Workshop 2009


AG Hochschulforschung + FREREF Réseau Uni 21

The Bachelor – Changes in Performance and Quality of
Studying?
Empirical Evidence in International Comparison

III. International Workshop at the University of Konstanz
November 12th – 14th 2009

Program

Thursday, November 12th 2009

Arrival and starting

19:30h Introductions and presentation of the Research Groups (Gasthaus Petershof)
20:00h Welcome Dinner (Gasthaus Petershof)

Friday, November 13th 2009

9:00h

Address of welcome
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rüdiger, President of the University of Konstanz
Outline and opening of the workshop
Tino Bargel and Prof. Werner Georg, AG Hochschulforschung, University of
Konstanz

9:15h

Introduction to the Bachelor – intentions, support, questions:
perspectives in Germany compared to other Nations in Europe

Dr. Peter Zervakis, Bologna-Zentrum der HRK, Bonn, Germany

10:15h

Quality and inequality of study and students in France:
Results of the new survey in Rhone-Alpes

Dr. Laurent Lima, Prof. Gérard D’Aubigny, Cathérine D’Aubigny,
Dr. Alain Fernex, UPMF Grenoble, France

11:00h Coffee break
11:15h

First year success and other precocious features as predictors of academic
successful trajectories

Dr. Jean-Francois Stassen, Piera Dell’ Ambrogio, Université de Genève,
Switzerland

12:00h

Insights from a pilot project encouraging adjustment to the European Higher
Education Reform in Spain: Students experiences

Prof. Josep Masjuan, UAB, Spain

13:00h Lunch
14:00h

What is happening with the Bachelor?
Expectations and acceptance - some Austria
n Experiences

Dr. Helmut Guggenberger, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

15:00h

Bachelor Student's Evaluation of Teaching Quality and chances at the labour
market in Ukraine
Prof. Andrii Gorbachyk, Taras-Shevchenko-University, Kiev
Commercialization of Higher Education in Ukraine:
An analysis of the possibilities to become a Bachelor.
Prof. Volodymyr Sudakov, Taras-Shevchenko-Uniersity, Kiev

16:00h Coffee break
16:30h

How universities can assess employability skills: a report from
Luxembourg

Véronique Pelt, Dr. Michèle Baumann, University of Luxembourg

17:30h

Higher Education Politics in Europe: A Critical Discussion
Prof. Paul Kellermann, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

18:30h End of the session


Saturday, November 14th 2009

9:00h The experiences and evaluation of Bachelor students in Germany concerning
the quality of studying – Results of an Online-Survey
Tino Bargel, AG Hochschulforschung, University of Konstanz
10:00h

Simply the Best?
Determinants for the further study of the first Bachelor graduates
Dr. René Krempkow, Institut für Forschungsinformation und
Qualitätssicherung, Bonn, Germany

11:00h Coffee break
11:15h

Transition from university to the professional world:
The case of the PhD

Transition from Higher Education to the labour market: questions and
interests (Project of the Atelier at Summer University of FREREF and LLL)
Prof. Ivana Paduan, University of Venice, Italy

12:15h

Outlook on further research and exchange

12:45h

End of the workshop

13:00h

Farewell Lunch