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THe Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ annualy makes funds available for innovative projects in eduation. The committee answering to the Board of the Centre for Academic Teaching has decided, besides the four earlier selected projects, to support the project Community-based research for humanities. Good news for the Humanities Faculty and ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ College Utrecht and the projectmanager Jocelyn Balentyne. 

This project uses community-based research (CBR) in the humanities to enhance students’ societal engagement and enrich their understanding of the social relevance of their education. A collaboration of the Faculty of Humanities and UCU, the project helps students do thesis research with stakeholder organizations in Utrecht to co-create knowledge that is meaningful for the community. The programme includes interdisciplinary courses to prepare students for this enterprise, establishes learning communities to support students in carrying out CBR projects, and provides opportunities for students to share their work with the community and their peers by publishing in a yearbook and presenting at a public symposium. Students exercise a broad range of academic, personal and cultural skills in the broader civic community, and reflect on contributions that the humanities can make to society, locally as well as globally.