“How models of Higher Education travel internationally: governance, funding, knowledge production” | King’s College London, 19-20 May

The UNICA EduLAB Group and King’s College London are organising a joint Conference, hosted by KCL’s School of Education, Communication & Society next 19-20 May.

The conference will be addressing the following topics:

  • How models in key areas of Higher Education travel internationally, across systems, with positive or negative consequences (e.g. models of governance, funding, student access, career progression for staff, curriculum and pedagogy, transparency, efficiency, or trust building). ​
  • Are there productive contemporary examples of models in these areas being adopted, and adapted, from other systems? Are there new/recent models that can be useful in different systems than those were they emerged initially? 
  • Are there contemporary examples of counterproductive instances of higher education models traveling internationally? 
  • How can both types of examples be studied and how can lessons learned from such an analysis be used?

Target groups

Vice-Rectors Education or Student affairs, representatives of academic leadership responsible for Education & Teaching, Deans, Directors for Innovation in Education, Coordinators of Study Programmes​

Confirmed speakers

  • Dame Alison Wolf DBE, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
  • ‘Funmi OLONISAKIN, Vice-President for International, Engagement, Service, King’s College London
  • Thomas ESTERMANN, Director for Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, European University Association
  • Simon MARGINSON, Professor of Higher Education at University of Oxford, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Higher Education
  • Ksenija Vidmar Horvat, Vice-Rector for Study and Student Affairs, University of Ljubjana
  • Archie Clements, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Ilze Saleniece, Adviser to the Vice-Rector of Studies, University of Latvia

Agenda (detailed programme coming soon)

DAY 1 | 19 MAY 2025

Seated Dinner & After-dinner talk: Higher Education reform in the UK- where to learn from? ​
​Guest speakers: Dame Alison Wolf DBE, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, and ‘Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President, International, Engagement & Service King’s College London

DAY 2 | 20 MAY 2025

8:30 | Welcome Coffee

9:00 | Welcome and Introduction

9:30-11:00 | Session 1 | How models of governance and funding in Higher Education travel internationally?
Keynote address: Who leads the way in Higher Education? Thomas Estermann, Director for Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, European University Association

Short Presentations – 15mn each

Q&A – 30mn

11:00-11:30 | Coffee-break

11:30-13:00 | Session 2 | What works best? Models for the production and transmission of knowledge in higher education
Keynote Address: Emerging vs waning models of knowledge production in Higher Education. A global comparative perspective, by Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education at University of Oxford, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Higher Education

Short Presentations – 15mn each

Q&A – 30mn

13:00-14:00 | Farewell lunch

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“How models of Higher Education travel internationally: governance, funding, knowledge production” | King’s College London, 19-20 May

19-20 May 2025

KCL's School of Education, Communication & Society

King's College London

Contact

maelle.constantin@unica-network.eu