Transcript Folie 1

Recommendations of
workshop 1
1. fields of study:
– combination of bottom up and top down decision
• bottom up:
– survey initiated by the UNICA BL
– collection of fields of study that each UNICA institution can
offer (submitted before the next General Assembly in October)
• top down:
– report results of survey to rectors
– decision on UNICA’s policy/mission
– set up a task force
2.) structures and duration:
• no way of imposing rigid structures
• maintenance of flexibility as regards
agreements between partners
– but:
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recommendation: duration of M.A.: 2
years (not 1 year)
institutional development/quality assurance
and control:
• generally positive attitudes towards
internationalisation strategies but lack of
concrete definitions of these strategies
• careful preparation
• clear definition of prerequisites and of
learning outcomes
• evaluation after the programme (e.g.
students)
• notion of trust between UNICA universities
new vs. old curricula
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terms “irrelevant”: interaction with other institutions
automatically implies a change of “old” curricula
(dynamic process)
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workload is always there
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high relevance of interdisciplinary programmes
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aspect of language learning:
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ways of acquiring linguistic competence have to be
considered individually before and during the master
if acquiring a language is obligatory, students have to be
credited for attending language courses
an optional part of the credits should be reserved to the
acquisition of foreign languages
doctoral level:
• different experiences
• emphasis of importance of doctoral level
• UNICA’s priority on M.A. level (step-bystep policy)
Additional recommendation:
• Set up a task force: “project management”
• Including academics, administrators
• tool for the development of developing joint
curricula
– set of questions and answers (including issues of the
EUA report, Chantal Zoller’s criteria, etc)
– defining time frames
– setting up teams
– defining priorities