presentation mobility office (dirk van waelderen)

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INTRODUCING HUB

Belgium, Brussels, Association, HUB & the mobility offices 2011-2012

2. Belgium, Brussels, Association, HUB & the mobility offices

Session by Mr. Dirk Van Waelderen, Coordinator Mobility Office Academic Division

Presentation Mobility Office Professional Division by Stefanie Derks

3. HUB in the heart of Brussels

Belgium & Brussels

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Higher Education

and Accreditation

5. Flemish Education

The Flemish Community is the authority in educational matters

About 40% of the budget of the Flemish Government goes to education

Higher education is subsidized

In return for using public money, the programmes have to be accredited

Self-evaluation report

A site visit by external experts

A public report

Accreditation by an independent official organisation

6. Evolution of Flemish Higher Education

Harmony of Higher Education in Europe (Bologna Declaration)

Official comparable degrees

Facilitate mobility on the labour market

Mobility of students and faculty in higher education

Participate in the global market of higher education

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The introduction of bachelor and master degrees (as from 2004-2005)

Bachelor:

3 years, 180 European credits

Profession oriented

Academic orientation

Master:

1 or 2 years, 60 or 120 European credits

Academic orientation

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Associations

Cooperation between universities and university colleges

One university and one or more university colleges

Intensive cooperation in the field of research

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Catholic University of Leuven

15th century

European top 35

Nr. 119 Times World University

Ranking (2010)

Nr. 102 Academic Ranking of World Universities Shanghai (2010)

Association K.U.Leuven

12 university colleges

80.000 students (40% market share)

10. Developments

The academic programmes of university colleges will be integrated in the universities as from 2013

The location of the programmes will remain the same

HUBrussel and Kaho Sint-Lieven merged to the UC (together app. about 12.000 students)

11. Profiles of the institutions

Two types of institutions

Universities

University colleges

Bachelor Master Doctorate Professional Academic Universities ---- X X X University Colleges X X X ---- University Colleges (2013) X ---- ---- ----

12. More information:

The official Higher Education Register http://www.highereducation.be/home

The official Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation

http://www.nvao.net/

The Association K.U.Leuven

http://associatie.kuleuven.be/eng/

13. HUB in numbers

6,907 undergraduate students

9,000 participants in continued education

1,100 staff

3 campuses

14. Two main educational divisions

Professional Bachelors

Academic Bachelors and Masters

15. Professional Bachelors

4 fields of study

14 degree programmes

16. Professional Bachelors

Bachelor of Education

Nursery Education

Primary Education

Secondary Education

Commercial Sciences and Management

Bachelor of Applied Informatics

Bachelor of Management

Bachelor of Office Management

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Health Care

Bachelor of Medical Imaging (unique programme in Flanders)

Bachelor of Nursing

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

Bachelor of Optics & Optometry (unique programme in Flanders)

BA after BA of Palliative Care Nursing

Professional Bachelor

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Social & Community Work

Bachelor of Family Sciences (unique programme in Flanders )

Bachelor of Social Work

Bachelor of Socio-educational Care Work

Professional Bachelors

19. Academic Bachelors and Masters

3 faculties with 10 bachelor and master programmes

Two legal entities KUB and EHSAL

Economics & Management

Linguistics & Literature

Law



Bachelor and Master

Commercial Sciences

Business Administration

Commercial Engineering

Environment, Health & Safety Management (unique programme in Flanders)



Bachelor of Linguistics and Literature

Bachelor of Applied Linguistics

Master of Translation

Master of Interpreting

Master of Multilingual Communication

Master of Journalism


Law

Bachelor of Law: first 2 bachelor years in Brussels, including internship, international dimension, interaction

Third bachelor year at K.U.Leuven

Joint degree KUBrussel K.U.Leuven

Bilingual track with FUSL

23. HUB, international centre

Two Mobility Offices for the professional and the academic programmes

Large course offer for exchange students

Language courses

Housing support

International student life with several international student organisations:

- ESN HUB, - AISEC, - EHSAB

24. HUB, international centre

International exchanges

Wide range of partnerships

International degree programmes in English

749 students

85 nationalities

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Mobility Office, HUB Professional Division

26. Mobility Office, HUB Professional Division

We support the vision of the University College by creating an international environment to learn and to live in

for students

for staff

in the curricula

in project collaboration


Students:

We offer social and financial support to students

We attract foreign students to broaden their horizon

We offer english-speaking programs and multilingual services

Staff:

International activities and competences are stimulated

We recruit internationally

We offer multilingual services


Mobility Office PD strives for internationalisation in 14 bachelor degree programs who are located on 4 campuses in and around Brussels:

Campus Brussel

Campus Terranova

Campus Parnas

Campus Hoger Instituut voor Gezinswetenschappen


We work closely together with liaison officers in the education field who enable us to translate the international dimension into practice :

Commercial Sciences and Management: Stefaan Debrabandere

Family Sciences: Tine Cappelle

Medical Imaging: Philippe Van Laer

Nursing: Sanne Cleymans

Occupational Therapy: Luc Vercruysse

Optics and Optometry: Viviane De Vries


Social Work: Mieke Schrooten

Socio-Educational Care Work: Paul Thys

Nursery Teaching: Jaantje Verbruggen

Primary School Teaching: Rita Moniquet

Secondary School Teaching: Michle Vanleke

Secondary School Teaching PE: Anne Moerenhout


We offer mobility inside and outside Europe:

We have about 85 partnerships with different University Colleges within Europe

We work with 15 partners in 18 different countries outside Europe

Last year we realised to send out about 90 students and 15 staff members. We were able to welcome approximately 50 students at HUB premises

32. International English-taught modules

International Business Programme (IBP), 20 or 30 ECTS

Management in Health Care (MHC), 20 ECTS

International Nursing Education Programme (INEP), 20 ECTS

Keys for teachers in Europe (KTE), 20 or 30 ECTS

33. Mobility Office, HUB Profesional Division

Contact information Mobility Office, HUB-PD

Campus Brussel Erasmus E511- Stormstraat 1- 1000 Brussels

Tel.: +32 (0)2 609 81 00

Staff: Bart Hempen (Co-ordinator Internationalisation)

Erik Vissers ( Mobility Co-ordinator outside Europe)

Stefanie Derks (Erasmus Staff & Student Mobility Co-ordinator)

Anneleen De Ridder (Mobility Officer)

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Mobility Office HUB Academic Division

35. Mobility office, HUB - Academic Division

Implementation of the UC internationalisation policy to the HUB faculties

Supporting 3 faculties:



Law


Collecting data for accredition

Goal: enhancing and improving the international status of the involved degrees of the faculties

Quality assurance from and for students

Preparing and advising students and colleagues in exchanges:

- in- and outside Europe

- in our outside the LLP - framework

37. International English-taught business programmes

English and Economics for Academic Studies (prepatory programme)

Bachelor of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration (focus International Business Management; focus Business Information Management; focus International Relations)

Master of international Business Economics and Management (for non-economy students)


Informing students and staff:

Brochures

Global Village: for students by students

Information sessions

Digital platforms like hubrussel.net

International Week

39. Mobility office, HUB- Academic Division

Evaluation of the office via students

Centralised database

Online registrations

Sharing mailing lists and e-mails

Meetings every two weeks

Strong teamwork with regular teambuilding


Intense cooperation with the international coordinators/academic director of the faculties and the liason officers of the degrees

Each faculty has a commission for the strategies regarding internationalisation

41. Mobility office, HUB - Academic Division in numbers

Partnerships total: 111

Economics & Management:78

Linguistics & Literature:26

Law:7

Outgoing students total: 144

Economics & Management: 85

Linguistics & Literature: 25

Law:34


Incoming students total 2011-2012: 199

Economics & Management:148

Linguistics & Literature: 17

Law: 1+36

Outgoing and incoming staff 2011-2012:

Outgoing: 18

Incoming: 23


Most popular destinations for HUB students

- France

Spain

Italy

United Kingdom

Hungary


Highest number of students from:

- Spain

France

Italy

Turkey

Hungary


Challenges:

mobility window

two-year master

20% goal

traineeships

enlarging network outside EU

51. Mobility Office, HUB - Academic Division

Contact information Mobility Office, HUB-AD

Campus Brussel TSerclaes 3B - Warmoesberg 26 - 1000 Brussels

Tel.: +32 (0)2 210 13 37 - Fax: +32 (0)2 210 12 76

Staff: Dirk Van Waelderen (Coordinator Mobility Office)

Suzanne Steijleman (Outgoing E&M)

Iris Rateau (Outgoing T&L)

Rebecca Rampelberg (Incoming E&M)

Hugo Serwy (Incoming T&L)

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