Winter School Alumni Network
an update
Liduine Bremer
Chairman WSAN
University of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
10th WSAN seminar
Lund, 21-22 September 2012
Agenda
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A brief history
Mission
2011/12 activities
2012/13 agenda
History
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Set up after a first follow up seminar in Karlsruhe
in October 2003
Demand for further training
Demand for exchange of experiences
Method of maintaining contact
Past Seminars
2003 Karlsruhe: Competition in Higher Education
2004 Bologna: Change Management in Higher Education
2005 Amsterdam: Enhancing Quality in Higher Education
2006 Madrid: From Abstract to Action: Translation of strategy and
policy to practice
2007 Manchester: People Management
2008 Berlin: Understanding, Working With and Changing
Organisational Cultures
2009 Barcelona: How do we know we are doing well? The added
value of administration to universities
2010 Helsinki: the 21th century paradox: efficiency versus social
responsibility
2011 Bologna: Delivering professional skills for the university services
of the future
Mission
WSAN aims to help its members in their careers, by
providing them with opportunities for
professionalisation through networking, both within
the network and with HUMANE, learning by problem
solving, and performing in the challenging but secure
environment of the group of fellow alumni.
Current Steering Group Members
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Liduine Bremer, Chair
Kurt R Sendldorfer
Thomas Achen
Susi Poli
Tiina Kosunen
Karin Ekborg-Persson
Jane Sherwood
2003 Amsterdam
2009 Kaiserslautern
2010 Lund
2008 Bologna
2009 Helsinki
2006 Lund
2010 Oxford
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2011/12 activities
Launch of WSAN page on Facebook
Participation of Steering Group members in Executive
Committee of HUMANE (Liduine, Kurt)
Presentation to Winter School in Valencia in March
(Michael Sibly)
.. And preparation of Lund seminar
Agenda for 2012/13
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Steering group meeting Amsterdam (December 2012)
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Winter School, March 2013, Valencia (presentation on
Communication)
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WSAN seminar 27-28 September 2013, Oxford
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Possibility to attend HUMANE seminars
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Your own initiative! Contact fellow alumni to organise a
study visit, benchmarking.. and communicate what you do!
Join the online WSAN community on Facebook