Results

The NEWSTEP project is organised into seven work packages, each producing its own deliverables and outputs as the project progresses. Results will be published here work package by work package as they are finalised. In the meantime, project activities, events and milestones can be followed on the Logbook page.

WP1 · Overall Management

Ensures the project is delivered in line with the Grant and Consortium Agreements, coordinating all seven work packages and supporting Dissemination (WP6) and Quality Assurance (WP7).

Project Graphical Abstract
A one-page visual summary of the NEWSTEP project’s goals, partners and structure.

Needs Analysis Report
Baseline study of teaching practices and institutional needs across the Nepalese partner institutions.

WP2 · Digital Pedagogy

Improves the quality of education by embedding digital pedagogy in online course design – curriculum development, a pedagogical framework for online teaching, online assessment competencies, course design and digital resources.

Digital Pedagogy Report 2.1
Deliverable 2.1 of the Digital Pedagogy work package.

Online Course Design & Implementation
Deliverables 2.2 and 2.3 of the Digital Pedagogy work package.

WP3 · Enhancing Collaboration and Partnerships

Initiates a Nepal higher-education ecosystem and develops cooperation schemes between institutions, applying Turku UAS’s Innopeda innovation-pedagogy methodology and orienting toward student-centric learning practice.

Ecosystem Platform — Stakeholder Mapping Form
Help map Nepal’s higher-education ecosystem: partner institutions, companies and organisations cooperating with NEWSTEP.

Agile Ecosystem: The Win-Win Matrix (Poster)
Poster presenting the Win-Win Matrix agile ecosystem tool.

Agile Network Course — Module 1: Agile Management
Full course materials (activities and presentations) for Module 1.

Agile Network Course — Module 2: The Agile Network
Full course materials (activities and presentations) for Module 2.

WP6 · Dissemination

Implements the dissemination plan and builds NEWSTEP’s visual identity and public visibility – through the website, publications, promotional materials, and events such as the Seminar on Entrepreneurship and the Seminar on Digital Pedagogy.

Dissemination Kit
Logos, templates and promotional materials for the NEWSTEP project.

Building a Small-Scale Innovation Ecosystem
ICL 2025 conference paper.

Agile Meetings Method
ICPME 2025 conference paper.

Agile Ecosystem: The Win-Win Matrix
CIDIP 2026 conference paper.

Creating Quality Online Education in Nepal
Conference talk, 2024.

WP4 · WP5 · WP7

Enhancement of Entrepreneurial and Digitalisation Skills (WP4), Enhancement of Sustainability-Oriented Strategy at HEI (WP5), and Quality Assurance (WP7) results are still being finalised and will be published here as they become available. In the meantime, related activities and milestones can be followed on the Logbook page.