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MODERN Conference
"ASSURING THE QUALITY OF INTERNATIONALISATION"
Amsterdam, 6-7 May 2010

Agenda

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Thursday, 6 May 2010

20:00	Networking dinner
	Dinner speech 'Quality and internationalisation: a forced mariage?', Karl Dittrich, President, Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO)

Friday, 7 May 2010

Conference Chair: Fiona Hunter, EAIE Immediate Past President

08:30 - 09:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:05	Opening and welcome, Fiona Hunter, Immediate Past President, EAIE (European Association for International Education)
09:05 - 09:15	Welcome address and introduction: The MODERN platform - A key instrument for the modernisation of higher education management Nadine Burquel, Secretary General, ESMU (European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities)
09:15 - 09:45	Presentation of key points from the MODERN report on internationalisation and quality assurance Hans Vossensteyn, Senior Research Associate, CHEPS (Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente)
09:45 - 10:15	Issues of quality and internationalisation Hans de Wit, Professor of Internationalisation, Hogeschool van Amsterdam
10:15 - 10:30	Questions & Answers
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30	Quality assurance initiatives for internationalisation Quality assurance through mapping internationalisation: two examples of national and European mapping projects Adinda van Gaalen, Project Officer, Nuffic (Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education) Quality assurance in the ERASMUS mobility scheme, Interim results of the EMQT project Uwe Brandenburg, Project Manager, CHE (Centre for Higher Education Development) Demonstrated impact of internationalisation on student learning outcomes/graduate competences: a distinctive (European) quality feature Frederik de Decker, Senior Education Advisor, University Association Ghent
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:00	Workshops based on case studies that will enable participants to gain greater understanding on how the different initiatives might be applied in practice. Workshop 1 "Quality assurance through mapping internationalisation", Adinda van Gaalen Workshop 2 "Quality assurance in the Erasmus Mobility scheme - EQMT", Uwe Brandenburg Workshop 3 "Demonstrated impact of internationalisation on student learning outcomes/graduate competences", Frederik de Decker Workshop 4 "Benchmarking internationalisation: Going beyond traditional quality assurance approaches", Nadine Burquel
15:00 - 15:20	Coffee Break
15:20 - 16:00	Conclusions: Workshop outcomes and the way forward 15:20 - 15:45: Rapporteurs present findings from workshops 15:45 - 16:00: The way forward, Fiona Hunter, EAIE Immediate Past President