Doctoral/ Graduate Education in Asia and Europe. EAHEP Workshop 1 Programme

Transcription

1 Doctoral/ Graduate Education in Asia and Europe EAHEP Workshop 1 Programme Dates and venue EAHEP Workshop on Doctoral/ Graduate Education: Asian and EU participants 8-9 December 2008, at the EC Delegation in Beijing EU-China Meeting on Doctoral/ Graduate Education: Chinese and EU participants. 10 December 2008, at the EC Delegation in Beijing The Workshop will take place at the EC Delegation in Beijing, in the San Li Tun district. The accommodation will be coordinated by the organisers of the workshop. Workshop participation is invite-only. Contents and programme for the workshop Plenary and interactive breakout sessions will deal with issues such as: Delivery modes of doctoral programmes; Relation between Masters and Doctorates; Current trends in doctoral education; Enhanced cooperation in doctoral education; Development of good practices with regards to capacity building in doctoral education The results of the workshop will feed into an outcome report, which would comprise the presented case studies, and sets of recommendations on the above mentioned issues. Sunday, 7 December Arrival of participants 1:30-5:00pm: Optional city tour: Back-Street-Beijing Walking Tour in Fuchengmennei area 6:00pm: Pre-meeting for speakers and chairs, Yu Yang Hotel 7:00 pm: Welcome cocktail and dinner at restaurant

2 Monday, 8 December EC Delegation Beijing Session 1: Opening session Representative of EAHEP and/or EUA-CDE: Welcome from the organisers Lesley Wilson Secretary General, EUA Opening keynote Serge Abou, HoD Beijing Session 2: Global Trends in Doctoral Education Plenary/Overview presentation: Doctoral education as a key international challenge Mary Ritter, Imperial College London, UK Tan Eng Chye, National University Singapore Discussion Coffee break Session 3: Plenary: Academic and Societal Demands, and Institutional Responses Jean Chambaz, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France Discussion Lunch Session 4: Breakout sessions I Working group 1 (Careers): Skills and Careers paths Chair: B.P. Sanjay, University of Hyderabad Hasanah Mohd Ghazali, University Putra, Malaysia Ella Ritchie, New Castle University, UK Working group 2 (Structures): Doctoral/Graduate/Research Schools Chair: Roshada Hashim, University Sains Malaysia Chinese speaker (tbc) Thomas Koch, University Bochum, Germany Working group 3 (Collaboration): Collaborative Provision and Joint Degrees

3 Coffee break Chair: Mick Fuller, University of Plymouth Tanu Pinyopummintr, Kasetsart University, Thailand Just Vlak, Wageningen University, Netherlands Session 5: Breakout sessions I (continued) 17:15 Light snacks at venue Evening cultural programme: Chinese Acrobatics Show, Chaoyang Theater (Bus pick up from Yu Yang Hotel at 6:30 pm sharp) Tuesday, 9 December - EC Delegation Beijing Opening speech: Doctoral Education in an evolving higher education landscapecomparative perspectives Futao Huang, Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan 9:15 10:00 Session 6: Outcomes of first day Presentation of outcomes of previous day by chairs/rapporteurs - Discussion Chair: Mary Ritter, Imperial College London Session 7: Breakout sessions II: Parallel Working Groups Short inputs/case studies to open the discussion (10-15 min) Working group 4 (Structures): Access, progression and support for doctoral candidates Chair: Liviu Matei, Central European University Speaker: Helmut Brentel, Frankfurt Graduate School for the Humanities and Social Sciences Working group 5 (Careers): Research careers/ cooperation with external partners/industry Chair: Helena Nazaré, Universidade de Aveiro (tbc) Speaker: D. Acharya, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

4 Working group 6 (Collaboration): Capacity building for doctorate education Chair/speaker: Tore Furevik, University of Bergen Speaker: Pham Thanh Huy, HAST, Vietnam Coffee break Session 8: Parallel Working groups continued 13:00-14:00 Lunch/Photo session Session 9: Panel: Policies and concrete measures Doctoral/Graduate Education Regional and International Aspects Presentation/summary of parallel working group conclusions Panel: Drawing on the presentations of the previous session, participants will develop policy and operational recommendations for governments and universities (at policy, programme and project level) lead by a panel, which will provide input statements Session 4: Closing Remarks Conclusions by EUA-CDE and Asian representatives Farewell from EC Delegation 19:30 Welcome dinner for EU-China bilateral meeting and workshop participants

5 Wednesday, 10 December: EU-China Bi-lateral Meeting Opening: CAEIE and EUA Short report on the workshop outcomes and panel discussion with regards to needs and opportunities for enhanced China-EU cooperation in research and graduate education Coffee break The internationalisation of research, collaboration, and the role of doctoral programmes in institutional policy Selected European and Chinese case studies on how their institutions rethink and develop doctoral education and researcher career issues, including through promoting inter-institutional collaboration. A Chinese doctoral student in Europe will give a student perspective Lunch The overall goals and priorities for China-Europe cooperation in Higher Education and Research Presentations from the China Scholarship Council and European Commission on political priorities in doctoral education, attracting young researchers, and collaboration EU-China Mr, Denis Fourmeau, Counsellor, Science and Technology Section of Delegation Representative of CSC Panel discussion Panel and audience discussion will outline keys areas in cooperation that need improvement and develop potential solutions/good practice Summary, recommendations, closure Matchmaking reception

6 Workshop preparation and follow-up A reader will be put together with reference documents and information on both the theme and Asia-EU HEC, and will be made available prior to the Workshop on the website. A questionnaire will be developed and circulated via the Web community to all participants, inviting them to provide information on doctoral/graduate education in their countries and institutes. The results will be made available in the Workshop working documents, in order to enhance exchange and understanding between participants. Concrete outcomes for this Workshop will be: Workshop summary report incl. case studies, best practices, recommendations for institutions for development of research graduate programmes, for Asia Europe cooperation in graduate education, and for capacity building ; A similar report will be developed for teh EU-China meeting Presentation of results at 2 nd RT in Europe, May/June 2009 (tentatively) ; Follow-up by through stakeholder initiatives, among others through EUA-CDE and at the International Forum on Graduate Education ; Follow up discussion threads on website.