French Higher Education showcase

CampusFrance NordicTour 

The French Embassies in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Campus France Agency are organising a tour of various French higher education institutions to the Nordic countries.

This forum aims at :
fostering university cooperation
developping student mobility
enhancing the links between education & the job market

Our objective is to form a group of around twenty French universities and specialized institutions, and ten French companies that will visit the four Nordic capitals in November 2009.

This forum will be an opportunity for the students and for the young graduates to meet with representatives from French universities and firms and to exchange expectations, job opportunities, as well as experiences.
It will also help tighten the links between French and local academic institutions through various seminars and round tables.

8:45-12:30 : Institutional workshop

Location: Copenhaguen Business School (CBS)

Aims of this workshop:

To consolidate existing academic partnerships and to create new ones;

To encourage joint training between higher education institutions in targeted fields: double degrees, joint Masters, PhDs under co-supervision, ...

To include the links between education and job in the international mobility issue;

To reflect upon the possible bridges between universities and companies (training, recruitment).

- 8:45-9:00 Registration / Coffee

- 9:00-9:15 Welcome speech (by French Ambassador ? CBS Rector ? A representative of the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation ? To be confirmed)

- 9:15-10:45 1^st part: "Boosting student mobility"

       9:15-9:30 Presentation of existing mobility mechanisms between Denmark & France

       9:30-10:00 News tools (e.g. the French initiative of so-called "European summer
       campus", the partnership between Niels Brock and ISTEC, joint training, ...)

      10:00-10:45 Open discussion: how improving these mechanisms - difficulties,
      challenges, prospects, ... ?

- 10:45-11:00 Coffee break

- 11:00-12:30 2^nd part: "Strengthening the links between universities and companies in the scope of international mobility"

     11:00-11:15 Presentation from a company: training and recruitment issues

     11:15-11:30 Presentation from a university: internships as a way to complete the education
     11:30-11:45 Presentation of some co-funding mechanisms for students grants in specific fields (e.g. the French mechanism "Quai d'Orsay / Entreprises")
     11:45-12:30 Open discussion to reflect upon the ways to strengthen the bridges between universities and companies

12:30-13:30 Lunch and networking

Location: CBS

13:30-18:00 Student fair

Location: CBS

- The fair will allow Danish students and young graduates to meet with representatives from French universities (expected number: 15 to 20) and companies (expected number: 10 to 15).

- A booth will be held by CIRIUS to inform Danish students about the financial incentives to study abroad.

- A booth will be held by the Job Service of the French Embassy to inform the French students currently in Denmark about the possibilities of job in Denmark

To conclude the event, all the participants will enjoy a buffet composed of French specialties! 

Participants :

- French embassy: CampusFrance office & Job service

- The CampusFrance Agency (French counterpart of CIRIUS) & the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research

- CIRIUS, the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation & Danish Ministry of Education

- French and Danish universities(Departments of International Relations, Erasmus coordinators, Corporate Relations, ...)

- Representatives of French companies located in Denmark

- Danish-French Chamber of Commerce

- Students Exchange Associations: AIESEC, IAESTE...

- FUHU

Contact person :
Thomas CANIARD
Attaché for Scientific and University Cooperation
French Embassy
 

Tél : + 45 33 67 01 76

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Venue : University of Oslo at Blindern

Helga Enghs Hus (auditorium 2 and meeting rooms U36 and 233) and meeting room "Rådssalen" in the Administration building.

09:00 - 09:15              Welcome address

French Ambassador (H.E. Brigitte Collet)

Rector UiO (Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen)

09:15 - 10:15              Presentation of French and Norwegian Higher Education Landscapes

10:15 - 10:45              Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15               Academic co-operation France-Norway: instruments, possibilities and challenges

11:15 - 11:45              Research co-operation - examples France-UiO

12:00 - 13:30              Lunch
13:30 - 14:30              Thematic Groups:

Joint Degrees bachelor-master - possibilities and challenges

Joint Degrees PhD-level - possibilities and challenges

Co-operation with industry (Internships)

14:30 - 16:00              Separate institutional meetings

16:30 - 18:00              Reception

Contact person :
Jean-Louis DUCLOS
Attaché for Scientific and University Cooperation
French Embassy in Norway
   

Tel. : +47 23 20 30 22

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Venue : Stockholm School of Economics / Handelshögskolan (HHS), in Partnership with the student Union of HHS

Meeting between French universities, companies and students. The Swedish students will have the possibility to meet and to discuss with representatives from the French universities and the participating companies.  Workshops and seminars will take place during the day and simultaneously a fair will enable some personal contacts with the targeted public. This day will involve the International Programme Office for Education and Training (Programkontoret), the national agency for grants and loans (CSN) and the French-Swedish Chamber of Trade

Tentative programme:

8:30-9:00: Coffee and installing

9:00-9:15: Opening, with the participation of HE Joel De Zorzi, Ambassador of France and Lars Bergman, president of HHS

9:00-17:00: exhibition stands, open to the public (student fair including company presentations) + lunch cocktail for participants (companies + French HE representatives)

9:30-10:30: round-tables (with members of the French delegation, enterprises and their Swedish counterparts)

- Presentation of the Swedish and French higher education systems (with a focus on career prospects)

- Specificities of the job market situation in Sweden and in France

13:30-14:30: round-tables (with members of the French delegation, enterprises and their Swedish counterparts

- Funding and incentive for student mobility (with CSN and Programkontoret)

- Qualifications and careers: a comparative prospect for France and Sweden

18:00-20:00: reception at the French Residency + Ceremony award of the Swedish French Prize for Excellency in Research

22:00: concert organized at the Debaser Medis in the framework of the French-Swedish Rock Season

Day 2, 19^th of November

Venue : Royal Institute of technology / KTH

Along with the promotion of mobility inside Europe and especially to France, this second day will also handle the question of institutional cooperation. Hence, a bilateral workshop between the representatives of French universities, and their Swedish counterparts (Departments of International Relations and Corporate Relations) will takle place in first part of the day. The aim is to boost the current partnerships between our two countries, targeting mostly joint degrees.

Tentative programme:

9:00-9:30: Coffee and opening

9:30-11:00: Seminar on academic partnerships and joint degrees (with Högskoleverket and the French Directorate for Higher Education DGES)

- Presentation of the Swedish and French higher education systems (with a focus on joint degrees)

- Academic co-operation between Swedish & France (existing programmes, difficulties, prospects, joint degrees, Masters and PhD...)

11:00-16:30: exhibition stands, open to the public (student fair)

12:00-14:00: lunch cocktail for participants

Partners:

- French Embassy: CampusFrance office & Job service

- The CampusFrance Agency

- Stockholm School of economics (HHS) and the Royal Institute of technology (KTH)

- Swedish universities and consortium "Study in Stockholm"

- French and Swedish companies

- Students' Union of HHS

- French-Swedish Chamber of Commerce

- Programkontoret (to be confirmed)

- Högskoleverket

Contact person :
and helpful websites (in Sweden):

Guillaume Kasperski / Attaché for Scientific and University Cooperation

French Embassy in Sweden - SCAC

Kommendörsgatan, 16

10246 Stockholm

Tel : +46 (0)8 459 53 82

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Samira Touchal

Coordinator CampusFrance :

Tel : +46 (0)7 399 487 26

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Location: University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 33 (tbc)

Program:

8.15-8.45 Registration and coffee

8.45-9.00 Welcome address by HEM Françoise Bourolleau, Ambassador of France to Finland, and Matti Tikkanen, vice-rector of the University of Helsinki

9.00-10.00 1^st session: Student mobility Finland-France

The number of Finns going to France has gone down regularly for the last couple of years. What is the current situation? Which programs are available and which new ideas should be promoted in order to enhance mobility? What are the main challenges universities have to face?

Speaker: Juha Ketolainen, Assistant Director, Higher Education Department, CIMO

10.00-11.00 2^nd session: University cooperation

Are joint curricula/programs/degrees a way of promoting mobility? With the example of a French-Finnish joint degree, what are the issues that need to be considered? Are there other cooperation opportunities? Do Finnish universities even need cooperation?

Speakers: Jean-Pierre Wignacourt, Professor, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Lille (ENSC, National Graduate School of Engineering Chemistry of Lille) Lille, and Kristiina Wähälä, Professor, University of Helsinki, responsible for the Erasmus-Mundus Master "Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry"

Break

11.15-12.30 3^rd session: Education and professional life

What does the labour market expect from educated students? Do studying programs fulfil the companies' needs? Is mobility a trump card or a drawback? What kind of mobility is needed?

Speakers: Representatives Bouygues TP Finland, Areva, Saint-Gobain Rakennustuotteet Oy, SITA (Suez Environment)...

12.30-13.30 Lunch and networking

13.30-17.30 Student fair

Students will have the opportunity to meet with each of the French universities' representatives who will answer their questions.

A stand will be held by CIMO to give general information on their services. (tbc)

Departure from the premises latest at 17.30

Departure from Helsinki-Vantaa airport at 19.30.

Contact person :
Emmanuel SALMON
Attaché for Scientific and University Cooperation
French Embassy in Finland
 

Tél. : +358 9 2510 2123

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