Quality and Leadership for Romanian Higher Education

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Context

Five strategic projects on Romanian higher education

Quality and Leadership in Higher Education Doctoral schools Research in universities University management National Students Electronic Enrollment System

All financed by structural funds

All 3 years projects (2008-2011)

All coordinated by the Executive Agency for University Research

Quality and Leadership for Romanian Higher education

Objectives

1. Vision “Romanian higher education in 2025”

2. Web 2.0 platform about foresight – FORwiki

3. Support for leadership in universities - Foresight training - Blueprint for university foresight - Higher Education Observatory

- International conference “Future of Higher Education” (2011)

4. Methodology for differentiating Romanian universities

Partners

• UEFISCSU – coordinator

• National Council of Universities’ Managers

• Romanian Academy

• Romanian Agency for Quality in Higher Education

• Fraunhofer – Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten

Forshung e.V (Fraunhofer ISI)– Foresight Group

• Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)

• UNESCO – European Centre for Higher Education

• European Universities Association (EUA)

Objective 1. Vision “Romanian Higher Education in 2025”

Structure of consultations

Panels on system’s output

1. UNIVERSITIES AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT2. UNIVERSITIES AS KNOWLEDGE PRODUCRES3. UNIVERSITIES AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT4. UNIVERSITIES AND SOCIAL VALUES5. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF UNIVERSITIES

June–Nov. 2009

10 panels on policy instruments

- Financing- Academic profession- Curriculum- ….

Policy Delphi(web 2.0)Panel VISION 2025

Nov. 2009 – March 2010

October 2010

March-June 2010

6. System view

Objective 1. Vision “Romanian Higher Education in 2025”

Knowledge flow

May –Oct. 2009

Assessment of current situation

Drivers of change

Stakeholders' analysis

SuccessScenarios

2025

Good practices

Instruments supporting success scenarios

ONLINE DELPHIMarch-June 2010

Assessment of instruments againstscenarios’ major objectives

June-Sept 2010

VISION 2025 = Reevaluated scenarios + instruments

Output panels

Policychallenges

System panels

Nov. 2009 – March 2010

Green + White Paper

Higher Education 2015

Objective 2. FORwiki

= foresight wiki with two components: clarifications on foresight concepts in the context of

higher education; practices relevant for the foresight methods.

Fed by: Ten Mutual Learning Workshops (Bucharest Dialogue) Individual contributions of experts

Community Foresight researchers Foresight practitioners Persons interested in foresight

Sustainable dialogue beyond the project?

Objective 3. Support for Leadership

University foresight

Blueprint for university foresight

Possible pilot study:

Two universities already interested

Ownership: belongs to the university

Objective 3. Support for Leadership

University Observatory

= Online platform including:

Repository of relevant policy documents

Periodic semantic analysis of regulations, reports and national news on higher education

15 reports of focus-groups on drivers of change for higher education.

Thank you!