RETHINKING THE UNIVERSITY AFTER BOLOGNA New Concepts and Practices beyond Tradition and the Market | 2009                         Ronald Barnett, Jean-Claude Guédon, Jan Masschelein, Maarten Simons, Susan Robertson & Nicolas Standaert ISBN 978 90 81269 70 4 UCSIA, Antwerp, 2009 128 pages, 160 x 240 mm Price: 20 € Order with UCSIA

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Synopsis

We are rapidly moving towards a network society, which will greatly influence the way in which the world will be organised in the future. This new reality, which mirrors that of the internet, is driven by networks, interdisciplinary connections, real and virtual meeting points and collabor-ations, synergies, both on a local as well as on an international (global) level.

The central questions for our educational institutions here are: how can universities disseminate knowledge, educate people, conduct research, and serve the community in a network society? What are the new or alternative ways of organising, practising and conceptualising university life, both inside and outside the university?

The conference Rethinking the University after Bologna: New Concepts and Practices beyond Tradition and the Market organised by the University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp (UCSIA) in December 2008 wanted to encourage discussion about these questions. Leaving the assessment of the Bologna process and the Lisbon strategy aside, it highlighted new concepts and practices of academic education, research and social service. The speakers all reflected on the ‘idea of a university’ itself.

This publication gathers the key contributions of Ronald Barnett, Jean-Claude Guédon, Jan Masschelein & Maarten Simons, Susan Robertson and Nicolas Standaert.

The price of the book is 20 euro. People who attended the conference in December 2008 can purchase the book for 15 euro (if ordered before 1 October 2009). (Shipping fee not included.) General UCSIA discounts apply on the full price.

Table of Contents

Christiane Timmerman - Foreword / Voorwoord

Nicolas Standaert - Towards a Networked University / Naar een netwerkuniversiteit

Susan Robertson - 'Metaphoric Imaginings' Re-/Visions on the Idea of a University

Nicolas Standaert - Pyramid, Pillar and Web: Questions for Academic Life raised by the Network Society

Jean-Claude Guédon - Between Excellence and Quality: The European Research Area in Search of Itself

Jan Masschelein & Maarten Simons - The University as a Matter of Public Concern: Thinking about and of a World-University

Ronald Barnett - Knowledge Interests and Knowledge Policies: Re-thinking the University in the Twenty-First Century

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