faculty at the catalan public universities. retributive system and mobility acup seminar :...

Faculty at the Catalan public universities. Retributive system and mobility

ACUP Seminar : “Faculty at the Catalan public universities. Retributive system and mobility”

13 January 2014, Barcelona

International mobility of university staff – trends, opportunities and caveats

Irina Ferencz, ACA Policy Officer


Outline

1. Background considerations

2. Why staff mobility?

3. Who is “staff”? Terminological caveats

4. Who is “mobile”? Terminological caveats

5. The patchy picture of staff mobility (some data collection examples)

6. Routes for more and better data collection

7. What could universities do…

My presentation – inevitably show what we don’t know about staff mobility rather than what we safely know

Based on article by Ulrich Teichler, “Academic staff mobility” in Teichler, U., Ferencz, I. & Wächter, B. (2011) Mapping mobility in European higher education, Vol. I, Doc&Mat, DAAD, Bonn.


1. Background considerations

Staff mobility – less of a policy priority than student mobility, because of:

smaller numbers (in absolute terms) not yet “the normal option” for staff not part of strategic efforts (in general) – an “individual matter” internationalisation – traditionally related to students (alone) ambivalent value judgements weaker knowledge base just one of many forms of international collaboration



2.1 Internationalisation

Helps internationalisation @ home

A feature of “world-class universities” (cf. Salmi) (talent from abroad)

Part of institutional strategy

Used in performance agreements with governments

Indicator in international rankings



2.2 The multiplier effect (power of example)

Teaching staff mobility → student mobility

Sensible conclusion, but still weak empirical base

Teachers for, but also against mobility – mutual trust problems and partial recognition


3. Who is “staff”? Terminological caveats

No international, shared understanding of “staff”

Variety of definitions, country and funding-scheme specific, e.g. : research vs. teaching staff vs. “administrators” classification by level of experience (Marie Curie Actions) within universities or also outside? headcounts vs. full-time equivalent where put doctoral candidates (staff or students?)

A moving target in Europe*: 3,1 million R&D personnel (HC) 2,2 million R&D personnel (FTE) 1,9 mill. researchers (HC) 1,3 mill. researchers (FTE) 1,3 mill. teaching staff

*European Commission and UIS data


4. Who is “mobile”? Terminological caveats

No international, shared understanding of “staff mobility”

No international, comprehensive data set

Variety of forms: Visits Sabbaticals Exchanges Recruitment of academic staff from abroad

Data collections – mostly national and/or by funding organisation (fellowships and grants)

Still, a standard feature of higher education systems

Longer track record of support at EU level


5. The patchy picture of staff mobility (data collection e.g.)

Examples of European-level data collections – Erasmus Programme

Source: European Commission


5. The patchy picture of staff mobility (data collection e.g.)a

Examples of European-level data collections – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Programme

Table 7: Marie Curie mobile researchers, by country of home and host institution and by type of researcher

(individual and host-driven actions combined)

Type of researcher* ESR ER MER Total

Direction of mobility Out In Out In Out In Out In

Country AT Austria 31 54 33 49 10 20 74 123

BE Belgium 20 46 45 45 8 6 73 97

BG Bulgaria 16 4 6 4 3 3 25 11

CH Switzerland 29 119 67 122 15 20 111 261

CY Cyprus 3 * 8 5 1 1 12 6

CZ Czech Republic 14 17 21 15 15 23 50 55

DE Germany 167 242 174 171 40 42 381 455

DK Denmark 6 30 28 31 8 8 42 69

EE Estonia 5 * 4 3 1 1 10 4

ES Spain 63 80 222 141 35 65 320 286

FI Finland 13 16 21 20 3 6 37 42

FR France 137 195 175 196 50 57 362 448

GR Greece 41 44 55 70 25 31 121 145

HU Hungary 22 11 28 14 13 11 63 36

IE Ireland 21 18 31 34 8 19 60 71

IS Iceland 2 2 2 10 6 7 10 19

IT Italy 190 92 147 87 36 42 373 221

LI Liechtenstein * * 1 * 1 * 2 *

LT Lithuania 6 3 * 1 1 * 7 4

LU Luxembourg * 1 1 * * * 1 1

LV Latvia 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3

MT Malta 2 * 1 * * * 3 *

NL Netherlands 38 129 75 104 16 19 129 252

NO Norway 7 13 6 15 7 4 20 32

PL Poland 70 20 42 21 16 9 128 50

PT Portugal 24 19 31 28 22 27 77 74

RO Romania 22 9 1 4 6 3 29 16

SE Sweden 31 52 48 55 12 15 91 122

SI Slovenia 1 6 12 7 2 1 15 14

SK Slovakia 8 6 9 6 5 2 22 14

TR Turkey 35 11 47 39 12 11 94 61

UK United Kingdom 89 311 234 523 61 97 384 931

Europe 32 subtotal 1 114 1 551 1 576 1 821 439 551 3 129 3 923 Other countries and regions subtotal

488 50 432 187 169 57 1 089 295

TOTAL 1 602 1 601 2 008 2 008 608 608 4 218 4 218

Table 6: Marie Curie mobile researchers by type of researcher, duration of stay abroad and type of Marie Curie

action (European Commission)

a. Individual fellowships

Duration

Type of Researcher

0 - 12 months

12 - 24 months

24 - 36 Months

36 - 48 months

TOTAL

Abs. % Abs. % Abs. % Abs. % Abs. %

ESR 8 2.7% 171 57.4% 73 24.5% 46 15.4% 298 100%

ER 18 1.1% 962 59.7% 393 24.4% 238 14.8% 1 611 100%

MER 30 6.3% 197 41.6% 119 25.2% 127 26.8% 473 100%

TOTAL 56 2.4% 1 330 55.8% 585 24.6% 411 17.3% 2 382 100%

Source: European Commission


6. Routes for more and better data collection

Need at least 4 new data systems on:

1.University staff as such (mobile or not);

2.Mobility of PhD students and PhD awards (graduates);

3.Short-term visits, exchanges and sabbaticals (e.g. through CV standardisation as the Diploma Supplement);

4.Career mobility (European-wide survey).


7. What could universities do…

1. Decide on the priorities – which staff mobility? (mobility = a tool for other ends, not an end in itself)

2. Map relevant data that is already being collected

3. Link to strategy (stay realistic and put it into context)

4. Adjust data collection as needed

5. Monitor and evaluate


Thank you for your attention!

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