Pre-conference workshop: Europe and transnational higher education (TNE)
Programme as of 12 October 2009
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Old Library building
The workshop presentations can be found in the links below as a PDF 
document.
The workshop will be for the EUA membership and selected invitees from relevant organisations and international partners. The purpose of this special event is to
- take up the discussions begun at the Prague Convention on TNE, by providing a systematic introduction to the issue (historical overview, reasons for the emergence of TNE, different types/models and approaches in TNE, legal issues, impact on quality, on mobility, and on partnerships)
- assess how TNE and, in particular, the off-shore, branch campuses and programmes impact higher education systems on a global scale, including its impacts on European higher education
- discuss the possible impact of TNE on Europe as both a TNE provider and receiver – i.e. non-European providers in Europe, European universities with branch campuses abroad, European universities establishing branches in other European countries) for the future, and to propose ways in which EUA could take action on these issues that are of growing importance for its members.
9.30 - 11.00 Session I, Plenary
Old Library building, Room AUB1
Chair: Michael Gaebel, EUA
An introduction into Transnational Education
Carolyn Campbell, Head of International Affairs, QA Agency for Higher Education (QAA), UK
European ways of TNE
Maria Kelo, Senior Officer, Academic Cooperation Association (ACA), Belgium
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
Old Library building, Foyer
11.30 - 13.00 Session II, Plenary: The interplay of institutional and national TNE strategies
Old Library building, Room AUB1
Chair: Davide Bassi, Rector, University of Trento, Italy
Patricia Pol, Vice-President, Universite Paris-Est, France
Beate Schindler-Kovats, Head of Division, Higher Education Projects Abroad, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany
Kevin Van-Cauter, Higher Education Adviser, The British Council, Manchester, United Kingdom
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch for pre-conference workshop participants
Old Library building, Foyer
14.00 – 15.30 Session III: Working groups
Workgroup A: Quality in cross-border provision
Old Library building, Georg-Büchner-Saal
Chair: Andrée Sursock, Senior Adviser, EUA
Reg Jordan, Dean of International Medical Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Wicher Schreuders, Assistant Director Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Erasmus Mundus Assistant Coordinator Erasmus Mundus Masters Course in Law and Economics (EMLE)
Rapporteur: Tia Loukkola, EUA
Workgroup B: Cross-border provision in Europe, legalities and implications for the EHEA
Old Library building, Room AUB3
Chair: Roberta Maierhofer, Vice Rector for International Relations and Interdisciplinary Cooperation, University of Graz, Austria
Howard Davies, Senior Adviser, EUA
Spyros Amourgis, President, Hellenic Quality Assurance Agency, Greece
Rapporteur: Michael Gaebel, EUA
Workgroup C: TNE as an element of institutional internationalisation
Old Library building, Room AUB4
Chair: Maria Kelo, Senior Officer, Academic Cooperation Association (ACA), Belgium
Mick Fuller, Head of Graduate School, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Ramon A. Wyss, Professor, Nuclear Physics, Vice-President International Affairs, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Secretary General CLUSTER network, Sweden
Rapporteur: Elizabeth Colucci, EUA
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
Old Library building, Room AUB2, Lesesaal
16.00 - 16.45 Session IV: Report and discussion on TNE provision in Europe
Old Library building, Room AUB1
Chair: Andrée Sursock, Senior Adviser, EUA