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Workshop Mapping Estonian Universities

Workshop Mapping Estonian Universities. Frans Kaiser & Marike Faber, Tartu (Estonia) 21 March 2011. Outline of this presentation. Rationale for U-Map The design principles The six dimension of the university profiles Activity profiles U-Map in Estonia. Context.

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Workshop Mapping Estonian Universities

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  1. Workshop Mapping Estonian Universities Frans Kaiser & Marike Faber, Tartu (Estonia) 21 March 2011

  2. Outline of this presentation • Rationale for U-Map • The design principles • The six dimension of the university profiles • Activity profiles • U-Map in Estonia

  3. Context • European (supranational) policies regarding higher education and research - European Research Area (ERA) - Bologna Process - European Higher Education Area (EHEA) • ‘diversity’ as a major strength

  4. Diversity in Higher Education Systems • diversity and differentiation • institutional and programme diversity • horizontal and vertical diversity

  5. Diversity in Higher Education Systems • Advantages of Diversity: • offers better access for a wider variety of students • provides more social mobility through multiple modes of entry and forms of transfer • better meets the diverse needs of the labor market • It permits the crucial combination of elite and mass higher education • increases the effectiveness of higher education institutions (institutional specialisation) • offers opportunities for experimentation

  6. Functions of U-Map • transparency tool (various stakeholders) • HEI’s: instrument for institutional strategies (mission, profile) • Students: choices • Business and industry: partnership and relationships • Policy makers: base for governmental policies • Researchs and Analysts: tool for research • Instrument for better ranking

  7. European Classification: U-Map • Recently finished; three reports (2005, 2008, 2010); book (2009) • interactive design process (stakeholders approach) • basic design principles • tests on validity, reliability, feasibility • see: www.u-map.eu

  8. Design Principles • U-Map is: • based on empirical data • based on a multi-actor and multi-dimensional perspective • non-hierarchical • relevant for all higher education institutions in Europe • descriptive, not prescriptive • based on objective, reliable and verifiable data • parsimonious regarding extra data collection

  9. U-Map dimensions • Teaching and learning profile • Student profile • Research involvement • Knowledge exchange • International orientation • Regional engagement

  10. Institutional Activity Profiles • sets of ‘scores’ on the dimensions and indicators • actual institutional activities, not performance • full or partial institutional profiles • information for external stakeholders • instrument for strategic institutional management • base for benchmarking, for inter-institutional cooperation, for effective communication and profiling

  11. Institutional Profiles

  12. Institutional Profiles

  13. Questions so far?

  14. U-Map The Lifelong Learning Project Commission of the EC • Have a substantial number of institutions participating in U-Map • National approach • Estonia • Portugal • The Netherlands • Flanders (Belgium) • ... • Institutional approach • Disseminate U-Map to a wider audience • Explore the institutional setting for the future U-Map This project has been funded with the support of the Lifelong Learning programme of the European Commission

  15. U-Map in Estonia (LLP) Approach • Stakeholder approach • Pre-filling • Workshops • Introduction and online questionnaire • Presentation of the results • Datacollection with the online questionnaire • Helpdesk • On-line: see www.u-map.eu

  16. U-Map in Estonia: stakeholder approach • Set up • Estonian Ministry of Education and Research • Rectors’ Conference • Higher education institutions • Ownership

  17. U-Map in Estonia: pre-filling • What is pre-filling? • Making use of existing datasources: EHIS • Why pre-filling? • To reduce the administrative work • More possibilities for verifying the data

  18. U-Map in Estonia: workshops • Technical workshop • Introduction to the U-Map questionnaire • Help-desk • FAQ • Estonian specific website • Dissemination • Activity profiles of Estonian Universities • Discussion on potential impact

  19. Mapping Estonian Universities: Planning • February / March • Discussions with national data providers • Pre-filling • March • Technical workshop for institutional dataproviders on data and online questionnaire • March - May • Datacollection deadline 16 May • May - September • Verification and creating profiles • September - October • Dissemination (workshop)

  20. U-Map website www.u-map.eu

  21. Thank you for your attention! www.u-map.eu

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