Programme

MEETING OF OECD EDUCATION MINISTERS
Higher Education: Quality, Equity and Efficiency
27 and 28 June 2006

Tuesday 27 June

 

10:00 – 12:00

Consultation with BIAC and TUAC

13:30 – 14:30

Opening plenary session

 

Forum on the future of higher education

15:00 – 16:30

Session One: The future of higher education

 

Chair: Dr. Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, OECD

 

Speakers:

  • Dr. Mala Singh, Executive Director, Higher Education Quality Committee, Council on Higher Education, South Africa
  • Professor Hiroshi Komiyama, President, Tokyo University, Japan
  • Professor Jo Ritzen, President, Maastricht University, Netherlands

17:00 – 18:30

Session Two: Scenarios and discussion on the future of higher education

 
  • Moderator: Professor Marijk van der Wende, University of Twente and Chair of the Governing Board of the OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education
  • Presenter: Dr. Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, OECD
  • Closing remarks: Professor Sokratis Katsikas, Rector, University of the Aegean

Wednesday 28 June

Plenary 1

09:30 – 11:00

The purposes, governance and sustainable provision of higher education

 

Discussion in thematic groups (three parallel sessions)

11:30 – 12:30

Theme A: Who should pay for higher education?
Theme B: Measuring the quality and impact of higher education
Theme C: Higher education’s contribution to research and innovation in a global knowledge economy

12:30 – 13:00

Interim Briefing

13:00 – 15:00

Working lunch

Challenges and opportunities of the global market for education

Plenary 2

15:00 – 15:20

Brief reports from the thematic groups

15:20 – 16:50

Improving the quality, relevance and impact of higher education

16:50 – 17:10

Chair’s summary and closing remarks

Press briefing

c. 17:20

Press briefing

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