Backcasting results

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Backcasting results

• HUMANERound Table
• 2006

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HUMANE - a motor for professional administration

• 20 year old HUMANE has strongly contributed to
  European universities having the most
  professional administration in the world. Then
  HUMANE network between Heads of Administration in
  universities spreads good practice and
  innovations astonishingly rapidly. Small scale
  and focused seminars and stúdy visits have
  enhanced productivity and accountability in
  European universities. There are signs that US
  universities will follow the successful European
  system.

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HUMANE thinkpiece crucial in determining European
universities management strategy

• At a meeting today with the chief Executive of
  Microsoft and the Director general for Education,
  HUMANE issued the following
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The 5th book of the HUMANE Collection Turning
failure into success

• This book - which has amongst others been
  translated into Chinese - won the Management Book
  of the YEA 2016 prize. HUMANE saved other
  universities 1000 M by analyzing failures.

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5 million hits on the www.humane.eu site

• The HUMANE website has once again been voted the
  most popular and useful website for university
  management for its highly relevant materiel in
  higher education management

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HUMANE Audit has become a global industry
standard

• The highly successful study trip programme that
  started in 2006 produced such a nice source of
  data, that the audit programme was only a natural
  progression of the programme, says programme
  leader Ruud Bleijerfeld (71) from his home in
  Gerolstein. .

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New Higher Education Commissioner HUMANE winter
school graduate

• Now I can put into practice my HUMANE European
  master, which is now constantly in the top 10 of
  the global rankings of master programmes in
  higher education and research, says Commissioner
  X.
• Facts 5 of all industry leaders now are
  HUMANE Master graduates.

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US Secretaries of state visit HUMANE

• HUMANE talks as representative of the management
  of all EU-HEIs and is the platform for
  communication on management issues between EU and
  HEIs, and now extend its views to extra-European
  university systems
• The guests were to the opening of the new
  main office of HUMANE in Warsaw and the
  inauguration of ? Central database for student
  administration and HR. The database has ? In
  order to ? The goals that the European Ministers
  of Education have arranged in their name. The ?
  Are an expression of the intention of HUMANE to
  fully open to the world and become a world-wide
  competitive player.
• HUMANE realises that if it wants to stay
  competitive, it cannot restrict itself to the
  educational world alone but must widen its ?
  with industry as well.
• The next goal of HUMANE is to realise a quality
  assurance ? For accreditation for European
  University Management.

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HUMANE announces new charter for professional
services

• On the occasion of the HUMANE 20th anniversary
  conference in Paris, 550 members received the new
  Charter for Professional Service developed by
  HUMANE. This is the latest outcome of the
  long-standing co-operation between HUMANE, with
  EUA the leading authority on strategic leadership
  and management in European universities, and the
  European Commission. The Charter was launched by
  the President of the Commission, who paid tribute
  to the work of HUMANE, both before and after the
  recognition by the Commission in 2012. This
  encompassed the promotion of good practice, the
  development of a mobility programme for senior
  administrators, the standardisation of procedures
  for the evaluation of University administration
  and a professional training and development
  programme.

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HUMANE roles

• Development role
• We want to be professional management experts
• We want to be respected as professional
  management experts
• We feel that if we are respected as professional
  management experts we will be influential
• We are confident that our skills are transferable
  to other professional organizations
• (However, nobody mentioned IR or trade union)
• Dissemination role
• Website
• Books(not consultancy)
• Accreditation/benchmarking of university
  management and administration

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Friday Closing Advice

• Preserve the meeting place
• WE have to open to attract new members -look at
  points of attraction
• HUMANE should be one body but not one entity,
  respect our different personalities
• Avoid that the HoA is representing the
  institution, we are supporting the head. We need
  acceptance in EUA
• Key word is professionality!
• Define options in talks with EUA.

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HUMANE - a driver for professional administration
in European universities

• HUMANE is a network of professional excellence
  which
• Provides rich opportunities for HoAs and their
  staff to meet and exchange experiences, share
  good practice and facilitate innovation in HEIs
• Supports HoAs as leaders within their
  organizations
• Disseminates knowledge and skills of high
  relevance for the administration of European
  HEIs.
• Enhances operational leadership, day-to-day
  management, and administration as a profession
  crucial to the success of HEIs
• Reinforces the relationships between academic and
  administrative leadership in HEIs
• Provides advice to and works with European
  agencies to influence the development of
  efficient management procedures for higher
  education and research
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HUMANE - a driver for professional administration
in European universities

• HUMANE short term objectives
• Increase membership to 400
• Increase website relevance - 200 visits a month?
• Establish programmes for second tier
  admininstrators ?
• Establish quality assurance procedures in all
  HUMANE activities
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