Social Dimension Meetings 2021-2024

Achievements of Social Dimension in HE

Developing Indicators for Social Dimension

Work Plan

2.Second Meeting of WG on SD, online, 6 October 2021

Agenda of the Meeting

Summary of Main Outputs of Last Meeting: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

EC/Eurydice’s questionnaire on Fostering Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education: David Crosier, European Commission/ Eurydice

Eurostudent VII Synopsis of Indicators report: Kristina Hauschildt and Martin Unger, Eurostudent

U-Multirank concept paper: Frans Kaiser and Anete Veidemane (U-Multirank), Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)

3.Third Meeting of WG on SD, online, 16 November 2021

Agenda of the Meeting

Overview of progress in 2021: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Making mobility programmes more inclusive: Valerie Van Hees, Support Center Inclusive Higher Education (SIHO)

Inclusiveness in the new Erasmus+ programme 2021-2027: Manzoni N. and Finsen S., DG EAC, European Commission Croatia

How to create indicators, benchmarks and a system of monitoring the implementation of the ‘Principles and Guidelines’?: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Work Plan 2021-2024: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

4. Forth Meeting of the WG on SD, online, 17 February 2022

Overview of progress in 2021: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Towards a European Framework for Community Engagement in Higher Education: Thomas Farnell, Higher Education Policy Expert, Institute for the Development of Education (IDE)

The Local Democratic Mission of Higher Education: Sjur Bergan, Council of Europe

UASiMAP: Mapping Regional Engagement Activities of European Universities of Applied Sciences: John Edwards, Secretary General, EURASHE

Subgroups Guidelines: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

BFUG Working Group on Social Dimension: Workplan 2021-2024

5. Fifth Meeting of the WG on Social Dimension, Malta, 25-26 April 2022

Overview of progress in 2021-2022: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Introduction to Workshops 1-3 on indicators for social dimension using the World Café Method: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Subgroup 1 - Proposal of indicators for P1-P3: Berto Bosscha, The Netherlands, Ministry of Education, Culture & Science

Subgroup 2 - Proposal of indicators for P4-P6: Martina Darmanin, Co-Chair, European Students Union

Subgroup 3 - Proposal of indicators for P7-P9: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

6. Sixth Meeting of the WG on SD, The Netherlands, 13-14 June 2022

Overview of progress in 2021-2022: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Fostering equity and inclusion in higher education: Suzan Kommers, NUFFIC

Social inclusion in U-Multirank: Frans Kaiser and Anete Veidemane, U-Multirank

Social Dimension in the Bologna Process Implementation Report: David Crosier, Eurydice, European Commission

Principles and Guidelines to Strengthen the Social Dimension of Higher Education in the EHEA: Proposal of indicators

7. Seventh Meeting of the WG on SD, Belgium, 29-30 September 2022

Overview of progress in 2021-2022: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Peer Learning Activities and Resources to underpin the Principles and Guidelines for Social Dimension: Valerie Van Hees, Coordinator, SIHO

8. Eighth Meeting of the WG on SD, online, 14 November 2022

Overview of progress in 2021-2022: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Bologna with Students' Eyes: Horia Onita, Co-Chair, ESU

Peer-learning activity on the EUA's Autonomy Scorecard as an example of a system of monitoring: Enora Bennetot Pruvot, Deputy Director for Governance, Funding & Public Policy Development, European University Association

Peer-learning activity on system of monitoring through indicators Eurydice developed for principles on social dimension: David Crosier, Co-chair of the Working Group on Monitoring the Implementation of the Bologna Process, European Commission/ Eurydice

OPEN FOR CONSULTATIONS_Indicators on social dimension_11-2022

9. Ninth Meeting of the WG on SD, Belgium, 7-8 February 2023

Overview of progress in 2021-2022: Horia Onita, Co-Chair, European Students' Union

Update from European Commission: Lucie Trojanova, European Commission

Social Dimension of Higher Education: The role of external QA: Anna Gover, Director, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

Social Dimension: Valerie Van Hees, Coordinator, SIHO

Student Mental Health: A public mental health perspective: Ronny Bruffaerts, Coordinator, SIHO

10. Tenth Meeting of the WG on SD, Belgium, 24-25 April 2023

Overview of progress in 2021-2023: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

The link between the social dimension and quality assurance in higher education: how can they reinforce each other?: Horia Onita, Co-Chair, ESU

The Social Dimension of Higher Education: Annette Dolan, Vice-Chair of HERSC, ETUCE representative on the BFUG

11. Eleventh Meeting of the WG on SD, online, 12 June 2023

12. Twelfth Meeting of the WG on SD, online, 24-25 October 2023

Main conclusions from the last meeting and new updates: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Consultative meeting on social dimension in HE with the BFUG members held on September 6, 2023: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt and Horia Onita, Co-Chairs

Monitoring the implementation of the P&Gs: BPIR 2024 social dimension chapter: David Crosier, Eurydice, European Commission

Presentation of the draft chapter on social dimension in higher education in the 2024 Bologna Process Implementation Report: David Crosier, Eurydice, European Commission

Discussion on the future of the social dimension within the BFUG in the period 2024 - 2027: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt and Horia Onita, Co-Chairs

13. Thirteenth Meeting of the WG on SD, Belgium, 7-8 December 2023

Agenda of the minutes

Minutes of the meeting

14. Fourteenth Meeting of the WG on SD, online, 2 February 2024

Overview of progress in 2022-2024: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia

Minutes of the meeting

Future of the social dimension in the EHEA for the period 2024-2027: Ninoslav Šćukanec Schmidt, Co-Chair, Croatia and Horia Onita, Co-Chair, ESU

15. Fifteenth Meeting of the WG on SD, Vienna, 4-5 April 2024