TREE Thematic Network

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TREE Thematic Network
Teaching and Research in Engineering in Europe

Tadeusz Hryniewicz SOCRATES institutional
Co-ordinator Technical University of Koszalin 20
December, 2004
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ERASMUS

• SM Student Mobility
• TM Teaching Mobility
• OM Organization Mobility
• ECTS European Credit Transfer System

IP Intensive Programmes TN Thematic
Networks
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ERASMUSin Koszalin

• IP2 European Construction Practice
• IP3 Urban Space and Tourism
• TN Consumer Citizenship Network CCN
• TN Teaching and Resarch in Engineering in Europe

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• Prof. Francesco Maffioli Co-ordinator
• Prof. Claudio Borri
• President and Legal Representative
• TREE Headquarters
• International Relations Office
• Facoltá di Ingegneria
• Via di S. Marta 3
• 50139 Firenze
• tree_at_ing.unifi.it www.unifi.it/tree

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Name of the Socrates Action ERASMUS Thematic
Network Projects

• Reference of the Grant Agreement
• 116340-CP-1-2004-1-IT-ERASMUS -TN
• Beneficiarys name and address Universita degli
  Studi di Firenze Piazza S. Marco 4
• 50121 Firenze, Italy

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Max Grant amount 574.376 Euro

• Percentage financing 28.64
• Total of approved budget 2.005.350 Euro
• Eligibility period 1.10.2004-30.09.2007

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It has been decided to ensure a project with
small decentralised groups called

• Special Interests Groups
• which are subdivided into 4 main action lines
  that will be heart of the project
• 1st meeting of the Management Committee of TREE
  was in Leuven on 29.10.2004
• 1st General Assembly of the Network has been
  scheduled for
• February 11-14, 2005 (Rome)

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Teaching and Research in Engineering in Europe
Special Interests Groups

• A TUNING Line, Promoter
• Guliano Augusti (A1 ......A7)
• B EDUCATION and RESEARCH line, Promoter A.
  Avdelas (B1 .......B6)
• C Enhancing the ATTRACTIVENESS of EE line,
  Promoter C.J. Baker (C1 ...C8)
• D SUSTAINABILITY line,
• Promoter M. Markkula (D1 ... D8)

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A TUNING line

• A1- Increasing the quality of the majority
• A2- From ECTS to a complete qualification
  profiling in EE
• A3- Inquiry about real needs of industry in
  international formation
• A4- Tools for quality assurance and assessment of
  EE
• A5- Accreditation of EE in Europe
• A6- Updating of the glossary in EE
• A7- Guide of Engineering Schools in Europe

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B EDUCATION and RESEARCH line

• B1- Synergies between research and education
  activities
• B2- Status of doctoral (PhD) studies in Europe
• B3- Facilitating international projects in team
• B4- Engineering students in European research
  programmes
• B5- Problem based and project oriented learning
• B6- Stimulating undergraduate research

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C Enhancing the ATTRACTIVENESS of EE line

• C1- Promoting higher EE in Europe
• C2- Directory of courses of study for foreigners
• C3- Identification of tools for enhancing Tempus
  projects in EE
• C4- Promotion of pedagogical abilities of
  engineering teachers
• C5- Status of double degrees in EE in Europe
• C6- Widening the participation of
  underrepresented persons in EE
• C7- Attracting and retaining female students
• C8- The role of extracurricular activities

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D SUSTAINABILITY line

• D1- Managing continuing engineering education
  (CEE) effectively
• D2- Examples of good practice in open and
  distance learning (ODL)
• D3- Effective use of ICT
• D4- Virtual campuses and their global network
• D5- EFQM concept for managing university change
• D6- Ethical issues in EE

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TREE

• TN Teaching and Resarch in Engineering in Europe
• 102 INSTITUTIONS
• TUs from Poland
• TUK has announced the activity in
• A1, A2, A5, B1, B2, C1, C5, D1, D6

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They are as follows

• A1- Increasing the quality of the majority
• A2- From ECTS to a complete qualification
  profiling in EE
• A5- Accreditation of EE in Europe
• B1- Synergies between research and education
  activities
• B2- Status of doctoral (PhD) studies in Europe
• C1- Promoting higher EE in Europe
• C5- Status of double degrees in EE in Europe
• D1- Managing continuing engineering education
  (CEE) effectively
• D6- Ethical issues in EE

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TREE Thematic Network
Teaching and Research in Engineering in Europe
For more information visit tree_at_ing.unifi.it
www.unifi.it/tree
Tadeusz Hryniewicz 2004
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I would like to thank you for coming
and participating!!!!!
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