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Tour Latin America 2010

European Higher Education Study Tour
for Latin American senior leaders in higher education

Sunday, 3 - Saturday, 9 October 2010
Brussels (Belgium), Valencia (Spain) & Glasgow (United Kingdom)

 Programme

BRUSSELS

Sunday, 3 October 2010, Brussels (17:00-18:00)

  • Welcome and opening, Prof. Frans van Vught, ESMU President, advisor to President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and former Rector of the University of Twente
  • Introduction to the Study Tour, Mrs. Lieve Bracke, ESMU Senior Expert
Welcome reception & dinner

Monday, 4 October 2010, Brussels (9:00-18:30)

Theme: European policies in higher education and research
Chair: Prof. Frans van Vught, ESMU President, advisor to President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and former Rector of the University of Twente
  • European Higher Education and Research policies in a global context, Prof. Frans van Vught, ESMU President, advisor to President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and former Rector of the University of Twente
  • The European Higher Education Area, Mrs. Maria Kristin Gylfadottir, European Commission, DG Education and Culture
  • The European Higher Education Research Area, Mr. Stefaan Hermans, Heas of Unit “Universities and Researchers”, DG Research, European Commission
Guided tour Brussels & visit to the European Parliament
  • Modernising European Higher Education Institutions, Prof. Peter Gaehtgens, former President of Free University of Berlin and former president of the German Rectors’ Conference
  • Panel on institutional strategies:
    • Central European University (Hungary), Dr. Liviu Matei, Senior Vice-President
    • Gent University (Belgium), speaker to be confirmed
Dinner

Tuesday, 5 October 2010, Brussels (9:00-12:30)

Theme: The Bologna Process
Chair: Prof. Frans van Vught, ESMU President, advisor to President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and former Rector of the University of Twente
  • The Bologna Process: European Higher Education in a global context, Sir Peter Scott, Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University London
  • Ensuring quality in the Bologna Process: Principles and tools for quality assurance, Prof. Dirk van Damme, Director, OECD-CERI, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
  • Panel on implementing the Bologna Process:
    • Central European University (Hungary), Dr. Liviu Matei, Senior Vice-President
    • Gent University (Belgium), speaker to be confirmed
Lunch & Transfer to Valencia

VALENCIA

Wednesday, 6 October 2010, Valencia (9:30-13:00)

Theme: Responding to the labour marekt
Chair: Prof. José Miguel Carot, Director of the Centre for Quality, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

  • Responding to the needs of the labour market – The Lifelong Learning Agenda and the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), Prof. José Gines Mora, Visiting Professor, Institute of Education, University of London and former Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education Management, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
  • Bologna after a decade: Achievements and challenges, Mr. Laureano González Vega, member of the Bologna Follow-up Group on Qualifications Frameworks, University of Cantabria
  • Panel on institutional responses:
    • Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Prof. Miguel Ángel Fernández Prada, Vice-Rector for Studies and European Convergence
    • Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, speaker to be confirmed

Thematic visit "Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación", Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Dinner

Thursday, 7 October 2010, Valencia (9:30-12:30) 

Theme: Responding to the labour marekt
Chair: Prof. José Miguel Carot, Director of the Centre for Quality, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

  • The Relex and Proflex Projects: Competences & the labour market, Prof. José Miguel Carot, Director of the Centre for Quality, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
  • Panel on labour market and qualifications:
    • Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Mr. Carlos Ayats, Director of Employment Service
    • University of Valencia, Prof. José María Peiro, President, Unit of Organizational Psychology; Director, Research Institute of Human Resource Psychology, Organizational Development and Quality of Working Life
Thematic visits Career Centres, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and University of Valencia

GLASGOW

Friday, 8 October 2010, Glasgow (15:00-18:30)

Transfer to Glasgow

Theme: Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange
Chair: Dr. Peter West, Secretary to the University of Strathclyde, former President OECD-IMHE programme (Institutional Management in Higher Education) and Executive Board member, European Consortium of Innovative Universities

  • Welcome & Introduction: Strategic developments of the University of Strathclyde in the European context, Dr. Peter West
  • Innovation and Knowledge Exchange:
    • Interacting with the region, Dr. Peter West
    • Generating external funding, Dr. Jennifer Somerville, former Director London office, London Metropolitan University
  • Panel on Research and Innovation:
    • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (United Kingdom), Prof. Allister Fergusson, Deputy Principal for Research and Knowledge Exchange
    • The Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Prof. Johan Einar Hustad, Pro-Rector for Innovation and External Relation
Dinner

Saturday, 9 October 2010, Glasgow (9:00-15:00)
Theme: Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange
Chair: Dr. Peter West, Secretary to the University of Strathclyde, former President OECD-IMHE programme (Institutional Management in Higher Education) and Executive Board member, European Consortium of Innovative Universities
  • Equity and access: Increasing participation, Prof. Pamela Gillies, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Equity and access: The case of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, speaker to be confirmed
Guided tour Glasgow

Official ending of the study tour at 15:00.