Project approach to studying – identification and analysis of stakeholder needs and recommendations for universities in Poland

Abstract

The article is a continuation of considerations on the issue of the project approach in the field of education at universities in Poland. An attempt was made on it identify and analyze the needs of stake[1]holders, including students, academic teachers and members of university student organizations. For this purpose, the following have been separated: the most important problems, barriers and difficulties affecting students and their advancement in design thinking; the quality level of education at Polish universities; the level of students’ project orientation; the level of entrepreneurship among students, graduates of high and vocational schools; educational offer of Polish universities in the field of project approach; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education. The conducted research made it possible to determine the needs of stakeholders in terms of considerations on the author’s concept introduced in an earlier article [Radoła et al., 2021]. On the basis of the conclusions of the interviews indicated implication to for further quantitative research and development of assumptions for innovation responding to the identified gaps.