NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY
• Established in 1945
 15 faculties, 37 000 students
50% on campus = full time, 50% off campus = part time
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56 study courses, >100 specialisations
Accreditation – PKA 35, UKA 12
19 doctoral courses (710 st)
41 post-diploma courses (1400 st)
74 MOST st
4250 employees
2120 academic teachers
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595 full professors
FACULTIES
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Biology & Earth Sci.
Chemistry
Economic Sci.&Manag.
Education
Fine Arts
Health Sci.
History
Humanities
• Languages
• Law &
Administration
• Mathematics & ICT
• Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Physics & Astronomy
• Theology
NCU today
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The largest university in northern Poland
5th in press rankings, 10th student mobility
MBA course
University Affiliated High School – GiLA
Third Age University
University Museum
Open & Distance Learning Centre
NCU today
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Allianace Francaise
British Council Library
Jean Monet Centre of European Studies
Centre for Polish Lang.& Culture for Foreigners
CISCO Academy
FAMO Laboratory
Polar Research Station – Spitsbergen
10m Telescope in RSA
NCU in figures
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Budget 174 M€/year
>130 000 graduates, ~8000/year
32 000 candidates in 2006, 10500 admitted
2 campuses,
190 grants of the MHE&Informatisation
> 2,5 M items in the University Library
European Research Programmes
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Over 130 international projects
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13 projects in 6FP
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8 projects submitted
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3 projects approved
European Education Programmes
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Leonardo da Vinci
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10 pilot and staff mobility projects
3 mobility projects for students
 NCU-EUROmobility (26 beneficiaries)
 INTER-MOBIL (2004-2006)
 ARCHEO-TOR (2005-2007)
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SOCRATES – ERASMUS
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In the Programme from 1998/9
1479 outgoing students till 2006/7
560 outgoing students in 2007/8 – 350!
290 incoming students till 2006/7
~100 incoming students in 2007/8
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Over 240 visiting staff
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Out-going Erasmus students
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In-coming Erasmus students
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What we offer :
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IPO service
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Faculty co-ordinators
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ECTS
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University accommodation
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Courses of Polish
Courses in foreign languages
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Student mentors
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Orientation weeks
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ESN
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Social & integration programme
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Assessment questionnaires
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Courses in foreign languages
Poland in East Central Europe
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La Pologne hier et aujourd’hui
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Comparative law course
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Economic Sciences & Management – Lectures
and seminars
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Institute of Political Sciences
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Out-going & In-coming
What goes wrong?
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OUT - planned
OUT - recruited
IN
Management – 3 levels
1. Administrative organisation:
information, admission, contact, grant management
2. Academic organisation:
ECTS, subscription,
LA, TR, evaluation
3. Academic teaching
regular courses, courses in foreign languages, special
offer, assessment
1. Administrative organisation
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Information OUT –
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Information IN –
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mailing list and
http://www.umk.pl/wspolpraca/europrogedu/erasmus/studenci/
http://www.umk.pl/en/cooperation/socrates/
Contact – e-mail
Common disk for IPO
Application form – on-line
Accommodation
Database – EXCELL sheet, USOS
Financial management – EXCELL files in €
News service & discussion list (Yahoo list)
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2. Academic organisation
OUT – TR, LA,
• evaluation questionnaire
• IN - ID, NCU e-mail, subscription (USOS)
• evaluation form
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3. Academic teaching
Traditional methods
Powerpoint presentations
Pictures & video
Little ICT
Improvement – is there a way out?
1. ICT system – shelf product
2. Existing tool – USOS
3. Teaching/learning platform - MOODLE
Office work – UNISOLUTION?
„movein”
management of admisssions for national and
international students
„moveon”
management of international cooperation and
mobility programmes
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Existing tool – USOS
TEMPUS – 1999-2001 - UW
Super JEP „NET” New Educational Tools
14% HEIs, 13 universities
40 % mobility
Complex & bilingual
• ORACLE licence
• Subscription fee
• Registration of candidates
• Recruitment process
• USOS-web
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Courses – study offer
• ECTS
• Subscription (token system)
• Exams, proofs, marks, comments
• Transcript of records
• Diploma supplement & further
• Teachers workload & payment
• Quality assessment
• Directory of European HEIs
• Directory of diploma works
• Lecture hall reservation system
• Google-up – buildings positioning
• Electronic ID
• Erasmus recruitment – under test at WU
Teaching/learning platform - MOODLE
Modular object-oriented environment
Advantages
• Cost-free
• Easy to learn
• Easy to apply
• Modern & useful
Disadvantages
Needs time
- to learn
- to prepare
materials
• ODL courses or support classwork
• Publication of educational materials
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Interactive, blocks, sound, video, transmission
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Message board
Individual students, groups;
Admission & subscription
Discussion fora
Chat in real time
Video conferences
• Communication
• Assessment
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Questionnaires, quizz,, multiple choise, open
questions, voting
Time limit
Statistics & full control by the teacher
• Central university platform
• Faculty platforms
• Special platforms, e.g. Erasmus
Information
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www.umk.pl
Ewa Derkowska-Rybicka ewader@umk.pl
Head of International Programmes Office
Co-ordinator of International Programmes
Thank you for your attention!