Lastly, we wanted to delve into the possibilities of identifying differentiated university student profiles based on the SRL strategies they develop with digital technologies.
This model of a "differentiated university" allows students to combine different, intensive modular courses of around 2-year duration such as, for example, biology and journalism, or biochemistry and business management.
First, despite the general trend towards institutional ownership, university IPR regulations in Europe remain extremely differentiated and there is no one-to-one mapping to the US system.
Rather than undermining the German model of differentiated education by flooding universities and hoping something good will come out at the other end, Germany needs to develop attractive career streams and systematically open up to highest international talent.
School education was based on five categories (no school leaving certificate, primary, secondary, tertiary school or general qualification for university education), and seven categories were differentiated for vocational training ranging from no vocational training to university degree.
The implication for science policy makers and university managers is that differentiated approaches to promoting university industry relationships are required.
"We talk about a single sector, but actually we already have a differentiated sector with very different types of universities within it.
The current challenges facing UK universities are well-documented and among them is the need to be differentiated, to be better known internationally and to demonstrate research impact.
But America's state-run universities, which have traditionally kept their fees low and stable, might well try a differentiated pricing scheme as they raise cash to compete academically with their private counterparts.
