www.wus-austria.org

committed to the promotion of the human right to education on the basis of academic freedom

WUS Austria established in Graz 1983 as a non-profit organisation

Since 1994 regional focus on SEE

Since 1998 in Montenegro

Head Office in Graz

4 Local offices in Belgrade, Podgorica, Prishtina and Sarajevo

8 Focal Points in other SEE countries

Humanitarian Aid

Focus: Higher Education in SEE

Trends and Developments in Higher Education A

WUS Projects Programme ActivitiesandInitiatives

Stakeholders

Bologna Process R&D

Cooperation HE & Economy

Human Resource &

Infrastructural Development

Reconstruction

SMEsSMEs

UniversitiesUniversities Public SectorPublic Sector

Technology - und

Innovation

Research &

Technology- transfer

Regional Development

Education

Internat. Co-operation

WUS Austria’s work focuses on the following fields:

1. Higher Education

2. Linking Higher Education and Economy

3. Architecture and Culture

4. Public and EU Project Management

1. Higher Education

Study Program (Moduls, Bak.,Master, PhD) Development

Curriculum and Course Development

Academic Mobility and Cooperation

eLearning

Quality Assurance and University Management

R&D Support

Counselling and Information Service

2. Linking Higher Education and Economy

Student Case Study Competition Balkan Case Challenge Vienna (BCC)

Serbian Young Professionals in Austria(Zoran Djindjic Internship Programme)

Knowledge Transfer for the Establishment of a Business Start-Up Centres (University of Tuzla and University of Prishtina)

Networking to Successful Companies(Skopje University Business Start-Up Center)

3. Architecture and Culture

Ecological and low-energy building (UN Headquarters Podgorica, Montenegro)

International Film and Theatre Festival(SKOMRAHI 2007-2009)

Higher Education and the Labor Market

Households and

individuals

Universities

Education and

training institutes

Labor Market

Public/privateSector

employersa

Higher Education and the Labor Market

Households and

individuals

Universities

Education and

training institutes

Labor Market

Public/privateSector

employers

Trade & K-Economy

Feedback from labor market signals

Annual Growth Rate of Highly Skilled Employment in Selected Countries, 1981-1996

(in %)

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

Total Employment Professional and Technical

EHighly skilled occupations have grown faster than less skilled

Universities and the private sector have a joint role in improving the workplace relevance of higher education:

Systematic and ongoing tracer studies of graduates and their labor market experiences for feedback on relevance of their training

Identifying and introducing programs in high-demand by the private sector Incorporating soft skills and foreign languages in curricula Strengthening university career counseling for students Industry consultations and review of academic programs with private sector input Providing student attachments to industry within sandwich programs Private sector assignments for faculty as part of professional development Industry lecturer programs

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