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PROGRAMME
 Printable version of the Programme (174k)
27 September 2012
Global Seminar on Strategic Issues
With participation of senior representatives from international organisations, higher education authorities and higher education research centres.
Venue: CAAS Conference Hall
Moderators: Muiris O'Connor, Principal Officer, Policy and Planning, Higher Education Authority of Ireland, Anne Corbett, Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, Ellen Hazelkorn, Director, Higher Education Policy Unit, Dublin Institute of Technology, Anna Glass, Secretary General, Magna Charta Observatory
Programme
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| 09:20 - 13:00 |
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Session 1: Ownership of Higher Education |
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| 09:20 - 11:00 |
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Panel 1.1: Changing patterns in the relationships of universities to national / supranational states and international financial and trade interests |
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Moderator |
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Muiris O'CONNOR, Principal Officer, Policy and Planning, Higher Education Authority of Ireland
(758k) |
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Sigurd HÖLLINGER, former Director General, Ministry of Science and Research, Austria
Bahram BEKHRADNIA, Director, HEPI, Oxford, UK
Rajani NAIDOO, Director of DBA in Higher Education Management HEM, University of Bath, UK
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| 11:00 - 11:20 |
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Break |
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| 11:20 - 13:00 |
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Panel 1.2: Competing Leadership for Reform of Higher Education in Europe |
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Anne CORBETT, Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political
Science, UK (158k) |
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Jan PAKULSKI, Head of Unit, International cooperation and programmes, DG for Education and
Culture, European Commission
Borut RONČEVIĆ, Director General, Directorate for HE, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and
Technology, Slovenia (459k) |
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| 13:00 - 14:20 |
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Lunch (SAAC Inner Courtyard) |
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| 14:20 - 18:00 |
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Session 2: Quality between/beyond QA and Ranking |
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| 14:20 - 16:00 |
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Panel 2.1: QA vs. Ranking |
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Ellen HAZLEKORN, Director, Higher Education Policy Unit, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
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Jayne MITCHELL, Director of Development and Enhancement, QAA, UK (307k)
Don WESTERHEIJDEN, Senior Researcher, CHEPS, University of Twente, The Netherlands (1.4M)
Gero FEDERKEIL, Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE), Germany (1.9M)
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| 16:00 - 16:20 |
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Break |
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| 16:20 - 18:00 |
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Panel 2.2: Quest for Quality in Higher Education |
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Anna GLASS, Secretary General, Magna Charta Observatory |
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Muiris O'CONNOR, Principal Officer, Policy and Planning, Higher Education Authority of Ireland
Jan PAKULSKI, Head of Unit, International cooperation and programmes, DG for Education and
Culture, European Commission
Vinayagum CHINAPAH, Head of Institute of International Education, Stockholm University, Sweden
Mike DAWNEY, Middlesex University London, UK |
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| 18:00 - 19:30 |
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Coctail Party (CAAS Inner Courtyard) - Selection of fine Croatian wines and cheeses |
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An opportunity for the participants to interact in smaller groups |
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