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The Quality of Teaching Pact

The Quality of Teaching Pact. of the Federal Government and the Länder Governments of Germany. Background: HE system in a federal state. Background Broad-based higher education and research system

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The Quality of Teaching Pact

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  1. The Quality of Teaching Pact of the Federal Government and the Länder Governments of Germany

  2. Background: HE system in a federal state • Background • Broad-based higher education and research system • Approx. 400 public and private institutions of higher education (universities, universities of applied sciences, colleges of art and music) and • More than 200 non-university research institutes (MPG, FhG, HGF, WGL,…) • Divided competences in a federal state • Länder are responsible for • most of legislation in higher education and for • establishing, financing and regulating higher education institutions • Federation and Länder cooperate via joint funding programmes to strengthen the science system, i.e. • higher education institutions and • non-university research institutes

  3. Joint programmes (1) • Joint programmes of the Federal Government and the Länder • Higher Education Pact (2007-2015) • First phase 2007-2010: an additional 185,000 new students • Second phase 2011-2015: an additional approx. 327,000 new students • Federal Government provides 11,000 euros (1st phase) and 13,000 euros (2nd phase) per new student; Länder are responsible for ensuring overall funding • Excellence Initiative (2005-2017) • Promoting top-level university research in 45 graduate schools, 43 clusters of excellence and 11 institutional strategies • Federation and Länder invest 4.6 billion euros in total • Pact for Research and Innovation (2005-2015) • Financial security for research organisations (DFG, MPG, FhG, HGF, WGL) • Increasing funding by 3% per year since 2005 and by 5% per year since 2011

  4. Joint programmes (2): The Quality of Teaching Pact • Quality of Teaching Pact (2011-2020) • Federal Governmentprovidesabout 2 billioneuros • Goals: • Improvingstudyconditionsandqualityofteaching in public HE institutions • Increasingcompletionratesandensuringthesuccessof Bologna reforms • Broadimpactand a widerangeofmeasures, meetingspecificlocalneeds • Structure: • Twocompetitiveapplicationrounds in 2011 withquality-orientedselectioncriteria: • reliabledata-based SWOT analysis • addedvalueandcoherenceofproposedmeasures • sustainabilityandmonitoringconcept • Fundingfrom fall 2011 resp. spring 2012 until 2016 • Further fundinguntil 2020 after successfulre-evaluation in 2015

  5. Quality of Teaching Pact: process, participation, funding decisions • Process: • Peer review and funding recommendation by 12 experts • Final funding decisions by selection committee (12 experts and 4 governmental representatives) • Participation: • Proposals by >90% of public HE institutions • 339 individual and joint applications submitted in two rounds • Funding decisions: • 186 HE institutions selected, that is three quarters of public HE institutions: 78 universities, 78 universities of applied sciences, 30 colleges of art and music • Individual funding depends on specific concept and proposed measures, ranging • from <0.2 million euros for each partner of a small joint project • up to 27 million euros for large universities (for a period of 5 years)

  6. Quality of Teaching Pact: thematic focus • Main focus of selected concepts and measures • Support transition from school to higher education / (e.g. through more teaching staff from professors to peer tutors, smaller groups, mentoring, preparatory courses, summer schools, self-assessments) • Better diversity management for increasingly heterogenous student bodies (e.g. through specific advice and support, additional courses in languages and maths, individualised and intensified courses) • Additional didactic training for teaching staff (e.g. through additional offers, individual coaching, incentives) • Implementation of new teaching and learning concepts (e.g. through strengthening practical relevance, focussing on research-oriented or problem-based learning, enhancing blended learning, introducing e-exams) • Improved quality assurance (e.g. through new responsibilities, procedures and institutions) • Specific programmes e.g. in engineering, medicine, teacher training etc.

  7. Quality of Teaching Pact: effects and outlook • The Quality of Teaching Pact: what have we gained yet? • Quality of teaching and learning has become a major topic of strategic considerations in German HE institutions • HE institutions consider their own strengths and weaknesses • New staff introduce new ideas and networks, thus promoting structural and "cultural" changes • Increased teaching staff for three quarters of German HE institutions • Approx. 3000 additional jobs in HE have been created (at least for the programme period until 2020)

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