Budapest, 20 June 2004
The International Campus
Theme
In partnership with the Tempus Public Foundation (TPF), the Institute of International Education (IIE), the Central European University (CEU) and the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
The ACA-organised conference ‘The International Campus’ successfully took place in Budapest from 20 until 22 June 2004.
The conference, organised in partnership with the Tempus Public Foundation (TPF), the Institute of International Education (IIE), the Central European University (CEU) and the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, attracted around 200 participants, amongst which were political decision-makers, academics and practitioners of internationalisation from all over Europe, and featured high-level speakers, experts of internationalisation, such as Eva Egron-Polak (Secretary General of IAU), Yehuda Elkana (President and Rector of CEU), Allan Goodman (President and CEO of IIE), and Hanneke Teekens (Director, Department for Academic Relations, Nuffic).
The aim of the conference was to reflect upon the ingredients for a truly international education, in other words, searching and analysing instruments that could allow for a wider participation of students with regards to mobility and reflecting upon the benefits, as well as challenges, of an international campus. Amongst the main issues explored during the conference were the role of international offices in the creation of international campuses, languages and international learning, the needs of students, and the demands of industry and the international labour market on the internationalisation of universities.
One interesting aspect of this conference was that the issue of internationalisation of education was explored by the perspectives of both policy makers and teaching staff, as well as students, thus allowing for a variety of new innovative ideas and different points of view to be exchanged.
At the end of the conference, ACA received a very positive feedback from the participants, with regards both to the content of the conference as well as the organisation and the social programme. ACA is very grateful to the Tempus Public Foundation, Institute of International Education, and the Central European University for their help in the organisation of the conference, and to the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft for their financial contribution.
Programme
Sunday 20 June 2004 |
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15:00 |
As a pre- conference activity: guided tour to discover Budapest. |
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17:30 |
Welcome Drink |
Monday 21 June 2004 |
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08:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 |
Short welcome addresses by organisers |
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09:30 |
Keynote speech |
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10:30 |
Plenary speech |
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11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:45 |
Plenary speech |
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12:30 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 |
Five parallel workshops (1st session). Each workshops has 3-5 presentations. |
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Workshop I: The internationalcCampus – case studies |
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Workshop II: Teaching and learning in the international classroom |
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Workshop III: How to do it? -The role of the international office in developing the international campus |
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Workshop IV: International campus – the students’ perspective |
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Workshop V: International labour market needs and the international campus –the industries’ perspective |
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15:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 |
Five parallel workshops continued (2nd session) |
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17:30 |
End of first conference day |
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20:00 |
Conference dinner |
Tuesday, 22 June |
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9:00 |
Plenary speech |
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9:45 |
Plenary speech |
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10:30 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 |
Closing panel |
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12:30 |
Conclusions |
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13:00 |
End of conference and lunch |
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14:30 |
Departure of participants |
Venue
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Roosvelt tér 9
1051 Budapest
Hungary
Partners
Tempus Public Foundation
Central European University
Institute of International Education (IIE)
Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft