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The International Tuning Academy DEUSTO
27 September 2010
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• The International Tuning Academy
• 1- The concept the need
• 2- The objectives
• 3- The actors
• 4- The style of work
• 5- The road ahead
• 6- The initial structure

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• 1- The concept the need
• ....to continue a task- a mission
• ....to mantain the work of thousands of people
• ....to go beyond the project to implementation
• ....to show how it could be done
• ....to support it with a structure
• ....The concept of the Academy had emerged

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• 2 - The objectives
• To become a centre of excellence and a reference
  point for HE at global level
• To systematize and disseminate the work of the
  Tuning Project and design and articulate future
  developments
• To analyse present trends and anticipate future
  HE needs in relation to employment through the
  development of observatories

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• 2 - The objectives
• To contribute to the analysis and the
  development of HE policies
• To foster the implementation of
  competence-based, student- centred learning
• To contribute with research and innovation along
  the Tuning Lines in a collaborative framework

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• 3 - The Actors
• Tuning Academic experts
• Tuning Senior Researchers
• Tuning Junior Researchers
• Tuning Policy Fellows
• Tuning Association members
• Tuning Students
• Coordination

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• 4 - The Style of work
• Collaborative work
• Hands - on academics
• Along thematic areas
• Theory and implementation
• Sharing good practices
• Based on diversity
• From all over the world

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• 5- The road ahead short term
• The launching of the project- enrichment
• The development plan
• Incorporation of members
• Groups and thematic areas
• Financial resources
• Physical location

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• 5- The road ahead medium term
• Research lines, first projects, theses and PhDs
• Design and implementation of the Academy
• training experiences
• Design and (re)construction of thematic plans
• Formation of the group of policy fellows
• Selection and design of observatories
• Planning of projects-publications.....

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• 5- The road ahead long term
• Consolidated research lines projects,
• established scientific publication line
• Consolidated groups of trainers and experts
• working on innovation and experimentation
• A number of established observatories for
• emerging trends education-employment

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• 5- The road ahead long term
• Consolidated group of CEOs in HE- reflection
• Meeting points for the presentation and
• debate of new developments in Tuning Lines
• Line on implementation strategies
• Thematic publications
• Projects in other parts of the world.....

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• The initial structure
• Five Units responsible to carry out the
  objectives
• Unit 1 study, research and innovation
• Unit 2 experimentation, training of trainers
• Unit 3 policy analysis, education- employment
• Unit 4 implementation, dissemination projects
• Unit 5 organisational development

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• We want to thank
• The two Coordinating Universities Rectors
• and the teams in Groningen and Deusto
• The TMC, the members and their universities
• The European Commission
• Ministries, Conference of Rectors, experts
• from countries involved
• Tuning friends and students
• All of you here today