Workshop 2 01/12 Science, Health and Medicine Carsten Mantel tropEd - MSc Programme in International Health Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

International Health … transcends boundries and cultures integrates multiple disciplines and sciences has a geographic dimension with focus on Africa, Asia, Latin America and Central Europe has a poverty dimension is equity-oriented assists in a global learning effort assists in institutional development in the South is Public Health with a specific focus

The tropEd Network The network: 31 European plus 3+3 non-European Universities (South Africa, China, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, India) The EM consortium: 8 plus 4 of the above > 10 years of intense collaboration

EMMC and Applied Research MSc – thesis requirement: mostly field research with primary data collection Co-Supervision of theses Research projects within the network Joint network responses to calls

EMMC and Policy making European forum on teaching and training in International Health Formal collaboration with WHO and other UN institutions (UNICEF, UNHCR, ICRC etc.) Governmental and NGO partners

EMMC Added Value for Students Stimulates new ways of thinking Generates wealth of new cultural opportunities Offers diverse perspectives Extends language-learning skills Exposes students to new learning methods Develops permanent network links across Europe Assists future employment prospects Provides considerable “added value” to graduates’ CVs

EMMC Visibility Partners in Action 3 Projects Summer schools Taster modules Education fairs (not really helpful) EC needs to do more re: Ministries of Education and European Embasssies Action 4 not yet having an impact (?)

EMMC Attractiveness Quality higher education with cultural diversity Unity of teaching and research Tutorship, social and psychological support (“Pastoral care“) Lifelong learning opportunities Tuition fees

EMMC Alumni Alumni word-of-mouth is most important source of information Establishment of new institutional links Creation of job and internship opportunities Invitations as guest lecturers Ongoing research collaboration

EMMC Good Practice Quality assurance, accreditation and auditing procedure through peer-review Common modules and thesis work with uniform requirements Common teaching materials Training-of-trainers scheme Formation of a legal association Fostering of institutional change