Joint degree and other joint activities

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• Joint degree and other joint activities
• Early commitment to international collaboration
  in the Baltic Sea Region
• Tarja Hyppönen
• BSRS, University of Turku
• Balance 11-13 June 2008

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• Baltic Sea Region Studies at the UTu
• started in 1997
• UTu/ESF/Min of Education funding in 1997-2000
• closely linked to the strategy of Univ of Turku
• in English

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• focus on the Baltic Sea region
• multi/interdisciplinary approach (humanities,
  social sciences)
• history, culture, politics, international
  relations, human geography, environment,
  economics...
• based on the academic expertise and interest of
  the departments in 3 faculties (and TSE)
• coordinated by the Faculty of Humanities

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• The main areas of activities in UTu
• NON DEGREE STUDIES
• MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME
• INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

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• NON DEGREE STUDIES
• at undegraduate/postgraduate level (short term
  exchange students, minor studies to Finnish
  students)
• course proposals from the departments to the
  programme
• courses funded by the programme (at least 25 ECTS
  annually)
• integrated into the regular curriculum of the
  departments
• - credits go to the departments

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• intensive collaboration with BSR related
  programmes/centers/departments having similar
  profiles in the Baltic universities since autumn
  1999
• since 2000 also with Humboldt zu Berlin,
  Copenhagen, Södertörn, Gdansk

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• What joins us?
• common academic and regional interest
• institutional similarity
• limited resources

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• Joint degrees
• high on the European HE policy agenda
• relevant to the objectives of the Bologna prosess
• jointly developed courses, modules, curricula
• integrated (stuctured) student exchange
• BOLOGNA DECLARATION -
• Praque Communiqué 2001 to step up the
  development of modules, courses and curricula
  offered in partnership by institutions from
  different countries and leading to a recognised
  joint degree
• Berlin communiqué 2003 to actively support the
  development .. of integrated curricula leading to
  joint degrees
• Perfect opening for our purposes

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• Joint degrees
• JDs are the highest or the closest form of
  cooperation in the HE
• They can creatly advance the EHEA in quality and
  depth
• Effect of a joint programme is greater than the
  sum of its parts
• Based on - between two or more partners - jointly
  agreed, planned and implemented
• Structure, Curriculum, Course design
• Admission and grading procedure, graduation
  regulations
• Stay of students in a partner institution with
  full recognition of credits
• Different models and solutions to do it

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• Our solutions
• module structure
• - mandatory study period in a partner
  university
• degree is awarded by the home university with DS
  and explanation of JD
• the students apply and are admitted to one of the
  partner universities, home university
• - 10-15 students to each university
• same admittance criteria, same application
  deadline

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• MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME
• an interdisciplinary programme under the Faculty
  of Humanities (government decree on Master's
  programmes 14.7.2005)
• 120 ECTS, 2 years
• leading to Master of Arts in Baltic Sea Region
  Studies
• started Autumn 2005

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• MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME
• given as a JOINT DEGREE (JD)
• Based on joint curriculum planning between the
  partner universities
• Students are admitted to one of the partner
  universities (gt home university), same admission
  requirements and application deadline
• Each student will study one semester at a partner
  university
• The degree is awarded by the home university,
  with a European diploma supplement

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• MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME
• JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMME
• The frame agreement on the collaboration and main
  structure signed in August 2005 by
• University of Turku, BSRS
• University of Latvia, BSRS
• University of Tartu (Estonia), Baltic Studies
• Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania),
  BSRS
• Other partners offer courses (Gdansk, Copenhagen,
  Humboldt in Berlin, Södertörn..

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• Students
• Finnish and international students and teachers
• mixed classes
• international context, focus and contents

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• Teachers
• - part time, having an academic position in
  other departments
• - from UTU and partnes universities in the BSR
  and beyond
• - cross-university, cross-faculty, cross-dept

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• To summarise
• International classroom, learning and teaching
  environment
• Internationalisation at home
• Very bottom-up approach

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• INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
• different levels
• - from the contribution of individual
  researchers to larger programme based activities
• - from organised visits to partner univeristies
  to joint conferences
• target group academic staff

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• Baltic Studies Network
• Nordic Grant Scheme for Network Co-operation
  Baltic countries and Northwest Russia
• Academic years 2000-1 and 2001-2,
• co-ordinated by the BSRS, University of Turku,
  6 other partners
• International Classroom
• The Nordplus NABO project, Academic year 2004-5
• co-ordinated by the Centre for Baltic Studies
  of the University of Tartu, 6 other partners
• Winter school 27.2.-1.3.2008 in Tartu, Politics
  of Memory
• BSRS, UTu
• Aleksanteri Institute, network university in
  Finland
• EuroCollege and BS, UTa

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• BalticStudyNet, 2005-6 and 2007-2009
• Erasmus Mundus, action 4, Enhancing the
  Attractiviness
• http//www.balticstudy.net/
• Promoting Baltic Sea Region Higher Education
  worldwide
• - conferences, workshops, world tours, summer
  schools, publications, other material, www-portal

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• BalticStudyNet, 2005-6 and 2007-2009
• Erasmus Mundus, action 4, Enhancing the
  Attractiviness
• co-ordinated by the Humboldt University,
  Ostseekolleg, Berlin.
• Other partners BSRS related departments and
  programmes in Univ of Turku, Univ of Tartu, Univ
  of Copenhagen, Univ of Latvia, Univ of Gdansk,
  Vytautas Magnus Univ, Södertörn Högskola
  (graduate school)

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www.balticstudy.net
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Promoting BSR Higher Education worldwide

• About BalticStudyNet
• Three years project financed by the European
  Commission (Erasmus Mundus Programme)
• Follow-up project to BalticStudyNet I (2005/2006)
• (HUB, CPH, Turku)
• Coordinated by Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

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BalticStudyNet II (20072009)

• Partners
• Humboldt University Berlin
• University of Turku
• University of Copenhagen
• Södertörn University College
• University of Tartu
• University of Latvia, Riga
• Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas
• University of Gdansk
• Aims
• Information about the BSR
• Promotion of BSR higher education (HE)
• Branding of the BSR as a HE area

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BalticStudyNet II (20072009)

• Activities
• Baltic Sea Region Information Days in several
  countries/ continents (exhibition, academic
  lectures, presentations of the region and
  partners)
• (USA/Canada, Russia, Ukraine, China, India,
  Caucasus/ Central Asia, Australia)
• Seminars/workshops for multipliers from third
  countries
• Textbook for Baltic Sea Region Studies for third
  country students

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• Baltic Studies or Baltic Sea Region Studies
• Northern America / Canada
• Baltic studies literature, languages,
  (etno)culture
• AABS, 1968
• Europe Baltic Sea Region Studies
• history, society, culture, politics,
  international relations, enviroment, human
  geography

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• The Baltic World as a Multicultural Space
• 5th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe, 5-7
  June, 2003 in Turku
• 170 scholars from Europe, USA, Canada, Australia
• presented papers
• The Baltic as a Multicultural World Sea, Region
  and Peoples
• Ed. Marko Lehti, 2005, BWV Berliner
  Wissenschafts-verlag GmbH
• Linked with AABS (Association for advancement of
  Baltic Studies, USA and Canada)

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• PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
• Under the Faculty of Humanities
• Vice Dean, director of the programme
• Co-ordinator
• Programme Board (local)
• Masters programme
• Academic Director Adj. Prof. Marko Lehti (part
  time)
• Steering Committee (international, joint degree)
• Executive board (local)

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• Thank you!
• httpbalticstudies.utu.fi