Aune Valk
Aune Valk (PhD in Psychology) is currently vice-rector for academic affairs at the University of Tartu, Estonia. In years 2008 – 2014 she was Estonian national project manager for OECD survey of adult skills – PIAAC, coordinating also national PIAAC research programme that resulted in seven thematic reports. In 2014 – 2018 she was working as a head of the analyses department in the Ministry of Education and Research providing educational and research-policy making with data, statistics and studies. Her earlier positions include being researcher in different institutions and being director of Open University – the brand for adult education at the University of Tartu. She has numerous publications on cross-cultural psychology and education.
Session
This panel draws on case studies to critically discuss the multiple meanings and models of mobility. We pay special attention to mobility in joint degrees and reflect on barriers and enablers and the current policy work towards a European Degree Label. We suggest a conceptual shift to mobility from a ‘singular’ individual experience to a process by which multiple mobility options are organically integrated in an institution’s pedagogic offering