2022-2023 / GEST7008-1

Governance and stakeholders in the university sytem. Decentralisation of the teaching system and autonomy of teaching establishments

Duration

24h Th

Number of credits

 Master in management (60 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Albert Corhay

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is divided into two parts
The first part (2 days) consists of :
-Presentation of the case of higher education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
-More particularly the case of the University of Liège and its context
-Combination of presentations and discussions
The second part (2 days) consists of :
-Continuation of lectures by the teacher
-Presentation of other cases presented by students individually or in groups
-The aim is to show what the different models are, to compare and discuss them
-Combination of presentations by students and debates

Detailed course content :
-Structure of Belgium and levels of power and skills, particularly with regard to higher education
-Situation and organization of education in Belgium
-Organization of Higher Education in FWB
-Structure of Higher Education in FWB and its evolution
-Organization of research in FWB
-Universities in FWB, the Council of Francophone Rectors and their role
-The University of Liège






  • its specificities
  • its governance
  • its administrations: structure, role, etc.
  • its staff: types, role, status, etc.
  • its students
  • the organization of its research and its promotion
  • the importance of its third mission, citizenship, and its achievement through entities like IDCampus, VentureLab
  • its strategic plan











 
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

We expect students to:

  • Understand the different structures of higher education via examples presented by the professor and other students' homework's
  • Explore the higher education structure of a specific country, analyze it in detail, criticize it and suggest improvements or adaptations while taking into account the local context
  • Learn about the governance elements of universities, their objectives and missions, their organization and structure, types of staff, etc.
  • Study a particular university or a set of universities of the country they choose and present an analysis including all the elements mentioned above

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Depending on mobility and teaching conditions, the course can be done face-to-face or remotely.

Recommended or required readings

Students are assessed on the basis of their participation in the course presentations and especially on the basis of a homework that they must prepare in groups and present. This homework consists of analyzing the Higher Education System of a country and the particular situation of one or more universities of that country.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Association of one or more MOOCs