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Discussion Group 2: Increasing the quality of education programmes by means of faculty staff with vast international experience &/or from abroad. Dorothy Kelly Vicerrector for International Relations and Development Cooperation University of Granada Member of Spanish BET. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Discussion Group 2:
Increasing the quality of education programmes by means of faculty staff with vast international experience &/or from abroad
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Dorothy KellyVicerrector for International Relations and Development Cooperation
University of GranadaMember of Spanish BET
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Structure
Prior issues Definitions & data Brief case studies Impact: intended positive impact and how to measure it Obstacles Discussion
Prior issues
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Increasing the quality of education programmes by means of faculty staff with vast international experience &/or from abroad
Definitions & data
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Indicators > quality of teaching in general, proxies International ≠ foreign
(nationality, immigration, EU…) Full-time tenured staff / temporary mobility Length of stay > significant? Research ≠ teaching
Brief case studies
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Faculty of Law UGRDiploma in Law of a European Country (additional to
first cycle degree) Languages Erasmus study period Seminar on Law of a European country (taught by
staff from abroad)
Brief case studies
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Impact Internationalization at Home Promotion of mobility Promotion of language competence Internationalizes the curriculum Exchange of knowedge and best practice among staff Potential research cooperation (and viceversa
Brief case studies
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Dual degree programmes Stetson University College of Law (Florida) University of Ferrara (Italy) University of Bayreuth (Germany) University of Paris (France)
Participation of staff from partner universities in teaching on an exchange basis with intended impact on:
student guidance exchange of best practice curricular content methodology for T&L, assessment… language issues
Brief case studies
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Department of Translation and Interpreting UGR
multilingual Department teaching 9 different languages staff of 12 nationalities 63 members of staff, of whom 25 of foreign origin, 6 local
Spaniards with full foreign degrees, 20 local Spaniards with substantial experience abroad
Brief case studies
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Impact (?)
High level of implication in mobility programmes for staff and students Multiple degree programme with 9 European partners since 1989 Teaching and learning: wide variety of approaches, mostly student
centred, competence-based, Bologna avant la lettre Quality: leads the informal ranking of Spanish T&I programmes (chicken
and egg?); only public Spanish university in prestigious international network CIUTI
Integration of foreign students: Temcu project > staff with international experience more open to multicultural classroom
Impact: intended positive impact and how to measure it
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
5 strategic uses of impact of internationalization (IMPI)
Enchance quality of education (teaching and learning) Enhance quality of research Prepare students effectively for life and work in an
intercultural and globalizing world Enhance international reputation and visibility Service to society and community social engagement
Impact: intended positive impact and how to measure it
Quality of education programmes (teaching and learning):
Notoriously difficult to measure Use of proxies, amongst which internationalization (again chicken
and egg?) User satisfaction Actual learning outcomes: AHELO, specific studies (e.g.
intercultural competence)
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Obstacles
Long-term staff National, regional, local legislation and regulations on staff recruitment, promotion
and engagement National, regional and local practice and culture regarding staff recruitment,
promotion and engagement …Temporary staff mobility Financing of short term or temporary mobility Conditions for participation in short term or temporary mobility: leave of absence,
double work load, minimum periods, finance… Recognition of participation in evaluation, work load calculation Family situations Language competence …
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011
Over to you!
Higher Education Reform Project: Enhancing Quality Through InternationalisationSeminar for Bologna and HE Reform Experts, Lisbon, October 2011