Higher Education, Enterprises and Regions:

Partnerships for Innovation and Development throughout Europe

Report of the General Rapporteur

The following report summarises and interprets the key findings of the five work
groups identified in the break-out sessions. They were in the format of interactive
workshops, on the following themes:

1. Employability of professional higher education graduates.
2. Innovation, applied research & development – common platform of higher education
& business.
3. In-company training & education provided by higher education institutions –
motivation of different parties, success factors, quality requirements, preconditions.
4. Third mission of higher education institutions – role and position within the regional
development, mission & objectives of PHE institutions, scope of potential services.
5. Missions & profiles of Institutes of PHE in the post-Bologna era.
6. Human resources policy and management at professional higher education.
7. Life-long learning at higher education institutions.
8. Opening up to ‘New learners’: Recognition of prior learning including formal, nonformal
and informal learning.

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