Keynote held by Bartłomiej Banaszak, Deputy Director at the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland at the 2nd Danube Conference for Higher Education Management “In search of excellence in higher education” held at the Corvinus University of Budapest on November 22-23, 2018.
The conference was jointly organized by Corvinus University of Budapest (Center for International Higher Education Studies) and Ulm University and was supported by Péter Horváth Foundation.
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About the conference
In 2017 Ulm University organized the 1st Danube Conference for leaders, policy makers and researchers of higher education from the Danube countries. The Corvinus University of Budapest carries on this initiative by organizing the 2nd Danube Conference in cooperation with Ulm University and with the generous support of Péter Horváth Foundation.
Higher education systems and institutions have been under constant pressure of performance and efficiency since their considerable expansion in the 1990s. This pressure increased in the last decades as a result of the financial crisis, the spreading of international and national rankings and the growing competition for international students.
The main focus of the conference was to identify and present good management and policy practices which could be interesting for other countries and institutions. The cultural proximity of the Danube countries could provide an opportunity for the successful adaptation of such good practices.
About the presentation
The new act on higher education and science, which has come into force on 1st of October, revamps the whole system of higher education and science in Poland. Bartłomiej Banaszak will present those aspetcs of the reform which are the most important from the systemic point of view. After explaining the rationale for the reform the speaker will focus on issues such as: internal structure of Higher Education Institutions, financial autonomy and new funding streams, new model of evaluation of research output, new model of doctoral training as well as changes aiming at improving quality and relevance of study programmes. B. Banaszak will also offer an insight into the process of developing the reform proposal.
