The open seminar will be held as follows:

■Date
 14:00-17:00, Wednesday, February 5th, 2020

■Theme 
New challenges and demands on research, teaching, and knowledge transfer in higher education

■Venue 
Room No. 112, RIHE, Hiroshima University

■Lecturer
Yangson Kim, Hiroshima University
Soojeung Lee, Sejong University
Edith Braun, the Justus Liebig University
Hei-hang Hayes Tang, The Education University of Hong Kong
Christopher D. Hammond, Aoyama Gakuin University

■Abstract 
As the institutional environment, the influence of the government and the market is getting higher in order to guarantee the quality of the university and academics. The changes in academic environments reshape academics’ identities and activities on research, teaching and knowledge transfer. Academics have paid more attention to journal publication and citation as well as securing external funding. Competence-based learning and innovative teaching approaches have acquired significant attention and emerged as key concepts in quality assurance and higher education institutions. Universities try to develop new networks within the private and public sectors, and in a globalized society, universities experience tensions between nationalism and higher education internationalization.

This open seminar aims to explore new demands on research, teaching and knowledge transfer, and current challenges in Higher Education. Dr. Lee will present “the changing pattern of academic research activities focusing on academics’ publication and citation”. Dr. Braun will explore “competence-based quality assurance of teaching and learning in Higher Education”. Dr. Tang will present “University knowledge exchange in a global city: perspectives from Academic Profession”. Assistant professor Hammond will explore “the dynamics and tensions between higher education and nationalism in the context of Asia”. This seminar will expand our understanding of the new challenges in Higher Education. This wider understanding of higher education will provide practical and theoretical grounds for higher education policy.

Please check the “Detailed abstracts and biography” for more information.

■Program
14:00-14:10   Welcoming remarks
                              Shinichi Kobayashi, Director of RIHE, Hiroshima University 

14:10-14:20   Introduction            
                              Soo Jeung Lee, Sejong University in South Korea

14:20-14:50   The changing pattern of academic research activities focusing on academics’ publication and citation in Higher Education Field
                              Soo Jeung Lee, Sejong University
                              Christian Schneijderberg, INCHER, University of Kassel
                              Yangson Kim, Hiroshima University

14:50-15:20    Competence-based quality assurance of teaching and learning in Higher Education
                              Edith Braun, the Justus Liebig University Gießen

15:20-15:50    University Knowledge Exchange in a Global City: Perspectives from Academic Profession
                              Hei-hang Hayes Tang, The Education University of Hong Kong

15:50-16:20    Higher Education and Nationalism in Asia
                              Christopher D. Hammond, Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan

16:20-17:00    Discussion

■Language
English

■Note
・Participation fee is free.
・Some photos will be taken during the seminar. These will be used for our website, report etc. Thank you for your understanding.