Programme 

Wednesday, 10th February

14:00 - 16:00     Arrival, registration, coffee

16:00 - 17:30     Welcome Note
                        Einar Hreinsson, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland

                        Germain Dondelinger, Premier Conseiller du Gouvernement at the Ministry for 
                        Higher education and Research, Luxembourg     
                        "General trends in Quality Assurance in Europe and a view to the future"

                        Discussions

19:30 - 21:00     Cocktail

Thursday, 11th February

09:00 - 13:00     Session 1

                         Eric Lindesjöö, Senior Adviser, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
                         "Quality Audits in Swedish Higher Education Institution – Results"

                         Kristján Kristjánsson, Director Research Services, Reykjavik University, Iceland
                         "Quality assurance system for research and teaching - Does it really work to
                         improve research and teaching"

                         Karl Holm, Senior Adviser, Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council
                         (FINHEEC), Finland
                         "Assessing QA of Research and Education - a Single Method"

10:50 - 11:05     Coffee break

                         Halldór Jónsson, Director of Research, University of Iceland
                         "Quality Assurance of Research at University of Iceland"

                         Páll Skúlason, Professor, University of Iceland
                         "Quality Assurance of Research and Education in Luxemburg"

12:30 - 14:00     Lunch

14:00 - 18:00     Session 2

                        Henrik Toft Jensen, Professor, Roskilde University Centre, Denmark
                        "Quality assurance and culture in teaching and learning and in research
                        and developement. Two kinds of quality assurance sysstem.
                        Two systems in competition or two sides of the same coin?"

                        Coffee break

                        Colin Tück, Director European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education
                        (EQAR)
                        "The EQAR Agencies and Quality Assurance of Research and Education"

                        Björn Stensaker, Research Professor, University of Oslo, Norway
                        "Critical Aspects of Quality Assurance"

17:45                Discussion and round up of the day

19:00                Dinner

Friday, 12th February

09:00 - 12:00     Session 3

                        Gunnar Sivertsen, Research Professor, Norwegian Institute for Studies in 
                         Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU STEP) Norway
                        "Bibliometric models for performance-based funding of Nordic Universities"

                        Coffee break

                        Magnús Lyngdal Magnússon, Head of Research and Deputy Director, Research
                        Council Iceland
                        "Some aspects of Quality assurance of Research and development"

                        Norman Sharp, Former Director QAA Scotland
                        "Ticking boxes or making a difference: developing a student-centred 
                        enhancement model for managing quality"

11:00                Round up

11:30                Light lunch