Table 0. 4: Development needs of universities (rang, mean) Increase the practical orientation of teaching Enhance traineeships and internships Improvements in their financial systems Focus on short-term skill development Focus on long-term skill development Support an international orientation Focus on research and development Enabling the valorisation of applied research Strategic cooperation with business Non/minor extent of 1. 3. 8. 9. 4. 5. 7. 6. 2. UBC 6,12 5,71 4,72 4,62 5,69 5,45 4,91 4,94 5,95 Medium extent of 2. 3. 8. 9. 5. 4. 7. 6. 1. UBC 6,10 5,73 4,96 4,65 5,35 5,44 5,24 5,28 6,25 High extent of 2. 3. 8. 9. 6. 4. 7. 5. 1. UBC 6,33 5,96 5,42 4,64 5,62 5,83 5,51 5,81 6,56 Question B4: In your view, to what extent should higher education institutions change in the future? Mean of responses of a 7-level scale where 1=”Not at all” and 7=”To a very high extent”. When comparing the reported results among EMCOSU countries there are just minor differences regarding the developmental needs that should be implemented in the future in order to enhance university-business cooperation. Bulgarian, Slovenian and Spanish representatives reported that there should be tendencies towards the development of strategic cooperation with business, and Hungarian and Polish representatives reported that higher education institutions should increase practical orientation of teaching. Comparing to other countries there is a high tendency of Slovenian representative to support an international orientation. Lower emphasis for the future developments, however still with relatively high mean (4,61), was reported for focus on short-term skill development and improvements of the higher education financial systems (mean in total 4,99).
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