...Reasons for rationalizing the course portfolio

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CONFERENCE
“Portuguese Higher Education: a view from outside
(perceptions, observations and challenges)
19
th
February 2013
Conselho Nacional de Educação (CNE), Lisboa
Programme
09.00 – 09.15 1. Welcome
 António Rendas / President CRUP (Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities)
 Ana Maria Bettencourt / President CNE (National Council for Education)
 Helena Nazaré / President EUA and Coordinator of CNE Higher Education Committee
09.15 – 11.15 2. Presentation of the report
Chair – Ana Maria Bettencourt (CNE)
 EUA team
- Howard Davies, Andrea Blättler, Carles Solà, Jean-Marc Rapp
11.15 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 3. Session – 1
- Reasons for restructuring Portuguese Higher Education (HE)
Chair – Lesley Wilson (Secretary General / EUA)
 “HE in Portugal – system, network or landscape?”
- Eduardo Marçal Grilo (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)
 “Where do we stand five years after a new governance model?”
- Júlio Pedrosa (University of Aveiro)
12.30 – 13.00 Discussion
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch                                                    

14.00 – 16.00 4. Session – 2
- “Reasons for rationalizing the course portfolio”
Chair – Maria Helena Nazaré (EUA)
 “Learning, teaching and lifelong learning”
- Maria de Lurdes Correia Fernandes (U. Porto /Portuguese BFUG representative)
 “Innovation and entrepreneurship”
- José Epifânio da Franca (Technical University of Lisbon / IST / Portugal Ventures)
 “Regional co-operation for sustainable development”
- Pedro Saraiva (U. Coimbra / Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento
Regional do Centro)
 “Quality culture in higher education institutions”
- Sérgio Machado dos Santos (University of Minho)
 Discussion
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.30 5. Session – 3
- “Changing HE aiming at a better role in Portugal and in Europe”
Chair – Ana Freitas (University of Évora / BEPA-EC)
 “Rethinking higher education in Europe”
- Xavier Prats-Monné (European Commission)
 “The after report stage: final comments”
- Jean-Marc Rapp (University of Lausanne)
 Discussion
17.30 6. Closing Session
- Helena Nazaré / President EUA
- António Rendas / President CRUP