Bologna Conference – The Social Dimension

Stocktaking and Future Perspectives of Student Affairs and Services

July 11-13, 2011

Berlin, Germany

Monday, July 11, 2011

9:00-14:00 Conference Registration

 

11:00-12:30

PLENARY - Welcome and Keynotes

Chair: Achim Meyer auf der Heyde, Secretary General, Deutsches Studentenwerk

Prof. Dr. Liesel Hermes, Board Member, Deutsches Studentenwerk and Rector, University of Education, Karlsruhe

Ullrich Schüller, Director General Science System, Federal Ministry for Education and Research

Lene Oftedal, Policy Officer, Higher Education and Erasmus Unit, Directorate General for Education and Culture, European Commission

Norberto Tonini, President, European Council for Student Affairs

 

14:00-16:00

PANEL 1 - Shaping the Social Dimension – Expectations, needs, and requirements for competitive higher education?

Chair: Bernd Wächter, Executive Director, Academic Cooperation Association

Dr. Ralf Drachenberg, Policy Officer, Higher Education Policy Unit, European University Association

Presentation Dr. Drachenberg

Dr. Birger Hendriks, Bologna Representative, Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany

Allan Päll, Chairman, European Students Union

Prof. Rafael Bonete Perales, Co-Chairman, BFUG Working Group on the Social Dimension

Presentation Prof. Bonete Perales

Gerd Köhler, Former member of the executive board of the German Education Union (GEW) and of the board of trustees of the DSW

 

16:30-17:30

PANEL 2 - Stocktaking of student affairs and services - Analysis of the social and economic situation of students in Europe

Chair: Prof. Rafael Bonete Perales, Co-Chairman, BFUG Working Group on the Social Dimension

 

The social and economic situation of students in Europe: current trends from EUROSTUDENT IV data

Dr. Dominic Orr, EUROSTUDENT Project, Hannover

Presentation Dr. Orr

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

9:00-10:00 CASE STUDIES – Stocktaking of Student Affairs and Services in Europe – Session I

 

Conference participants choose from parallel concurrent sessions:

 

Italy Belgium (Presentation) Azerbaijan (Presentation) Estonia (Presentation)
Stefano Ferrarese,

ANDISU representative and

Director of ESU Padova

Marijke Seresia, Flemish Higher Education Council, Antwerp

 

Turgut Mustafayev, Dean of Student Affairs, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy Laura Kirss, Program Director Higher Education Policy, Praxis Center for Policy Studies

 

 

10:15-11:15 CASE STUDIES – Stocktaking of Student Affairs and Services in Europe – Session II

 

Poland Turkey

(Presentation)

(Memorandum)
 

Switzerland (Presentation) Slovenia

(Presentation)

France (Presentation)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Trzcieliński, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs, Technical University of Poznań Yasemin Yağci, International Centre for Higher Education Research, Kassel Dr. François Grandjean, State Secretariat for Education and Research, Bern Danijel Vuk, Vice Rector for Student Affairs, University of Maribor

Nina Pivec, Vice-Dean for Student Affairs, University of Maribor

Petra Weingerl, Secretary General, Student Council

Robert Presker, Programme coordinator, Student Council

Christian Chazal, Director, CROUS Strasbourg

 

 

 

11:30-12:30 CASE STUDIES – Stocktaking of Student Affairs and Services in Europe – Session III

 

Norway (Presentation) Spain

(Presentation1 - 1, 2, 3)

(Presentation2)

Ireland (Presentation) Latvia (Presentation)

Memorandum
 

Russia (Presentation)
Per Bjørn Brandsæter,

Director, Studentsamskipnade (Student Welfare Organisation), Oppland

Pablo Gutiérrez, Director, Colegios Mayores, León

Dr. Luis J. Rodríguez Muñiz, Vice-Chancellor for Students and Employment, University of Oviedo

Brian Gormley, Chairperson, Confederation of Student Services in Ireland (CSSI), Dublin Mārtiņš Līdaks, Chairman,

Students’ Union, University of Latvia, Riga

Nadezda Nemchinova,

Head of the Department for International Relations, Nizhnevartovsk State University of Humanities

 

12:30- 13:30 LUNCH

 

13:30-15:30

PANEL 3 - Measuring the Effect and Impact of Student Affairs and Services

 

Chair: Prof. Dr. Christoph Ehmann, Campus Europae, European University Foundation, Luxemburg

 

The Bachelor Generation: Survey of Students’ Needs and Expectations and Consequences for Modern Student Services

Tino Bargel, Studierendensurvey, University of Constance

 

Measuring the value and impact of student services

Dr. Andrew West, Chair, AMOSSHE, United Kingdom

Presentation Dr. West

 

Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE)

Dr. Hamish Coates, Australian Council for Educational Research, Melbourne, Australia

Presentation Dr. Coates (Part 1) + (Part 2)

 

15:30- 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

 

16:00-18:00

PANEL 4 - The Strategic Role of Student Affairs and Services – Different Models of Supporting Students across the Globe

Chair: Prof. Dr. Liesel Hermes, Rector, University of Education, Karlsruhe

 

EASTERN EUROPE: Prof. Dr. Stefan Trzcieliński, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs, University of Poznań, Poland

Presentation Eastern Europe

 

WESTERN EUROPE: Jean-Paul Roumegas, Secretary General, European Council for Student Affairs and Director of International Relations, CNOUS, France

 

EAST ASIA: Prof. SHŌJI Kōkichi, General Director, National Federation of University Co-operative Associations (NFUCA), Tokyo

Presentation East Asia


 

SOUTHEAST ASIA: Dr. TAN Teck Koon, Associate Professor, Dean of Students, Office of Student Affairs, National University of Singapore

Presentation Southeast Asia


 

NORTH AMERICA: Dr. Robert Shea, Assistant Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Presentation North America


 

19:30- 22:00 Boat Tour on the river Spree

 

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

9:00-10:30

INTERNATIONAL REFLEXIONS – Global Perspectives on Student Affairs and Services in Europe

 

Chair: Achim Meyer auf der Heyde, Secretary General DSW (Germany)

 

Chris Hepperlin, President, Asia-Pacific Student Services Association and Director of Student Support Services, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (Australia)

Prof. SHŌJI Kōkichi, President, NFUCA (Japan)

Dennis R. Black, NASPA representative, Vice-President for Student Affairs, University at Buffalo, New York, (USA)

Prof. OUYANG Kang, President, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan (China)

Presentation Prof. Ouyang

Prof. Dr. Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs, Thammasat University, (Thailand)

Presentation Prof. Dr. Thaewanarumitkul
 

Brian Sullivan, Vice President Students Affairs, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, (Canada)

Presentation Mr. Sullivan
 

 

 

 

11:00-12:30

CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS

 

Achim Meyer auf der Heyde, Secretary General, DSW (Germany)

Norberto Tonini, ECStA President (Italy)

Ligia Deca, Head of the Bologna Follow-Up Group Secretariat (Romania)

 

 

 

 
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