1. Institution and student collaboration Jan Wium/Hans-Jochim Bargstadt
GLF-CEM
Institution and student collaboration
Jan Wium/Hans-Jochim Bargstadt

2. Pretoria
Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg
Stellenbosch

3. Objectives: Provide students with international exposure
Develop team work strengths across distance, cultures and institutions
Leadership development of students
Development of collaborative networks between institutions
Identify common research areas and programmes
Building of a network of international connections (students)
Develop distance communication skills amongst students

4. Students: PhD Full time masters: Part time masters course based
research based
Part time masters

5. Options: Collaborative short term student projects:
Large – semester/year (example : Bauhaus-Stanford-…..)
Small – short, not necessarily based on student research 
Course attendance :
“Block week” plus assignments (summer school format?)
Collaborative course presentation across institutions (lecturer exchange)
Distance learning (sharing of course contents and presentations)
Collaborative research (PhD, MEng):
Productivity
Safety
IT in construction
Procurement methods
Others

6. Questions: a. Credits and recognition
b. Champions for driving the process:
student short term projects - student self (accreditation?)
c. Quality of collaboration (for credits)
d. Funding (exchange etc
e. Professional recognition
f. Scheduling the collaboration

7. Implementation:
Create a facility to bring people together and let interested individuals take their own initiative
Define alternative options
Make web space available for “signing up”
Allow for volunteers to take the lead

8. Priorities for launching the initiative
Student projects
Exchanges (block courses)
Web space and manager
Description of options
Actions and needs

9. Discussion topics: Objectives Set the ball rolling: How and what?
Options
first priority
what is needed
Targets and dates?
Whom?