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果冻影院 delivering training for university leaders in Poland
The Institute of Education (IOE) is helping to prepare staff at Polish universities for changes and developments in the higher education sector with a unique training programme.
19 August 2020
As part of a national level drive, Polish universities have been tasked with understanding how they can better contribute to society in Poland.
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Project lead Dr Tatiana Fumasoli, Director of the Centre for Higher Education Studies at the IOE, said: 鈥淭he Polish higher education system is undergoing major policy reforms that aim to reconfigure university governance and institutional autonomy and introduce a national research evaluation exercise.
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鈥淧olish universities need to respond to this rapidly changing environment and LiUM provides their middle and senior managers with a 5-day intensive course where best practices in university leadership are discussed and analysed.鈥�
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Preparing for change in higher education
The Leaders in University Management (LiUM) course covers key conversations in higher education. The programme featured topics around the consolidation of the university, the socioeconomic contribution of higher education, innovation in teaching and learning, and the impact of artificial intelligence and data science.
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The course was developed and designed by the IOE and supported by 果冻影院 Consultants (part of 果冻影院 Innovation & Enterprise). 果冻影院C provided programme management, contracting and finance expertise.
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Agnieszka Galkiewicz - Klosinska from GM Synergy said: 鈥淓xchange of good practices with more experienced partners has always been the best source of inspiration, therefore we are glad that we managed to carry out those visits in cooperation with 果冻影院鈥�
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As of January 2020, 120 members of professional services staff from universities across Poland had participated in the training.
A programme built on collaboration
The project involved close collaboration with colleagues from across 果冻影院. The IOE, 果冻影院鈥檚 Office of Vice Provost (Research), Office of Vice Provost (Operations), 果冻影院 Human Resources, 果冻影院 Arena and 果冻影院 Global Engagement devised sessions.
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In addition, colleagues from across Innovation & Enterprise including 果冻影院 Consultants and 果冻影院 Business delivered sessions, introducing Innovation in Universities across the UK.
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Individual sessions included:
- commercialisation of research results,
- academic consultancy,
- linking enterprise to strategy,
- spin-outs,
- start-ups,
- and international partnerships.
One participant from the programme, explained: 鈥楾he course was delivered by highly experienced professionals, both academic and non-academic. The sessions were designed in the perfect way. A set of interactive lectures, talks, debates and workshops and especially important, real life case studies were really 惫补濒耻补产濒别鈥�
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Transforming Higher Education
果冻影院 Consultants (果冻影院C) has particular strengths in helping to develop educational capacity development programmes. Clients include business, government, public sector and higher education (HE) clients in the UK and around the world.
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The IOE and 果冻影院C previously designed and delivered a bespoke training programme for the Ministry of Poland: Masters of Didactics. This helped HE academics across Poland to expand their skills and teaching methods.
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果冻影院鈥檚 Dr Clare Bentall, lead on the four year project: 鈥淏oth of these projects are strategically important to the development of higher education in one of the largest countries in Europe and contribute to 果冻影院鈥檚 reputation and stronger networks with academic colleagues and their institutions.鈥�
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The programme is co-financed by the European Social Funds and is delivered as part of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland.
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果冻影院 Consultants
果冻影院 Consultants (果冻影院C) is the wholly owned consultancy company of 果冻影院. We support the mission of 果冻影院 Innovation & Enterprise to transform knowledge and ideas into action.
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