WORK PROGRAM

Academic Year 2010-2011

UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

UNICA Activities: Clusters

UNICA Activities

UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

Internationalization & Mobility

• IRO Meeting:– IRO Meeting 2011, University of Oslo,

4-6 May 2011– Preparation of IRO meeting 2012

• Preparation of the UNICA Student Conference 2012

• UNICA at the EAIE meeting: 23rd Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, 13-16 September 2011

• ExchangeAbility Project: Fostering Mobility of Students with Disabilities

UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

Education I

• Bologna Lab Coordinators Meeting- 11th Bologna Lab Coordinators Meeting “ECVET-ECTS: Building Bridges and Overcoming Differences”, University of Vilnius, 2-3 December 2010- Preparation of the 12th Bologna Lab Cordinators Meeting in December 2011 (exact date and venue: to be decided)

• INENTER project: “Improving the placements and internships from Academia to Enterprises”

UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

Education II

Ongoing projects:

• Erasmus Mundus Action 4: “European Campus: Enhancing Overseas Student Mobility” – final event: January 2011

• Be-twin, bridging ECTS and ECVET

• Information Project on HER III: major seminars - “Social Dimension”: Nicosia, 22-24 November 2010

- “Mobility”: Brussels, March 2011

- Oslo, 6-8 June 2011 (topic to be decided)

- Lisbon, October 2011 (exact dates and topic to be decided)

• UNICA Master in European History (UMEH)

UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

Research & Development

• 2nd UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition

• UNICA Meeting for EU Research Liaison Officers- 5th UNICA Meeting for EU Research Liaison Officers, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 17-19 November 2011- 6th UNICA Meeting for EU Research Liaison Officers 2011

• WIN University Incubators Network - 1st WIN Conference, University of Ljubljana, 2011

• 2nd UNICA Master Class on PhD Supervision, University of Zagreb, Dubrovnik, 28.08-01.2011

UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

Policy & Strategy I

• Initiatives on Quality Assurance- UNICA Working Group on Evaluation in Research and Higher Education (discussion meetings, evaluation of results)- UNICA Observatory for Benchmarking Universities: evaluating opportunities for submitting an EC proposal

• 5th UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 7-9 November 2010

• Rectors’ Seminar, July 2011- when, where, topics to be discussed?

UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

Policy & Strategy II

• Setting up of the Working Group on the relation of University Medical Schools with Affiliated Academic Hospitals

• UNI-CApital Platform- UNICA Presentation at the Open Days 2011- 9th European Week of Regions and Cities, October 2011

• UNICA Green Campus/Academic Footprint• Meeting of UNICA Working Group on Equal

Opportunities, Brussels, March 2011UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

Mission statement and link with the society & outreach

• Collaboration with the EUA and with EUA-CDE• UNICA collaboration with the Union of Capital

of the European Union (UCEU)• Urban issues working group:

- “Cities and their universities for creation of Knowledge and Innovation”, Warsaw, 12-15 May 2011

UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

Extra suggestions and initiatives

UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna

internationalization of alumni

social dimension of mobility

internationalization @ home

career centers

projects with Universities in

developing countries

fundraising policies

public relations officers

adult education

urban challenges

Next UNICA General Assembly

Tallinn University, 13-15 October 2011