León (Spain), June 2010 Curriculum Vitae: Maria-Jose Vieira Personal details First Name: Maria-Jose Family Name: Vieira Nationality: Spanish Current Position: Associate Professor in Educational Sciences (Universidad de León, Spain) Address and affiliation Universidad de León Faculty of Education Department of Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy Campus de Vegazana, s/n 24071, León (SPAIN) Tel.: (+34) 987 293157 Fax: (+34) 987 291135 Email: maria.vieira@unileon.es Maria-Jose Vieira is associate professor of Educational Sciences at the University of León (Spain) and Vice-Dean of Student Affairs and Mobility at the Faculty of Education. She teaches Professional and Academic Guidance at graduate level and Educational Research Methodology at doctorate level. Her research is focused on Higher Education (graduates competences and curricular reforms -in relation to employability and lifelong learning- and, more recently, on university-enterprise partnerships). She is author of several publications on these subjects. She is member of the EAIR (the European Higher Education Society). She has worked as adviser for higher education matters for the European Commission. Member of the Cluster for the Modernisation agenda of European universities, DG Education and Culture. From 2007 to 2010, she has collaborated with the DG of Higher Education in the Spanish Central Government in the Bologna Reforms, and has been member of the Spanish National Team of Bologna Experts. ACADEMIC DEGREES Graduate in Education. University of León (Spain). 1999.
Doctor in Psychology and Educational Sciences. University of León (Spain). 2004. Her dissertation focused on the Planning and implementation of student support and guidance systems at higher education institutions (Best doctoral dissertation award from University of León). LANGUAGES Fluent in Spanish and English RECENT PROJECTS Good Practices in University-Enterprise Partnerships (GOODUEP). Project supported by UE, Lifelong Learning Programme, European Commission 2007-2009. Project leader: Prof. José-Ginés Mora, Centre for the Study of Higher Education Management, Technological University of Valencia (Spain). The impact of third mission activities on the socioeconomic development of Gipuzkoa. Project supported by the Department of Innovation and Knowledge Society of the Regional Government of Gipuzkoa (Basque country, Spain). From January to November 2009. The relevance of graduate studies for curricula design and development. Project supported by the Spanish Directorate-General for Universities, Ministry of Education and Science. From May 2007 to June 2009. Project leader: María-José Vieira, University of León (Spain). PROFLEX. The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society. ALFA Project supported by the UE. Member of the Spanish team. 2007-09. Project leader: Prof. José-Ginés Mora, Centre for the Study of Higher Education Management, Technological University of Valencia (Spain). EUEREK, European Universities for Entrepreneurship - their Role in the Europe of Knowledge, Project supported by the VI Framework Programme of the EU, 2004-2007. Member of the Spanish team. Project leader. Prof. Michael Shattock, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. Spanish coordinator: Prof. José-Ginés Mora, Centre for the Study of Higher Education Management, Technological University of Valencia (Spain). REFLEX, The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society. New Demands on Higher, Project supported by the VI Framework Programme of the EU, 2004-2007. Member of the Spanish team. Project leader. Dr. Rolf van der Velden, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market, Maastricht University. Spanish coordinator: Prof. José-Ginés Mora, Centre for the Study of Higher Education Management, Technological University of Valencia (Spain). European Higher Education Curriculum Reforms, Project supported by European Commission (DG Education and Culture) and directed by CHEPS (Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente). 2006. Spanish National correspondent. 2
RECENT PUBLICATIONS Fenoll, C., Vizcarro, C, & Vieira, M.J. (2010). The Bologna process in Spain as seen by university leaders, teachers and students: perceptions and issues. EUA Bologna Handbook. Available at http://www.bologna-handbook.com Detmer, Mora J. G y Vieira, M. J. (2009). Buenas prácticas en la vinculación universidad-empresa. Informe CYD 2008 (215-219). Barcelona: Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo[Good practices in university-enterprise partnerhisps]. Rodríguez Esteban, A. y Vieira, M. J. (2009). La formación en competencias en la Universidad: un estudio empírico sobre su tipología [Typologies of acquired competences at Higher Education Institutions: an empirical study]. Revista de Investigación Educativa, 27 (1), 27-47. Mora, J. G. & Vieira, M. J. (2008). Governance, organisational change and entrepreneurialism: is there a connection? In M. Shattock (ed.), Entrepreneurialism in Universities and the Knowledge Economy (74-99). Open University Press-McGraw-Hill Vieira, M. J. (2008). Criterios para la evaluación del sistema de apoyo y orientación al estudiante universitario: revisión y propuesta [Guidelines for the evaluation of the Higher Education student support and guidance system: review and proposal]. Revista de Educación, 345, 399-423. Vieira, M. J. (2007). Influencia comparada del perfil de los estudiantes en la planificación de la orientación universitaria [The influence of the student profile on the student support and guidance provision at higher education institutions]. Revista Española de Pedagogía, nº 236. Vieira, M. J., Vidal, J. y Barrio, S. (2007). Una herramienta de evaluación para comparar la experiencia académica de los estudiantes universitarios [An assessment tool to compare the academic experience of university students]. Revista de Investigación Educativa, 25 (2), 327-350. Vieira, M. J. y Vidal, J. (2006). Tendencias de la Educación Superior Europea e implicaciones para la orientación universitaria [Trends at European Higher Education and Implications for University Guidance], Revista de Orientación Educativa y Psicopedagógica, 17(1), 79-97. Vieira, M. J. y Vidal, J. (2005). La consideración del sistema de orientación a estudiantes universitarios en la evaluación institucional española [The importance of the student support and guidance at institutional evaluation in Spain]. Revista de Investigación Educativa, 23(2), 547-571. 3
Vidal, J. y Vieira, M. J. (2005). Perspectiva europea de la evaluación y la acreditación [European view of evaluation and accreditation processes]. En CNEES, Lanzamiento de un proyecto universitario latinoamericano (pp. 71-86). México: Centro Nacional de Evaluación para la Educación Superior. Mora, J. G. y Vieira, M. J. (2005). Los procesos de acreditación en el desarrollo de las universidades: visión europea comparada [Accreditation processes at higher education institutions: European comparison]. En CINDA, Los procesos de acreditación en el desarrollo de las universidades (pp. 119-133). Santiago de Chile: CINDA. Vieira, M. J., Junquera, S. y Vidal, J. (2004). Los servicios a estudiantes en la Universidad como criterio de calidad [Student services as criteria of quality at higher education institutions]. Bordón, 56(2), 329-343. Vidal, J., Díez, G., & Vieira, M. J. (2003). Guidance services in Spanish universities. Tertiary Education and Management, 9(4), 267-280. Vieira, M. J. (2003). Assessment Practice in Student Affairs. Revista Electrónica de Investigación y Evaluación Educativa, 9(1), disponible en www.uv.es/relieve/v9n1/indicev9n1.htm Vidal, J., Díez, G., y Vieira, M. J. (2002). La oferta de los servicios de orientación en las universidades españolas [Student services at Spanish universities: description and main trends]. Revista de Investigación Educativa, 20 (2), 431-448. Vidal, J., López, R., Pérez, C., y Vieira, M. J. (2001). Graduados y Empleo en la Universidad de León [Graduates and employment at the University of León]. León: Universidad de León. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS Temple, P., Mora J. G, & Vieira, M. J. (2009). Managing universityenterprise interactions in Europe. Paper presented at the 31 st Annual EAIR Forum, Vilnius (Lithuania), 23-26 August 2009. Detmer, A, Mora, J.G., Ochoa, C., Iriarte, M., Grao, J. & Vieira, M.J. (2009). University-Business Partnerships: Some Examples Of Good Practices. Paper presented at the International Conference on Community Engagement and Service: The Third Mission of Universities. PASCAL International Observatory and the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training, University of British Columbia. May 18-20, 2009, Vancouver (Canada). Vieira, M. J., & Esteban, A. (2008). Typologies of acquired competences at Higher Education Institutions. Paper presented at the ECER 2008 Conference, Göteborg (Sweden), 10-12 September 2008. Mora J. G, Vieira, M. J., Shattock, M. & Temple, P. The entrepreneurial university (2007). Paper presented at the 29 th Annual EAIR Forum, Innsbruck (Austria), 26-29 August 2007. 4
Vieira, M. J., Vidal, J & Barrio, S. (2006). An assessment tool to compare the student experience at international higher education. Paper presented at the 28th Annual EAIR Forum, Rome (Italy), 30 August - 1st September 2006. Vieira, M. J., Apple, E. J. & Vidal, J. (2004). Exploring student engagement measures to enhance and assess institutional quality in Spain. Paper presented at the 26th Annual EAIR Forum, Barcelona (Spain), 5-8 September 2004. Vieira, M. J., Vidal, J. & Junquera, S. (2003). Student Affairs as Criteria of Quality at Spanish Higher Education: an Internal Perspective. Paper presented at the ECER 2003 Conference, Hamburg (Germany), 17-20 September 2003. Vidal, J., Callejo, L., Junquera, S., Pérez, C.& Vieira, M. J. (2003). Student Affairs as Criteria of Quality at International Higher Education. Paper presented at the 25th Annual EAIR Forum, Limerick (Ireland), 24-27 August 2003. Vieira, M. J., Vidal, J. & Díez, G. (2002). Psychological Counselling Services in Higher Education: the Spanish and the British systems. Paper presented at the ECER 2002 Conference, Lisbon (Portugal), 11-14 September 2002 Vidal, J., Díez, G. & Vieira, M. J. (2002). Guidance services in Spanish universities: Present trends and innovations. Paper presented at the 24th Annual EAIR Forum, Prague (Czech Republic), 8-11 September 2002. VISITED HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTERS Visiting Research Associate at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), University of Twente (The Netherlands), 2008 (four months). Visiting Scholar at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education Management, Technical University of Valencia, SPAIN, 2005 (three months). Visiting Scholar at the Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy (CEPP), Brunel University, Uxbridge and the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI), Open University, London (ENGLAND), 2002 (two months). 5