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2011 / 2012 Workshops

in the Workshop Series on Higher Education Policy and Management

Date: March 26-29, 2012

The importance of delivering effective services to support students in higher education is now widely recognized. This workshop will cover a wide range of issues relevant to leaders and managers responsible for student services. The workshop aims to discuss latest thinking and ideas in the field and to share practical experiences. Topics to be covered include:

• What are student services?
• The importance of student services.
• Managing student services.
• How do students learn? The student experience.
• Increasing student diversity.
• Student services and quality assurance.
• Students with special needs.
• Student mobility and student services for international students.
• Student employment

The workshop provides a great opportunity to find out the latest trends in the field of managing student services, to meet experienced practitioners and to discuss specific problems and challenges with your peers.

Facilitators:

Professor John Taylor , Professor of Higher Education Management, University of Liverpool, UK

Peter Johnson , Vice President for Student Services, Central European University, Hungary

Deadline for applications is February 20, 2012

Date: 7-9 May 2012

‘Internationalisation’ has become a buzzword in higher education management, but what does it mean and how does a university become internationalized? This workshop explores the concept of internationalization using UNESCO, US and European definitions. We will discuss internationalization of the curriculum, and internationalization of teaching practices. We will also discuss the internationalization of research and research networks, including the setting-up of research management systems. How do you encourage more international publications? What matters in external research activities? Finally, we will examine the internationalization of the student body: how do you find international students, what do they expect from you, what sort of infrastructure is required?

Facilitators:

Dr. Tatiana Yarkova , Deputy Director for External Programs, CEU

Dr. Joanna Renc-Roe , Development Manager, CEU

Matyas Szabo , Director, Curriculum Resource Center, CEU

And guest faculty

Deadline for applications is April 1, 2012

Date: 6-9 June 2012

European universities have been undergoing profound change in degree architecture, quality control, funding and management practices arising out of global, regional (European) and national policy trends. Teaching and learning is becoming part of this development, for example in the context of the Bologna 2020 agenda. But only some countries and institutions have attempted to systematically develop new policy, leadership and management tools in the area of teaching and learning in order to systematically enhance the quality of educational provision or to change organizational culture in line with newer demands and expectations for higher education in the 21 st century.

Building on a foundation of three highly successful workshops on this topic, this workshop will allow decision-makers, managers and professional staff at universities to become aware of best practice and policy developments in enhancing teaching and learning and faculty development in specific institutions. The workshop combines the expertise of two very different institutional settings. One of these is a small, innovative, international social science and humanities private graduate school in Central Europe with a history of outreach work in teaching and learning and with a dedicated center for teaching and learning which hosts this workshop. The other institutional case study is of a well-researched and internationally acclaimed teaching and learning strategy at a research-intensive large faculty of a classical Swedish university. These very different cases will be discussed in a broader European policy context and global trends in this area of higher education management and leadership will also be addressed. The participants will gain insight into the strategic aspects of policy formulation or agenda setting in teaching and learning, institutional and programmatic components, the scaffolding of support and reward structures for individuals and departments and links with large scale higher education policy developments on part of individual institutions. As a result, the participants of this workshop will be able to strategise and apply concrete approaches in their own institutional contexts.

Facilitators:

Dr. Joanna Renc-Roe , Development Manager, CEU

Torgny Roxå , Academic Developer, Lund University

Deadline for applications is May 1, 2012