Session 1: Autonomy, Funding and accountability
Franz Strehl, Head of Institute of Strategic Management, University Linz
Discussant 1: Eero Vuorio, Chancellor, University of Turku
Discussant 2: Karl-Heinz Leitner, Senior Researcher, Austrian Research Centers
This group will explore:
- The effects that funding systems have on higher education systems with special respect to financial strategies.
- The relationship between an increase of financial autonomy (autonomous financial management of budget, including estates and staff) and accountability in HEIs.
- The relationship between diverse modes of governance with a view to determining the ones which engender optimal financial management.
Chair: Mats Ola Ottosson, University Director, Uppsala University
Rapporteurs: Thomas Estermann, Senior Programme Manager, EUA
Lidia Borrell-Damian, Senior Programme Manager, EUA
Session 2: Drivers, benefits and barriers of change
Kåre Bremer, Vice-Chancellor, University of Stockholm
Discussant 1: Stephen Trueman, Managing Director Sapienza Innovazione, University of Rome
Discussant 2: Margarida Mano, Head of Administration, University of Coimbra
This group will identify the essential elements which enable a university to become financially sustainable and analyse the potential benefits and barriers in this process.
Chair: Michael Yuille, Finance Director, University of Liverpool
Rapporteur: John Smith, Deputy Secretary General, EUA
Session 3: Accounting comparisons and assessing performance
Pieter–Jan Aarttsen, Corporate Controller, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Discussant 1: Staska Mrak Jamnik, Office for European Projects, University of Ljubljana
Discussant 2: Raymond Werlen, Deputy Secretary General, Swiss Rectors' Conference
This group will examine the fundamental conditions and factors which enable universities to implement costing systems. It will provide a comparative perspective on the first findings of the EUA funding project in the light of other findings from a wider perspective.
Chair: Thomas A. Schöck, Kanzler University of Erlangen Nuremberg
Rapporteurs: Sandra Bitusikova, Programme Manager, EUA
Hanna Kanep, Estonian Rectors' Conference