| 9.15 |
Welcome
Lothar Dittmer
Executive Board, Körber Foundation
Horst Hippler
President, German Rectors’ Conference |
| 9.30 |
Introduction
Dieter Lenzen
President, Universität Hamburg
Vice-President, German Rectors’ Conference |
| 10.00 |
Stocktake »Six Countries – Six University Leaders« – Part I
By their very nature, universities have always been transnational institutions. In recent decades, university leaders have had to increasingly manage their institutions in an environment of intertwining national and international developments and constantly shifting framework conditions.
University leaders from six regions will report on how their respective national higher education systems are responding to these challenges. They will highlight key issues in the current debate on university governance, research, teaching and learning.
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| 14.30 |
Parallel Workshop Sessions – Part I
(Analysis of status quo followed by needs for action)
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Workshop 1
“The Core Mission of the University“
The workshop will consider the fundamental understanding of what constitutes a university. To what extent is the traditional understanding of a university, the sole purpose of which is to advance science, still relevant today? How does this relate to a more market-orientated understanding of universities, where the focus is on training for employability and applied research for the benefit of business and society? On which minimum ethical standards should universities worldwide base their research and teaching?
Workshop 2
“Concepts of Education“
The workshop will deal with the different concepts of teaching and learning on which teaching at universities worldwide is based. What is the right balance between the acquisition of knowledge and competencies to general and holistic human development? What kind of training and education do today’s graduates require to act successfully as technically expert and interculturally sensitive citizens of the world?
Workshop 3
“Access to Higher Education“
The workshop will examine the approaches that higher education systems adopt to regulate access to higher education. What challenges do the systems worldwide face when it comes to ensuring all groups within society can participate in higher education, thus enabling social mobility, while, at the same time, ensuring the quality of higher education? How can they avoid a person's financial means rather than an individual's qualification becoming a dominant selection criterion?
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| 16.45 |
Parallel Workshop Sessions – Part II
(Analysis of status quo followed by needs for action)
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Workshop 4
“Academic Freedom and University Autonomy”
The workshop will consider in which ways the relationship between individual researchers and the institution, on the one hand, and the relationship between universities and the state, on the other hand, can be configured. Furthermore, it will discuss to what extent the freedom of research and teaching still constitutes the basis for the traditional understanding of a university today. Can we formulate globally applicable ethical minimum standards for a free and autonomous university?
Workshop 5
“Differentiation in National Higher Education Systems”
The workshop will deal with the current level of differentiation within national post-secondary systems. Firstly, there is the issue of a horizontal differentiation between classical research universities and specialist sector-based universities. Secondly, there is evidence of a trend towards progressive vertical differentiation in post-secondary systems worldwide, with research-based world class universities at the top and more teaching-orientated universities at the broad base of the pyramid. How can we ensure that further differentiation in national post-secondary systems – as well as enhanced differentiation within individual institutions – is science-based and is adequate to meet the needs of science?
Workshop 6
“Financing University Research and Higher Education”
he workshop will discuss whether a minimum consensus can be agreed upon globally relating to the provision of national post-secondary systems by the state. Is the increasing market orientation of universities inevitable or even desirable? What are the consequences of this development for university research and education?
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| 19.30 |
Welcome reception by the Hamburg Senate
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