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Objective |
| Higher Education Institutions in German speaking countries are currently gaining autonomy, especially in the matters of budget and personnel and are thus challenged to provide modern and skilled management, facing these new tasks. Traditional administration has to develop new strategies, adequate and applicable for the academic sector. Then models of organisational structure fitting for public administration or for the economic system can not be transferred directly into academic life. Rather professional management has to be developed for Higher Education Institutions. These shifts and developments do not yet get the positive attention they deserve – neither within universities, nor in the public. At the same time there is a pool of innovative ideas, projects and initiatives, promoted by committed persons, who should be given their due credit and appreciation. |
Scholarships |
The Danube University Krems together with the Danube Rectors’s Conference want to award groundbreaking concepts and best-practice-examples in the area of Higher Education Management with a scholarship, to support the progression in this new field.
The Department for Continuing Education Research and Educational Management assigns to two projects, selected by a panel of experts:
1 Scholarship for the Master Programme
„Higher Education and Research Management“(worth 9.900 Euro) and
1 Scholarship for the Certified Programm
„Higher Education and Research Management "(worth 3.700 Euro)
Requirements for Sponsorship |
New concepts as well as already successful best-practice-examples in the area of Higher Education Management can be submitted. Applications should relate to concrete projects, running at universities. The term „Higher Education Management Projects” covers especially the following areas:
1. Outward governance (e.g. agreement on objectives and performance between a Higher Education Institution and the state/region, Higher Education Marketing, publicity, university place management…).
2. Inward governance (e.g.. institutional profile development, development of an overall concept, strategy development, innovative forms of organisation, innovative control procedures, new understanding of leadership, organisational development, change management…)
3. Forms of financial autonomy (e.g. internal performance agreements, organisation of accountancy and controlling, innovative steering vehicles, reasonable models of housekeeping – in an economic and academic sense -, information management, fundraising and sponsoring…)
4. Forms of personnel autonomy (e.g. leadership- and management concepts, innovative patterns and processes for finding and making decisions, diversity management, gender mainstreaming, specific personnel planning for Higher Education Institutions, innovative personnel management, human resources development and management, innovative work with alumni…)
5. Quality management (e.g. innovative concepts of quality management, quality assurance in teaching and continuing education, support and promotion of high quality research, promotion of young researchers, internationalization…)
Target Group and Application |
| The scholarships are individual-related and can only be awarded to one person. This person has to either be employed at or work for the Higher Education Institution. This call addresses academics in management positions at universities as well as professional managers in Higher Education Institutions. Projects can be submitted by individuals as well as by project groups. If a project group applies one person (and his/her function) has to be nominated who will receive the scholarship. Please send us detailed informtion on your project (see application form) until August 1st, 2008. |
Jury |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Lothar Zechlin Rector University of Duisburg-Essen Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Laske Dean of the faculty for Business Administration University of Innsbruck Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ada Pellert Vice Rector Danube University Krems |
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