30 January 2012

Chair – Frans van Vught, ESMU President

Programme and powerpoint presentations

MORNING SESSIONS

Key challenges for European higher education for the next decade:Transparency, differentiation and strategic profiling in the context of the EU Innovation Strategy
Frans van Vught, ESMU President

The new EU communication on the Modernisation Agenda
Margaret Waters, Deputy Head of Unit “Higher Education Policy and Erasmus”, DG Education and Culture, European Commission

The MODERN contribution to the Modernisation Agenda  - Priority areas for improved governance and management - “The MODERN thematic areas”
Harry de Boer, CHEPS, Center for Higher Education Policies Studies, Universiteit Twente

The MODERN contribution to the Modernisation Agenda (continued)

Leadership and Training for university leaders and managers: The providers and the clients

Training needs and training providers in higher education management: The outcomes of the MODERN survey
Attila Pausits, Head of the Continuing Education Centre, Danube University Krems; Peter Maassen, Director HEDDA (Higher Education Development Association), Faculty of Education, Oslo University

Peer learning in higher education: The MODERN experience
Frank Ziegele, Managing Director CHE (Centre for Higher Education); Christophe Terrasse, Associate Director, Knowledge and Surveys unit, EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development)

Conversation with providers and clients:  Some examples
•    International Programme in the Leadership and Management of Higher Education : Nicola Owen, Acting Registrar, University of Warwick
•   ESMU-HUMANE Winter School for senior administrators : Nadine Burquel, Director

•    Invited participants from short and degree programmes in Higher Education Management:
o    Tiziana Maccario , Università degli Studi di Torino (student Master Master in University Management and Research Centres, Politecnico di Milano)
o    Katja Mertin , Freie Universität Berlin (student MBA in Higher Education and Research Management,  Osnabrück University)

Continue the discussion with other providers and students  

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

Special focus parallel sessions on the Modernisation Agenda

Modern university governance: Reforming internal governance - Engaging with multiple stakeholders
Jeroen Huisman, Director of the International Centre for Higher Education Management, School of Management, University of Bath

The imperative of data collection for strategic profiling and performance improvement: Using classifications, rankings and benchmarkings
Frank Ziegele, Managing director CHE (Centre for Higher Education)

Internationalisation in the Modernisation Agenda
Raghnild Solvi Berg,  International cooperation and programmes, DG Education and Culture, European Commission
Respondent: Gudrun Paulsdottir, President EAIE (European Association for International Education)

Concluding session, Frans van Vught ESMU President