"Funding Strong Universities: Diversification, Student Support and Good Governance”
General Assembly, Board, Council and Secretaries General meetings
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 30 March – 1 April 2006
Theme Outline
The EUA Glasgow Declaration 2005 underlines that adequate and sustainable funding is a prerequisite for securing universities’ future and with it, their capacity for promoting cultural, social and technological innovation. Europe cannot hope to be competitive if higher education and research budgets are not viewed as an investment in the future, and urgently increased.
For their part, universities are committed to improving their governance structures and leadership competencies so as to increase their efficiency and innovative capacity. This means working towards a diversification of funding sources, in particular through exploring combined public/private funding models which in turn implies reviewing institutional strategies on the one hand, governance and management systems on the other.
The challenge of the coming years will be to find ways forward that ensure an equitable balance between, and mix of funds from public and private sources, including students, graduates and their families. In plenary sessions, working groups and round tables the Conference will address the multiple aspects of innovating university funding, mainly:
- The impact of tuition fees and related student aid schemes
- The diversification of funding sources and the potential of private public partnerships
- The institutional requirements of transparency and accountability for managing increasingly diverse funding sources
Programme and Background Documents
The final programme and background documents are now available. These documents, as well as the conference website, contain further information on the theme and conference speakers as well as details on registration, venue, accommodation and practical issues.
Final Programme
Background Documents
Conference Website
Participants and Registration
The conference is nearly full, therefore only a few places are still available. Interested participants who have not yet registered should contact EUA as soon as possible at the following email address hamburg-conference@remove-this.eua.be. Priority will be given to EUA Member institutions. The conference is of particular interest to Rectors, Vice-rectors, Heads of Administration, Directors of Finance, Heads of funding agencies and ministerial departments dealing with funding issues. These persons were invited via electronic invitations in December 2005.
List of Participants