International Seminar on Higher Education

	SEMINAR PROGRAMME
Thursday, 27 October	Venue: Hotel Park, Novi Sad Arrival of participants 13:00-19:00 Registration 19:30-22:00 Concert and Welcome Dinner
Friday, 28 October	Venue: Assembly Hall of the Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Novi Sad Opening and Introduction 09:30 – 09:50 Welcome Addresses Bojan Pajtic, President of the Executive Council of the AP Vojvodina Radmila Marinkovic-Neducin, Rector of the University of Novi Sad (UNS) 09:50 – 10:10 Opening Addresses Georg Winckler, President of the European University Association Sjur Bergan, Head of Higher Education Department, Council of Europe 10:10 – 10:30 Introduction to the Theme Ladislav Novak, University of Novi Sad, Chairman of the Seminar 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break Plenary Session 1 View from International Organisations 11:00 – 12:00 Keynote Speakers (Representatives of international organizations responsible for higher education) Georg Winckler, President of the European University Association Emerging Models of University Autonomy in Europe Sjur Bergan, Head of Higher Education Department, Council of Europe The Public Responsibility for Higher Education: the Case of Finance Per Nyborg, Head of Bologna Secretariat from Berlin to Bergen Public Responsibility and Institutional Autonomy 12:00 – 12:20 Questions 12:20 – 12:40 Lunch time concert 12:40 – 14:00 Lunch Plenary Session 2 View from Umbrella Organisations 14:00 – 15:00 Keynote Speakers (Representatives of international organizations responsible for higher education) Andris Barblan, Secretary General of the Magna Charta Observatory University Autonomy and Buffer Organisations Peter J. Wells, UNESCO-CEPES Programme Specialist Some Reflections on Private Higher Education in Europe Vanja Ivosevic, Chairperson, Executive Committee of ESIB Meeting the Challenges of the New HE Playground 15:00 – 15:15 Questions 15:15 – 15:30 Short pause Plenary Session 3 View from Universities and National Higher Education Authorities 15:30 – 17:00 Keynote Speakers (Session moderators) Bahram Bekhradnia, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Oxford, UK Buffer Bodies in Theory and Reality Tom Boland, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority, Ireland A Review of Buffer Bodies, Rationale and Role, with Examples of Practice Internationally Josef Lange, State Secretary, Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, Germany Autonomy and accountability - New Models of Institutional Autonomy Stig Ekman, Director, Chalmers University Foundation, Sweden Models of Self-Governance Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Some Theses on Higher Education vs. State: Transition and Post-Transition Countries Some Theses on Higher Education vs. State: Transition and Post-Transition Countries 17:00 – 17:30 Questions 17:30 – 19:00 Visit to the Petrovaradin fortress and Museum 19:00 – 20:00 Free time 20:00 – 22:00 Dinner (Hotel Park)
Saturday, 29 October	Venue: Conference Rooms of the Hotel Park, Novi Sad Participants should choose one of two parallel case-study sessions in the morning and one of three parallel panel sessions in the afternoon. The list of panellists is provisional and subject to change. Case Study Session 1: Higher Education Buffer Institutions Moderators: Tom Boland, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority of Ireland Bahram Bekhradnia, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Oxford 09:15 – 9:30 Introductory presentation Tom Boland, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority of Ireland 9:30 – 10:15 Case studies UK - Bahram Bekhradnia, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Oxford Scotland - Roger McClure, Chief Executive, Scottish HE Funding Council Ireland - Tom Boland, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority of Ireland 10:15 – 10:45 Questions and Discussion 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break 11:15 – 12:00 Case studies Finland – Ossi V. Lindqvist, Chair of Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council Sweden - Lennart Ståhle, Head, University Chancellor's Office National Agency for HE Turkey - Aybar Ertepinar, Vice President, Council of Higher Education 12:00 – 12:30 Questions and Discussion 12:30 – 14:30 Lunch (parallel session) Case Study Session 2: Emerging Models of Institutional Autonomy Moderators: Stig Ekman, Director, Chalmers University Foundation, Sweden Josef Lange, State Secretary, Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, Germany 09:15 – 9:30 Introductory presentation Stig Ekman, Director, Chalmers University Foundation, Sweden 9:30 – 10:15 Case studies Germany - Klaus Palandt, former Head of the HE Department of the Lower Saxony Ministry Turkey - Aybar Ertepinar, Vice President, Council of Higher Education Sweden - Folke Hjalmers, Senior adviser, Chalmers Industriteknik, Chalmers University 10:15 – 10:45 Questions and Discussion 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break 11:15 – 12:00 Case studies Norway – Per Nyborg, Head of Bologna Secretariat from Berlin to Bergen Finland - Tapio Markkanen, Secretary General, Finnish Council of University Rectors UK - Roger King, Centre for Higher Education Research and Information, Open University 12:00 – 12:30 Questions and Discussion 12:30 – 14:30 Lunch Panel Session 1: Higher Education Buffer Institutions Themes: Legal dimensions and role of HE buffer institutions in Europe Redistribution of the power between government and HE buffer institutions Meta QAA's versus national QAA's Moderators: Bahram Bekhradnia, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Oxford Tom Boland, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority of Ireland 14:30 – 14:45 Introductory presentation Bahram Bekhradnia, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Oxford 14:45 – 15:45 Round table discussion 15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break 16:00 – 16:45 Drafting conclusions Panellists: Bahram Bekhradnia, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Oxford, UK Tom Boland, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority, Ireland Ossi V. Lindqvist, Chair of Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council, Finland Roger McClure, Chief Executive, Scottish HE Funding Council, Scotland Klaus D. Wolff, Head of the Accreditation, Certification and QA Institute, Germany Lennart Ståhle, Head of University Chancellor's Office National Agency for HE, Sweden Christiane Ebel-Gabriel, Secretary General, German Rectors' Conference, Germany Aybar Ertepinar, Vice President, Council of Higher Education, Turkey Michael Horig, Member of the ESIB's Bologna Process Committee Aleksa Bjelis, Vice-Rector, University of Zagreb, Croatia (parallel session) Panel Session 2: Emerging Models of Institutional Autonomy Themes: Emerging models of institutional autonomy for state HE institutions Foundation-owned and self-managing HE institutions as a way for withdrawal of the state monopoly without for-profit privatization Paradigm shift in the relationship between HE institutions and state: from suspicion to trust Moderators: Josef Lange, State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Culture, Lower Saxony, Germany Stig Ekman, Director, Chalmers University Foundation, Sweden 14:30 – 14:45 Introductory presentation Josef Lange, State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Culture, Lower Saxony, Germany 14:45 – 15:45 Round table discussion 15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break 16:00 – 16:45 Drafting conclusions Panellists: Josef Lange, State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Culture, Lower Saxony, Germany Stig Ekman, Director, Chalmers University Foundation, Sweden David Crosier, Programme Development Director, EUA Per Nyborg, former Head of the Secretariat of the Bologna Follow-up Group, Norway Tapio Markkanen, Secretary General, Finnish Council of University Rectors, Finland Klaus Palandt, former Head of the HE Department of the Lower Saxony Ministry, Germany Roger King, Centre for Higher Education Research and Information, Open University, UK Folke Hjalmers, Senior adviser, Chalmers Industriteknik, Chalmers University, Sweden Fuada Stankovic, former Rector of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (parallel session) Panel Session 3: Regional Challenges Themes: A paradigm shift – from National Councils to proper HE buffer institutions Regional meta QAA – possible role and legal dimension Redefinition of the term “private HE institution” – for excellence instead for profit Moderators: Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Andris Barblan, Secretary General of the Magna Charta Observatory, Bologna 14:30 – 14:45 Introductory presentations Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Andris Barblan, Secretary General of the Magna Charta Observatory, Bologna 14:45 – 15:45 Round table discussion 15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break 16:00 – 16:45 Drafting conclusions Panellists: Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Andris Barblan, Secretary General of the Magna Charta Observatory, Bologna Sjur Bergan, Head of Higher Education and Research Division, Council of Europe Peter J. Wells, UNESCO-CEPES Programme Specialist Vanja Ivosevic, Chairperson of the Executive Committee of (ESIB) Rudolf Smolarczyk, Head of Section for Europe and Central Asia, HRK, Germany Helena Jasna Mencer, Rector of the University of Zagreb, Croatia Srbijanka Turajlic, former Deputy Minister for HE of the Republic of Serbia, Serbia Milos Djuran, President, Serbian Association of Universities, Serbia Dejan Popovic, Rector of the University of Belgrade, Serbia Radmila Marinkovic-Neducin, Rector of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia 16:45 – 17:45 Coffee break Closing session 17:45 – 18:15 Feedback from Round Tables and Agreement of the Communiqué Speakers: David Crosier, Programme Development Director of the European University Association (EUA) Sjur Bergan, Head, Higher Education Department, Council of Europe Bahram Bekhradnia, Director of the Oxford based Higher Education Policy Institute 18:15 – 19:00 Participants' Addresses - Reflections on the Seminar Outcomes 20:00 Dinner (Hotel Park)