Bologna and the administration

Bert Verveld

University of Groningen

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University of Groningen

24.000 students, marketshare 11%4500 first-year students6000 employees260 fte full-professors300 doctoral thesis/year60 bachelor programmes, 110 master's programmes, 10 faculties, 15 research schools500 mln euro expenditure (55% staff)

University of Groningen

departments / chairs

office of the university IT-centre

education support centre university library

facilities company

facultyboard

facultysecretariat technical staff

administration library

director education director research

facultyboard facultyboard etc

University Board(president)

(rector)(member)

board of trustees

Office of the University

• Policy advisor

• Concern administration (financial, people, students, buildings, etc)

• Service centres

bologna

• Educational reform

• Content an structure

• Goals: – flexibility, – mobility, – recognition,– accountability

Bachelor-Master structure at universities

Standard

2 cycle system

human., economy,

social sciences

natural sciences

Bachelor

Master

180 ECTS 180 ECTS

60 ECTS120 ECTS

180 ECTS

180 ECTS

medical studies

Master programmes

Exceptions

1½ year - European master programmes

2 year programmes: • training as teacher• training as researcher (joint masters)

Bachelor - Master structure

Master: 60, 120, 180 ECTS

Bachelor: 180 ECTS

Focus on research

Focus on profession

Focus on student

Academic learning

Active learning environment

Bachelor, contents

180 ECTS

- major - field of study- academic training- e.g. specialisation

30 ECTS

free minor150 ECTS

academic training

- knowledge- academic training

Year 3

Year 2

Year 1

Who does what?

• National legislation: ministry/parliament

• Educational design: faculty

• University regulations: university board

• Administrative procedures: the administration

Bologna = modernization

• Bologna modernizes curricula to a European standard

• Modernizing curricula requires adjustment of standing procedures and regulations and modernizing services and facilities

• From a “dutch university point of view”

Topics for the administration

• Academic affairs– Strategic positioning– Quality asssurance

• International affairs• Education logistics• Regulations• Governance

• Marketing/branding• Guidance • Financing and

budgetting• HRM• Facilities• Language

What does the U-board

• Which studies Ba and Ma

• Length of study-programmes Ba and Ma (within the law)

• Entry and admission regulations

• Fees for non EU students

• Language of tuition

• Quality assurance

Education policy

1. More flexibilty for the student

2. Design of study

3. Quality assurance

4. Masterphase is the strategic battleground for the European universities

5. Internationalization

1. More uniform structure for courses

2. Accreditation3. Peer review and follow

up incl. internal quality system

4. U-board makes strategic choices (specialization, research)

5. Cooperation

requirements

• University study result registration system• University course and room planning system• University education course catalogue• Future: integrated education information

system• Electronic integrated learning environment for

students and teachers• Uniform or differentiated tariff structure for

courses

Education information system

• Courses• Schedule• Rooms• Teachers• Study planning module• Electronic subscription for exams • Study/exam results

courseteacher classroo

m

examsresults

subscription

EIS

Entry levelCreditsetc

Availabilitylanguage

SizeAvailabilityfacilities

Authenticationauthorisation

student

administration check

Education facilities

• Classrooms: Bachelor bigger lecture rooms, Master smaller lecture rooms

• Study places at the university library (1 place for 10 students)

• E-mail accounts, electronic library acces, discussion groups, etcetc for all students and teachers

Electronic learning environment

• THE workplace for student and teacher• Course content• Projects• Communication between teachers and

students• Authorisation and authentication procedures

through student/personal numbers• NESTOR (Blackboard)

Education support service

• Maintains the electronic learning environment and other education oriented electronic systems

• Supports quality assurance activities in faculties

• Teacher training

IT ESS

library faculty

ELO

centre

student

teacher

Techn.maintananceData storage

developmentsupport

Materialsperiodicalsbooks

Course contentinformation

communication

helpdesk

• AND: strategic planning committee(s) & staff: – content becomes strategy,– subject becomes position, – quality is essential

The student!

• Recruiting the student (inter)national

• Studentguidance (study advise, psychosocial support, judicial support)

• Studenthousing?

• Financial support (grants) for the talented students

• Scouting!

Financing and budgetting

1. Budget directly related to student on a month basis

2. Budget allocation 3. Decreasing

government funds4. Recruiting

1. Flexible enrollment and budget system

2. Differentiation between Ba and MA

3. Need for additional sources of income: o.a. tuition fees

4. Grants

Communication & marketing

1. National and international competition for (the best) students and PhD’s

2. International branding

3. Institutional strategic positioning

4. Communication tools

1. Increase in staff and funds for international marketing

2. Masterprogrammes are critical for succes

3. U-board decides on critical issues

4. Web gets dominant

Facilities give competitive advantage

• Library: from book to screen

• Informationtechnology: integrated environment & wireless campus

• WEB WEB WEB

• Housing conditions

• The city!

conclusions

• Strategy`: U-board more dominant

• Masterphase is crucial

• Administration must be flexible and integrated (€, people, students)

• IT full environment and wireless

• Web is crucial as communication tool