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Type: Magna Charta Anniversaries
PRESENTATION
The theme of the conference looked at the significance of and challenges to the fundamental values as they impact on students in different parts of the world today and what universities might do to uphold their values, often in difficult and rapidly changing circumstances in the future.
Well known international speakers provided perspectives and led discussions and participants from universities around the world engaged closely through a wide range of focused small group discussions.
The purpose of the conference was to enable academic leaders to respond more effectively to the challenges which they face and anticipate and strengthen their universities’ capability to uphold fundamental values for the benefit of their students, society and their university communities.
Host: Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, University of Ghana - Rapporteur: Robert Quinn, Council Member
Host: Guan Naija, Vice-President, Nankai University - Rapporteur: Dimitris Tsougarakis, Council Member
Host: Marco Antonio Zago, Rector of the University of São Paulo, Brazil - Rapporteur: John Davies, Emeritus Professor, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Host: Mohamed Loutfi, Pro-Vice Chancellor Cardiff Metropolitan University, and Council Member - Rapporteur: Zahia Siab, Student, Amsterdam University College, Netherlands
Host: Rok Primozic, Former Chairperson, European Students’ Union, Brussels - Rapporteur: Agneta Bladh, Council Member
Host: Sina Westa – PhD Student, University of Ljubljana - Rapporteur: Ella Ritchie, Emerita Professor, Newcastle University
Host: Eva Söderman, Head of Study Counsellors and Career Office, Uppsala University, Sweden - Rapporteur: Klaus D. Beiter, Marie Curie Experienced Fellow, University of Lincoln
Host: Viktor Grønne, European Students’ Union, Brussels - Rapporteur: Jens Jungblut, Council Member
Host: Jane Knight, Adjunct Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada - Rapporteur: Martina Vukasovic, Council Member
Host: Georgiana Mihut, Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association - Rapporteur: Eva Egron-Polak, Council Member
Host: Kole Gjeloshaj, Director of Education Services, FISU – International University Sports Federation, Belgium - Rapporteur: Roselinde Bon, Student, Amsterdam University College, Netherlands
Group of signatories
2nd Session
18 September 2015 - Signatories of the Magna Charta Universitatum
