BIODAQUA Meetings
- 2nd project meeting, 17-19 February 2002, Athens, Greece
- Informal meeting of BIODAQUA partners present at the Halifax Project Directors' Meeting on 6th November 2002.
- BIODAQUA Partners Ancona Meeting
Draft Agenda for BIODAQUA Startup Meeting
Athens February 2002
Meeting on Sunday 17th will take place in the TITANIA Hotel
Meetings on Monday (18th) and Tuesday (19th) will take place in the Agricultural University of Athens
Some partners are scheduled to arrive on Saturday and others on Sunday. The agenda has
therefore been made in an attempt to maximise partner contacts and to cover as much ground as possible.
There are three types of contracts which have to be considered:
- partner agreements, which will be different for the Canadian and the European partners-the European partners have not yet had a joint meeting to consider these and so time will have to be set aside for this;
- Mobility agreements which concern the student exchanges, and which will have to include quite a variety of topics, and examples of which will be made available during the meeting
However, since credit transfer can be one of the most difficult aspects of the Joint Institutional Agreements and Memoranda of understanding, time must be spent on drawing up a joint agreed syllabus, based on courses that are already being run on both sides of the Atlantic, and bearing in mind that credit transfer is an essential part of the project.
It seems likely that M.Sc courses will be easiest to plan for, while under-graduate courses may run into difficulties which are caused by aspects such as entry requirements, and the language of delivery.
Partners should already have sent details of their courses in advance of the meeting, so that these can be circulated to all participants in advance. I suggest that we do need, initially, paper copies of relevant courses. I will undertake to provide photocopies, but only if the material reaches Prof. Papoutsoglou by Thursday Feb. 14, I have already circulated a draft questionnaire and look forward to receiving the Completed questionnaires at the meeting.
| Sunday 17th February | |
|---|---|
| 11.00 - 13.00 | Partner Agreement contracts for European partners. (Please look at No.3 from Round Table discussions concerning administrative agreements) |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 - 17.00 | Consideration of relevant courses for inclusion in BIODAQUA joint syllabus (from completed dft.questionnaires) |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | Tea |
| 17.30 - 19.30 | Presentations by each partner of present arrangements for credit transfer (ECTS, etc) See attached descriptions from Agricultural University of Athens. |
| 20.00 | Dinner provided by Host institution |
| Monday 18th February | |
| 09.00 - 11.00 | Developing International Curricula. Choice of joint courses must include a genuinely international element. First selection of suitable courses, with details(when run, no.of participants, entry requirements, language,etc) |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Coffee |
| 11.15 - 13.00 | Continuation of selection of courses to form joint international curriculum. |
| 13.30 - 14.30 | Lunch in student refectory, followed by a short tour of the University buildings and facilities, seen from the point of view of the student |
| 14.30 - 16.00 | Credit transfer |
| 16.00 - 16.15 | Coffee |
| 16.15 - 18.30 | Credit transfer |
| 18.30 | Return to Hotel |
| Tuesday 19th February | |
| 09.00 - 11.00 | Dissemination. Preparation of information package from each partner. Design of project website. Production of handbook for students |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Coffee |
| 11.15 - 13.30 | Central role of language preparation in the project. Self-learning online language units in English, French, Italian, Greek and possibly Flemish. |
Some participants will have to leave by lunchtime. An agenda has not been set for the afternoon programme, which will try to deal with Any Other Business, or with uncompleted business.
