Welcome and Opening Addresses |
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Opening Address (99k)
Ladislav NOVAK, General co-Chair, University of Novi Sad |
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Introductory Session
Higher Education Reform as a Vehicle for Regional Cooperation: View from International Organisations |
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Higher Education Institutional Reform as an Advance Guard for the Cooperation within Regional Cooperation Council/South Eastern Europe (87k)
Erhard BUSEK, Special Coordinator, Stability Pact for SEE |
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Role of the Legislative Changes in Advancing Higher Education Institutional Reform (46k)
Katia DOLGOVA-DREYER, Secretary, CDESR, Council of Europe |
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Higher Education Institutional Reforms with Student Eyes
Koen GEVEN, Chairperson, Executive Committee, ESU |
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Bologna Process and Higher Education Institutional Reform: Do they Relate? (77k)
Per NYBORG, Former CD-ESR Chair, Council of Europe |
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Higher Education Institutional Reforms – an Emergency Bridge between the Societies in Conflict (77k)
Michel R. RICHTER, Co-Director, SPARK
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Response to the Conference Questionnaire
Mike DAWNEY,
Director, British Isles Region, Middlesex University , London
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Plenary Session 1
Institutional Reform/Amending Higher Education Legislation: View from National Higher Education Authorities |
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Austria: The most sweeping reform in 150 years (46k)
Sigurd HÖLLINGER, Former Director-General, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Austria
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Lennart STÅHLE, Head of the University Chancellor's Office, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education Head, Sweden
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Institutional reforms – amending higher education legislation: View from the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Croatia (101k)
Radovan FUCHS, Assistant Minister for International Cooperation, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Croatia
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Plenary Session 2
Higher Education Institutional Reform Process: View from Universities |
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Higher Education Institutional Reforms in Poland (755k)
Jerzy WOZNICKI, President, Polish Rectors Foundation, Poland |
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Institutional Reform of Higher Education: from the Perspective of Siauliai University, Lithuania (132k)
Vincas LAURUTIS, Rector, Siauliai University, Vilniaus, Lithuania |
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Radmila MARINKOVIĆ-NEDUČIN, Rector, University of Novi Sad, Serbia |
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Panel Session 1
The Higher Education System |
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Autonomy and accountability of universities: the role of buffer bodies (134k)
Tom BOLAND, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority of Ireland |
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Foundation Universities: A Model for Reputable, Financially Autonomous and non-Profit Higher Education Institutions (799k)
Aybar ERTEPINAR, Vice-President, Turkish Council of Higher Education
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Challenges of Higher Education Systems in South-Eastern Europe: A View from the World Bank (152k)
Nina ARNHOLD, Senior Education Specialist, World Bank
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Panel Session 2
The Integrated University |
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University Autonomy: Definition, Scope and the Austrian example (140k)
Georg WINCKLER, EUA President, Rector, University of Vienna
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Institutional Governance and Structures: Coping with Uncertainties (152k)
Lazar VLASCEANU, Deputy Director, UNESCO-CEPES |
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Student organizing within an integrated university (64k)
Milica POPOVIĆ, Executive Committee Member, ESU |