Mexico EU 2 nd Policy Dialogue and Seminar on Higher Education Mexico City, 24-25 September 2015 Internationalisation of universities Do we need strategies? Prof. Manfred Horvat Vienna University of Technology, Austria 1
Content The global setting of higher education Why does internationalisation matter? Aspects of internationalisation Towards strategic approaches Top-down versus/and bottom-up Summary 2
The global setting of higher education Globalisation & globality cooperation & competition The new multi-polar situation of HE World-wide connectivity and mobility Accessibility of distributed competences Grand global societal challenges Development of global innovation chains New forms of delivery MOOCs Availability of funds for international cooperation 3
Why does internationalisation matter? From a research point of view Becoming internationally visible and competitive Strengthening STI excellence by cross-fertilisation Getting access to state-of-the-art and/or complementary knowledge and methods Building collaborative links for achieving quality, scale and scope critical mass Increased citation impacts Information, insights, understanding about other research and innovation systems Accessing special facilities or research infrastructures Getting access to special environments and materials Need for experts with intercultural experience talent! Develop long-term collaborative links for mutual benefit 4
Aspects of internationalisation Instruments and programmes International student population and academic staff University partnerships and networks Student and researcher mobility and exchange Joint and double degree programmes BA, MS, PhD Individual cooperation of researchers Promoting international teams doctoral schools! Strategic collaborative RTD programmes Institutions: Joint laboratories, Offshore campuses Funding programmes, e.g. CONACYT, ERASMUS, Horizon 2020 (Marie Sklodowska Curie, ERC), CYTED - IBEROEKA, OSEO, FONCICYT 5
Towards strategic approaches 1 The need for institutional strategies Universities are developing from loosely coupled systems of professors towards institutions with professional management International visibility calls for institutional strategy Developing strategic priorities, target countries and instruments Finding a balance between bottom-up and top-down Support structures: Offering professional services for international education and research opportunities for students and researchers a key asset for the university In addition: national - and European - strategies 6
Towards strategic approaches 2 The need for national (and EU) strategies Setting objectives: themes & geographical priorities Providing the legal and regulatory framework Investment in HE and STI: status and targets Safeguarding the human resource base Considering the national and supra-national system Getting organised: data base, support structures and services information and assistance Involve main stakeholders in a well designed process Create public awareness on importance 7
Top-down versus/and bottom-up Policies Policy makers now need to harness the self-organising, researcher-led and bottom-up global science system and deploy it optimally to address critical challenges facing the planet. This will involve both top-down approaches that invoke the combined power and resources of national governments as and when necessary, orchestrating effective co-ordinated work by large interdisciplinary teams, and also recognising the pivotal role of individual researchers and small teams Knowledge, networks and nations. Global science collaboration in the 21st century. The Royal Society. London 2013, p102 8
Internationalisation of HE Summary Internationalisation is a must for higher education A systematic and participatory approach is required You have to get organised at institutional, national and supra-national level Create the evidence base Set objectives and targets Define priority areas, countries, regions Ensure appropriate funding Establish professional structures for information and assistance Learn from others but adapt to your situation Monitoring & evaluation for continuous improvement!
Prof. Manfred Horvat Vienna University of Technology, Austria Chairman, Horizon 2020 Advisory Group International Cooperation Member, Horizon 2020 Advisory Group Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions Senior Advisor, CESAER Coordinator of Conference of Rectors and Presidents of European Universities of Technology manfred.horvat@gmx.net 10
Mexico in FP7 Priority areas of collaboration Area Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP Participations 33 Environment (including Climate Change) 18 Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology 11 Socio-economic sciences and Humanities 9 Health 7 Activities of International Cooperation 10 11
Mexico in FP7 Main collaborative links Countries Links Spain 155 Italy 130 Germany 106 France 100 United Kingdom 81 12
University Mexico in FP7 Top Universities Number of FP7 participations UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO (UNAM) 16 INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY (ITESM) 13 UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA METROPOLITANA (UAM) 4 UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON (UANL) 3 UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA (UV) 2 INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA, A.C. (INECOL) 2 13