Detailed schedule of the conference
Detailed schedule of the conference is available incl. room plan (pdf download)
Date: 24.02.2015
Book of abstract (pdf download)
Date: 21.02.2015
Conference schedule - Overview
Please find below the overview conference schedule
| 25.02.2015 | ||||||
| Pre-conference: Eurostudent V wrap-up | ||||||
| Beginning of the conference | ||||||
| 14:30-16:30 | Welcome Speeches |
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| 16:30-17:15 | Discoursè Cafe | |||||
| 17:15-18:15 | The Social Dimension in European Higher Education Key Note |
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| 18:15-21:00 | Discourse Cocktail & Buffet and Spot on: Action First generation students: From a student's experience to a support network |
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| 26.02.2015 | ||||||
| 09:00-10:30 | Spot on Institutions & Research: The institutional role in student support Key Notes |
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| 10:30-11:15 | Discoursè Cafe | |||||
| 11:15-12:45 | Towards a national strategy |
Access | Special student groups |
Mobility | Student support & funding |
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| 12:45-14:30 | Lunch | |||||
| 14:30-16:00 | Towards a national strategy | Access | Special student groups |
Mobility | Study & work | |
| 16:00-16:45 | Discourse Cafè | |||||
| 16:45-18:15 | Student support & funding | Expectations and student assessments | Special student groups |
Retention & success |
Study & work | |
| 19:00-22:00 | Networking Dinner | |||||
| 27.02.2015 | ||||||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Towards a national strategy | Special student groups |
Retention & success | The Eurostudent Network | ||
| 10:30-11:15 | Discourse Cafè | |||||
| 11:15-12:45 | Spot on policy: The future of the Social Dimension in the European Higher Education Area |
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| End of the conference | ||||||
| 14:30-16:30 | Post-conference: Eurostudent VI Kick-off | |||||
Speakers of the conference
by appearance
25.02.2015 / 17:15 - 18:15
Jan Sadlak (President of the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, former Director of UNESCO-European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-CEPES))
Key Note: The Social Dimension in European Higher Education
25.02.2015 / 18:15 - 21:00
Katja Urbatsch (Arbeiterkind.de)
Discourse Cocktail & Buffet and Spot on: Action First generation students: From a student's experience to a support network
26.02.2015 / 09:00 - 10:30
Blaženka Divjak (former Vice-Rector for students and study programmes at the University of Zagreb, HR)
Liz Thomas (Liz Thomas Associates - higher education research and consultancy, UK)
Spot on Institutions + Research: The institutional role in student support Key Notes
26.02.2015 / 10:30 - 11:15
Towards a national strategy
Brian Power, Elisabeth Gehrke (Chairs of Bologna social dimension working group)
National Strategies for the social dimension within the Bologna Process
Patrick Clancy, PL4SD Review Team, Alius Ambras (Ministry of Education and Science, LT - t.b.c.)
On the way to a national strategy: PL4SD Country Review in Lithuania
Access
Shweta Mishra (DZHW, DE)
Eurostudent V results: Students’ entry/ access routes
Grace Edge, Sinead Quinn (Irish Universities Association, IE)"
Developing national alternative admissions schemes for socio-economically disadvantaged students and students with disabilities
Graeme Atherton (London Higher, UK)
Initiatives to widen access to higher education in the urban context: London, Europe and Beyond
Koen Geven (European University Institute, IT)
Inequality in University Attainment in Armenia
Special student groups
Kristina Hauschildt (DZHW, DE)
Eurostudent V results: Social background of students
Mzia Tsereteli (Ministry of Education and Science, GE), Marina Mchedlishvili (IPM Research, GE)
Bachelor and Master Students' Socio-economic Situation in Georgia
Tamás Keller, Guido Neidhöfer (DE)
Who dares, wins? A sibling-analysis on tertiary education transition in Germany
Leyla Bagherli (HEFCE, UK)
Mapping participation in higher education in the UK
Mobility
Nicolai Netz (DZHW, DE)
Eurostudent V results: Mobility and internationalisation
Mirko Savic, Milena Kresoja (University of Novi Sad,RS), Ivana Zivadinovic (Center for Educational Policy, RS)
International Mobility Students in Western Balkan Countries
Valeria Caviezel, Anna Maria Falzoni (University of Bergamo, IT)
Motivations and expectations for international student mobility: some evidence from Italy
Student support & funding
Christoph Gwosć (DZHW, DE)
Eurostudent V results: Students’ housing situation
Brian Gormley (University of Sheffield, UK)
Does student accommodation support the Social Dimension of Higher Education?
Lucie Trojanova (MSMT, CZ)
Grant for accommodation scholarships
26.02.2015 / 14:30 - 16:00
Towards a national strategy
Jan Sadlak, PL4SD Review Team, Zhanna Andreasyan (Ministry of Education and Science AM - t.b.c.)
On the way to a national strategy: PL4SD Country Review in Armenia
John Brennan, PL4SD Review Team, Ivana Ramic (Ministry of Science, Education and Sports CR)
On the way to a national strategy: PL4SD Country Review in Croatia
Access
Debbie Meharg, Jenny Tizard (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Widening access through transition from College to University
Eileen Kelly-Blakeney (St. Angela's College, IE)
Student Experiences of Widening Participation in Initial Teacher Education in the Republic of Ireland
John Lewis (Scottish Qualifications Authority & University of Edinburgh, UK)
Backpacker routes to exotic destinations: preparation for entry to & experience of elite higher education - investigation into two widening participation routes to Scottish Medicine degrees
Kartiona O'Sullivan, Ronan Smith, Brendan Tangney, Cliona Hannon (Trinity College Dublin, IE)
Tackling Educational Disadvantage through Academic Capital Formation: Examination of how the College for Every Student Project Influences Access to Higher Education in Socio-economically Disadvantaged Students
Special student groups
Jake Murdoch, Carine Erard, Christine Guégnard (Université de Bourgogne, FR),
Xavier Collet, (Université de Rennes, FR), Philippe Cordazzo (Université de Strasbourg, FR),
Laure Minassian (Université Paris 8)
The social dimension of students in France: national and local perspectives
Stela Garaz (Roma Education Fund, HU)
The Link between Students' Socio-Economic Background, Field of Studies and Employability: A Case Study on Ethnic Roma Students in Central and Eastern Europe
Dan Pavel Doghi (Roma Education Fund, HU)
Roma Education Funds' Programme for Increasing the Access to Higher Education for Ethnic Roma in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe: Experience and Lessons Learned
Mobility
Angelika Grabher (IHS, AT)
Underrepresentation in student credit mobility
Anne Siltala (Centre for International Mobility, FI)
Promoting Equity of Access to International Education
Nicolai Netz (DZHW, DE), Fabian Kratz (LMU, IHF, DE)
Access to and outcomes of international student mobility
Anna Maria Falzoni, Valeria Caviezel, Sebastiano Vitali (University of Bergamo, IT)
Studying abroad and students' academic performance
Study and work
Elisabeth Hovdhaugen, Ingvild Reymert (NIFU, NO)
More focused on studying? Differences in time spent studying between students that work and students that do not
Dragan Stanojević, Ivana Živadinović, Jasminka Čekić Marković (Centre for Education Policy, RS)
Working status and aspirations of students in Western Balkans Dragan Stanojević (University of Belgrade, RS)
Christine Scholz (NCFNE, MT)
Part-time studies - smoothing the transition between studies and employment?
Lukas Dünser, Karl Ledermüller, Oliver Vettori, Julia Zeeh (University of Economics Vienna)
Study performance and employment
26.02.2015 / 16:45 - 18:15
Student support & funding
Christoph Gwosć (DZHW, DE)
Eurostudent V results: Students’ resources and costs
Luis J. Rodríguez-Muñiz (University of Oviedo, ES)
Policies of emergency financial assistance for students in the University of Oviedo: background and current situation
Andrius Uždanavičius (VU SA, LT)
Students‘ integration into community of university
Expectations and student assessments
Nicolai Netz (DZHW, DE)
Eurostudent V results: Students’ assessment of studies & future plans
Teresa Bruen (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, IE)
The perception of higher education from the perspective of mature students in Ireland
Karlo Jeličić, Kristina Bradarić, Mario Malički (University of Split, HR)
Students least satisfied with social aspects of medical education: a repeated measure study at School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Special student groups
Martin Unger (IHS, AT)
Eurostudent V results: Special focus on underrepresented groups
Petra Wejwar, Iris Schwarzenbacher (IHS, AT)
Conceptualisation and surveying of students with disabilities
Katerina Samalova (Charles University Prague, CZ)
Academic Performance of Students with Disabilities at Charles University in Prague
Retention & success
Daniela Hosner, Helga Reichert (University of Vienna, AT)
Student diversity survey at the University of Vienna
Sarah Howls (HEFCE, UK)
Maximising outcomes for HE students from disadvantaged backgrounds
Nicola Hurley (MIC-SPSS, IE), Dee Kennelly (MIC-MISU, IE)
The Student Parent Support Service: Providing 360 holistic support to student parents and expectant student parents in Higher Education
Elisabeth Hovdhaugen (NIFU, NO), Liz Thomas (Liz Thomas Associates, UK)
Complexities and Challenges of Researching Student Completion and Non-completion of HE Programmes in Europe: a comparative analysis between England and Norway
Study and work
Angelika Trübswetter (Fraunhofer, DE)
Workshop: The Student Job - a ticket to a scientific career? Expanding an original career management tool
27.02.2015 / 09:00 - 10:30
Towards a national strategy
Klemen Miklavič (Center for Education Policy Studies, University of Ljubljana, SI)
The genesis and the development of concept of social dimension in the European higher education policy sphere
Elisabeth Epping, Ida Stamm (VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmBH, DE)
Government-Laender competition "Advancement through Education: Open Universities"
Elona Mehmeti (University of Tirane, ALL)
The new Higher Education Reform and Higher Education Law in the "social dimension" perspective - the Albanian case
Special student groups
Hanne Smidt (Senior Adviser EUA, Hanne Smidt Consulting, SE)
Workshop: How do European universities follow the implementation of policies and strategies for lifelong learning?
Retention & success
Geoff Layer (University of Wolverhampton, UK)
Higher education: Making the paradigm shift
Bairbe Fleming, Rhonda Wynne (University College Dublin, IE)
Learning Matters: An alternative perspective on the value of the social dimension
Liz Thomas (Liz Thomas Associates, UK), Ninoslav Scukanec (IRO, CR)
Quality label to enhance equity and social inclusion in higher education in Croatia
Luis J. Rodríguez-Muñiz (University of Oviedo, ES)
What are the main dropouts factors in the University of Oviedo?
The Eurostudent Network
Alexander Chvorastov (AT)
Being a student in a post-transition country - Insights from student surveys in new EUROSTUDENT countries
Ivana Zivadinovic (Centre for Ecucation Policy, RS)
Ksenia Kizilova (Kharkiv National University, UA)
Lusine Fljan (Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Science, AM)
Tatiana Larina, Anastasia Tertyshnikova (Peoples' Friendship University of Russia RUDN/RU, RUDN/RU)
Mzia Tsereteli (Ministry of Education and Science, GE)
Marina Mchedlishvili (IPM Research, GE)
27.02.2015 / 11:15 - 12:45
Tomislav Vodicka (Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports)
Liz Gehrke (Chairperson of the European Students’ Union),
Louisa Abrahamyan (Armenian National Students' Association)
Mette Andersen (European Commission)
Spot on policy (panel discussion): The Future of the Social Dimension in the European Higher Education Area