Programm
Entrepreneurship and Employability
March 13th – 15th 2018
Preliminary schedule as of Febr 12th
| Day | Time | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 13.03.2018 | Arrival | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner (optional for all those arriving early enough; at own expenses) Restaurant Bolero, Langenstr. 68, 28195 Bremen bremen.bolerobar.de | |
| 14.03.2018 | Staff Training Day 1 – Case studies from universities | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Opening words | |
| 9:15 a.m. | Keynote Prof.Dr. Jörg Freiling, Chair in Small Business and Entrepreneurship, U Bremen: Employment and Entrepreneurship in the New Age – Implications for Entrepreneurship in Times of Disruption | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Best practice presentations and discussion: Meike Goos (U Bremen): Setting up a business originating from Bremen’s universities – BRIDGE – a network approach Matej Meza (U Bremen): Mind the gap professional – preparing international students for the job market and the future as an entrepreneur Adriana Perez Encinas (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): Internationalization and employability – New Models for the Professionalization of Career Services. The case of the European Centre for Career Development and Entrepreneurship (ECCE) project. | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch | |
| Afternoon session taking place at “Kraftwerk” (kraftwerk-accelerator.com) | ||
| 2:00 p.m. (until approx. 5:30/6:00 pm) | Introduction to Kraftwerk and guided tour Ellen Bastiaens/Jan Hupkens/Perry Heymann (Maastricht University): Projects and best practice examples for the integration of employability in teaching and learning Kerstin Lange/Imke Girßmann (U Bremen): Bremen Early Career Researcher Development (BYRD): Supporting career paths of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers inside and outside academia | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Dinner (on invitation) Restaurant El Mundo, Konsul-Smidt-Str. 10a, 28217 Bremen (www.elmundo-bremen.de) | |
| 15.03.2018 | Staff Training Day 2 – YERUN activities | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Results from the parallel sessions from day 1, brief presentation and discussion | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Dave Stanbury (U Essex), Matej Meza (U Bremen): Bremen-Essex: comparing the structures and approaches to employability | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Presentation of the results and of a discussion paper of the YERUN Working group on employability – discussion. | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Closing session, light lunch | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Guided city tour | |
YERUN General Assembly
16th March 2018, Universität Bremen
Venue: Administration building VWG
Room: VWG 2060 (second floor)
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am | Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoffmeister, Vice President Academics, University of Bremen |
| 9:30 am | Introductionn by YERUN President, Prof Juan Romo, UC3M |
1. Approval of the minutes of previous YERUN General Assembly meeting (Ulm, 26 October 2017) – for decision | |
| 2. General overview and update of actions done after GA Ulm (communication activities, launch event, annual report, etc.) – for information and discussion | |
| 3. Open Science Strategy for YERUN – for discussion and decision | |
| 4. European Universities Networks – for discussion | |
5. YERUN Working Groups
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| 6. Establishment of YERUN as a legal entity – for discussion | |
| 7. YERUN Financial Report 2017 (closed year) and 2018 Proposals for budget line “Students’ Engagement” – for decision | |
| 8. Next YERUN meetings – confirmation of dates and new proposals | |
| 3:45 pm | AOB |
Lunch - Participants will have lunch at around 12.30-13.30. Exact timing to be decided depending on the progress of discussions.
For travel purposes, we aim at finishing the General Assembly at 16.00.