Deadline: October 31, 2023
Applications are open for the DIES International Deans Course Southeast Asia 2024/2025. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and the Centre for Higher Education (CHE) are jointly organising the DIES International Deans’ Course Southeast Asia 2024/25. This intensive Training Course is part of the DIES programme (Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies) has been coordinated by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) since 2001 and is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The key objective of the training is to bring together a group of about 30 newly elected university deans, vice-deans and heads of departments from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam and to prepare them for the challenges of holding a dean’s position in a changing higher education landscape. Issues such as strategic faculty management, financial management, quality assurance and leadership will be key parts of this course. A soft skills training and exchange with German university leaders about higher education reforms will be included as well.
The course starts in June 2024 with Part I held on-site in Germany. Active participation will be required and the participants are expected to reflect on their respective working environment and to develop a Project Action Plan (PAP) at the end of this first contact phase. The milestones and progress of the individual PAPs will be further discussed during the intermediate virtual workshop (Part II). Finally, Part III offers the opportunity to assess the results of the respective projects and to discuss lessons learnt among the group.
Funding
- The costs for the international flight (from home country to host country), local transportation costs within the host country as well as accommodation and some joint meals during the course will be covered by the DAAD through funds of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
- For Part I, taking place in Germany, DAAD will contract an emergency health insurance. The participants’ home universities are expected to contribute to the costs by paying a fee of 600 Euro (about 5 % of the overall individual costs) for the completion of the three parts of the course.
- Additionally, the participant or the participants ́ home institution must be able to cover local transportation in their home countries, visa costs, and potential additional per diems for the duration of the onsite training.
Eligibility
- Participants should be deans (preferably newly elected; for max. 2 years in the position of a dean), vice-deans, aiming at taking over a dean’s position in the future or heads of department. In case that applicants come from specialised, decentralised universities (e.g., University of Natural Sciences, Regional Colleges) applications from newly appointed Vice-Presidents/Vice-Rectors are also highly welcomed.
- Preferably participants should be between 40 and 50 years old (+/- 2 years is acceptable).
- Eligible countries are: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam.
- Fluency in English is required and mandatory in order to be admitted to the course. In case of applicants from non-Anglophone countries: Proof of excellent English proficiency (e.g., TOEFL; Cambridge Certificate) will be an asset. In individual cases online interviews will be organised with short listed candidates to guarantee the requested proficiency.
- A gender balance and a good national mix is aimed at, given that qualifications and other criteria are fulfilled.
Application
In order to start your application process, complete first the online registration form. Upon submission, you should receive an automated confirmation message sent to the email address you used in the online form. Make sure, you received it. Check your email spam filter if this notification fails. Next, kindly submit the full set of the application documents via email idc(at)hs-osnabrueck.de
- application form (incl. curriculum vitae)
- letter of motivation (incl. draft of the PAP)
- organisational chart of your home institution showing the section where you are working in
- letter of support from the university leadership indicating that you will receive financial support from the university
- one additional letter of recommendation e.g. of a DAAD alumnus or alumna, if possible
For more information, visit DIES International Deans Course Southeast Asia.
