Linking Society and Universities: New Missions for Universities
EAIR Forum Valencia 2010, Valencia, Spain, 1-4 September 2010

We suggest you fill out the form after reading the guide lines in the Call for Proposals.

This proposal form consists of several pages. First you are asked to complete the information about your presentation. On the following pages you are requested to complete the information about main author and, if applicable, co-author(s). We suggest you make sure you have all the information at hand before you proceed.

An overview of your proposal will be sent to the e-mail address of the main author / primary contact person.

Proposal form

Forum Tracks Please tick one (and if in real doubt, you may tick two) of the Tracks most appropriate for your presentation.
Track 1		Reaching out to Society: The way Universities interact with Society
Track 2		The Experience of Students / Learners
Track 3		The enhancement of Quality to serve Society
Track 4		Policies and Funding for University Sustainability
Track 5		Innovative ways to link University and Society
Track 6		University Governance & Management
Keynote		Keynote (on invitation only)
Poster		Poster

Categories Please indicate the character of your paper by ticking one or two of the following categories:

Academic (theoretical or discursive)

Academic (research-based)

Case study of practice

Policy oriented

Other

Keywords

Choose at the most 5 keywords most appropriate for your presentation from the list below. You only have to highlight the keywords selected by keeping the control key pressed while selecting. Assessment / evaluation Curriculum design and development Diversity Employability Feedback-staff to students Feedback-students to staff Funding-private higher education Funding-state higher education Governance Higher education policy/development Higher education research design Inclusive exclusive higher education Institutional performance measures Internationalisation Leadership Learner support/technology/styles Management Marketing Mission National systems of higher education Non-completion and progression Organisation structures Postgraduate study Quality Research design and methodologies Research policy-national and/or institutional Staff appraisal Staff recruitment and retention Strategic planning Student experience Student recruitment and selection Teaching methods Tuition fees Undergraduate study Widening access/participation Title The title of your paper should be no longer than 12 words and should accurately reflect what is being proposed. Abstract You are asked to submit an abstract which must not exceed 100 words. Anything in access of 100 words will not be included in your abstract. The abstract should clearly indicate the core idea of your paper and highlight what your presentation will be about. Outline The outline should not exceed 1 000 words (not more than three A4 pages in total). Include here your introduction in which a description of the problem or issue the paper addresses is set out. Include here the background of the problem or issue (including the relevant literature). Include here a description on how you approached the problem or issue. Include here the results, including how the findings relate to previous work. Include here the implications or relevance of your work for others (including how generalisable your findings are). Include here a final paragraph in which you indicate what you have concluded from all that you have done Include here a reference to how the proposal fits the relevant Track theme. Formats You will normally have a timeslot of 20 minutes to present the ideas set out in your paper plus 10 minutes for colleagues to comment on the ideas presented. You are also encouraged to propose other formats such as round-table or forum discussions, a poster presentation, a best practice session, etc. 30 Minutes' slot Poster presentation Discussion slot: 60 minutes Round table slot: 60 minutes Other Other format, please give description: