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The digital landscape of European University alliances (?)

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Freddy Barstad

Senior Advisor, Dept. for development and governance

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IT - officer ENHANCE+

Co-chair FOREU4All IT/Digital

EUNIS board of Directors

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  • 14 faculties and 70 departments and divisions

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  • 44 330 Students
    • 4000 international students from 122 Countries

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      • 9156 employees
        • 4 053 FTE in teaching, research and outreach positions (39 % female)
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  • NOK 10,5 Billion Annual Budget
  • Main Profile Technical-Scientific
  • Great Academic Diversity

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Source: https://dbh.hkdir.no/

NTNU 2023/2024

2 595 Ålesund

3 975 Gjøvik, �37 760 Trondheim

44 330 Students

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Foto: Carl-Erik Eriksson

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5–7 June

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The European Universities of Technology Alliance

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European University Alliances

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The European Digital Landscape for Higher Education

Digital ecosystem(infrastructure) for Higher Education

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Joint declaration on digital services from the Nordic Prime Ministers

How to manouver in this landscape...?

DigitalActionPlan

Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance

-> One digital public sektor

National services

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Several "Different IT solutions"

Lack of standardization

Lack of holistic (IT) architecture

Diversity of (already) EU-funded IT projects

"Make it yourself" Reinventing gunpowder

National IT-systems (e.g. LMS,..)

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  • Privacy and Sequrity - Complience with regulation and act´s at national and EU-level

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  • Tech companies increased interesst and marketshare
    • Plattforms
    • Ownership of data
    • In direct competion of content and accrediation?

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  • Manouvering in the Digital ecosystem for European Higher education

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    • Many overlapping initiatives, projects and IT-systems at EU-level, between alliances, and at national and institutional level
    • Overview and Coordination
    • Coordination and strategy at institutional and natioanal level

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  • Member of several alliances

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  • Business/operating models and financing

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  • In house system development or standardization and interoperability

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  • Short term (using existing IT-systems) vs a more long term plan (strategy)

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  • Studentcentric end user focus

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  • One cititzen/student and crossborder mobility

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  • Resources and right competence

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  • Prioritation

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Some challanges

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National European University Initiative Forum

FOREU Digital & IT Subgroup

National EUI Digitalstrategy Subgroup

Work Package – IT infrastructure

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..... 65 «separate» infrastructures one for each University alliances?

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..... or should we build one strong, shared foundation?

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  • What do you think is the biggest challange? (Multipel ansvars)
  • Any opportunities?

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  • Are you av member of an Alliances?
  • Do your alliance have it´s own IT solution?

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  • Do you feel your topp management do understand the complexity to ensure an infrastucture for crossborder collaboration and mobility?

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  • How can the EUNIS community contribute?

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  • Is stardardization and interoperability the answer?

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Menti questions

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