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This volume casts light on mergers and alliances in higher
education by examining developments of this type in different
countries. It combines the direct experiences of those at the
heart of such transformations, university leaders and senior
officials responsible for higher education policy, with expert
analysts of the systems concerned. Higher education in Europe faces
a series of major challenges. The economic crisis has accelerated
expectations of an increased role in addressing economic and
societal challenges while at the same time putting pressure on
available finances. Broader trends such as shifting student
demographics and expectations, globalisation and mobility and new
ways of working with business have contributed to these increased
pressures. In the light of these trends there have been moves, both
from national or regional agencies and from individual institutions
to respond by combining resources, either through collaborative
arrangements or more fundamentally through mergers between two or
more universities. After an introductory chapter by the editors
which establishes the context for mergers and alliances, the book
falls into two main parts. Part 1 takes a national or
regional perspective to give some sense of the historical context,
the wider drivers and the importance of these developments in these
cases. Included are both systemic accounts (for countries as
France, Sweden, Romania, Russia, Wales and England), and specific
cross-cutting in itiatives including a major facility at Magurele
in Romania and a Spanish programme for promoting international
campuses of excellence. Part 2 is built from specific cases
of universities, either in mergers or alliances, with examples from
different countries (such as France, UK, Romania, Spain, Germany,
Denmark, Finland, Switzerland). AÂ concluding chapter by the
editors assesses these experiences and indicates the implications
and future needs for understanding in this domain.
This volume casts light on mergers and alliances in higher
education by examining developments of this type in different
countries. It combines the direct experiences of those at the heart
of such transformations, university leaders and senior officials
responsible for higher education policy, with expert analysts of
the systems concerned. Higher education in Europe faces a series of
major challenges. The economic crisis has accelerated expectations
of an increased role in addressing economic and societal challenges
while at the same time putting pressure on available finances.
Broader trends such as shifting student demographics and
expectations, globalisation and mobility and new ways of working
with business have contributed to these increased pressures. In the
light of these trends there have been moves, both from national or
regional agencies and from individual institutions to respond by
combining resources, either through collaborative arrangements or
more fundamentally through mergers between two or more
universities. After an introductory chapter by the editors which
establishes the context for mergers and alliances, the book falls
into two main parts. Part 1 takes a national or regional
perspective to give some sense of the historical context, the wider
drivers and the importance of these developments in these cases.
Included are both systemic accounts (for countries as France,
Sweden, Romania, Russia, Wales and England), and specific
cross-cutting in itiatives including a major facility at Magurele
in Romania and a Spanish programme for promoting international
campuses of excellence. Part 2 is built from specific cases of
universities, either in mergers or alliances, with examples from
different countries (such as France, UK, Romania, Spain, Germany,
Denmark, Finland, Switzerland). A concluding chapter by the editors
assesses these experiences and indicates the implications and
future needs for understanding in this domain.
This open access book includes a series of relevant policy research
articles, elaborared in the framework of the "Quality in higher
education: internationalisation and databases to enhance the
Romanian education system" project, implemented by the Executive
Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation
Funding (UEFISCDI), together with the Ministry of Education. The
project aims to develop and implement systemic measures at tertiary
education level, leading to an increased quality of the overall
higher education system and universities better prepared for labour
market requirements and international standards. The book focuses
on areas of interest for Romanian higher education, such as
systemic measures to improve access, participation and completion
for (vulnerable) students, better promotion of the Romanian higher
education to attract students, as well as instruments for a more
efficient use of data at higher education level. Each article
includes evidence-based policy proposals that could support new
strategic initiatives in higher education, including new
legislation. Additionally, the collection of articles tells a
comprehensive story about the audacity of a higher education system
which went through significant challenges to align itself with both
European and international trends, as well as respond to national
imperatives. Over the last three decades, since the fall of the
Iron Curtain, Romanian higher education has undergone significant
transformations, aiming to align itself to the latest developments
and trends at European and international level. The National Law on
Education no. 1/2011 has set the stage for a full implementation of
the Bologna Process action lines, taking into account that Romania
was already a part of the largest European intergovernmental
process - currently the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) - as
a founding member. However, since the adoption of this normative
framework, the law suffered numerous amendments, making it
challenging to observe and achieve coherence in its implementation.
Furthermore, Romania is also currently redesigning the strategy for
the alocation of European structural funds 2021-2027, based on two
strategic documents - the new Education and Employment Operational
Programme and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan which
highlight the reform and investment priorities at a national level.
At the same time, 2021 is a good time to analyze the level of
implementation for the objectives and measures included in the
National Strategy for Tertiary Education 2015-2020, the Europe 2020
Strategy, and the Bologna Process action lines in the 2010 - 2020
timeframe. Therefore, the present moment may be an important time
to assess the impact of strategic documents and actions in the last
decade and, possibly, to draft a new National Education Law, better
adapted to current realities, starting from the recent initiative
by the President of Romania - the Educated Romania strategic vision
which was also politically assumed by the Romanian Government.
This open access book includes a series of relevant policy research
articles, elaborared in the framework of the "Quality in higher
education: internationalisation and databases to enhance the
Romanian education system" project, implemented by the Executive
Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation
Funding (UEFISCDI), together with the Ministry of Education. The
project aims to develop and implement systemic measures at tertiary
education level, leading to an increased quality of the overall
higher education system and universities better prepared for labour
market requirements and international standards. The book focuses
on areas of interest for Romanian higher education, such as
systemic measures to improve access, participation and completion
for (vulnerable) students, better promotion of the Romanian higher
education to attract students, as well as instruments for a more
efficient use of data at higher education level. Each article
includes evidence-based policy proposals that could support new
strategic initiatives in higher education, including new
legislation. Additionally, the collection of articles tells a
comprehensive story about the audacity of a higher education system
which went through significant challenges to align itself with both
European and international trends, as well as respond to national
imperatives. Over the last three decades, since the fall of the
Iron Curtain, Romanian higher education has undergone significant
transformations, aiming to align itself to the latest developments
and trends at European and international level. The National Law on
Education no. 1/2011 has set the stage for a full implementation of
the Bologna Process action lines, taking into account that Romania
was already a part of the largest European intergovernmental
process - currently the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) - as
a founding member. However, since the adoption of this normative
framework, the law suffered numerous amendments, making it
challenging to observe and achieve coherence in its implementation.
Furthermore, Romania is also currently redesigning the strategy for
the alocation of European structural funds 2021-2027, based on two
strategic documents - the new Education and Employment Operational
Programme and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan which
highlight the reform and investment priorities at a national level.
At the same time, 2021 is a good time to analyze the level of
implementation for the objectives and measures included in the
National Strategy for Tertiary Education 2015-2020, the Europe 2020
Strategy, and the Bologna Process action lines in the 2010 - 2020
timeframe. Therefore, the present moment may be an important time
to assess the impact of strategic documents and actions in the last
decade and, possibly, to draft a new National Education Law, better
adapted to current realities, starting from the recent initiative
by the President of Romania - the Educated Romania strategic vision
which was also politically assumed by the Romanian Government.
This volume presents the major outcomes of the third edition of the
Future of Higher Education - Bologna Process Researchers Conference
(FOHE-BPRC 3) which was held on 27-29 November 2017. It
acknowledges the importance of a continued dialogue between
researchers and decision-makers and benefits from the experience
already acquired, this way enabling the higher education community
to bring its input into the 2018-2020 European Higher Education
Area (EHEA) priorities. The Future of Higher Education - Bologna
Process Researchers Conference (FOHE-BPRC) has already established
itself as a landmark in the European higher education environment.
The two previous editions (17-19 October 2011, 24-26 November
2014), with approximately 200 European and international
participants each, covering more than 50 countries each, were
organized prior to the Ministerial Conferences, thus encouraging a
consistent dialogue between researchers and policy makers. The main
conclusions of the FOHE Conferences were presented at the EHEA
Ministerial Conferences (2012 and 2015), in order to make the voice
of researchers better heard by European policy and decision makers.
This volume is dedicated to continuing the collection of evidence
and research-based policymaking and further narrowing the gap
between policy and research within the EHEA and broader global
contexts. It aims to identify the research areas that require more
attention prior to the anniversary 2020 EHEA Ministerial
Conference, with an emphasis on the new issues on rise in the
academic and educational community. This book gives a platform for
discussion on key issues between researchers, various direct higher
education actors, decision-makers, and the wider public. This book
is published under an open access CC BY license.
Regional growth in the European Union hinges to a large extent on
smart specialization, a new and exciting theme in economic
innovation studies. Advances in the Theory and Practice of Smart
Specialization illuminates problems that have stifled the
implementation of smart specialization policies, such as unique
regional constraints and the inter-dependent demands of economic
growth and commercial development. Forward-looking and pragmatic,
it provides guidance for developing smart specialization strategies
both to those involved in European affairs and others grappling
with regional innovation and economic development worldwide.
Europe witnessed tectonic shifts in higher education triggered by
the Bologna Process. The impact expands even beyond higher
education, into the political, economic, and cultural
transformations of the continent. From a legal and operational
perspective, Bologna is based on a series of voluntary commitments
assumed by the ministers responsible for higher education of the
participating countries. Their actual implementation takes various
forms in different countries. The Bologna Process has been studied
extensively. Currently, however, there is no systematic study
available about what a participating country has actually committed
to do, and how it has implemented these commitments. This policy
report attempts to develop such a comprehensive study for the case
of one country, Romania.
Romania is an active player in various international higher
education areas, while undergoing a series of higher education
reforms within its national framework. The Higher Education
Evidence Based Policy Making: a necessary premise for progress in
Romania project was implemented by the Executive Agency for Higher
Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
in the timeframe February 2012 - February 2014, being co-financed
by the European Social Fund through the Operational Programme
"Administrative Capacity Development". The project aimed to
increase the capacity of public administration for evidence-based
policy making in the field of higher education, while focusing on
good practices at international level and impact assessment. With
the contribution of the national and international experts, the
project has generated a number of analysis and studies on the
existing higher education public policies (quality assurance,
internationalisation, equity, data collection, the Bologna Process,
financing of higher education). Based on the results of the
project, the book will reunite a number of policy research articles
which would tap into the innovative aspects of the project's
activities and provide a concise overview of what good practices
can be drawn from the empirical research conducted in this project.
The book will therefore aim to improve the information on Romanian
higher education reforms, as well as on the concrete evidence-based
policy proposals which could be transformed into future policy
solutions in the Romanian higher education system.
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