Assessment and Policy Development in Higher Education with AISHE Niko Roorda

AISHE Auditing Instrument for Sustainability in Higher Education Staff development plan University Vision on SHE Environmental management Sustainability in Curriculum SHE in Traineeships Communication about SHE

Plan DoAct Check Quality Circle

Plan Do Check 1.1. Vision 1.2. Policy 1.3. Communication 1.4. Environmental Management 1. Vision and policy 2.1. External Network 2.2. Internal Expert Group 2.3. Staff Development Plan 2.4. Research & External services 2. Expertise 3.1. Profile of the Graduate 3.2. Educational Methodology 3.3. Role of the Teacher 3.4. Student Examination 3. Educational goals and methodology 4.1. Curriculum 4.2. Integrated Problem Handling 4.3. Traineeships, Graduation 4.4. Speciality 4. Education content 5.1. Staff 5.2. Students 5.3. Professional Field 5.4. Society 5. Result assessment

Five stages in a university: Activity orientedStage 1: ad hoc individual initiatives Process orientedStage 2: support by management projects System orientedStage 3: assessable goals evaluation and feedback Chain orientedStage 4: profess. field involved link with secundary edu. Society orientedStage 5: society involved active in society

The profile contains some aspects of SD.Stage 1: SD is named explicitly in the profile (…)Stage 2: SD in a broad, multidisciplinary sense is recognisable in het profile (…) Stage 3: The professional field is actively involved in the design of SD elements in the profile (…) Stage 4: Many actors in society are involved in the design of SD elements in the profile: a transdisciplinary process (…) Stage 5: Example. Criterion 3.1: Profile of the Graduate

1.1 Vision x 1.2 Communic x 1.3 Public pos x 2.1 Network x 2.2 Expert Inst x 2.3 Staff Dev x 2.4 Knowledg x 2.5 Research x 3.1 Envir Man x 4.1 Prof profil x 4.2 Responsib x 4.3 Attitude x Teacher Vision x 1.2 Communic x 1.3 Public pos x 2.1 Network x 2.2 Expert Inst x 2.3 Staff Dev x 2.4 Knowledg x 2.5 Research x 3.1 Envir Man x 4.1 Prof profil x 4.2 Responsib x 4.3 Attitude x Teacher Vision x 1.2 Communic x 1.3 Public pos x 2.1 Network x 2.2 Expert Inst x 2.3 Staff Dev x 2.4 Knowledg x 2.5 Research x 3.1 Envir Man x 4.1 Prof profil x 4.2 Responsib x 4.3 Attitude x Student Vision x 1.2 Communic x 1.3 Public pos x 2.1 Network x 2.2 Expert Inst x 2.3 Staff Dev x 2.4 Knowledg x 2.5 Research x 3.1 Envir Man x 4.1 Prof profil x 4.2 Responsib x 4.3 Attitude x Student Vision x 1.2 Communic x 1.3 Public pos x 2.1 Network x 2.2 Expert Inst x 2.3 Staff Dev x 2.4 Knowledg x 2.5 Research x 3.1 Envir Man x 4.1 Prof profil x 4.2 Responsib x 4.3 Attitude x Manager 1 Consensus meeting 1.1 Vision x 1.2 Communic x 1.3 Public pos x 2.1 Network x 2.2 Expert Inst x 2.3 Staff Dev x 2.4 Knowledg x 2.5 Research x 3.1 Envir Man x 4.1 Prof profil x 4.2 Responsib x 4.3 Attitude x Consensus

AISHE PLANDO CHECK

Part of an AISHE report:

So, what you get: A nice picture Lively discussions Involved people A verbal description of now… … and of the desired situation and a task for the management! Sustainability Policy Plan

AISHE Project 2002 (probably also in 2003) SHE Consultancy for Universities AISHE Audits SHE Policy development Workshops for the staff, etc. Training course for University SHE Co-ordinators

CommunicationPolicyVision Profile of the graduate Case 1: A management Study Program Priorities:

CommunicationVisionPolicy Profile of the graduate Case 1: A management Study Program Communication mainly internal

Case 2: An environmental Study Program Economist Environment alist Technician Politicologist SociologistManager Economist Environment alist Technician Politicologist SociologistManager Interdisciplinary role: How?

Case 2: An environmental Study Program Communication Profile of the graduate PolicyVision Staff development plan Curriculum Stakeholder analysis mainly external

CommunicationPolicyVision Profile of the graduate Staff development plan Curriculum Stakeholder analysis Case 2: CommunicationVisionPolicy Profile of the graduate Case 1:

AISHE Auditing Instrument for Sustainability in Higher Education Niko Roorda,