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Educationand Training
Public consultation: review of the EUagenda for modernisation of highereducation systems
MAIN MESSAGES
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A wide-ranging public consultation
• An open online questionnaire on the EUROPAwebsite
• A targeted request for "position papers" to DGsand European stakeholders
• Feedback gathered through meetings withMember States and stakeholders (including TWGand DGHE)
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Response to online questionnaire
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Overview of 480Institutional respondents
A higher education orresearch institution (orrepresentative bodythereof)A non-governmentalorganisation
A public administration
A social partnerorganisation
A student union or otherstudent representativeorganisation
An educationalestablishment outsidethe HE sector
Other
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Overview of 1,005Individual respondents
I am a recent graduatefrom higher education(graduated in last fiveyears)I am a student inhigher education
I am an interestedcitizen
I employ recentgraduates
I work in aneducational institution
Other
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Response to online questionnaire
18 316 7 5 6 1 12 2
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4 9 2 523
3 2 8 2 2 8 17 20 2910 5
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2 9 20 16 21
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As a representative of an organisation
As an individual
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Response targeted call for papers
• 30 from government authorities
• 18 from European and national stakeholders
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Key questions in consultation
1. What are the challenges facing HE?
2. What should be the priorities for change?• In teaching and learning
• In (regional) innovation and outreach
• In research and its links
3. What should the EU do to help?
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Main challenges facing HE
• Contextual drivers: globalisation + digitalisation
• Employment, unemployment, mismatch
• Dealing with diverse + new population groups
• Innovation potential of HE under-exploited
• Technology under-exploited within HE
• Challenging funding conditions
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Looking specifically at:
TEACHING AND LEARNING
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Higher education and labour market?
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HEI representative HEI employee Other stakeholders Student or recentgraduate
"There is a good match between the supply of higher educationgraduates and the knowledge and skills the economy needs"
No opinion
Disagree strongly
Disagree to some extent
Agree to some extent
Agree strongly
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Well-informed study choices?
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HEI representative HEI employee Other stakeholders Student or recentgraduate
"Prospective students are supported well to make informed choicesabout what to study"
No opinion
Disagree strongly
Disagree to some extent
Agree to some extent
Agree strongly
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Higher education and digital skills?
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HEI representative HEI employee Other stakeholders Student or recentgraduate
"Higher education courses are effective at helping students todevelop digital skills and digital literacy"
No opinion
Disagree strongly
Disagree to some extent
Agree to some extent
Agree strongly
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Priorities: teaching and learning
• Responding to growing need for highlyqualified people
• Responding to demand for "Transversal" skillsas well as in-depth knowledge
• Responding to need for ICT specialists anddigital literacy for all
• Key tools: Diversity of programmes; betterguidance for students; support for teachers;cooperation across boundaries; mobility; flexibleentry routes and programme types…
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Looking specifically at:
INNOVATION
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Creativity and innovation in HE?
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HEI representative HEI employee Student or recentgraduate
Other stakeholders
"Higher education courses encourage students to be creative andinnovative"
No opinion
Disagree strongly
Disagree to some extent
Agree to some extent
Agree strongly
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HEIs contribution to innovation?
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HEI representative HEI employee Student or recentgraduate
Other stakeholders
"Higher education institutions play a strong role in contributing toinnovation at regional and national level"
No opinion
Disagree strongly
Disagree to some extent
Agree to some extent
Agree strongly
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Priorities: (regional) innovation
• Create environments where students encouragedto be creative and entrepreneurial
• Overcoming challenges to translating thisambition into reality in existing highereducation structures
• Increasing cooperation between highereducation and business and other outsideorganisations
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Looking specifically at:
RESEACH AND ITSINTERACTION WITHTEACHING & INNOVATION
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Supporting researchers?
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HEI representative HEI employee Other stakeholders Student or recentgraduate
"Researchers receive the support that they need from theirinstitutions to reach their potential "
No opinion
Disagree strongly
Disagree to some extent
Agree to some extent
Agree strongly
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Inter-disciplinary research?
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HEI representative HEI employee Student or recentgraduate
Other stakeholders
"The value of inter-disciplinary research isappropriately recognised and rewarded"
No opinion
Disagree strongly
Disagree to some extent
Agree to some extent
Agree strongly
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Priorities: research and links
• Deliver effective doctoral and post-doctoraltraining relevant for careers outside of academia
• Foster inquiring mind-sets more generally –including in schools
• Achieve a better interaction between researchand teaching on the ground and in theframeworks that govern these two areas of HEactivity
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EU added value
Broad support + some specific suggestions for:
• More / better development + sharing ofcomparable information and evidence
• Cooperation and peer exchange betweengovernments
• Support for cooperation between HEIs,employers and others
• Additional mobility of students, staff andresearchers
• Better academic recognition21
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Questions for discussion today
• What are the specific topics where you see thegreatest potential added value from furtherEuropean cooperation and activities?
• What specific kinds of activity do you believewould be valuable at European level to supportachievement of objectives in these areas?
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