EUA Spring Conference in Barcelona
Event dates: 27/03/08 to 28/04/08
Location: Barcelona, Spain
EUA held its Spring Conference at the University of Barcelona, Spain from the 27-29 March 2008.
The Barcelona Conference – entitled the Governance of European Universities Post 2010 (II): Enhancing Institutional Mission and Profiles - continued the debate from the EUA conference in Wroclaw on the crucial issue of institutional and system governance in Europe. During the meeting, participants examined the policies and strategies being pursued by higher education institutions and European, regional or national authorities to improve the effectiveness of increasingly diverse higher education institutions and systems.
This is becoming more and more important across Europe, as universities look to respond to changing societal demands and rising global competition in higher education. The challenge for universities is to define their specific institutional profiles and place in the system by ensuring complementarity and critical mass, thus also contributing to the improvement of social cohesion and the efficiency of the system as a whole.
Published on: Tuesday, 10 April 2007 14:13