Thursday 16 November 2023
Our Autumn Seminar this year is inter-connected with the final activity of the SMILE project. We invite you to start exploring the topic of inclusion and diversity on Thursday morning by attending the SMILE Final Symposium. Both activities will take place in the same location (University of Barcelona, carrer Melcior de Palau 140, Barcelona), starting at 09:00. Please, visit this link to read more about the SMILE Symposium.
| 14:30 | Registration University of Barcelona, carrer Melcior de Palau 140, Barcelona (Ground floor – follow the signs for the registration desk) |
| 15:00 | Opening and Welcome to newly arriving participants Summary of the SMILE Symposium morning session – getting into the diversity and inclusion spirit! Beate HÖRR – Vice President of eucen (Sala d’Actes. Floor -1) |
| 15:20 | Dialogue between researcher and practitioner | How does theory compares to reality at diversity and inclusion level? Different perspectives to a same challenge Researcher: Lilian NWANZE – Maynooth University (IE) Practitioner: Matthew WEAIT – Oxford University (UK) Session moderated by Kirstin SONNE – University of Edinburg (UK) (Sala d’Actes. Floor -1) |
| 16:30 | Open floor for discussion Session moderated by Kirstin SONNE (Sala d’Actes. Floor -1) |
| 17:00 | Closing of the day Thanks (Sala d’Actes. Floor -1) |
| 17:15 | Networking cocktail (Hall in the -1 floor) |
| 20:00 | Seminar Dinner Restaurant Abrassame Les Arenes. Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 373 – 385. 08015 BARCELONA |
Friday 17 November 2023
| 09:00 | Registration University of Barcelona, carrer Melcior de Palau 140, Barcelona (Ground floor – follow the signs for the registration desk) |
| 09:30 | Welcome and presentation of the day Pascal PASCHOUD, President of eucen (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
| 09:45 | Keynote “Diversity and inclusion – a transversal challenge for universities” Cati JEREZ, Coordinator of the University of Barcelona Refugee Support Programme. University of Barcelona (ES) (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
| 10:15 | Keynote “Underrepresentation of minority groups in higher education – is it an oversight or deliberate oversight?” Emmanuel ACQUAH, Associate Professor of Education. Åbo Akademi University (FI) (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
| 10:45 | Q&A (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
| 11:00 | Coffee break (Hall in the -1 floor) |
| 11:30 | Workshop 1 | How to make our universities more connected to the 3rd mission? Session presented and moderated by Kirstin SONNE (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
| 12:30 | Workshop 2 | How to equip our staff for diversity and inclusion? Strategic approach and continuing education offered by the Université de la Réunion Session presented and moderated by Nathalie NOËL – Director of the centre for CE, Université de la Réunion (FR) (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
| 13:30 | Lunch (Hall in the -1 floor) |
| 15:00 | Good Practices Lab Hands on session working different inclusion areas (ethnic minorities, gender, disabilities, LGBT+) Session moderated by Isabell GRUNDSCHOBER and Alexandra GÖSSL – University for continuing education Krems (AT) (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
| 16:00 | Workshop 3 | Developing strategic cooperation – Room A: Planning of new proposals. Session moderated by Carme ROYO and Elisabetta VERGINELLI – eucen (BE) (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) – Room B: Co-design of a strategic policy paper addressed to policymakers. Session moderated by Lyndsey EL AMOUD – University College Cork (IE) and Diana TREVINO – eucen (BE) (Room 123. First floor) |
| 16:45 | Short summary of workshops 1, 2 and 3 (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
| 17:00 | Next eucen event: Join us! 54th eucen conference in Cork (IE) Lyndsey EL AMOUD – University College Cork (IE) (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
| 17:15 | Thanks and Closing Pascal PASCHOUD and Beate HÖRR on behalf of eucen (Sala Valverde. Ground floor) |
