Synopsis of national systems of staff development in higher education

Abstract

One of the main goals of the European Network for Staff Development In Higher Education Is the exchange of relevant Information. To this end, CEPES has launched a project devoted to national systems of staff development In higher education. A Questionnaire on the national systems of staff development In higher education was prepared and later put In final form In accordance with the comments and remarks which CEPES received from the national coordinators. The Questionnaire was sent to all the countries of the Europe Region. Answers were received from 15 countries (Albania, Austria, the Byelorussian SSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, the Ukrainian SSA, and Yugoslavia), which met the deadline set by CEPES. They give general Information concerning staff development In the respective countries and, taken together, make up a synopsis of the national systems of staff development. CEPES hopes that this short synopsis will contribute to a better knowledge and comparability of the national systems of staff development in the countries of the Europe Region. We also hope that the lists of universities and other higher education institutions, presented In this document, offering staff development courses for foreign teachers might stimulate an Interest in establishing direct bilateral and multilateral contacts between countries, as well as lead to the launching of joint research and to an increased mobility of academics in the Europe Region.