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Strategic networks: a blessing or a burden?

Strategic networks: a blessing or a burden?. Staff training week 13 May 2014. Boudewijn Grievink Policy advisor International Office, IRUN secretary. Content. International partners Why an international network? IRUN Discussion: voting with your feet. International partners.

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Strategic networks: a blessing or a burden?

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  1. Strategic networks: a blessing or a burden? • Staff training week 13 May 2014 Boudewijn Grievink Policy advisor International Office, IRUN secretary

  2. Content • International partners • Why an international network? • IRUN • Discussion: voting with your feet

  3. International partners • Faculty level and institutional partners • Bilateral and network partners? • Exchange and strategic partners? • How to categorise and administer all partners? • How to inform students and staff? • Research and education?

  4. International partners • Someissues: • Imbalances in mobility • Need for more exchange places • Unclarity in types of partnerships • Some thoughts • Administer partners in one system for both faculties and central level • Use the network of other faculties and researchers • Increase centrally administered exchange agreements outside Europe

  5. International partners http://www.ru.nl/io/internationale/internationale-0/

  6. IRUN partners University of Glasgow Radboud University Nijmegen University of Münster University of Duisburg-Essen Jagiellonian University in Krakow University of Poitiers Pazmany Peter Catholic University University of Ljubljana University of Siena University of Barcelona PhD Meeting

  7. Why an international network?

  8. Why an international network? (2) • Reasons for Radboud University Nijmegen to participate in a international network: • Further improving the quality of Research and Teaching through an international perspective • Exchange programmes for researchers, professors and students • Several scientific projects serve as a platform for joint-scientific conferences and symposia • Network-building • Natural partners for international projects

  9. IRUN Activities • Mobility • Students • Teachers • Staff training weeks • EU projects: • Eranet • Sapient • Intensive programs • Joint activities such as: • Excellence program: think tanks • Conferences and seminars • Career services • Joint degree task force • Summer schools

  10. Blessing or a burden? Strenghts • Successful in concrete projects • Distinctive because focusing on education • Geographical composition of IRUN members • Proactive way of quickly applying for grants • High trust among partners • IRUN is internationally (EU) recognized, adding value to individual efforts • Joint programming initiatives • Cooperation is interdisciplinary Room forimprovement • Sharpening profile • Marketing the ‘what’s in it for me’ for users • Finding fits between partners; participating universities have different profiles • Ownership on all levels within the university

  11. Questions? Boudewijn Grievink b.grievink@io.ru.nl www.irun.eu +31-243611382

  12. Discussion • Rankings are the most important tools to select new partners • Partnerships that have not been active over the last two years should be terminated • Universities should not have institutional partners since all the work is done by research groups and faculties.

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