REDEEM Project Final Event

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1 REDEEM Project Final Event The present and future of Dual/Joint Programmes Stockholm: October 2017 KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

2 Programme Day 1 Oct. 23 (Room K1 Teknikringen 56) 12:30 Registration with coffee and light lunch 13:30 Welcome to KTH and first keynote speech, Stefan Östlund, KTH Vice President for Global Relations - the institutional perspective 14:15 Presentation of the project results part 1 (State of the Art, Quantitative Analysis), The project team 15:00 Coffee break 15:30 Presentation of the project results part 2, (Qualitative Analysis, Guidelines, Conclusions), The project team 16:30 Second keynote speech, Elpida Keravnou-Papailiou, member of the EIT Governing Board the corporate perspective 17:15 Third keynote speech, Graham Wilkie, Deputy Head of Unit International Affairs, DG Education and Culture the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees 18:00 Mingle and cocktail 19:00 Dinner (KTH Campus Reaktorhallen)

3 Programme Day 2 Oct. 24 (Room K1 Teknikringen 56) 9:00 Fourth keyonote speech, Annika Sundbäck-Lindroos, Finnish National Agency for Education the European approach to quality assurance in joint programmes 9:45 Panel discussion on the future of joint master programmes 10:45 Coffee break 11:15 What s next? Group work on follow-up projects and exploitation of the results 12:15 Closing speech, Bernadett Petri, European Commission, Cabinet of Commissioner Navracsics the future of Joint Programmes and their impact on employability 13:00 Wrap-up and lunch buffet

4 Introduction Background Definitions Objective Activities Results REDEEM

5 General Features Profile Global FRAMEWORK: Results Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships UMBRELLA: CLUSTER Consortium ELIGIBILITY PERIOD: September 1st, 2015 October 31st, 2017

6 CLUSTER Network Profile Global Results

7 Background Profile Global Results DD developed according to the needs of the providers Often no feedback from the students Often no correlation with the needs of the employers DD promoted but no tools to provide the students with a clear picture on the impact Existing studies are incomplete (focusing on other areas, on one type of DD only, on mobility only, not comparative, not combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, not bringing together all the stakeholders, not producing guidelines for future use)

8 Partners Profile Global Results KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE) IST Instituto Superior Tecnico (PT) KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE) POLITO Politecnico di Torino (IT) TUD Technische Universität Darmstadt (DE) UCL Université Catholique de Louvain (BE) UPC Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (ES)

9 EU Policy Priorities Improving the quality and relevance of higher education Strengthening quality through mobility and cross-border cooperation

10 Definitions DOUBLE DEGREE used as a general term covering all the forms of academic cooperation at any level leading to the deliverance of a programme with embedded mobility offered jointly by at least two HEI Regardless of the type of diploma(s) issued: joint, double, multiple No ambition to define the different typologies In the future the official Bologna definitions should be adopted. 1) Joint Degrees 2) Multiple Degrees Joint Programmes should be the single denomination to identify collectively all the typologies

11 Specific Objective Evaluation of the added value of double degree programmes from a multi-stakeholder perspective in order to reform the existing programmes and create new ones according to a new set of guidelines.

12 Target Groups DD Alumni Current students DD Developers Employers DD Developers Prospective DD students

13 Timeline Target and Results Groups OCT 17 OCT State of the art Quantitative analysis (statistics) Qualitative analysis (interviews) Manual guidelines for developers Training programme for double degree developers, programme directors and administrators Double degree repository best practice Dissemination (Preparation of the material and contents/ Final open meeting)

14 General Conclusions Exploitation Dissemination Conclusions

15 General Conclusions - 1 DD analyzed Profile are Global highly appreciated Results by the graduates DD graduates are more satisfied about the programme than other groups The quality level has been stable over the past year DD graduates earn more than their peers Two main categories of programmes: compatibility vs complementarity

16 General Conclusions - 2 Impact Profile analysis Global often lacking, Results incomplete or biased There are many misconceptions still in place Nature of the programme must be clear when designing and when recruiting Better communication towards all the target groups on the actual impact needed Focused Marketing approach for DD vs exchange

17 General Conclusions - 3 Specific Profile support and Global services Results and support for the category Companies seek for DD profiles without realizing it Both students and employers favor an active involvement of companies in all phases (curriculum design, teaching with credits, definition of research topics, hosting mandatory internships) DD+ is the next step: creation of newly designed DD programmes based on the results and recommendations of this project

18 Exploitation of results Profile Global Results 1) Quantitative analysis used to picture what a DD graduate is for marketing and recruitment (not necessarily more students but the right ones: informed decision). A result is also to prevent students from applying for the wrong reasons. Correct the recruitment process by addressing the misperceptions. 2) Address misperceptions of companies by improving communication about the profile and skills of DD graduates 3) Create more efficient programmes (or reform the existing ones) in terms of student/industry needs, expectations and employability aspects

19 Follow up: and now what? Profile Global Results Follow up SP project to address: A comparative analysis for the most recent cohorts of graduates only: By field of study (perhaps extending also to Medicine and Business studies) By country By type of programme (JP 1+1, DD 1+1,5, TIME, EMJMD, EIT JM,..) Covering new countries (F, UK, FI, Estern Europe, DK and hopefully already non-eu partners) Actually create a number of new DD programmes based on the results of REDEEM with full involvement of companies in all the phases Capacity building project(s) for the exploitation of the results in other regions of the world: Adapt the results according to the local context (labour market, academic approaches and structures, student mentality) Focus on how to create efficient DD between EU universities and Universities from those regions

20 Dissemination Profile Global Results Our website: Final project report with full results to be published by the end of 2017 Conferences in 2018 EAIE NAFSA ERACON National EAIE Network on Joint Programmes:

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