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Modernisation challenges to universities

This presentation explores the challenges universities face in modernizing higher education, including market demands, outputs from universities, and the role of the EU. It also highlights the recommendations from the EU High-Level Group on Modernization of Higher Education and proposes strategies to respond to modernization challenges.

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Modernisation challenges to universities

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  1. Modernisationchallengestouniversities Magna Charta Observatory Conference September 2013 3rd Session, Challenges to the modern highereducation: marketisation and creative new skills Agneta Bladh Memberof the MCO Council and the EU HLG on ModernisationofHigherEducation agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  2. Background for this presentation • Personal experiences from the higher education sector • Following the Swedish debate inside and outside the HE sector • Part of the European debate through the EU HLG agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  3. What do we mean by Modernisation of HE? • Different answers depending on position and perspective • From within HEIs • Students • Governments • Business society • Public authorities agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  4. Which are the market demands? • Higher competences in most labour market sectors • Transferable skills such as organisational skills, team-working, communication skills, language skills, experience of other cultures, reliability, integrity • Impatience: Immediate supply of personnel with adequate competence • Short-sighted? agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  5. Which are the outputs from universities? • Students with knowledge in certain fields • Students with no or restricted experience from the labour market • Students with inadequate transferable skills • ? agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  6. EU High Level Group on Modernisation of HE • Mandatebased on the Communication ”An Agenda for the ModernisationofEurope’sHigherEducation Systems” • Support the Commission in identifying and designing interventions to support reforms in Member States • Analysethreetopics for the modernisationof HE: Excellence in teaching, Learning in the digital age and a thirdtopic later decided • Primetargetaudience: Policy makers in HE and HEIs agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  7. Membersof the HLG • Mary McAleese (chair) • Vincent Berger • Agneta Bladh • Christian Bode • Jan Muehlfeit • Tea Petrin • Alessandro Schiesaro • LoukasTsoukalis agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  8. HLG Report in June 2013 • “Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning in Europe´s Higher Education Institutions” • Two further reports are expected agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  9. Challenges to quality teaching in HEIs • Rebalancethe HE agenda between research and teaching • Shiftto a student-centredlearningoutcomesapproach • Professionalize teaching agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  10. The HLG aims • toprovoke a broaderdiscussion in all MS aboutquality in teaching and learning in HE • toidentify a rangeofincentivesto be applied by MS withvaried starting points • toenable positive changes in the behaviourofHEIs, staff and students • toproposeways for the EU howto support governments and stakeholders in implementing new modelsofteaching and learning agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  11. Develop and implement a strategy for the support and on-going improvement of the quality of teaching and learning(Recommendation 2) agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  12. Certified pedagogical training(Recommendation 4) agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  13. Promote cross-, trans- and interdisciplinaryapproaches to teaching and learning, helping students develop their breadth of understanding and entrepreneurial and innovative mind-sets agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  14. Develop and implement holistic internationalisation strategies (Recommendation 12) agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  15. The European Union should support the implementation of the recommendations from the HLG(Recommendation 13) agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  16. How to respond to the modernisation challenges? • Implement the recommendations from the HLG • Accent the transferable skills in programs • Insert internship in more programs • Combine relevance and quality when designing programs agneta.bladh@gmail.com

  17. Thank you for your attention!

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