General Assembly – October Prague State of the UNICA President’s Report
Internationalisation & Mobility Education Research & Development Policy & Strategy Mission & Link with Society Other UNICA Activities Conclusions Introduction
Internationalisation & Mobility IRO Meeting, Paris, April Student Conference 2008, Warsaw, September 4th UNICA Chair on Multilingualism, Lausanne UNICA Secretariat traineeship
Education 7th & 8th Bologna Lab Coordinators Meeting, Zagreb (December) and Dubrovnik (July) Erasmus Mundus Project “European Campus: Enhancing Overseas Student Mobility” Submission of “Be-twin ECTS/ECVET project” Running EC Projects
Research & Development EU Research Officers Seminar, Cyprus, Nov PhD Seminar: “Enterprise-University Partnership in Doctoral Education”, Paris, June Meeting to prepare a Workshop for Advisors and Directors of Doctoral Programmes, Paris, July UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition for Students and Young Researchers, 2009
Policy & Strategy UNICA Policy Statement Rector’s Seminar, Moscow (November) and Dubrovnik (July) Meeting with EC on Equal Opportunities, June “Minimum Standards” Recommendations Participation Chart 2008
Policy & Strategy 4th Scholarly Communication Seminar: “Partnership in Academic Excellence”, Prague, May Visit to Imperial College London and University College London
Mission & Link with Society Enchancing the partnership with the UCEU Network: –Meeting with UCEU –Participation in the UCEU Annual General Assembly Curriculum Development: –Euromaster in Urban Studies –Cognitive Sciences Master
Other UNICA Activities Collective Associate Membership at the EUA Meetings for further Cooperation: –European Association of Conservatories –Welsh Higher Education Brussels representatives, … Articles on UNICA EC Projects Publications: –4 UNICA e-newsletter –UNICA New office leaflet –Website: creation of PRIUM, HE Reform II and Tempus IV web pages, creation of the Virtual Community of Bologna Experts –Wikipedia
Conclusions Most of the UNICA scheduled activities of the Work Programme 2008 were achieved Moreover, new initiatives were taken Thanks to the EC funded projects the visibility and credibility of the Network in the EHEA have highly increased UNICA has really been a platform for exchange of best practices (academic and administrative) for member universities
Thanks to all UNICA members for their contribution to the Work Programme Thanks to the UNICA contact persons Thanks to the UNICA secretariat