Heads of University Management & Administration Network in Europe

Winter School Programme (all times CEST)

Friday, 10 February 2023
Online Session – 12:00 to 14:00 CET

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

Sunday, 26 March 2023

14:30

Registration    Gallery, Ground floor

Coffee Available

15:00

Welcome and introduction to the Winter School: leading and managing changes in strategy & policy    Sala Polivalente, 6th floor

  • 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    Terrace or gallery

18:00

Free time for participants

19:50

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

20:00

Dinner

Monday, 27 March 2023
Theme: Global Challenges for Higher Education Institutions – The Impact on Internationalisation Strategies

09:00

Welcome to the Winter School by the host    Room 101, first floor 

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

09:10

Risks and Opportunities with Internationalisation: Asking the Right Questions

Karen Stanton, Vice-Chancellor, Solent University, Southampton, UK

10:40

Coffee Break

11:00

Trends in Internationalisation    Room 101, first floor 

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

12:30

Lunch

14:30

Students in university governance and the example of the YUFE Alliance (Young Universities for the Future of Europe)    Room 101, first floor 

Daniela Trani, Former YUFE Alliance Director; Maastricht University, NL

15:30

Work on Winter School Cases session 1: Group review and preparing questions    Rooms 101, 204, 205, 401 and 402                     

Coffee available

18:00

Drinks and finger food

19:00

Free evening for networking

Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Theme: The Process of Shaping and Implementing Internationalisation Strategies

09:00

The Case of the University of Nottingham    Room 101, first floor       

Paul Greatrix, Registrar, University of Nottingham, UK

09:30

The Case of La Rochelle Université in the European University Alliance Conexus

Cécile O’Brien, Deputy General Director, responsible for support services, La Rochelle Université, FR

10:00

Coffee Break

10:30

Q&A session with the two case speakers    Room 101 and room 12

Paul Greatrix and Cécile O’Brien

11:30

Coffee Break

11:50

Testimonial from a Winter School Alumni      Room 101, first floor   

Brigitte Pérez Morey, Deputy-Head of the Student Services & Affairs Unit, UPF – Barcelona School of Management, ES

12:00

Making a strong impact through talent management  

David Sweeney, Professor of practice in research policy, University of Birmingham, UK

13:30

Lunch

14:30

Work on Winter School Cases session 2: Group review, analysis, SWOT    Rooms 101, 204, 205, 401 and 402
Coffee available

16:15

Sightseeing

20:30

Dinner

Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Theme: Leading strategic changes

09:00

Leading change to support internationalisation    Room 101, first floor   

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

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Academic Strategy, Financial Strategy and Financial Management    Room 101, first floor   

Arnold Boon, University Director, Copenhagen Business School, DK

12:30

Lunch

14:00

The transformative power of digitalisation in universities    Room 101, first floor   

David Vanozzi, CEO of CINECA (non-profit consortium of Italian universities, national public research centres, Italian Ministries of Universities, Research and Education), IT

15:30

Work on Winter School Cases session 3: The development plan    Rooms 101, 204, 205, 401 and 402                                           

Coffee available

17:30

Free time for participants

19:00

Working dinner in the hotel

Thursday, 30 March 2023
Theme: Leadership and teamwork

9:00

Workshop part one: Authentic leadership and teamwork    Room 101, first floor    

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    Room 101, first floor                

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    Room 101, first floor

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

12:00

Work on Winter School Cases session 4    Rooms 101, 204, 205, 401 and 402                                           

13:00

Working Lunch

14:00

Work on Winter School Cases session 4 (continued)   Rooms 101, 204, 205, 401 and 402                     

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, 31 March 2023
HUMANE Winter School Panel

09:00

Parallel Sessions (part I): Teams present their work and receive feedback from the HUMANE Winter School Panel    Rooms 204, 205, 401

•  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, UK
•  Margit Nothnagl

HUMANE Chair of the Residential Schools Alumni SC & Faculty Director, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE
•  Cécile O’Brien

Deputy General Director, responsible for support services, La Rochelle Université, FR
•  Kirsty Walker

Vice President External Engagement, University College London, 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) Rooms 204, 205, 401

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

 

Plenary Session Feedback                                                        HUMANE Winter School Panel (as above)    Room 101, first floor

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.