Implementation Plan

October

A group-wide meeting will be held to implement the project.
The themes to be addressed are "improving and reforming education regarding students' social and professional independence," "enhancing PBL-type internships to develop independent human resources," and "improving the quality of educational practices with the aim of establishing students' career paths and career readiness," and a management system for the business will be established for each group.

October to February

The secretariat of the Kan-Etsu University Group will be established at Niigata University, the lead school, and a system of regional collaboration meetings, thematic collaboration meetings, and overall collaboration meetings will be established to promote the project. At the same time, each university will develop its own internal system for promoting the project.
Additionally, each university will assign responsible persons and administrative staff, and will make specific requests to local industries for cooperation and develop a system for promoting the project.
The university group will hold one thematic collaboration meeting and one overall collaboration meeting to exchange opinions on this initiative, receive an external evaluation of the project, and feed the results back to each university.

October to March

Each university will introduce and operate groupware and web video conferencing systems. In parallel, if each university has equipment or outsourcing required for the business, they will make preparations, start the business, and operate it.
Using groupware, we will create an inter-university communication system with functions such as information exchange between distant locations, an information sharing database, and centralized management of information for each region and each theme group.
The Web video conferencing system will ensure high-quality communication, while also contributing to cost reductions in transportation, accommodation, venue, operating expenses, and personnel costs during travel, as well as to improving the productivity and speed of initiatives. Web video conferencing will be held 3-5 times a month, including regional meetings, theme meetings, and all other meetings. At the same time, each university will introduce equipment to promote the project, and if there is outsourcing, contracts will be made, and the project will be launched and operated.

October to March

Clarify the goals and evaluation criteria for each theme, and set clear goals for the entire project. At the same time, each university will implement initiatives aimed at achieving the goals and results of each theme.
Through the efforts of each university and workshops held at web video conferences and theme collaboration meetings, the goals and evaluation criteria for each theme will be clarified, leading to results for the efforts of the universities participating in each theme.

October to March

Formulate methods to appropriately reflect the needs of industry in the educational reforms of each university. At the same time, implement initiatives at each university to reflect the needs of industry.
Through initiatives at each university, web video conferences, and workshops at regional and thematic collaboration meetings, we will develop ways to appropriately reflect the needs of industry.

November to December

Each university will hold a regional collaboration meeting in its own region.
Each university will exchange opinions on the initiative with the industry it collaborates with in each region and provide feedback on the results to universities in other regions.

November to March

At each university, faculty and staff training will be conducted, participants will participate in forums, and visitors will be made to advanced universities.
In order to promote the project, each university will conduct training for faculty and staff, participate in forums, and visit advanced universities, and these will be reflected in the project.

December to March

Our group's universities will introduce a group homepage and provide regular updates on our project activities.
By introducing a group homepage, we will be able to share information within the university group, as well as widely publicize the progress and results of this project to other university groups, students, affiliated industries, and even society at large.

January to February

The universities affiliated with each theme will hold a joint theme coordination meeting.
The universities in each theme will jointly exchange ideas with their partner industries and hold workshops to deepen their efforts in each theme, with the results being fed back to each university.

February to March

The universities in this group will jointly hold a symposium. At the same time, each university will hold symposiums and exchange opinions with industry.
In order to share the results of this year's efforts, the universities in this group will hold a joint symposium and widely publicize the results to other regional groups, other universities, and the industrial sector. At the same time, each university will exchange ideas with the industrial sector and disseminate information through symposiums, etc.

February to March

The universities in this group will hold a joint overall coordination meeting.
The representative school of this group of universities and the industry working with it will exchange opinions on this initiative, undergo an external evaluation, and provide feedback to each university on the results, which will contribute to their planning for the next year.

March

Each university will conduct an evaluation of its operations and formulate plans for the next fiscal year.
Each university will organize the results of this year's projects, conduct a project evaluation, and formulate plans for efforts toward the next year.

March

Prepare a group report.
The universities in this group will jointly prepare a report on the progress, results, and accomplishments of this year's efforts and distribute it to relevant parties and institutions.

Evaluation System

We are currently in the process of formulating an evaluation system for the initiative "Teacher Development to Promote Social and Professional Independence of Students through Industry-Academia Collaboration." Once the evaluation system has been finalized, we will release information about it.