WSAN update 2003-2014

Liduine Bremer

WSAN mission

WSAN aims to help its members in their careers, by providing them with opportunities for professionalisation through networking, both within the network and with HUMANE, learning by problem solving, and performing in the challenging but secure environment of the group of fellow alumni.

WSAN seminars2003Karlsruhe Competition in Higher Education 18

2004Bologna Change Management in Higher Education 33

2005Amsterdam Enhancing Quality in Higher Education 29

2006Madrid From Abstract to Action: Translation of strategy and policy to practice 27

2007Manchester People Management 24

2008Berlin Understanding, Working With and Changing Organisational Cultures 21

2009Barcelona How do we know we are doing well? The added value of administration to universities 18

2010Helsinki The 21th century paradox: efficiency versus social responsibility 31

2011Bologna Delivering professional skills for the university services of the future 28

2012Lund Changing Leadership: Challenges for university administration 24

2013Oxford The Globalisation of Higher Education 47

2014Utrecht Trust: Backbone of academic communities 35

total participating alumni: 125 out of 400

Utrecht agenda

• Trust: an irrational, intangible, un-academic theme?• In the financial sector:

– ENRON– Bank crisis– Accountants

In higher education:• Autonomy vs. Accountability• Public opinion of higher education• Culture of “institutionalised distrust”

WSAN agenda 2014-?

• Jane Sherwood to take over chairmanship

Next seminar in Madrid, 2-3 October 2015University Carlos III (www.uc3m.es)