[OSList] Campus Europae Higher Education Open Space

Sat Aug 15 10:14:05 PDT 2015

The question, Paul, is that talking to this or that DG at EU about the "need to open the space" is not enough. There is a strong need to explain what Open Space means!
In this case, they have used the name (Open Space), but nor the procedures of an OST event, neither the spirit of Open Space.
Regards
Artur

      From: Paul Nunesdea <nunesdea at me.com>
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A blessing Artur!I have engaged with one of EU DGs the DG Connect and talked extensively about the need for opening space in their events.Who knows they are talking to each other?BestPaul 

>From my iPhone

On 15/8/2015, at 17:00, Artur Silva via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

Good morning OpenSpacers:I have received from afriend this mail that announces a “Higher Education Open Space” organized bythe European Union. He sent me this happy because EU was adopting Open Spaceand he expected me to be happy with that.Here is the mail I have received:« Campus Europae Higher Education Open Space
The HigherEducation Open Space (HEOS) 2015,following up the Council's communiqué after Yerevan willprovide universities, students and stakeholder representatives an open,innovative and creative space for discussion on joint approaches to facethese challenges. It also aims to contribute in a concrete way tothe modernisation of higher education and to buildalliances to reinforce the competitiveness and governance of Europeanuniversities. It will allow for policy discussions and practical workingsessions through two main events: a conference on the 3rd of Novemberon how to reach 20% of student mobility by 2020 while maintaining the qualityof mobility flows; an Open Space on the 4th-5th of November addressingtopical issues of universities, students and stakeholders in the field of the modernisation agenda. Registeruntil 30 September 2015! » (end of the mail)If one looks to the Program (http://uni-foundation.eu/higher-education-open-space/conference)one finds the Agenda below (after my signature).There are a lotof speakers all the time!!! But even the sessions that could be "open" are like this: 1) The sessionon ”Disruptive innovation in the field of student mobility” has 4 experts speaking about it(no students, as far as I can see)2) The session of “GroupDiscussion” (14:00 - 15:00) has 4 predefinedsubjects:·        Funding strategies to increase exchanges·        Length matters: 1 semester vs. 1 year abroad·        Ad-hoc partnerships and international consortia·        The increasing importance of QA and recognition of credits
3)The Round-table (15:30 - 17:00) has 2 speakers (Profs). So my questionsare:-      Is this Open Space?-      What is the conceptof "Open Space" of the European Union?-      Did they get that name(Open Space) from OST facilitators from Europe or it was only the fact that “Open”is cool (and “Closed” is awful) and they don’t even know what OST is? I would like to have other opinions, especially fromEuropean people more close to the center of Europe (somewhere in the line fromBrussels to Berlin…)Regards and have anice week end Artur(From Portugal, in theSouthwest of Europe - or is it in the North of Africa? See the map bellow...) ----------------Attachment 1 
Agenda
09:00 - 09:30: Arrival and registration09:30 - 10:30: Opening session·        Opening speech·        Keynote speaker on the renewed framework of ET 2020
Speaker: Representative of the European Commission, Directorate Education,Audiovisual and Culture·        The challenges of universities to maintain quality in mobilitywhile intensifying their mobility flows
Speaker: Prof. Miguel Ángel Sotelo, President of the European UniversityFoundation·        The students’ perspective on the challenge of increasing mobility
Speaker: Safi Sabuni, President of the Erasmus Student Network10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break11:00 - 12:30: Disruptive innovation in the field of studentmobility·        The automatic recognition of studies abroad
Speaker: Prof. Christoph Ehmann, Secretary-General of the European UniversityFoundation·        The Erasmus Without Papers network
Speaker: Valère Meus, International Relations Expert of the Ghent University·        Solving the challenge of fair grade conversion
Speaker: Dr. Anthony Vickers, Bologna Expert, University of Essex·        Towards 100% of student mobility
Speaker: Prof. Éric Tschirhart, Vice-President of the University of Luxembourg12:30 - 14:00: Lunch14:00 - 15:00: Group discussionsIncreasing the quantity and quality of student mobility·        Funding strategies to increase exchanges·        Length matters: 1 semester vs. 1 year abroad·        Ad-hoc partnerships and international consortia·        The increasing importance of QA and recognition of credits15:00 - 15:30: Coffee break15:30 - 17:00: Round-tableHow universities can best reach 20% of student mobility and itsimpact on society·        Prof. Georg Winckler, former Rector of the University of Viennaand former President of the EUA·        Prof. Éric Froment, former President of the University LumièreLyon 2 and former President of the EUA17:00- 17:30: Closing session    Attachment 2 Map – Portugal in theworld (and Azores as part of Portugal)…

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