Conclusions of the PHExcel (Professional Higher Education Excellence Seminar)

CONCLUSIONSPHExcel conference, London, United Kingdom, 18-19 November 2015Anthony F. Camilleri, Senior Partner, Knowledge Innovation Centre

PHExcel conference, London, United Kingdom, 18-19 November 2015

2Disclaimer

Dave Eggers (adapted)

Any resemblance to persons living or dead should be plainly apparent to

them and those who know them, especially if the author has been kind

enough to have provided their real names and, in some cases, their contact

details. All events described herein actually happened, though on occasion

the author has taken certain, very small, liberties with chronology, because

that is his right as a European.


3Research Excellence

Research Excellenceinvolves

THINKING ABOUT USEChristophe Debout

CONCLUSIONSPHExcel conference, London, United Kingdom, 18-19 November 2015Anthony F. Camilleri, Senior Partner, Knowledge Innovation Centre

Striving for Excellence

withPHExcel conference, London, United Kingdom, 18-19 November 2015Anthony F. Camilleri, Senior Partner, Knowledge Innovation Centre


6What is the Role of Professional Higher Education?

Does PHE have a distinct role from ‘academic’ institutions?

Jeremy Cox

Different parts of HE havevastly different aims

medicine literature languages

start-upcentres

lecturehalls

researchlabs

Different parts of HE havevastly different aims

academic or professional

PHE ≠all education delivered at a PHE Institution (university of applied science)vocational education & training


10Do we look objectively at our systems?

Present Situation Knowledge-base

Conception of ‘other side’ Perceived evidence

Timeline

‘Professional Parallax’

Actual evidence

Professional Parallax’ – a tendency to see across the HE/professional divide, but in a distorted way Jeremy Cox


11Professional Higher Education

A distinct form of Higher Education that offers a particularly intense integration with the world of work in all its aspects (including teaching, learning, research and

governance) and at all levels of the overarching Qualifications Framework of the European Higher

Education Area

12Where do we find Excellence?


Excellence is rarely found in an Institution It is found in a unit

Frans de Ruiter

13What is Quality or Excellence?


Lucien Bolleart, Eugenija Vagneriene

• Exceptionality• Perfection• Consistency• Fitness for purpose• Value for money• Transformation• Student Satisfaction• Sustainability

Excellence is a Moving Target

Johan Cloet


14A mission

We need to ensure that students get the teaching they deserve

and employers get graduates with the skills they need

Jo Johnson

15Context

The World is Changing

‘all’ we need to do is preparestudents for a future we can’t imagine


All speakers


16The metaphor of an ensemble

We have a need for a common visionAn ensemble requires coming together in: • space• time• using the same score

Jeremy Cox

Danute Rasimaviciene (aka Johan Cloet)

Three Quality Areas

Professional Higher Education Excellence phexcel.eurashe.eu

The PHExcel ‘tempo’ 17


PHEQuality

∝is directly

proportional to

World of WorkIntegration

Intensity

(how much integration is too much?)Frans de Ruiter

Three Quality Areas

Policy & StrategyHow is PHE

embedded and represented in

the overall strategic

framework and policies of higher

education institutions?

Teaching & Learning

How is teaching and learning influenced

through specific characteristics of

PHE?

ResearchHow is research integrated as

part of a sustainable PHE,

recognising that it might differ from level to level and

has not been implemented in

all institutions yet

Professional Higher Education Excellence phexcel.eurashe.eu

The PHExcel ‘score’ 18


Quality Criteria

Policy & Strategy

Policy and Strategy Integration

Objectives and Outcomes of PHE

Teaching &

Learning Methods of

Curriculum Development

Learning Methodology Content for

Teaching and LearningLearning

Environment

Programme Team

Research

Research Agenda

Research Process

Research Outputs and Outcomes

The PHExcel ‘score’ 19



20One more definition of excellence

Thresholds of Excellence are insufficient to gauge quality

Dr. Stephen Jackson


21Introducing…

supporting organisations in their ambition to develop excellence in their integration with the world of work

consultancy


22One more definition of excellence

Act as a NetworkStephane Lauricke


23Consultancy from…

An international team of peer experts, backed by the knowledge and experience of the

PHExcel-member networks for Professional Higher Education Institutions


24How does it work?


25One last lesson…

Publication (and release)

of research is an

essential component of QualityJohnny Golding


26Visit

phexcel.orginformation on the consultancy service

presentations from the conference

database of quality labels

all project publications

AcknowledgementsThe University of Nottingham (UON)

Knowledge Innovation Centre (KIC)Jagiellonian University (UJ)

The European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA)SPACE Network For Business Studies and Languages (SPACE)

European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE)Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC)

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