Overview
The conference is the main project event and serves to showcase and discuss the results and insights achieved through EUROSTUDENT by bringing together the involved stakeholders, researchers, and project teams, as well as interested project-external participants.
- The conference will mark the launch of the first version of the EUROSTUDENT VII final report – a one-of-a kind comparative publication on the social and economic conditions of student life in Europe. A finalised version including the discussions during the event will be published a few months afterwards.
- Contributions by national EUROSTUDENT teams, stakeholders, as well as external researchers, complement the comparative perspective by providing in-depth insights based on research and policy into specific topics, additional analyses, and/or national interpretation and perspectives.
- Two newly published thematic reviews will highlight specific topics of interest. The first one will focus on “Flexible paths into and within higher education” (second one to be determined).
- The event marks the publication of the first EUROSTUDENT Scientific Use File, which makes the data collected in the project’s seventh round available for further analyses by interested researchers and stakeholders worldwide.
In this way, the event serves to further the understanding of the social and economic conditions of student life in Europe, and to inspire discussions about practices in using EUROSTUDENT data and results to inform and improve higher education policy at the national and European level.
Call for Contributions
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Draft Programme
last changed 10.05.2021
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
10:00 - 10:20
Plenary
Welcome notes & Introduction 10:20 - 11:00
Plenary
EUROSTUDENT VII results: Social and economic conditions of student life in Europe Kristina Hauschildt, DZHW
11:00 - 11:20
BREAK
11:20 - 12:00
Plenary
Presentation
of EUROSTUDENT VII thematic reviews:
- EUROSTUDENT VII thematic review: Flexible pathways into and within higher education (Praxis/Strata)
- EUROSTUDENT VII thematic review: Students' social integration (IHS/ResearchNed)
12:00 - 12:20
Plenary
EUROSTUDENT data availability: the Scientific Use File and Database of IndicatorsEUROSTUDENT consortium
12:20 - 13:15
Lunch break
13:15 - 13:30
Coffee break and networking
13:30 - 14:00
Plenary
Keynote: What does the Covid-19 pandemic mean for the social dimension in higher education? Dr. Manja Klemenčič, Harvard University
14:00 - 14:20
Plenary
Being a student in France: A Covid related change in studying
and working situations that has increased precariousness Odile Ferry, Elise Tenret - France
14:20 - 14:40
Plenary
“The world outside my window”: examining individuals’ experiences of France’s first lockdown and its manifold
effects among subsidised students in the north of France Alexis Alamel - France
14:40 - 15:00
Plenary
The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being of students in higher education in Denmark Amanda Weber, Stine Albeck Seitzberg - Denmark
15:00 - 15:20
Plenary
Does the corona pandemic lead to social inequality in student drop out intention? Markus Lörz - Germany
15:20 - 15:40
Coffee break and Networking
15:40 - 16:40
Plenary
Evaluation of Students' Satisfaction with Online Classes
in Italian Universities during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in 2020 Giovanni Finocchietti, Francesca Garbato, Maria A. Pannone - Italy
How has the pandemic affected access to higher education in Portugal and Europe? A first look at changes in academic and living conditions
Susana da Cruz Martins, Bernardo Machado, Rosário Mauritti, António Firmino da Costa - Portugal
How has remote online learning affected students' lives, their study progress and their mental health? Which forms of remote online learning should be maintained after the pandemic?
Matthijs Brink, Anja van den Broek, Aukje de Ruijter - The Netherlands
Workshop 1
WorkshopThe EUROSTUDENT database
Workshop 1 16:00 - 16:20
The EUROSTUDENT Scientific Use FileAccess & practicalities
Meet the Research Data Centre
Workshop 1 16:20 - 16:40
The EUROSTUDENT Scientific Use File Access & practicalities
Meet the Research Data Centre
Workshop 2
WorkshopThe importance of flexible learning pathways in(to) HE. How can HEIs and policy support students who enter HE via flexible pathways?
Joonatan Nőgisto, Andrius Zalitis, Maria Keplinger, Marco Tabone - Strata, Lithuania
16:40 - 17:10
Covid effects on higher education – exchange with the keynote speaker
17:10 - 17:45
Coffee break and networking
17:45
Trivia Session
Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
10:00 - 10:20
Plenary
Welcome notes & Introduction 10:20 - 13:00
Parallel thematic sessions
Workshop 1 (10:20-12:00): Student mobility
Workshop 2 (10:20-11:20): Student services and support
Workshop 1 (11:40-12:00): Contextual factors
Workshop 2 (11:40-12:20): Student employment
Workshop 3 (11:40-13:00): Students' well-being and mental health
Workshop 1 (10:20-12:00): Student mobility
Workshop 2 (10:20-11:20): Student services and support
Workshop 1 (11:40-12:00): Contextual factors
Workshop 2 (11:40-12:20): Student employment
Workshop 3 (11:40-13:00): Students' well-being and mental health
10:20 - 11:20
Workshop 1
Student mobility
Student
internships abroad - similarities and differences between the Nordic countries Student mobility
Anna-Lena Keute - Norway
Student mobility and students' assessment of preparation for the labour market in Luxembourg
Irina Gewinner - Luxembourg
The Social Dimension of Students' Abroad Mobility: The Case of Luxembourg
Christina Haas - Luxembourg
Workshop 2
Student services and support
The roles of individual characteristics and institutional support in students' higher education dropout intention in Luxembourg. Student services and support
Andreas Hadjar, Christina Haas, Irina Gewinner - Luxembourg
The role of student services in higher education study performance
Ádám Hámori, Marianna Szemerszki, Matild Sági - Hungary
Demand and supply of student accommodation in Italy: role of public investment, changing patterns of student demand, open challenges for Social Dimension.
Federica Laudisa, Giovanni Finocchietti - Italy
11:20 - 11:40
BREAK
11:40 - 13:00
Workshop 1
Contextual factors
Declining or rising academic freedom: what is the European Trend? Contextual factors
Eva Maria Vögtle - Germany
Workshop 1
WorkshopThe EUROSTUDENT database
IHS team
The EUROSTUDENT Scientific Use File
Access & practicalities
Meet the Research Data Centre
Workshop 2
Student employment
In parallel with the study, employment motivations among students in Georgia Student employment
Mzia Tsereteli, Iago Kachkachshvili - Georgia
The diversity of part-time students: beyond the figure of the worker studying part-time
Yassin Boughaba - Switzerland
Workshop 3
Students' well-being and mental health
Students with mental illness - their study situation Students' well-being and mental health
Erica Finnerman - Sweden
Nordic comparison on student well-being using Eurostudent 7 data
Amanda Weber, Stine Albeck Seitzberg - Denmark
Mental health situation of Estonia's higher education students from Eurostudent VII survey
Andres Käosaar, Merle Purre - Estonia
13:00 - 13:40
LUNCH
13:40 - 14:20
Coffee Break and Social Networking
14:20 - 14:40
Plenary
New decade for the social dimension within the Bologna Process and impact of covid-19 on the social dimension in higher education Ninoslav Scukanec Schmidt, Institute for the Development of Education (IDE)
14:40 - 15:00
Plenary
Bologna and the Social Dimension - the Student Perspective Martina Darmanin, European Students' Union
15:00 - 15:20
Plenary
Developing indicators to assess the Social Dimension David Crosier, Eurydice
15:20 - 15:40
Plenary
Implementing Social Dimension Strategies - chances and limitations Helga Posset & Anna Wöckinger, Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Austria
15:40 - 16:00
Coffee break and Networking
16:00 - 17:00
The decade of the Social Dimension - thematic cluster
Workshop 1
WorkshopWhat can EUROSTUDENT data tell us about the Social Dimension?
Chair: Martin Unger, Institute for Advanced Studies
Workshop 2
WorkshopImplementing Social Dimension Strategies at the national level
Chairs: Helga Posset & Anna Wöckinger, Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Austria
Workshop 3
WorkshopThe future of the Social Dimension in the European Higher Education Area
Chairs: Martina Darmanin (ESU) and Ninoslav Scukanec Schmidt, Institute for the Development of Education (IDE)
17:00 - 17:30
Wrap-up: Conclusions
17:30
End of conference
Registration
Registration for the EUROSTUDENT VII Final Conference is now closed.
Important information: The pandemic situation has unfortunately made it necessary to move our event to an online format. More information on the practicalities will follow soon.
Conference fee: No conference fee will be applied, but accepted contributors, as well as representatives from EUROSTUDENT participant countries will be given priority if necessary.
