National Conference on the European Degree and the Higher Education Package

The EDLab pilot project organises a national conference on the European Degree and the Higher Education Package, in collaboration with EELISA Alliance.

The Conference, hosted at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), takes place on 30 September 2024. The objective is to disseminate the content of the Higher Education Package published by the European Commission on 27 March 2024 and to contribute to the debate on the translation of these proposals to the national environment.

The day will begin with the presentation of the package of proposals by the EAC Directorate-General of the European Commission, followed by a series of panels that will count with the participation of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIN), Quality Agencies, Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE), European alliances with Spanish participation, CREUP and Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE) as panellists.

Agenda

09:00: Welcome and Opening by the Polytechnical University of Madrid’s Rector, Guillermo Cisneros Pérez.

09:15: Presentation of the Higher Education Package by Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, Head of Unit Higher Education, DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC), European Commission.

Presentation by Alejandro L. de Pablo Serrano, advisor to the General Secretariat for Universities (SGU) on the possible implementation in Spain of the European Degree and other elements of the Higher Education Package.

Debate.

Moderator: Laura Howard, Director General of SEA-EU Alliance, University of Cadiz, EDLab pilot project.

10:30 Panel 1: The road towards the implementation of the European Degree in Spain

Panellists:

• Federico Morán, Director, Madri+d Knowledge Foundation (FCm+d) (tbc).
• Isabel García Izquierdo, Vice-Rector for Studies and Lifelong Learning, “Jaume I” University of Castellón, CRUE-Docencia” Sectoral Committee for Learning and Teaching.
• Jorge Lahoz Gómez, Vice-president for University Policy, Coordinator of Student Representatives of Public Universities (CREUP).

Moderator: Raquel Blave, Catholic University of Valencia, EU-Conexus Alliance, EDAffiche pilot project.

11:30 Coffee Break

12:00 Panel 2: Criteria for the European Degree

Panellists:

• Jaume Valls, Director of AQU Catalunya
• CRUE-Internacionalización y Cooperación” Sectoral Committee on Internationalization and Cooperation (name of the representative tbc)
• Pablo Nieto-Sandoval, Vocal of Quality of the Coordinating Committee of Student Representatives of Public Universities (CREUP)

Moderator: Nadia Fernández de Pinedo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Alianza CIVIS, SMARTT Pilot Project

13:00 Panel 3: Legal Entity for European Alliances

Panellists:

• Eva Fernández de Labastida, Head of Internationalisation and Projects, UNIBASQ.
• CRUE General Secretariats (name of the representative tbc)
• Elena Lauroba, Vice-Rector for Organisation and Governance, University of Barcelona, CHARM-EU Alliance

Moderator: Francisco Beltrán, Vice-Rector for Internationalisation, University of Zaragoza, UNITA Alliance, EGAI pilot project

14:00 Lunch break

15:00 Panel 4: Attractive careers: How to implement the recommendations in Spain?

Panellists:

• Pastora Revuelta Marchena, Vice-rectorate of PDI of the University of Seville, member of the Executive Committee of CRUE Profesorado and representative of the sectorial for international issues.
• Francisco Pérez Cutiño, Agency for Scientific and University Quality of Andalusia (ACCUA).
• Maite Viudes Velasco, Head of the EUTOPIA Office and Institutional Coordinator of EUTOPIA at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, EDLab Pilot Project.

Moderator: Alberto Garrido Colmenero, Vice-Rector for Quality and Efficiency at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, EELISA Alliance, JEDI Pilot Project.

16:00 General Conclusions

Panellists:

• José Luis Aznarte Mellado, Director of Education and Institutions, Aneca.
• Amaya Mendikoetxea, Delegate of the Presidency of CRUE for European Affairs and Rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• José Manuel González Canino, Director of Higher Education Unit, SEPIE
• Jorge Lahoz Gómez, Vice-President for University Policy, Coordinator of Student Representatives of Public Universities (CREUP)
• Laura Howard, Director General, SEA-EU Alliance, University of Cadiz. EDLab Project

Moderator: Dorothy Kelly, University of Granada, Arqus Alliance, EDLab Pilot Project

17:00 Closing

Guillermo Cisneros Pérez, Rector of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid