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EUROPEAN* NETWORK FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
IN HIGHER EDUCATION (RERIES)

RESEAU EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHE ET D'INNOVATION
DANS L'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR (RERIES)

PURPOSE

The mission of RERIES is to contribute to the enhancement of the relevance and quality of Higher Education on the basis of its research and development activities, its reflection and expertise, and international cooperation based on true partnership. Along this line, RERIES will contribute to the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI) and to the International Monitoring Committee of the World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE) established at UNESCO.

The objectives of RERIES are the following:

  1. To enhance co-operation and exchanges among research institutions on Higher Education in Europe* including the different UNESCO Chairs, without excluding other partnership.
  2. To promote leading research and innovation in Higher Education in the following areas, with a view to contributing to the improvement of the relevance and quality of teaching and learning:
    • student learning including adult learning and motivation to learn ;
    • teaching methods and practices (with special attention to the use of new technologies) and their impact on learning;
    • university teaching development and assessment;
    • assessment of learning outcomes;
    • university lifelong and adult learning;
    • faculty and staff development policies and practices;
    • development of academic leadership;
    • governance and management of Higher Education institutions and their impact on teaching and student learning;
    • institutional quality development and assessment
    • impact of European policies on HE;
    • efficiency of educational innovation.
  3. To create synergies with European partners* in the search for resources to develop European* collaborative research studies.
  4. To support the creation and supply of databases open to the network members for research and decision-making purposes.
  5. To foster exchange of HE research and university teaching and learning centres.
  6. To develop exchange of information and collaboration with other regional networks through GUNI.
  7. To co-operate with the International Monitoring Committee of the WCHE established by UNESCO.


* European and Europe in the present statutes refer to Western and Eastern Europe, Canada, Israël and the USA. It follows the division proposed by Unesco.

STATUTES

The RERIES statutes are given in annexe.

MEMBERS


Executive Committee:

Mariane Frenay President Prof. UCL, Belgium
Denis Bédard Vice-President Prof. Univ. Sherbrooke, Canada
Jean-Jacques Paul Vice-President Prof. Univ. Burgundy, France
Mieke Clement General Rapporteur Prof. KUL, Belgium

The updated RERIES member list is annexed.

CONTACT

Fabienne de Voghel (Fabienne.deVoghel@psp.ucl.ac.be)
Université catholique de Louvain
UNESCO Chair of university teaching and learning
Place C. Mercier, 10
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium

PROJECTS

  • Foresight for the development of higher education/research relations in the perspective of the European Research Area
  • FACDEV program : Promoting faculty development to enhance the quality of learning in Higher Education (file htm)
  • Expression of Interest : Enhancing learning and teaching quality in Higher Education for European Knowledge Society (file pdf)

 


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Responsable : Pr Etienne Bourgeois - Contact : Fabienne de Voghel Date: 18/11/2005