Bologna and the administration

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Bologna and the administration

• Bert Verveld
• University of Groningen

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University of Groningen

• 24.000 students, marketshare 11
• 4500 first-year students
• 6000 employees
• 260 fte full-professors
• 300 doctoral thesis/year
• 60 bachelor programmes,
• 110 master's programmes,
• 10 faculties,
• 15 research schools
• 500 mln euro expenditure (55 staff)

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University of Groningen
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Office of the University

• Policy advisor
• Concern administration (financial, people,
  students, buildings, etc)
• Service centres

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bologna

• Educational reform
• Content an structure
• Goals
• flexibility,
• mobility,
• recognition,
• accountability

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Bachelor-Master structure at universities
Standard 2 cycle system
180 ECTS
Master
120 ECTS
60 ECTS
Bachelor
180 ECTS
180 ECTS
180 ECTS
human., economy, social sciences
natural sciences
medical studies
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Master programmes

• Exceptions
• 1½ year - European master programmes
• 2 year programmes
• training as teacher
• training as researcher (joint masters)

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Bachelor - Master structure
Master 60, 120, 180 ECTS
Focus on research Focus on profession
Bachelor 180 ECTS
Focus on student Academic learning Active
learning environment
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Bachelor, contents
academic training
30 ECTS
Year 3
150 ECTS
free minor
- knowledge - academic training
Year 2
- major - field of study - academic training -
e.g. specialisation
Year 1
180 ECTS
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Who does what?

• National legislation ministry/parliament
• Educational design faculty
• University regulations university board
• Administrative procedures the administration

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Bologna modernization

• Bologna modernizes curricula to a European
  standard
• Modernizing curricula requires adjustment of
  standing procedures and regulations and
  modernizing services and facilities
• From a dutch university point of view

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Topics for the administration

• Academic affairs
• Strategic positioning
• Quality asssurance
• International affairs
• Education logistics
• Regulations
• Governance

• Marketing/branding
• Guidance
• Financing and budgetting
• HRM
• Facilities
• Language

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What does the U-board

• Which studies Ba and Ma
• Length of study-programmes Ba and Ma (within the
  law)
• Entry and admission regulations
• Fees for non EU students
• Language of tuition
• Quality assurance

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Education policy

• 1. More flexibilty for the student
• 2. Design of study
• 3. Quality assurance
• Masterphase is the strategic battleground for the
  European universities
• Internationalization

• 1. More uniform structure for courses
• 2. Accreditation
• 3. Peer review and follow up incl. internal
  quality system
• U-board makes strategic choices (specialization,
  research)
• Cooperation

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requirements

• University study result registration system
• University course and room planning system
• University education course catalogue
• Future integrated education information system
• Electronic integrated learning environment for
  students and teachers
• Uniform or differentiated tariff structure for
  courses

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Education information system

• Courses
• Schedule
• Rooms
• Teachers
• Study planning module
• Electronic subscription for exams
• Study/exam results

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Size Availability facilities
Availability language
Entry level Credits etc
teacher
classroom
course
subscription
EIS
student
exams
results
administration
Authentication authorisation
check

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Education facilities

• Classrooms Bachelor bigger lecture rooms,
  Master smaller lecture rooms
• Study places at the university library (1 place
  for 10 students)
• E-mail accounts, electronic library acces,
  discussion groups, etcetc for all students and
  teachers

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Electronic learning environment

• THE workplace for student and teacher
• Course content
• Projects
• Communication between teachers and students
• Authorisation and authentication procedures
  through student/personal numbers
• NESTOR (Blackboard)

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Education support service

• Maintains the electronic learning environment and
  other education oriented electronic systems
• Supports quality assurance activities in
  faculties
• Teacher training

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development
support
IT
helpdesk
ESS
centre
Techn. maintanance Data storage
student
communication
ELO
teacher
library
faculty
Materials periodicals books
Course content information
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• AND strategic planning committee(s) staff
• content becomes strategy,
• subject becomes position,
• quality is essential

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The student!

• Recruiting the student (inter)national
• Studentguidance (study advise, psychosocial
  support, judicial support)
• Studenthousing?
• Financial support (grants) for the talented
  students
• Scouting!

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Financing and budgetting

• Budget directly related to student on a month
  basis
• Budget allocation
• Decreasing government funds
• Recruiting

1. Flexible enrollment and budget system
2. Differentiation between Ba and MA
3. Need for additional sources of income o.a.
   tuition fees
4. Grants

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Communication marketing

1. National and international competition for (the
   best) students and PhDs
2. International branding
3. Institutional strategic positioning
4. Communication tools

1. Increase in staff and funds for international
   marketing
2. Masterprogrammes are critical for succes
3. U-board decides on critical issues
4. Web gets dominant

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Facilities give competitive advantage

• Library from book to screen
• Informationtechnology integrated environment
  wireless campus
• WEB WEB WEB
• Housing conditions
• The city!

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conclusions

• Strategy U-board more dominant
• Masterphase is crucial
• Administration must be flexible and integrated
  (, people, students)
• IT full environment and wireless
• Web is crucial as communication tool