Galway Conference ‘Universities and regional development’ 23-24.04.1981:

The file contains preparatory correspondence, the programme and list of participants to the 21st Bi-annual conferences, the minutes of the 47th meeting of the Permanent Committee (24.04), as well as working documents (including financial reports), press cuttings, and photographs of participants (including Emile Noel, Denis de Rougemont and Michael J. Killeen).

Working documents include: Programme of the colloquium ‘L’université et la région’ (Liege, 02.1981); Press cutting ‘La nouvelle politique universitaire’; Text ‘Heisenberg-Programm’; ‘The University and regional development’; ‘Some suggestions for further activity on staff mobility’ by Gerrit Vossers; ‘Programme of future meetings’ by Gerrit Bossers; Documentation on Universities and Regional Development; ‘The social and cultural impact of the University on its region’ by Sven Caspersen; ‘The maintenance of international standards within the regional context’ by Giampaolo de Ferra; ‘The role of the university in economic development – a perspective and a prospective’ by Lord Briggs of Lewes.

Grenoble Conference ‘The integration of foreign students’ 17-18.09.1981:

The file contains preparatory correspondence, the programme and list of participants to the 22nd Bi-annual conferences, the minutes of the 48th meeting of the Permanent Committee (18.09), as well as working documents. It also includes the draft CRE resolution (first and second version) ‘Foreign students in European universities’ adopted at this meeting, as well as photographs of participants.

Working documents include: Application forms of CRE candidate members; ‘The social integration of foreign students’ by Orjar Oyen; ‘National admission policies for foreign students’ by Jacques Vaudiaux; ‘The educational responsibilities of universities towards foreign students’ by Nikolaus Lobkowicz; ‘Quelques considérations à propos des étudiants étrangers a l’École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)’ by Prof. R. Crottaz; ‘Suggestion of a theme for the 8th General Assembly, Athens – 1984’; Council of Europe’s publications ‘Division for higher education and research’ and conclusions of the Conference on the situation of foreign students in member states of the Council for Cultural Cooperation (CDCC).

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