EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Theme IV Improving Institutional Governance and Management

EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Reasons to pay attention to governance and management agreement with the contents and principles of EUA statement economic and societal developments enhanced by European processes new goals for institutions

EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Main difficulties and challenges… Reduced public expenditure Diversity of national systems and institutions

EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Key point 1 Role of students - serve on committees, where they influence university life

EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Key point 2 Role of external stakeholders - curriculum development - governing boards - benefits to social impact of universities

EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Key point 3 Public authorities - negotiated contracts: mutually binding long duration space for innovation Public authorities - keep out of internal QA issues

EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Key point 3 Universities must take responsibility - rigorous internal quality assurance - accountability and transparency

EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Key point 4 Centralisation and decentralisation - leave structures to universities

EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Key point 5 Institutional management - more to be said EUA should develop training seminars Pursue work in this area

EUA Convention of European Higher Education Institutions Graz, May 2003 Conclusion Satisfaction that this topic has been taken up by EUA Improving governance and management clearly essential to confront the tremendous challenges faced by European universities