UNICA General Assembly 2010 - Advancing Internationalization in Higher Education
The UNICA General Assembly 2010, held at the University of Vienna, focused on enhancing internationalization and mobility in higher education. Key activities included the IRO Meetings, a Bologna Lab Coordinators Meeting, and ongoing projects like Erasmus Mundus and ExchangeAbility to foster student mobility, especially for those with disabilities. Initiatives addressed quality assurance, research collaboration, and social dimensions of mobility. The assembly laid the groundwork for future meetings and strategies to strengthen networks across European universities.
UNICA General Assembly 2010 - Advancing Internationalization in Higher Education
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WORK PROGRAMAcademic 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 2011 UNICA 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 internationalization of alumni social dimension of mobility internationalization @ home projects with Universities in developing countries career centers urban challenges fundraising policies adult education public relations officers UNICA General Assembly 2010-University of Vienna
Next UNICA General Assembly Tallinn University, 13-15 October 2011