Wednesday 2 August 2017

The Use of Case Studies in Teaching in Kosovo




 
Currently, I am involved in the EUFORIA project (Entrepreneurial Universities for Industry Alliances) 
which aims to establish and develop links between universities and enterprises in Kosovo in order to enhance teaching and learning, upgrade the curricula in line with the needs of enterprises and improve the financial sustainability of the country’s HEIs.  An integral part of the project is the preparation of case studies based on Kosovar companies for use in teaching business oriented subjects in Kosovo universities.  Staff from the 6 partner universities in Kosovo (Universities of Gjakova, Gjilan, Peja, Prishtina, Ferizaj and Riinvest College) attended a Work-shop run by Prof Marina Dabić and Prof Jurica Pavičić (University of Zagreb) on 6-8 June 2016 in Prishtina and I am looking forward to running three follow up workshops in Kosovo in the last week of October.

Saturday 29 July 2017

Kosovo Education Strategy 2017-2021

I was very pleased to see a continuing commitment to both quality of education and to improving the quality of management in the education system within the Kosovo Education Strategic Plan 2017-2021.  This document is a welcome development of a strategy outlined for the previous 5 year period ...and as this planning period opens, one sees many changes in the educational landscape of Kosovo particularly around the International Business College Mitrovica - about which more in future posts.