November 2009
The 250 places for registration on the workshop on research assessment in the Humanities and Social Sciences, to be held at the University of Barcelona on 28-29 January 2010, were filled in just four days.
The immediate and positive response to registration had underlined the advisability of consideration being given to certain issues, including:
The rapid filling of all the places on the workshop has led to several interested people not being able to register. In order for everybody to have the opportunity to make their ideas known, AQU Catalunya is setting up an on-line forum whereby those who are interested can present their ideas and work in this area, outside of the workshop itself.
Profile of those who have registered
The profile of those who registered through the AQU Catalunya website is as follows:
Institution
Out of the 250 people who registered, the majority are from the University of Barcelona (UB), followed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the Rovira i Virgili University (URV). “Others” includes all of those who either did not give their institution or are members of quality assurance agencies or speakers at the workshop.
Table 1: Numbers registered according to university
University | Total | Percentage |
---|---|---|
UB | 85 | 34% |
UAB | 55 | 22% |
UPC | 2 | 1% |
UPF | 9 | 4% |
UdG | 9 | 4% |
UdL | 6 | 2% |
URV | 26 | 10% |
UOC | 8 | 3% |
URL | 7 | 3% |
UVic | 5 | 2% |
UIC | 8 | 3% |
UAO | 4 | 2% |
Others | 26 | 10% |
Subject area / discipline
By grouping the subject areas into disciplines, it can be seen that the majority of those who have registered are in Education, Philology and, to a slightly lesser degree, Communication and Documentation. Those who did not indicate any discipline are included under “No subject area given”.
Table 2: Registrations according to discipline
Total | Percentage | |
---|---|---|
Political Science and Sociology | 13 | 5% |
Communication and Documentation | 24 | 10% |
Law | 15 | 6% |
Economics and Business Studies | 11 | 4% |
Education | 62 | 25% |
Philology | 51 | 20% |
Philosophy | 6 | 2% |
Geography | 5 | 2% |
History of Art | 21 | 8% |
Psychology | 10 | 4% |
No subject area given | 32 | 13% |
Professional status
Over a third of those registered are either university professors or senior lecturers, followed by those in the tenure-track category.
Table 3: Registrations according to post held
Total | Percentage | |
---|---|---|
Professor | 20 | 8% |
Senior Lecturer /Ass. Professor | 105 | 42% |
Part-time specialist instructors | 16 | 6% |
Tenure-track | 40 | 16% |
Non-civil servant non-PhD lecturer | 16 | 6% |
Researcher | 6 | 2% |
Assistant | 10 | 4% |
Others | 27 | 11% |
Not indicated | 10 | 4% |
Workgroups and contributions
On the basis of those who have registered, seven discussion groups have been established:
For the subject areas in each group, click here.
The discussions to be dealt with in each group are as mentioned above. The subject of the need for the existence of assessment will not dealt with in the workshop, nor will it be for the discussion of complaints.
Those registered for the workshop may send their ideas and opinions by e-mail to: comunicacio@aqucatalunya.org. The information enclosed is to be included as additional material for the workshop. All of the documentation will be made available on the AQU website. In order to submit contributions, one must:
Those who submit contributions, and who fulfil the above requirements, will have five minutes to explain their contribution during the group work sessions.
The deadline for submitting contributions is 30 November 2009.