HOST
University of Zagreb
Centre for advanced Academic Studies, Dubrovnik

ORGANISER
University of Novi Sad

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
Higher Education Authority of Ireland
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
Regional Cooperation Council

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF
European Commission DG for Education and Culture
Regional Cooperation Council
Magna Charta Observatory
Irish Higher Education Authority 
QAA, UK 
Ministry of HE, Science and Technology, Slovenia
Agency for Science and Higher Education, Croatia
Ministry of Education and Science, Albania
Agency for Development of HE and QA, B&H 
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kosovo*
Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Macedonia
Ministry of Education and Sports, Montenegro
Ministry of Education and Science, Serbia
Middlesex University, London
Dublin Institute of Technology 
University of Stockholm
University of Ljubljana 
University of Zagreb 
Aleksandër Moisiu University, Durrës 
University of Tirana
University Goce Delčev, Štip
University of Montenegro
University of Sarajevo
University of Banja Luka
University of Mostar
University of Belgrade
University of Novi Sad 
University of Pristina (located in Kosovska Mitrovica)
Centre for Higher Education Policy
World University Service Austria
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and
is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo
declaration of independence

SUPPORTED BY
Tempus IV Programme
King Baudouin Foundation
Open Society Foundation - Serbia

 

RATIONALES

The Global Seminar on Strategic Issues in Higher Education was a summit meeting of international higher education experts, addressing questions of the Ownership and Quality in higher education, going beyond the established views. The Seminar comprised four panel debates in two sessions, each panel involving a number of panellists with complementary points of views, responding to each other, and followed by a question and answer session with participation of HEIs and HEAs leadership.

CHAIRS AND MODERATORS
Muiris O'Connor, Principal Officer, Policy and Planning, HEA
    of Ireland
Anne Corbett, Visiting Fellow, European Institute, LSE
Ellen Hazelkorn, Director, Higher Education Policy Unit DIT
Anna Glass, Secretary General, Magna Charta Observatory

PANELISTS
Muiris O'Connor, Principal Officer, Policy and Planning, HEA
    of Ireland,
Bahram Bekhradnia, Director, Higher Education Policy
    Institute, Oxford,
Rajani Naidoo, Director of DBA in HEM, University of Bath.
Sigurd Hoellinger, former Director General, Ministry of
    Science and Research, Austria
Anne Corbett, Visiting Fellow, European Institute, LSE
Jan Pakulski, Head of Unit, DG for Education and Culture,
    EC
Borut Rončević, Director General, Directorate for HE,
    Slovenia
Ellen Hazelkorn, Director, Higher Education Policy Unit DIT
Jayne Mitchell, Director of Development and Enhancement,
    QAA, UK
Don F. Westerheijden, Senior Researcher, CHEPS,
    University of Twente
Gero Federkeil, Centre for Higher Education Development
Anna Glass, Secretary General, Magna Charta
Mike Dawney, Middlesex University London,
Vinayagum Chinapah, Head of Institute, Stockholm
    University

LIST OF SESSIONS AND PANELS
Global Seminar includes two sessions and four events

Session 1: Ownership of Higher Education
    Panel 1.1: Changing patterns in the relationships of
           universities to national / supranational states and
           international financial and trade interests
    Panel 1.2: Competing Leadership for Reform of Higher
           Education in Europe

Session 2: Quality between/beyond QA and Ranking
    Panel 2.1: QA vs. Ranking
    Panel 2.2: Quest for Quality in Higher Education