Seminar on Centres of Excellence in University Education, Helsinki Finland, 24-25 February 2009

Background and objectives of the seminar

Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC) will complete the evaluation of centres of excellence in Finnish university education for the fifth time by the end of November 2008. Designation of centres functions as a basis for the allocation of performance-based funding by the Ministry of Education. Swedish National Agency for Higher Education has its own process for the selection of Centres of Excellent Quality in Higher Education.

By introducing two national models for awarding excellence in education and some of the awarded units the seminar aims to disseminate information on good practice of enhancing education. Likewise, the seminar strives to bring new ideas and perspectives to continual development of curricula, programme and course design and to provide solutions and new viewpoints to teaching, assessment and learning methods.

The seminar will gather participants from HEIs, quality assurance agencies, ministries and other European actors to discuss and share new information. The conference language is English.

Programme and registration

The programme and registration form will be published by the end of December. The programme will include keynote addresses, plenary sessions, case studies and discussions.

The event is jointly organized by FINHEEC and ENQA.

For further information, please contact Kirsi Hiltunen (kirsi.hiltunen@minedu.fi).

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