Hans G. Schuetze, University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, Canada
Friday 4 March, 2011, 12.30 to 14.00.
Blue Room, Second Floor The Helix, DCU
The main speaker for this event is Hans G. Schuetze, University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, Canada. Professor Hans G. Schuetze is a fellow and former director of the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training, UBC, and also a senior honorary research fellow, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. He has worked as a consultant on educational policy for the OECD, UNESCO, the EU, the Canadian government, the British Columbia provincial government as well as several other education policy bodies. His fields of research and expertise encompass the economics and the organization of post-secondary education and training, comparative education, lifelong learning, and, more generally, the role of education and training in cultural, social and economic development.
Professor Schuetze will present a lecture entitled 'Regional engagement and service mission of universities: North American perspectives'. This will be followed by an open discussion chaired by Professor Maria Slowey, Director of Higher Education Research, DCU, with participants and discussant Professor Ronnie Munck, DCU in the Community.
