Impact of Internationalisation Strategies on Academics’ International Research Activities – Case Study of the Three HE Peripheries: Slovenia, Croatia and Lithuania

Flander, Alenka; Sebastian, Kocar,; Ilić, Bojana Ćulum; Leišytė, Liudvika; Pekşen, Sude; Rončević, Nena

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-09400-2_22

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“…In Canada, there has also been a significant increase in working time in the period 2007-17, with academics on average working 45.3 hours per week (Nakano, Beaupré-Lavallée and Bégin-Caouette, 2021 [126]). In Slovenia, there was a reduction in working hours between two surveys in 2013 and 2018, with a drop to about 44 hours per week (Flander, Klemenčič and Kočar, 2020 [127]). A global survey of postdocs by Nature showed that only 9% of postdocs do not work beyond the hours stipulated in their contract, while about 65% work at least an extra six hours a week, often working during weekends and days off.…”

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The state of academic careers in OECD countries

2024

OECD Education Policy Perspectives

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The evidence review examines the state of academic careers in higher education systems in OECD countries, providing an overview of available data, research evidence and examples of policy and practice. The variety of academic career models in place across OECD countries makes international comparison challenging, but certain prevalent trends nevertheless emerge.Key concerns for academics and policy makers include the working conditions of academics, an increasing reliance on precarious and casual contracts, high workloads and negative impacts on worklife balance. Career incentives currently tend to focus on -and favour -research output, often sidelining teaching, engagement, and other duties. Initial academic training generally fails to prepare academics comprehensively for their roles, and more continuous professional learning will likely be needed to support academics to exploit the potential of increasingly digitalised learning environments. Although flexibility in academic career paths has been promoted in some higher education systems, academics tend to remain in academia, with limited inter-sectoral mobility. The review highlights the persistent under-representation of -and challenges confronting -women and marginalised groups in academia. Despite the growth of international mobility and collaboration, the participation of academics in internalisation activities varies considerably within and between institutions and across higher education systems. Furthermore, a troubling decline in academic freedom over the past decade raises substantial concerns.

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“…A combination of factors, among others, highly quantitative performance evaluation systems for academics, appear to have made research output the main determinant of career advancement for academics (Flander, Rončević and Kočar, 2020 [71]). Concurrently, Slovenian academics are also subject to stringent "load targets" for teaching and student support for degree programmes (Flander, Klemenčič and Kočar, 2020 [72]; OECD, forthcoming [53]). Additionally, faculty members below the rank of full professors in Slovenia are almost always on fixed-term contracts.…”

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Micro-credential policy implementation in Finland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Spain

2023

OECD Education Policy Perspectives

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This OECD Education Policy Perspective serves as Part B in a two-part series of summary papers published as part of the Micro-credentials Implementation Project, which ran from August 2022 to December 2023. The first publication, Paper A, examined the evolving landscape of micro-credentials, with a particular focus on the development of public policies that can foster effective utilisation of microcredentials for lifelong learning, upskilling, and reskilling (OECD, 2023[1]). This publication, Paper B, presents case studies from the four European Union Member States that participated in the project -Finland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Spain.Each case study commences with a short overview of the respective national contexts in relation to the development of micro-credentials, followed by a discussion of assets and challenges in that national context, as identified through desk research, stakeholder interviews and workshops. The case studies conclude by outlining policy options that may serve to enhance the efficacy of micro-credential learning within these countries.Overall, the two-part series of summary papers are aimed to serve as a guide for policy makers and stakeholders in the education and training sectors, offering a strategic framework for the integration and effective utilisation of micro-credentials. 1 Micro-credentials Implementation Project 6  No. 86 -Micro-credential policy implementation in Finland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Spain OECD EDUCATION POLICY PERSPECTIVES © OECD 2023 Activities and methodologies Preparatory phase: Strengthening the evidence base on the current and near-term potential of micro-credentials and related challenges (from August to December 2022)The main question underpinning the first activity in the project was what policy implementation measures countries might aim to develop given the current trajectory of micro-credentials. Taking into account the evidence already developed by different bodies with respect to micro-credential innovation, including the OECD's own previous work on micro-credentials (Kato, Galán-Muros and Weko, 2020[3]; OECD, 2021[4]; OECD, 2021 [5]), the project team principally focused on the areas where evidence on the potential of microcredentials was limited. Specifically, this meant examining how micro-credentials can contribute to: a) enhancing employability, labour-market participation and outcomes among completers; b) widening pathways from upper secondary education (including vocational education and training (VET) to higher education and improving completion of higher education; and c) promoting social inclusion among disadvantaged learners and workers.This activity involved desk-based research, interviews with leading international practitioners in the design and use of micro-credentials, and analysis of data supplied by micro-credential providers and data aggregators. A concise guidance paper summarised key findings from this activity was published under the title "Micro-credentials for Lifelong Learning and Employability: Uses and ...

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“…China is now in the best period of soccer program development, and relatively speaking, the requirements for soccer teachers in social schools will be higher and higher. Nowadays, there is a general lack of soccer teachers with solid basic theoretical knowledge of soccer, football-specific abilities, and the ability to organize soccer matches and referee matches [19][20][21]. Physical education majors in colleges and universities must reform the teaching of soccer courses and optimize the education model as a way to further improve the quality of teaching, which is also required by the relevant national documents [22].…”

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Research on the reform path of soccer special class for physical education majors in colleges and universities under the vision of intelligent sports

Zhang

2023

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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To promote the reform of soccer special class of physical education majors in colleges and universities, adapt to the needs of the new situation, strengthen the cultivation of students’ teaching practice ability and innovation ability, and meet the needs of social development and students’ employment needs. This paper takes the students, teachers, and teaching situation of the soccer special class as the starting point under the vision of intelligent sports, first, establishes the mathematical model of wheeled robot movement used in the simulation platform, establishes the environmental information model with the lattice method for the possible fields that the robot moves to from the starting point to the endpoint, and introduces the methods of initial population generation and individual coding, discusses the design and The design and implementation of the fitness functions were discussed, and three fitness functions were designed for obstacle avoidance, path minimization, and path smoothing, respectively, and finally, the specific operation process of the five basic operations of the genetic algorithm was introduced. The results of the study show that the ratio of 3:7 hours between theoretical and practical classes is more in line with students’ wishes, and it effectively improves the special skills and comprehensive practical ability of students in soccer special classes.

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Impact of Internationalisation Strategies on Academics’ International Research Activities – Case Study of the Three HE Peripheries: Slovenia, Croatia and Lithuania

Cited by 5 publications

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The state of academic careers in OECD countries

The state of academic careers in OECD countries

Micro-credential policy implementation in Finland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Spain

Research on the reform path of soccer special class for physical education majors in colleges and universities under the vision of intelligent sports

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