Performance Agreements May 2012

Contents State of affairs Performance Agreements Contents proposal Tilburg University Trajectory with Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Continuation in the organization: Strategic Plan

Ambitions Research 3Performance Agreements

High Scientific Quality Ambitions At least 140 PhD defenses a year in 2015 Increase research grants: >> Veni-Vidi-Vici NWO >> ERC: Starting and Advanced Grants >> Contracts KP7 & Horizon 2020 Approach Improve supervision PhD-students Continue four-out-of-five quality policy on research Continue policy on Centers of Excellence

Strong Research Profile Ambitions Continue matrix approach disciplinary research programs and multidisciplinary institutes with strict four- out-of –five quality policy Approach Link up with Policy ‘Top Sectors’ Link up with ‘Grand Challenges’ Performance Agreements

Ambitions Education 6Performance Agreements

Education Quality and Performance Ambitions All education programs have a NVAO accreditation 15% of teachers have a Basic Teaching Kwalification (BKO) Increase in number of contact hours (min. 12 hours) Limitation of study failure and increase graduation output 80% of students are satisfied/very satisfied with the education program Approach Study information, interviews on study choice, limited enrollment and decentralized selection, reinforcement selection and performance HBO- entrants Preparatory Summer Schools and increasing BSA-standard to 48 ECTS Implementation new vision on education Continue policy educational quality for teachers Performance Agreements

Strong education profile Ambitions Broadening bachelor programs Strong internationalization component within programs Approach Develop broader multidisciplinary bachelor programs Integrate smaller and related programs into broad bachelors Performance Agreements

Differentiation and excellence Ambitions 7% of students participate in an excellence program Approach Renewed Honors Program Continue Outreaching Program Explore possibilities ‘University College’ with LAS and ‘Global Law and Economics’ Continue collaboration with Orion en secondary education Performance Agreements

Reinforce internationalization Ambitions 6 English-taught bachelors 4,2% incoming foreign exchange students More foreign intake in English-taught Bachelor programs (34%) and Master programs (30%) More Bachelors (18%) and Masters (10%) with experience abroad Approach Apply for a quality-accreditation in internationalization Expand and strengthen networks top institutions Studying abroad integral part of the curriculum Improve collaboration natives/non-natives in education More international joint/dual degree programs Performance Agreements

Improving connection education-labor market Ambitions Enhance employability of students on labor market Improve collaboration between students, programs, services and employers Approach Extend experiment with extended Masters Professionalization of Career Services as the office for students, education programs, and employers Performance Agreements

Ambitions Valorization 12Performance Agreements

Valorization Ambitions Investing in individual students and staff Investing in (regional) networks Knowledge based professionalization en development Contract research, consultancy and science communication Approach Embedding valorization in policy and organization through HRM Exploring options to manage valorization activities through ‘Houses of Valorization/Innovation’ Internal exchange best practices and connecting networks Performance Agreements

Future Continuation with Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) - Evaluation by Review Committee OCW -Consultation between State Secretary and Tilburg University August- September -Final Performance Agreements 15 September Establishing Performance Agreements in the organization - Strategic Plan Performance Agreements

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