Workpackage 7: Governance challenges for different nation institutions in managing change
Objectives
To analyse what forms of institutional adaptation and innovation could address the need for effective and equitable policy making in HEIs
To explore the implications of existing governance change projects on HEIs in Bulgaria and other Central and Eastern European countries
To use seminar and website discussions to give an analytical comparison of what forms of institutional decision making can foster or hinder convergence towards a collective European interest
To contribute to end of year policy briefing paper for the influence of future policies on Governance reform in relation to EU enlargement
Description of work
Month 14: BG will liaise with partners over publicity, dates and plans for steering group meeting, seminar, presentations, research focus and follow up website discussion.
Month 15
: BG hosts a one day seminar and a HERN steering group meeting. Partners produce seminar papers and presentations for analytical discussion.
Month 16
: UK-SRHE provides time-limited website discussion to encourage broader perspectives on issues affecting governance reform across Europe.
Month 21
: conference paper on the impact of HE reform on governance systems.
Month 25
: partners will circulate a brief guide to policy paper on Past and present systems, values and challenges for governance and change in the context of European enlargement.
Deliverables
Seminar papers: "HE reform and governance: past and present systems, values and challenges" and "Case studies of HE Governance reform in Central and Eastern Europe"
Report of website discussion to EC and associated networks
Conference paper on the impact of HE reform on governance systems in CEE countries
Chapter for brief guide to policy - on past and present systems and challenges for the future
Expected results
The workpackage will:
provide policy makers, management and academics with comparative, analytical findings and policy guidance about historical, social, political and economic contexts for governance changes in HE.