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6th EI International Conference on Higher Education and Research
Date: 2007-11-12 - 2007-11-14
Venue: Málaga, University of Malaga, Laws College, Campus de Teatinos, 29071
Summary:
EI’s 6th International Conference on Higher Education and Research will take place at the University of Malaga, (in Malaga, Spain) from November 12 to 14.
It will focus on some trends and key issues for academics, researchers and non teaching staff. The background for the discussion will be the 1997 UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Higher Education Teaching Personnel, its implementation and impact as well as some of the resolutions adopted at EI’s 5th World Congress in Berlin (22-26 July 2007) . These refer to global issues on higher education – brain drain, academic freedom, GATS and globalisation, and casualisation of labour and fixed-term contracts.
The Malaga conference is open only to EI affiliates.
The Conference is organised in collaboration with FE.CC.OO, FETE.UGT and the UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA, with the support of AYUNTAMIENTO DE MALAGA, DIPUTACION PROVINCIAL, JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA (Delegación de Cultura, Delegación de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Patronato de Turismo), UNESCO (PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME), UNICAJA and UNIVERSIA.
Preparatory Documents
Introductory Note
Background Paper - Hidden privatisation in public education
Background Paper - Climate Change Document
Background Paper - Gender Perspective
Background Paper - Mobility of higher education personnel and researchers
Background Paper - Academic Freedom Study
Background Paper - Higher Education and Research as a Public Service
Background Paper - Fixed-term Higher Education Teaching Personnel
Background Paper - ESU Tuition fees
Background Paper - Pay Equity in Australian Universities
Background Paper - PISA for Higher Education
Presentations
Speech by EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen
Biographies
Presentation - Doctoral students and early stage researchers in Europe (Bruno Carapinha)
Presentation - The Bologna Process in a Global Setting (Barbara Weitgruber)
Presentation - Gender Equity in Australian Higher Education Employment (Carolyn Allport)
Presentation - Young & researcher (Denis Jouan)
Presentation - From a funding gap to the Tuition Fee Trap (Koen Geven)
Presentation - Academic freedom in a fearful time (Leif Sondergaard)
Presentation - UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Higher Education Teaching personel (Ilze Trapenciere)
Presentation - OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education (Roland Schneider)
Presentation - Protecting and Defending Academic Freedom (Kari Kjenndalen)
Presentation - Gender Perspective of Working and Employment Conditions of Academic Staff (Vanja Ivosevic)
Presentation - OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education: Emerging Policy Directions (David Robinson)
Presentation - Making Markets in Higher Education and Research (David Robinson)
Presentation - 1997 ILO Recommendation on the Status of Higher Education Teaching Personnel (Bill Ratteree)
Presentation - Key Features of NTEU Complaint to UNESCO 2006 (Carolyn Allport)
Presentation - The introduction of tuition fees in Germany and the UNICESCR (GEW)
Reports
Conference Report by Paul Bennett, General Rapporteur
Contact details:
Name and position: Monique Fouilhoux, Senior Coordinator Education and Employment Unit
Email: monique.fouilhoux@ei-ie.org
Telephone: +32 2 224 06 11
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To know more about EI's policy and work in this area, please visit the following section: Higher Education and Research