seminar : socio-economic world

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First of all, what does MSE & C mean?

Socio-Economic and Cultural World: which concerns the social and economic realities in their mutual relations. It can concern the relationship with companies (big, small, very small, start up), institutions, organizations, associations, administrations.

The TIGER project aims to create more synergies between training and research around 3 axes, including the MSE & C axis, which aims to enable students at Master's and PhD level to continuously improve their employability during their course, as well as their professional insertion at the end of it.

Why did you organize a seminar to share best practices in MSE & C?

There are several reasons why we decided to organize this important time of exchange and sharing around the theme of MSE&C:
1/ The potential of our 80,000 students, 8,000 staff, 5 large campuses in 9 cities, and 4 departments. So many opportunities to meet, discover each other and really exchange on the MSE&C theme.
2/ The need, after 2 years of COVID epidemic and online meetings, to meet in a common place for real exchanges, with people who share the same thoughts, problems, and ideas.
3/ An AAP launched this year with a large majority of AMU's Master's courses and its partners interested in embarking on a trajectory of transformation that will lead them to continue to improve on, among other things:
- the implementation of "professional integration" oriented courses within the curriculum to help students become aware of their professional skills, the world of work that awaits them, and to develop coherent application tools to adapt to the different application processes.
- the setting up of events (exchanges, conferences, afterworks, etc...) and internships with MSE&C actors.
- the implementation of alternating courses, or the creation of blocks of skills that are transversal to continuing education within certain courses.
As well as the desire to give all the course leaders and teaching teams the opportunity to meet and discuss these and other criteria more widely.
4/ A collective awareness of the graduation of a new generation of students, of the evolution of the job market, and of the expectations and concerns of the MSE & C actors. The best response we can make is to continue to implement a competency-based approach to our training that will enable students to develop the agility necessary to fit in and respond more easily to changes in the job market.

Who were the participants of this seminar?

This event brought together about a hundred participants, including the heads of the Master's courses applying for this AAP, as well as representatives of the Socio-Economic World within the various Institutes, components and departments of Aix-Marseille University.

What was the program of the day?

The seminar opened with an introductory speech by Denis Bertin (VP A*MIDEX / RST TIGER) and Sophie de Cacqueray (Vice-president delegated to general affairs in training) who recalled the main milestones of the PIA TIGER project and the objective of the seminar. It was followed by an opening conference on the Revolution of professions and the evolution of skills led by Nadine Richez-Battesti (Head of the Master ESS - FEG) and Damien Brochier (Chargé de Missions CEREQ). This was an opportunity to discuss the notion of a competency-based approach, which will be at the heart of the transformation of the mock-ups for the next accreditation in 2024.

The participants were then divided into sub-groups to take part in the thematic workshops in the morning and the workshop-debates in the afternoon.
- The workshops allowed the guests to obtain additional information on topics such as entrepreneurship, skill blocks, the CISAM+ project, work-study programs, and career-oriented courses within the programs.
- The afternoon workshop-debates allowed participants to brainstorm and give their opinions on issues such as: CSR issues, student commitment, the ideal graduate of 2030, technology platforms, business meetings, and the MSE network of actors.

Each of the workshops and workshop-debates were led by internal speakers (from various AMU components and departments) and external speakers (representatives of CMA CGM, Clean my Calanques, BPi Groupe, Innate Pharma, CFA Epure) who agreed to share their best advice and practices with the participants.

What were the animations of this day, and how did they contribute to the success of this moment of exchange and sharing?

A wall of portraits of inspiring graduates was displayed in the exhibition hall. We found these graduates inspiring because of their careers and/or their sense of commitment in the fields of sustainable development, awareness of the challenges of ecological transition, the fight against discrimination, the dissemination of scientific culture, solidarity between peers, or the creation of companies with a societal impact.

The second animation of the day was a great success. It was a graphic facilitation fresco created live by Bruno Forand (Possibelity) in order to resume the main lines of the PIA TIGER project, and the highlights of the day.