Mutual Learning Workshop
Collaboration and Concentrations Alliances and Mergers in Higher Education. Current Practices and Future Opportunities November 15-16, Bucharest Adrian Curaj
UNESCO Chair Science and Innovation Policies
Outline The host institution A project in context Our expectations
The host institution A project in context Our expectations
Two roles and two wings‌
UNESCO Chair Science and Innovation Policies
Bologna Secretariat 2010-2012 • Bologna Researcher Conference and “researchers voice” • Bologna Process Portal • Bologna Repository
The host institution
A project in context Our expectations
Some of our projects www.forhe.ro 2nd cycle of strategic projects for the Romanian HE system (2011-2014)
1st cycle of strategic projects for the Romanian HE system (2008-2011)
National Foresight for S&I (2005-2006)
UNESCO Chair Science and Innovation Policies
FORHE – 1st cycle • Bucharest Dialogue hosted by a web 2.0 platform
• Foresight in Higher Education – The Vision on Romanian Higher Education in 2025- Seeds for the Future; – Green /White Paper- For Quality and Leadership in Romanian Higher Education 2015; – FOR-UNI Blueprint for Organizing Foresight in Universities
• a RAE exercise
• University Management
The broader context – BUCHAREST DIALOGUES
UNESCO Chair Science and Innovation Policies
Vision on Romanian higher education in 2025 Diversity: institutional, but also at the level of programs, educational philosophies and approaches etc. • university collaboration as one way of transcending the current institutional homogeneity
Personalization: esp. in terms of program modularity, customized educational paths, integration of life and work • university collaboration as a means to enabling students to build educational paths to suit their individual life plans (not tied down to one program, a single research environment etc.)
Transparency: tools to help individuals and institutions navigate through diverse HE market • enables universities to know each other
“changes in the external environment” The law of education and the classification methodology encouraging the concentration of universities (2011) – Universities classification; • Primary Evaluation; • Institutional Evaluation – Study Programmes’ Ranking; – Mergers Romania 2020 - Development Challenges: Rising employment, improving skills, and enhancing technology absorption and innovation as key issues for growth and competitiveness
FORHE – 2nd cycle • The international evaluation of the 90 universities (IEP-EUA) • Three Inter-institutional foresight exercises • Prospect for foresight exercises in 15 Romanian universities
The host institution A project in context
Our expectations
• A stocktaking of practices a book to be published in 2013!? • Rising awareness and increase the interest for the Universities to voluntary enroll in the 3 inter-institutional foresight exercises • Raising a more general interest for foresight in universities
Thank you !