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3rd Workshop Elche, 26-27 February 2010

The next  workshop of the European Benchmarking Inititiave in Higher Education (EBI-II) will take place in Elche, near Alicante, 26-27 February 2010

After an extensive data gathering excercise, the identifiaction of indicators and benchmarks, universities will present their action plans for implentation in their respective benchmarking groups (governance, curriculum reform, lifelong learning and university- enterprise cooperation).

The one day workshop will start 1.30 p.m. on Friday, 26 February and will close with lunch on Saturday, 27 February. University Miguel Hernandez is the workshop host and organises a guided tour of the university on Friday late afternoon.

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Publication: National Innovation and the Academic Research Enterprise

Public Policy in Global Perspective, David D. Dill and Frans A. van Vught (Ed.)

This volume analyzes the impact of public policy on the knowledge economies and higher education systems of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the overall European Union.
 
Given that innovation is a national economy’s most valuable asset in today’s global marketplace, countries are investing more than ever in academic research, doctoral education, and the process of knowledge transfer. Policymakers now perceive the academic enterprise as a means of sustaining international competitiveness, and newly implemented national innovation policies represent a marked shift away from traditional science and technology policies.

The contributors examine this new relationship between higher education and national systems of innovation, posing important questions: How is public policy affecting academic research? How are postsecondary institutions responding? The book concludes with a careful assessment of the effectiveness of current national innovation policy on higher education systems.
 

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