Centre per a la Qualitat i la Innovació Docent
THIRD FIESOLE GROUP SYMPOSIUM, March 12th-13th, 2015
“Training (future) university researchers and teachers for multilingual, international
universities”
Venue: UPF (Campus Ciutadella, Mercè Rodoreda Building, Polyvalent Room 24S18), Barcelona
http://www.upf.edu/campus/en/
PROGRAMME
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March 12th, Thursday
Coffee for all participants and welcoming remarks.
(by Mireia Trenchs, Vicerector for Teaching and Academic Planning, UPF)
Background to the FIESOLE Group:
The Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies and its Academic Practice
Workshops.
(by Nicki Owtram and Laurie Anderson, European University Institute)
The FIDU programme: UPF’S Initial Training for University Instructors
(by Josep Eladi Baños, former UPF’s Vicerector for Teaching and Academic Planning,
and FIDU alumnus David Pretel, with participation of CQUID staff)
The training of university instructors in Denmark: The case of Aarhus University.
(by Karen M. Lauridsen, Center for Teaching and Learning, Aarhus University)
Coffee break.
MWP Alumni as present-day instructors: The MWP academic training in
perspective.
(by Nick Byrne from London School of Economics and Max Weber Programme alumnus
David Pretel)
Academic writing at post-doctoral level: Training and research perspectives.
(by Laurie Anderson and Nicki Owtram, European University Institute)
March 13th, Friday
The UPF’s Plan of Action for Multilingualism
(by Carmen Pérez-Vidal, former Vicerector for Language Planning, and Mireia Calm,
Multilingualism Coordinator, UPF)
Experienced instructors dealing with multilingualism in higher education.
Challenges and opportunities.
Panel of UPF instructors: Toni Luna (Geography), Ester Oliveras (Economics) & Baldomero
Oliva (Structural Biology)
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Coffee break.
Dealing with the linguistically and culturally diverse classroom at the University of
Copenhagen
(by Joyce Kling, Center for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use, University of
Copenhagen)
Note: the last 10-15 minutes of all the previous sessions will be devoted to discussion.
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Conclusions: Training (future) university researchers and teachers for
multilingual, multicultural universities.
(discussion conducted by David Bowskill, Humboldt University)
Closing remarks and farewell.
(by Mireia Trenchs, UPF)