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BeyondScale Conference 2022

5-6 April 2022 in Vienna

 

Where:

TU Wien, TUtheSky, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria

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Main topics

  • HEInnovate & Forward Looking Cooperation Projects: Mission & Objectives
  • Labour market relevance of higher education – how do HEIs anticipate novel jobs and skill needs, create study programmes that are relevant to these labour market needs, and rethink how to communicate with learners about future careers and with employers about graduate skills
  • Current needs and challenges to become innovative, more entrepreneurial from HEI’s view and also ministry perspective and national perspective
  • BeyondScale: Project objectives and the journey we made
  • How to manage the transformation of HEIs – is it up to the autonomy of the institutions or is it up to the guidance through the government?

5 April (Tuesday)

Moderation: Emer Ní Bhrádaigh, Dublin City University

09:00 – 09:15: Welcome

    • Brigitte Ecker, WPZ Research, BeyondScale
    • Maria Keplinger, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research

09:15 – 10:00: Current needs and challenges to become innovative, more entrepreneurial from HEI’s view and ministry perspective/national perspective, which dimensions matter? – moderated discussion among Erasmus+ Forward Looking Cooperation project coordinators

Moderation: Ruadhri Neavyn, Higher Education Authority

    • Alessio Cavicchi, University of Pisa, RE-ACT
    • Bárbara Gabriel, University of Aveiro, THEI2.0
    • John Edwards, EURASHE,  UASiMAP

10:00 – 10:30: Keynotes: How to create an entrepreneurial mindset

    • Johannes Fröhlich, TU Wien
    • Breda O’Dwyer, Munster Technological University

10:45 – 11:30: HEInnovate & Forward Looking Cooperation Projects: Mission & Objectives

    • Monika Weymann, European Commission
    • Raffaele Trapasso, OECD
    • Rebecca Allinson, Technopolis

11:30 – 12:15: BeyondScale: Project objectives and the journey we made

    • Brigitte Ecker, WPZ Research
    • Nini Popkhadze, WPZ Research/EUA and Donnchadh Kindlon, Dublin City University: Value Proposition Workshop Format
    • Susanna Boldrino, FH Campus Wien: Inbound activities within BeyondScale
    • Helen McGuirk, Munster Technological University, Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence: Outbound activities within BeyondScale

12:15 – 13:00: Accompanying research – lessons learned, how to increase the success of change management at HEIs

    • Andrea Kottmann and Ben Jongbloed, University of Twente, Center for Studies of Higher Education Policy

14:30 – 15:00: Keynote: Keeping an eye and track of labour market developments and skills demand: What can HEIs learn from private sector approaches to collect and use skills data

    • Vanessa Tierney und Fiona Whelan, abodoo.com, “Skills data mapping and matching for the new world of work”

15:00 – 16:00: Policy Session: Missions, visions and objectives, how to avoid a strategic overload, what are future HEIs reaching for – moderated discussion

    • Andrea Hofer, OECD 
    • Thomas Estermann, EUA 

Policy round table

    • Heribert Wulz, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
    • Ruadhri Neavyn, Higher Education Authority Ireland
    • Ivana Radonova, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science 
    • Dusa Marjetic, Slovenian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
    • António Bob Santos,  Directorate General of Higher Education 

16:00 – 16:30: Key Takeaways

    • Student’s view – Laure Van Der Sanden and Bart Koppelmans, TU/e innovation Space
    • Reflection by Emer Ní Bhrádaigh

6 April (Wednesday)

Moderation: Sara Matt, University of Innsbruck

09:15 – 10:00: Peer learning by Digi Buddy and Teacher Network – moderated discussion

    • Peter Joore, NHL University of Applied Sciences 
    • Nini Popkhadze WPZ Research/EUA, Panourgias Papaioannou, WPZ Research 

Moderation: Roberto Henriques, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

    • Daniel Pavlov, University of Ruse
    • Ana Teresa Ferreira Oliveira, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
    • Andrea Kottmann/Ben Jongbloed, University of Twente, CHEPS

10:00 – 11:30: Getting ready for the green transition: curricula update, students’ involvement in inter-/transdisciplinary research projects, and innovating teaching and learning in higher education – inspiration & moderated discussion

Introduction: Elisabeth Doppler, BMBWF

    • Impulse: Judith Zimmermann, ETH Zürich – Student Project House

Moderation: Kurt Matyas, TU Wien

    • David DeVallance, University of Primorska – on students’ involvement in inter-/transdisciplinary research projects
    • Walter Jansen, Maastricht University Institute for Education Innovation, EDLAB – on innovating teaching and learning in HE
    • Jakob Stolt, Copenhagen Solutions Lab, City of Copenhagen – on HEIs and smart city needs 

11:30 – 11:45: Key takeaways

    • Student’s view – Laure Van Der Sanden and Bart Koppelmans, TU/e innovation Space
    • Reflection by Sara Matt

 11:45 – 12:00: Closin