Heads of University Management & Administration Network in Europe

Winter School Programme (all times CET)

Thursday, 29 February 2024
Online Session

12:00

Webinar introducing the Winter School teams, the case studies and overview of the arrangements. 

Sunday, 17 March 2024

14:30

Registration

Coffee Available

15:00

Welcome and introduction to the Winter School: leading and managing changes in strategy & policy

  • Programme objectives
  • Teamwork and the case studies
  • Getting to know your peers

Nadine Burquel, Director General and Winter School Director, HUMANE, BE

16:00

Higher Education in a changing world 

17:00

Welcome Drink

18:00

Free time for participants

19:50

Meeting in front of the hotel and short walk to the restaurant

20:00

Dinner

Monday, 18 March 2024
Theme: Global Challenges for Higher Education Institutions – The Impact on Internationalisation Strategies

09:00

Risks and Opportunities with Internationalisation: Asking the Right Questions

Karen Stanton, Vice-Chancellor, Bishop Grosseteste University, UK

10:30

A few words about our host – The Barcelona School of Management, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Llorenç Bagur, Dean, UPF Barcelona School of Management, ES

10:40

Coffee Break

11:00

Trends in Internationalisation

Nigel Healey, Vice President Global and Community Engagement, University of Limerick, IE

12:30

Lunch

14:30

Leveraging intercultural competences in diverse teams

Nannette Ripmeester, Founder & CEO of Expertise Labour Mobility, NL

15:30

Work on Winter School Cases session 1: Group review and preparing questions

Coffee available

18:00

Drinks and finger food

19:00

Free evening for networking

Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Theme: The Process of Shaping and Implementing Internationalisation Strategies

09:00

The Case of La Rochelle Université in the European University Alliance Conexus (the European University for Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability)  

Yannick Jolly, Head of Administration, La Rochelle Université, FR
Cécile O’Brien, European Project Manager, La Rochelle Université, FR

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Academic Strategy, Financial Strategy and Financial Management

Arnold Boon, University Director, Copenhagen Business School, DK

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Talent and leadership management for global engagement

Nicola Owen, Deputy Chief Executive (Operations), Lancaster University, UK

15:00

Work on Winter School Cases session 2: Group review, analysis, SWOT
Coffee available

16:15

Sightseeing

20:30

Dinner

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Theme: The Process of Shaping and Implementing Internationalisation Strategies

09:00

The Case of the University of Nottingham

Paul Greatrix, Registrar, University of Nottingham; President, HUMANE, UK

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Leveraging Digitalisation to Compete in the Global HE Marketplace

Jon Barnhart, Director Research, EAB, US

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Leading change to support internationalisation

Oriol Amat, Professor of Financial Economics and Former Rector, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ES

15:30

Work on Winter School Cases session 3: The development plan

Coffee available

17:30

Free time for participants

19:00

Working dinner in the hotel

Thursday, 21 March 2024
Theme: Leadership and teamwork

9:00

Workshop part one: Authentic leadership and teamwork

Britta Piel, Head of Unit and Deputy Director, Centre for International Cooperation, FU Berlin, DE

10:10

Coffee Break

10:25

Workshop part two: Authentic leadership and teamwork        

Britta Piel, Head of Unit and Deputy Director, Centre for International Cooperation, FU Berlin, DE

11:25

Coffee Break

11:40

Workshop part three: Authentic leadership and teamwork

Britta Piel, Head of Unit and Deputy Director, Centre for International Cooperation, FU Berlin, DE

12:00

Work on Winter School Cases session 4

13:00

Working Lunch

14:00

Work on Winter School Cases session 4 (continued)

Coffee available

16:00

Submit your executive brief

20:00

Bus transfer to restaurant (from the hotel)

20:30

Dinner

22:30

Bus transfer to the hotel

Friday, 22 March 2024
HUMANE Winter School Panel

09:00

Parallel Sessions (part I): Teams present their work and receive feedback from the HUMANE Winter School Panel

Nadine Burquel

Director General and Winter School Director, HUMANE, BE

• Rodrigo Cetina-Presuel

Associate Dean for Education and Academic Affairs & Senior Lecturer in Law and Public Policy, UPF Barcelona School of Management, ES

•  Paul Greatrix

Registrar, University of Nottingham; President, HUMANE, UK

•  Cécile O’Brien

European Project Manager, La Rochelle Université, FR

•  Kirsty Walker

Vice President External Engagement, UCL, UK

09:50

Coffee Break

10:10

Parallel Sessions (part II): Teams present their work and receive feedback from the HUMANE Winter School Panel (as above)

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

 

Plenary Session feedback by the HUMANE Winter School Panel

12:00

Graduation and final words

12:30

Closing lunch at the school

Note: the programme is subject to marginal change.

Important information:

HUMANE and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Management fully intend to deliver the Winter School in Barcelona. If however, restrictions require it to be postponed, participants will be notified with as much notice as possible.

Neither HUMANE nor the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Management are liable for any losses, accidents or damage to persons or objects during the Winter School in Barcelona. Participants attending the Winter School in Barcelona do so at their own risk and responsibility.