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Peter Baur

23 September 2009

RRééunion

uniondu

du groupe

groupeEurope

Europe --Universit

Universitééss

fran

franççaises

aises

University

University-- Business Dialogue

Business Dialogue

Peter

Peter Baur

Baur

23 September 2009

23 September 2009

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Plan

Bac

kgro

und a

nd c

onte

xt

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s Foru

m(s

)

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s C

om

munic

atio

n

In the

pip

elin

e

Concl

usi

on

Ques

tions

and (

per

hap

s) a

nsw

ers;

com

men

tsan

d y

our

idea

s

University–Business Cooperation

2

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Plan

Back

ground and context

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s Foru

m(s

)

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s C

om

munic

atio

n

In the

pip

elin

e

Concl

usi

on

Ques

tions

and (

per

hap

s) a

nsw

ers ;

com

men

tsan

d y

our

idea

s


3

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Moder

nis

atio

n a

gen

da

for

Univ

ersi

ties

(C

om

mis

sion C

om

munic

atio

n 2

006)

1.

Break down the barriers around universities in Europe

2.

Ensu

re r

eal au

tonom

y a

nd a

ccounta

bility f

or

univ

ersi

ties

3.

Provide incentives for structured partnerships with the business

community

4.

Provide the right mix of skills and competencies for the labour

market

5.

Red

uce

the

fundin

g g

ap a

nd m

ake

fundin

g w

ork

more

eff

ectivel

y in

Educa

tion a

nd R

esea

rch

6.

Enhance

Interdisciplinarity

and Transdisciplinarity

7.

Activate

Knowledgethrough interaction withsociety

8.

Rew

ard e

xce

llen

ce a

t th

e hig

hes

t le

vel

9.

Mak

e th

e E

uro

pea

n H

igher

Educa

tion A

rea

and the

Euro

pea

n R

esea

rch

Are

a m

ore

vis

ible

and a

ttra

ctiv

e in

the

worl

d.


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Moder

nis

atio

n a

gen

da

for

Univ

ersi

ties

(C

ounci

l R

esolu

tion

2007)

invited the Commission to support the Mem

ber States with

regard to the modernisation agenda, including through

encouraging partnerships between universities and

industry/private sector.


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Bolo

gna

Pro

cess

(Min

iste

rialM

eeting in L

euven

and

Louvain

-la-N

euve, 28-2

9 A

pril 2009)

•«all studentsand staff of highereducation

institutions shouldbeequippedto respondto the

changingdemandsof the fastevolvingsociety»

•«HE shouldequipstudentswiththe advanced

knowledge, skillsand competencestheyneed

throughouttheirprofessionallife»

•«…

eachcountry to increasemobility…

In 2020, at

least 20% of thosegraduatingin the European Higher

Education Area shouldhave hada studyor training

periodabroad»


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC


Teachin

g

Academ

ic

Socie

tal

Researc

h

Agendas/

expecta

tions

of H

E

Wid

enin

g

partic

ipation/a

ccess

Secto

rSkills

Em

plo

yability

LLL

Gra

duate

sand p

ost

gra

duate

s

Hig

h e

ducation

targ

ets

Learn

ing p

rogra

mm

es

Inte

llectu

alcapital

Econom

icgro

wth

Com

petitiveness

Know

ledge

Tra

nsfe

r

Innovation

Academ

icre

searc

h

Inte

rnational re

searc

h

base

New

know

ledge

World C

lass K

now

ledge

Base

Dr. M

. W

edgw

ood, M

ancheste

r

Metropolit

an

Univ

ers

ity

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC


Teachin

g

Academ

ic

Socie

tal

Researc

h

Agendas/

expecta

tions

of H

E

Wid

enin

g

partic

ipation/a

ccess

Secto

rSkills

Employability

LLL

Gra

duate

sand p

ost

gra

duate

s

Hig

h e

ducation

targ

ets

Learn

ing p

rogra

mm

es

Inte

llectu

alcapital

Econom

icgro

wth

Com

petitiveness

Know

ledge

Tra

nsfe

r

Innovation

Academ

icre

searc

h

Inte

rnational re

searc

h

base

New

know

ledge

World C

lass K

now

ledge

Base

Dr. M

. W

edgw

ood, M

ancheste

r

Metropolit

an

Univ

ers

ity

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Employability

Research by the CBI (E

mployer organisation, UK)

shows that alm

ost a third of em

ployers (30%) have

problems with graduates’generic employability skills

such as team work

ing, communication and problem

solving. Employers are also disappointed with

graduates’attitudes to work

(25%), self-managem

ent

(33%), business awareness (44%) and knowledge of

foreign languages (49%).


9

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC


10

Innovation

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Plan

Bac

kgro

und a

nd c

onte

xt

University-Business Forum(s)

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s C

om

munic

atio

n

In the

pip

elin

e

Concl

usi

on

Ques

tions

and (

per

hap

s) a

nsw

ers ;

com

men

tsan

d y

our

idea

s


11

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

New Partnership

betw

eenHE and Business:

Univ

ers

ity-B

usin

ess Foru

m

•pro

vid

ea

pla

tform

for

a

structu

red

dia

logue

betw

een

the s

takehold

ers

•allo

wfo

r exchange,

dis

cussio

n,

sharing of

good

pra

ctice a

nd m

utu

alle

arn

ing


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Univ

ers

ity

–Busin

ess Foru

m (2

8-2

9 F

ebru

ary

2008)

Them

atic

Foru

m «

Continuin

gEducation a

nd L

ifelo

ng

Learn

ing

»-

30 J

une

2008, Bru

ssels

Them

atic

Foru

m

«C

urr

iculu

m

Develo

pm

ent

and

Entrepre

neurs

hip

»-

30-3

1 O

cto

ber2008, Tenerife

Them

atic

Foru

m «

Know

ledge

Tra

nsfe

r; In

telle

ctu

al

Pro

perty

Rig

hts

»-

7 N

ovem

ber2008, Bru

ssels

Univ

ers

ity

–Busin

ess Foru

m (5

-6 F

ebru

ary

2009)


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Recurr

ent m

essage

It is

not

about “If”

univ

ers

itie

s and busin

ess should

coopera

te; it is the “How”

that m

atters


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Plan

Bac

kgro

und a

nd c

onte

xt

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s Foru

m(s

)

University-Business Communication

In the

pip

elin

e

Concl

usi

on

Ques

tions

and (

per

hap

s) a

nsw

ers; c

om

men

tsan

d y

our

idea

s


15

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Communication of the Commission

A

new

partners

hip

for

the

modern

isation

of

univ

ers

itie

s:

the

EU

Foru

m

for

Univ

ers

ity-B

usin

ess

Dia

logue (C

om

(2009) 158 fin

al; 2

April 2009)

Govern

ance

Curr

iculu

m D

evelo

pm

ent

Entrepre

neurs

hip

Mobili

ty

Know

ledge

Tra

nsfe

r

Lifelo

ng

Learn

ing


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Governance

Importance

of

appro

priate

govern

ance

models

at

national,

regio

nal

and

institu

tional

level

is

a

core

conditio

n for

the d

evelo

pm

ent of effective c

oopera

tion

betw

een hig

her

education and busin

ess.

Without

an

appro

priate

govern

ance m

odel, th

e coopera

tion w

ill

not w

ork

.


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Curriculum Development

Involv

em

ent

of

Busin

ess in

curr

iculu

m develo

pm

ent

will e

nsure

clo

ser

linkage t

o t

he n

eeds o

f th

e l

abour

mark

et. It w

ill h

elp

to e

nsure

that

gra

duate

s h

ave t

he

know

ledge,

skills and com

pete

nces th

ey need to

be

successfu

l on t

he l

abour

mark

et. S

tudent

learn

ing is

enriched a

nd p

repare

s them

for

futu

re e

mplo

ym

ent as

they gain

exposure

to

liv

e pro

ble

ms and solu

tions

thro

ugh the c

urr

iculu

m a

nd p

lacem

ents

.


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Entrepreneurship

Pro

fessors

, re

searc

hers

and stu

dents

have a poorly

develo

ped

entrepre

neurial

min

dset

in

Euro

pe

that

results

in

few

spin

outs

and

new

busin

esses.

The

challe

nge fo

r hig

her

education is

to

pro

vid

e le

arn

ing

environm

ents

th

at

stim

ula

te in

dependence,

cre

ativity

and

an

entrepre

neurial

appro

ach

to

harn

essin

g

know

ledge.

Univ

ers

itie

s

have

to

get

more

entrepre

neurial


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Mobility

Mobili

ty b

etw

een t

he t

wo w

orlds s

hould

get

a n

orm

al

featu

re.

We

should

see

many

more

H

E

stu

dents

undertakin

g inte

rnship

s in c

om

panie

s, w

ork

ing o

n r

eal

pro

ble

ms of

com

panie

s and w

ork

ing in

coopera

tion

with c

om

panie

s o

n c

om

mon p

roje

cts

. W

e s

hould

als

o

see m

any m

ore

re

searc

hers

and pro

fessors

"o

n th

e

move"

–and o

n t

he o

ther

sid

e c

om

pany s

taff s

hould

get

more

fre

quently i

nvolv

ed i

n t

he d

eliv

ery

of

stu

dy

pro

gra

mm

es.


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

KnowledgeTransfer

A

partic

ula

r im

portant

aspect

in

hig

her

education

concern

s t

he a

rea o

f know

ledge t

ransfe

r. B

etter

and

more

in

tense coopera

tion is

beneficia

l fo

r Academ

ia

and B

usin

ess.

It is

m

utu

ally

re

info

rcin

g and m

oves

know

ledge f

orw

ard

in b

oth

the ‘busin

ess’conte

xt

and

the

academ

ic

conte

xt.

A

cru

cia

l stim

ulu

s

for

innovation.


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

LifelongLearning

Coopera

tion

with com

panie

s can contrib

ute

to

th

e

develo

pm

ent

of

HEIs

as acto

rs of

lifelo

ng le

arn

ing.

Com

panie

s

have

to

identify

th

eir

needs

and

to

com

munic

ate

them

to t

he H

EIs

. They h

ave t

o c

learly

expre

ss w

hat

they e

xpect

and w

hat

they n

eed.

HEIs

can then d

evelo

p s

trate

gie

s to a

ddre

ss this

dem

and.


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Council Conclusions (

Czech

Pre

sid

ency

12 M

ay 2

009)

on P

artners

hip

betw

een

education

and w

orld o

f w

ork

«Further

develo

pth

e U

-B F

oru

m …

, to

envis

age its

exte

nsio

n to

in

clu

de

oth

er

levels

of

education

and

train

ing, sta

kehold

ers

from

outs

ide

the E

U …

»

«fa

cilita

tecro

ss-b

ord

er

links betw

een

any

national

and/o

r re

gio

nal

pla

tform

sth

at

mig

ht

be

esta

blis

hed

…»


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Plan

Bac

kgro

und a

nd c

onte

xt

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s Foru

m(s

)

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s C

om

munic

atio

n

In the pipeline

Concl

usi

on

Ques

tions

and (

per

hap

s) a

nsw

ers;

com

men

tsan

d y

our

idea

s


24

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Them

atic

Foru

m «

U-B

Dia

logue a

nd N

SfN

J»

22-2

3

Octo

ber2009, D

ublin

Them

atic

Foru

m «

U-B

Dia

logue -

Openin

g-u

p to n

on-

EU

countrie

s», 3-4

Decem

ber2009 (ETF)

Them

atic

Foru

m «

Enla

rgin

gth

e s

cope to o

ther

levels

of education

», 8-9

Decem

ber2009, Bru

ssels

Them

atic

Foru

m

«U

-B

Dia

logue

and

the

curr

ent

crisis

», D

ecem

ber2009/ January

2010, BR

NO

(tb

c)

3rd

Ple

nary

Univ

ers

ity

–Busin

ess

Foru

m

(Febru

ary

/Marc

h 2

010)


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Communication and inform

ation (Web):

Use o

f KSLLL t

o s

how

case

a n

um

ber

of

exam

ple

sof

good p

ractice o

f U

-B C

oopera

tion

Diffe

rentfo

rum

s fully

docum

ente

don E

uro

pa W

ebsite

Explo

re p

ossib

ilities

for ele

ctronic

dis

cussio

n fora


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Data collection

Call

for

tender: Stu

dy

(qualit

ative)

to get

a better

unders

tandin

gof

U-B

Coopera

tion

in E

U M

S +

CC

+

EEA

Sim

ilar

stu

dy

by E

TF o

n n

eig

hbourh

ood

countrie

s –

tbc)


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC


Know

ledge

Triangle

Sw

edis

hPre

sid

ency

Education

Researc

h

Innovation

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC


Wid

enin

g

partic

ipation/a

ccess

Secto

rSkills

Em

plo

yability

LLL

Gra

duate

sand p

ost

gra

duate

s

Hig

h e

ducation

targ

ets

Learn

ing p

rogra

mm

es

Inte

llectu

alcapital

Econom

icgro

wth

Com

petitiveness

Know

ledge

Tra

nsfe

r

Innovation

Academ

icre

searc

h

Inte

rnational re

searc

h

base

New

know

ledge

World C

lass K

now

ledge

Base

Education

Researc

h

Innovation

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Partnership

in EU programmes

Hig

herpriority

of U

-B c

oopera

tion

undercurr

ent

LL P

rogra

mm

e

Partners

hip

betw

een

the w

orlds

of

education

and w

ork

–a possib

le priority

under

the next

genera

tion

of EU

pro

gra

mm

es?


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Plan

Bac

kgro

und a

nd c

onte

xt

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s Foru

m(s

)

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s C

om

munic

atio

n

In the

pip

elin

e

Conclusion

Ques

tions

and (

per

hap

s) a

nsw

ers; c

om

men

tsan

d y

our

idea

s


32

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Conclusion

Bringin

g

the

worlds

of

education

and

work

clo

ser

togeth

er, w

ork

ing in p

artners

hip

, is

not an o

ption. It is

a m

ust.

The U

niv

ers

ity-B

usin

ess F

oru

m p

rovid

es a

pla

tform

on

Euro

pean

level

for

dia

logue

betw

een

the

diffe

rent

sta

kehold

ers

.

Coopera

tion h

as t

o b

e b

ased o

n m

utu

al re

spect

and

has

to

acknow

ledge

the

diffe

rent

role

s

and

responsib

ilities o

f th

e respective a

cto

rs


Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC


Inte

rnet:

http://e

c.eu

ropa.

eu/e

duca

tion/p

olici

es/e

duc/

busi

nes

s/in

dex

_en

.htm

l

Mail:

EA

C-U

niv

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s-C

ooper

atio

n@

ec.e

uro

pa.

eu

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Plan

Bac

kgro

und a

nd c

onte

xt

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s Foru

m(s

)

Univ

ersi

ty-B

usi

nes

s C

om

munic

atio

n

In the pipeline

Concl

usi

on

Questions and (perhaps) answ

ers; commentsand your

ideas


35

Euro

pean C

om

mis

sio

n, D

G E

AC

Ques

tions

Com

men

ts

Idea

s


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