Magna Charta Observatory Conference September 2013
3rd Session, Challenges to the modern higher education: marketisation and
creative new skills
Agneta BladhMember of the MCO Council and the EU HLG
on Modernisation of Higher Education
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Modernisation challenges to universities
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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
Background for this presentation
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Different answers depending on position and perspective◦ From within HEIs
◦ Students
◦ Governments
◦ Business society
◦ Public authorities
What do we mean by Modernisation of HE?
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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?
Which are the market demands?
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Students with knowledge in certain fields
Students with no or restricted experience from the labour market
Students with inadequate transferable skills
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Which are the outputs from universities?
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Mandate based on the Communication ”An Agenda for the Modernisation of Europe’s Higher Education Systems”
Support the Commission in identifying and designing interventions to support reforms in Member States
Analyse three topics for the modernisation of HE: Excellence in teaching, Learning in the digital age and a third topic later decided
Prime target audience: Policy makers in HE and HEIs
EU High Level Group on Modernisation of HE
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Mary McAleese (chair) Vincent Berger Agneta Bladh Christian Bode Jan Muehlfeit Tea Petrin Alessandro Schiesaro Loukas Tsoukalis
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Members of the HLG
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“Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning in Europe´s Higher Education Institutions”
Two further reports are expected
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HLG Report in June 2013
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Rebalance the HE agenda between research and teaching
Shift to a student-centred learning outcomes approach
Professionalize teaching
Challenges to quality teaching in HEIs
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to provoke a broader discussion in all MS about quality in teaching and learning in HE
to identify a range of incentives to be applied by MS with varied starting points
to enable positive changes in the behaviour of HEIs, staff and students
to propose ways for the EU how to support governments and stakeholders in implementing new models of teaching and learning
The HLG aims
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Develop and implement a strategy for the support and on-going improvement of the quality of teaching and learning(Recommendation 2)
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Promote cross-, trans- and interdisciplinaryapproaches to teaching and learning, helping students develop their breadth of understanding and entrepreneurial and innovative mind-sets
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Develop and implement holistic internationalisation strategies (Recommendation 12)
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The European Union should support the implementation of the recommendations from the HLG(Recommendation 13)
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Implement the recommendations from the HLG
Accent the transferable skills in programs
Insert internship in more programs Combine relevance and quality when designing programs
How to respond to the modernisation challenges?
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Thank you for your attention!
