Jornada 2016 UB – LERUSis anys a la LERU!

15 de Juliol de 2016

Amsterdam • Barcelona • Cambridge • Edinburgh • Freiburg • Genève • Heidelberg • Helsinki • Leiden • Leuven ICL (London) • UCL (London) • Lund • Milano • LMU München • Oxford • UPMC (Paris) • Paris-Sud • Strasbourg • Utrecht • Zürich

An association of European research-intensive universities.

Committed to the values of high quality teaching.

Within an environment of internationally competitive

research.

Non-profit organisation, founded in 2002.

What is LERU?

Some Facts and Figures of the LERU

+ 500,000 students

+ 50,000 PhD students

55,000 academic staff

55,000 non-academic staff

+ 12,000 PhD degrees/year

+ €300 M EU projects/year

+ €5 BN total research budget

> 20% of ERC Grants

+ 55,000 MADegrees/year

+ 230 NobelPrizes & Field Medals

+ €1 billion is granted by research councils, while over €1.25 billion comes from contract research.

Source: http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/about-leru/facts-and-figures/

Current members of the LERU

21 members based in 10 European countries

Membership only upon invitation

Research-Intensive, Comprehensive

UB became member in 2010

Membership

Current members of the LERU

Board of Directors, as of July 2016

LERU’s Commitment

Encourage education through an awareness of the frontiers of human understanding.

Foster the creation of new knowledge through basic research as the ultimate source of innovation in society.

Promote research across a broad front, which creates a unique capacity to respond to new opportunities and problems.

Commitment

LERU’s Purpose

Influence policy at European Union (EU) and Member State (MS) level- EU (EC, EP, ECo, ERC, EIT, JRC, ERAC, ERIAB, etc.)- MS (prime ministers, ministers of research, ministers of

finance) Develop best practices

- Between 21 members- Institutional reflection, exchange of experience, collaborative

actions Relevance for all Research-Intensive Universities

- EU- Global

Purpose

LERU’s Role as Lobby

HORIZON 2020 ERA ERASMUS Plus

RETHINKING EDUCATIONOPENING UP EDUATION

Organisation of the LERU

Policy Committee

Rectors’ Assembly

Board of Directors LERU Office

Communities Working Groups

Expert Groups

Until December 2016

OrganisationRectors’ Assembly

Highest decision-making body of the League Each member represented by its head of institution Meets twice a year:

May 2014 at the University of Helsinki November 2014 at the University of Milan May 2015 at the Université de Genève November 2015 at the Imperial College London May 2016 at the Utrecht University November 2016 at the University of Edinburgh

Organisation

Board of Directors

Implements decisions of the Rectors’ Assembly

Monitors the budget

Composition (as of July 2016):

Alain Beretz (Chair), President of the University of Strasbourg

Prof. Alice Gast, President of Imperial College London Prof. Bert van der Zwaan, Rector Magnificus of

Utrecht University

Organisation

Policy Committee (PC) Consists of rectors, vice-rectors and

senior academic managers from LERU universities.

Develops LERU research policy positions along a broad range of topics.

6 members chaired by Professor David Price (UCL): UB, Edinburgh, Freiburg, Leiden, UCL, Milan, and Pierre & Marie Curie University.

Communities at the LERU

10 Communities

Representatives of all member universities

Work on LERU policy or collaborative issues

Operate on a continuous basis

Led by a steering group with the support of a LERU Office member

Communities at the LERU

UB members at 4 Steering Committees

At present there are 10 LERU Communities:

- Chief Information Officers- Directors of Communication- Doctoral Studies- Enterprise and Innovation- European Research Project Managers- Research Careers- Senior Officers Network- Social Sciences and Humanities- Vice-Rectors for Teaching and Learning- Vice-Rectors for Research

Communities

Senior Officers’ Network Meetings (2014-2016)

Topics:

Stay on top of LERU’s past and upcoming activities and of recent research and higher education policy developments Coordination of the university’s participation in LERU activities

Meetings held: 29/04/2014, Cambridge 8/10/2014, Leuven20-21/04/2015, Paris15-16/10/2015, Barcelona18-19/04/2016, Edinburgh

Working Groups at the LERU

Address a specific topic

Duration is limited in function of their remit

Activities are led by a steering group, with the support of a LERU Officer

8 WG at present: - Alumni- Charitable funding- Deans of Natural Sciences- Deans of Theology and Religious Studies- e-Learning- Gender- Law Deans - Ethics

1 UB member at the Steering Committee

8 Working Groups

Expert Groups at the LERU

1 UB member at the Steering Committee

Established with a limited task and for a limited time

Provide expertise to an existing LERU representative body

5/10 individuals from LERU universities

Exceptionally non-LERU experts may be involved

A chair is appointed and a LERU policy officer supports their activities.

LERU Expert Groups:- Legal Expert Group- Ranking- Research Integrity- Animal used for Scientific Purposes

4 Expert Groups

LERU Meetings

Primary LERU tool

Nr of LERU Meetings held in 2013-2016

28 UB attendances in 2013 36 UB attendances in 2014 37 UB attendances in 2015 20 UB attendances confirmed in 2016 + 10 more scheduled until Dec. 2016

Participation of the at the LERU

That is some 180 meetings in 7 years with UB participation

2 Special LERU Meetings celebrats a la UB

2 Special LERU Meetings celebrats a la UB

12 Position Papers

19 Advice Papers

4 Briefing papers

17 Notes

ca. 60 Press Releases per year

23 Other Publications as Statements

specific answers to EC requests

The Outcomes of the Communities, WG and EG: proactive LERU’s tools (2010-2016)

+

plus: Round Tables – Conferences - Communication tools (website, newsletter, etc)

http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/publications/

LERU’s Recent Tools:2 exemples

http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/publications/

LERU’s Recent Tools:2 more exemples

UB participation in other LERU Publications

May 2014

November 2014

March 2016September 2015

UB participation in recent LERU Publications

62 Press Releases in the 12 months

A LERU’s powerful tool: International collaboration and its lobby activity

ERA Platform:

EUA, Science Europe, EARTO, Nordforsk, CESAER (& IDEA League and EuroTech Universities Alliance)

ESF, Vitae, SwissCore, CTWS, etc.

Collaboration with other SHOs and Institutions

ERA-MoU between LERU and the EC

Signed: July 2012 Survey filled: August 2013** HR Logo request (internal

debate, survey, information,….) 2014 update of Open Access and Open

Data policies June 23, 2015: LERU renewed its

engagement regarding the European Research Area (ERA). The engagement is valid until the end of 2019.

International collaborations:

Aiming at the creation of a Global Council of Research-Intensive Universities, LERU gradually intensifies its contacts with sister organisations worldwide.

The LERU Doctoral Summer School is an annual event organized by different LERU members.

High interest for PhD Students: in the last 3 Calls (2014-2016), up to 84 UB PhD students have applied to be selected in a process that, in principle, allows 2 PhD candidates/LERU member to be accepted.

From 2010 until 2016, 17 UB PhD Students have been selected by the LERU and the host University to attend the Doctoral Summer School.

LERU Activities for Students

Oxford, 2015

Paris, 2013

Barcelona, 2012

LERU Doctoral Summer School: an annual event organized by different LERUmembers. Its focus and format may differ depending on the institutions involved, but thegeneral ambition is to provide a learning experience of considerable and lasting addedvalue.

LERU Activities for Students

2016, Leiden: Data Stewardship for Scientific Discovery and Innovation.

2015, Oxford: Sharing Excellence – The Value of Knowledge Exchange.

2014, Helsinki: Doing the right things right - Research Integrity in a Complex Society.

2013, UPMC-Paris: Development of leadership skills for employment in enterprise, government and academia.

2012, UB: Beyond Open Access: Open Education, Open Data and Open Knowledge.

2011, UCL-London: Essential Enterprise Skills for Early Career Researchers.

2010, Amsterdam & Utrecht: Towards a sustainable future.

Topics

Març-July 2015:

Estudi sobre l’Impacte socioeconòmic de les Universitats de la LERU

Other LERU Activities

Published, Sept. 2015:http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/news/investing-in-research-innovation-and-education-really-pays-off-/

Published, Sept. 2015:http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/news/investing-in-research-innovation-and-education-really-pays-off-/

Reforma actual de les estructures de la LERU.

Aprovades a la Rectors’ Assembly de Maig de 2016

Governing Bodies:

• RA – Rectors’ Assembly

• BoD – Board of Directors

PC – Policy Committee

Communities:

• CIO-C - Chief Information Officers

• DoC - Directors of Communication

• DSC - Doctoral Studies

• EIC - Enterprise and Innovation

• ERP - European Research Project Managers

• RCC - Research Careers

• SON - Senior Officers Network

• SSH - Social Sciences and Humanities

• VRLT - Vice-Rectors for Learning and Teaching

• VRR – Vice-Rectors for Research

Working Groups:

• Alumni

• Charitable Funding

• DNS - Deans of Natural Sciences

• TRS - Deans of Theology and Religious Studies

• e-Learning

• Ethics

• Gender

• Law Deans

Expert Groups:

• Animals (used for scientific purposes)

• Legal Experts

• Ranking

• Research Integrity

LERU groups from 2010 till 2016

Current LERU Groups

The reform will create three categories of activity groups, in addition to the legally mandated governance groups (RA, BoD, LERU Office):

- Policy groups, whose primary responsibility is to feed LERU's overall policy making,

- Thematic groups, whose primary responsibility is to deliver expertise on specific topics related to their remit,

- Network groups, whose primary responsibility is to optimisecommunication and information management inside and outside of LERU.

Reform of LERU groups (approved at the Rectors’ Assembly of 21/05/2016)

Reform of LERU Groups

(approved at the Rectors’ Assembly of 21/05/2016)

Governing Bodies (unchanged):

• RA – Rectors’ Assembly

• BoD – Board of Directors

BoD+ - Board of Directors and chairs of the nine policy groups

Policy Groups

• DOC – Doctoral Studies

• ENT – Enterprise & Innovation

• ERP – EU Research Projects

• INF – Information & Open Access

• LEA – Learning & Teaching

• LIF – Life Sciences

• NAT - Natural Sciences

• RES – Research

• SSH – Social Sciences & Humanities

Thematic Groups

• ALU - Alumni

• ANI - Animals Used For Scientific Purposes

• CAR - Research Careers & HR

• CHA - Charitable Funding

• CRI – Crime & Social Control

• ELE - e-Learning

• ETH - Ethics

• GEN – Gender

• INT - Research Integrity

• LAW - Law

• TRS - Theology & Religious Studies

Network Groups

• COM – Directors of Communication

• SON – Senior Officers Network

Reform of LERU Groups

Reform of LERU GroupsFunctional organigramme (approved at the Rectors’ Assembly of 21/05/2016)

Amsterdam • Barcelona • Cambridge • Edinburgh • Freiburg • Genève • Heidelberg • Helsinki • Leiden • Leuven ICL (London) • UCL (London) • Lund • Milano • LMU München • Oxford • UPMC (Paris) • Paris-Sud • Strasbourg • Utrecht • Zürich

Gràcies!

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