Under the overarching theme “Remodelling professional services in universities” the webinar will focus on how universities can deliver professional services in new ways to support education, research and outreach.

Decreasing public funding in many European HE systems and the fast growth of Artificial Intelligence are posing major challenges to universities, but they also offer new opportunities to reconfigurate professional services, with more limited budgets.

New models can be designed to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness, streamlining processes to avoid potential service duplication and reduce costs, while reorganising routine staff for more qualitative work. All require a change of mindset and major staff upskilling and reskilling for leaders and managers to take initiatives to design new solutions rather than these being imposed on them through financial cuts.

Speakers:

Thomas Estermann, Director Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, EUA, BE

Enora Bennetot Pruvot, Deputy Director, Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, EUA, BE

Akos Domahidi, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Obuda University Budapest, HU

Paul Boselie, Professor of HR in the Utrecht University School of Governance, Utrecht University, NL

Webinar moderator:

Bart van de Laar, Head of International Affairs, Student & Academic Affairs Office, Utrecht University, NL

Who can attend?

This webinar is exclusively for Residential School Alumni and is free of charge. You can register here.