DIES Training Courses
DIES Training Courses offer modular, practice-oriented training opportunities for management-level professionals from universities in developing countries.
Participants from developing countries will acquire important skills in various areas of university management and implement individual reform projects as part of the multi-component course.
The trainings are based on a blended-learning approach. The training courses focus on specific challenges the university staff is confronted with at various levels of the organisation. They range from faculty, research, and financial management to quality assurance and third-party funding acquisition. In DIES training courses trainer teams with international experience support participants to implement practical change at their home universities.
Funded measures and participating partners
This training course on faculty management is aimed at newly elected deans and vice-deans from Africa. The multi-component course is based on a blended-learning approach and includes modules on strategic, financial, research, and university management, quality assurance and internationalisation. The courses are run jointly by the University for Applied Sciences of Osnabrück and the Centre for Higher Education (CHE) in collaboration with international trainers and experts.
Content:
Training course on faculty management
Target Group:
Recently elected deans and vice-deans
Structure:
Annual course, consisting of three modules:
- Workshop in Osnabrück / Berlin
- Regional workshop
- Closing workshop abroad
Cooperation Partners:
University of applied sciences Osnabrück / AvH / CHE
Funding:
Participant fee of EUR 300
Link:
https://www.international-deans-course.org/home
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This training course on faculty management is aimed at newly elected deans and vice-deans from South-East Asia. The multi-component course is based on a blended-learning approach and includes modules on strategic, financial, research, and university management, quality assurance and internationalisation. The courses are run jointly by the University for Applied Sciences of Osnabrück and the Centre for Higher Education (CHE) in collaboration with international trainers and experts.
Content:
Training course on faculty management
Target Group:
Recently elected deans and vice-deans
Structure:
Annual course, consisting of three modules:
- Workshop in Osnabrück / Berlin
- Regional workshop
- Closing workshop abroad
Cooperation Partners:
University of applied sciences Osnabrück / AvH / CHE
Funding:
Participant fee of EUR 600
Link:
The IDC LA on faculty management is aimed at newly elected deans and vice-deans from Latin America. The multi-component course is based on a blended-learning approach and includes modules on strategic, financial, research, and university management, quality assurance and internationalisation. The training course is run jointly by the University of Saarland and the University of Alicante (Spain).
Content:
Training course on faculty management
Target Group:
Recently elected deans and vice-deans
Structure:
Annual course, consisting of three modules:
- Training in Saarbrucken and Alicante
- Online-webinars
- Closing workshop in Latin America
Cooperation Partners:
Saarland University / University of Alicante
Funding:
Participant fee of EUR 500
Link:
UNILEAD is aimed at prospective young managers in higher education institutions from Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East who are employed in central administrative bodies at their universities. The course takes a blended-learning approach and covers three modules on the topics of Project Management, Strategic Management & Academic Leadership and Human Resource Management. The course is run by the University of Oldenburg.
Content:
Training course on "Project Management", "Strategic Management & Academic Leadership" and "Human Resource Management"
Target Group:
Young managers in university administration or related institutions
Structure:
Annual course consisting of two contact phases with a total of three modules (two modules in contact phase 1 and one module in contacte phase 2). The content of each module will be prepared in previous online phases.
Cooperation Partners:
University of Oldenburg
Funding:
Participant fee of EUR 300
Link:
Videos:
Within the framework of UNILEAD, the following videos were produced on the topic of "Digital Transformation in Higher Education":
- Digital Transformation of Higher Education Management 1
- Digital Transformation of Higher Education Management 2
- Digital Transformation of Internationalisation 1
- Digital Transformation of Internationalisation 2
- Digital Transformation of Internationalisation 3
- Digital Transformation of Teaching and Learning 1
- Digital Transformation of Teaching and Learning 2
- Digital Transformation of Teaching and Learning 3
The DIES proposal writing courses are practical professional development courses for young academics in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The aim is to teach and train the skills necessary for making a successful application for third-party funding. The courses are run by the ProGRANT coordination office at the University of Cologne.
Content:
Training course on successful proposal drafting
Target Group:
(Young) Academics
Structure:
Two attendance-required periods in targeted countries, also including a temporary trainer-led E-Learning period
Cooperation Partners:
University of Cologne, ProWiss Consulting Services for Researchers
Funding:
No participant fee
Link:
The DIES training course on the management of internationalisation targets the heads of international offices and university managers responsible for coordinating international activities at their university. In this three-part course at the Leibniz University Hannover, universities in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia are given support to improve the management of key tasks in an international office. The main topics of the course are internationalisation, strategic management, management of partnerships, mobility at home and abroad, as well as counselling and marketing.
Content:
Training course on management of internationalisation
Target Group:
Heads of international offices and university managers responsible for coordinating international activities
Structure:
Two attendance-required periods in Germany, three simultaneously conducted regional workshops in Kenya, Mexico and India, as well as revising E-Learning phases
Cooperation Partners:
University of Hannover / partner universities in Kenya, India and Mexico
Funding:
Participant fee of EUR 600
Link:
https://www.uni-hannover.de/de/universitaet/internationales/dies
TrainIQA targets designated Quality Assurance managers at Higher Education Institutions in Anglophone and Francophone Africa (SADC) and Southeast Asia (ASEAN) with proven experience in their field. Thus, this training course takes place in three different regions. Its overall aims are contributing to the institutional development of the local universities and enhancing the dialogue between German and involved universities in the target regions as well as among the local universities themselves. The modular course is based on a blended-learning approach and conducted by the Center for Quality Development at the University of Potsdam along with regional partners.
Content:
Training Course on "Internal Quality Assurance"
Target Group:
Designated Quality Assurance managers at Higher Education Institutions with proven experience in their field (three cohorts: Southern African countries, Francophone African Countries, Southeast Asian Countries)
Structure:
Yearly course consisting of three workshop phases each. The presence phases take place in the respective region and in Germany. Each course ends with a closing conference in the respective region.
Cooperation Partners:
University of Potsdam, Center for Quality Development (ZfQ)
Funding:
Funded through means of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), participant fee of EUR 600
Links:
Further information coming soon
Results
DIES training courses contribute to the acquisition of knowledge by individuals and the improvement of institutional university management at participating universities in developing countries. Moreover, those completing DIES training courses actively multiply the impact of the courses by passing on their knowledge at their home institutions or in their home country, thus contributing to the sustainability of the course.
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