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Enhancing Higher Education-Society Cooperation

This project aims to boost employability of graduates, provide LLL for academics, transfer knowledge to society, combat brain drain, and establish quality improvement systems in universities via Interface Centers. Activities include analysis, strategy development, pilot projects, and continuous learning setups.

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Enhancing Higher Education-Society Cooperation

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  1. INTERFACE(Developing and setting up measures forinitiating, enhancing and sustaining HigherEducation-Society-Cooperation)PROJECT PRESENTATION www.ni.ac.rcWorkshop Nis,20-Oct-2011. Prof. dr Slobodan Antic, Vice Rector

  2. Contractor and Coordinator –University of Graz • Contract signatory with the European Commission(GA: 511224 –TEMPUS 1–2010 –1 –AT –TEMPUS –JPHES)

  3. Consortium, EU Partner Universities, Partner Country University Partners Consortium • KFU: Contractor and Coordinator • WUS: Co-Coordinator Partners: EU Partner Universities: • WUW • New Bulgarian University • University of Graz, Austria • University of Liverpool Partner Country University Partners: • University of Novi Sad • University of Nis • University of Sarajevo • University of Mostar

  4. Partner Country University Partners • University of Tirana Polytechnic • University of Tirana • University "St Kliment Ohridsky" Bitola • First Private University Skopje • Serbian Unity Congress Serbia • Institute for Strategic Research and Education • Alumnimig MIG • Student Parliament of University of Sarajevo • Student Union University of Mostar • European University Consulting EducationNetwork

  5. Aim of the project • To ensure that the targeted PC Universities are able to facilitate the graduates’ entrance into the labour market through enhanced partnerships with enterprises, to set up – based on these partnerships – an institutionalised LLL system, and to establish a quality improvement system through coordinated contact with alumni.

  6. INTERFACE has the following 5 specific objectives • (1) Enhancing the employability of university graduates; • (2) Ensuring LLL and on the job training for academics; • (3) Fostering transfer and multiplication of academic knowledge tosociety; • (4) Combating brain drain; and • (5) Setting up a continuous learning and quality improvementsystem for universities

  7. Outputs IC centers at each PCU -> main responsible body at each PCU with regard to the universities‘ relations with students about to graduate, with alumni, with enterprises and with society at large 3 years business plan to ensure sustainablity of ICs beyond the project period.

  8. Specific objectives • Enhancing the employability of university graduates • Ensuring LLL and on the job training for academics • Fostering transfer and multiplication of academic knowledge to society • Combating brain drain • Setting up a continuous learning and quality improvement system for universities

  9. Overall activities • At each PCU: analysis of already existing activities • Good practice example of EU universities • Strategy at each PCU on how to fill the existing gaps to enterprises and society at large • Establish Interface Centres at each PCU • The ICs launch their operations through the‚implementation of a pilot project at each IC • Activities of the IC: career counselling, alumni relations or LLL • Dissemination: Roadshows, open days, webportal, visibility package, final conference, local workshops • 3 years business plan for each IC at PCU

  10. Lifelong learning • According to the European Commission, the scale of current economic and social change, the rapid transition to a knowledgebased society and demographic pressures resulting from an ageing population in Europe are all challenges which demand a new approach to education and training, within the framework of lifelong learning. • Lifelong learning is thus defined as:“All learning activity undertaken throughout life, with the aim ofimproving knowledge, skills and competence, within a personalcivic social and/or employment-related perspective

  11. Career and Employability Services Some main services of career centres are: • Giving advice, guidance and information • Enhancing employability of graduates • Strengthening skills of students and graduates that they are able torespond to labour market needs • Organising job fairs and company presentations

  12. Alumni Activities Nowadays many universities engage their graduates (alumni) orformer students in alumni networks and offer • Social events and reunions • Mentoring and career support • Newsletters or magazines • Fundraising for the institution • Variety of benefits and services that help alumni maintain connections to their educational institution and fellow graduates

  13. Work packages – an overview • 8 Work packages • DEVELOPMENT: Review & analysis of the existing HE and society cooperation, brain drain effects and potential countermeasures Month 1-4, Lead: WUS 2. DEVELOPMENT: Develop tailor made „Interface Centre“ (IC) strategy papers Month 5-12, Lead: KFU 3. DEVELOPMENT: Set up ICs at partner country universities Month 13-22, Lead: WUS 4. DEVELOPMENT: Launch the IC’s operations through pilot projects (PP) Month 18-36, Lead: KFU

  14. Work packages – an overview (2) 5. QUALITY PLAN: Monitoring and quality control successfully conducted Month 5-36, Lead: WUS 6. EXPLOITATION: Sustainability of project results assured Month 30-36, Lead: UNSA 7. DISSEMINATION: Awareness raised about results achieved Month 3-36, Lead: WUS 8. MANAGEMENT: Coordination and financial project management successfully conducted Month 1-36, Lead: KFU

  15. Time line of WPs

  16. State of the art DONEs and TO DOsshort and mid term

  17. WP 2 DEVELOPMENT month 5-12 LEAD:KFU

  18. WP 3 Set up ICs at all PCUsDEVELOPMENT month 13-22 LEAD: WUS

  19. WP4: Launch IC operations through PPsDEVELOPMENT month 18-36 Lead: KFU

  20. WP 5 QUALITY PLAN month 5-36 LEAD:WUS

  21. WP 6 EXPLOITATION month 30-36 LEAD:UNSA

  22. WP 7 DISSEMINATION month 3-36 LEAD:WUS

  23. WP 8 MANAGEMENT month 1-36 LEAD:KFU

  24. Reporting Intermediate Report When 70% of the 1st pre-financing has been disbursed and not later than half way through the eligibility period: • 3 year projects (15/10/10-15/10/13)→ 15/04/12 Final Report 2 months after the end of the eligibility period: • 3 year projects (15/10/10-15/10/13)→ 15/12/13

  25. Meetings • Kick of Meeting: 17th-18th of March 2011 Graz • Presentation of IC strategies: November 2011 Sarajevo (24.-25.11.2011?) • Consortium meeting: to agree on IC pilot project April 2012, Graz (?) • Final Conference: University of Novi Sad • Workshops: at each PCU to launch IC-strategy attended by an EU-expert (by 09/2011) • Study visits: new hired IC staff to 4 EU universities (by • 8/2012)

  26. Thank you for your attention!

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