A prActicAl guide Benchmarking in european Higher education
A prActicAl guide Benchmarking in european Higher education
A prActicAl guide Benchmarking in european Higher education
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A quantitative data gather<strong>in</strong>g exercise will use <strong>in</strong>dicators and hard data to<br />
set future targets and benchmarks for improvement, for example the number<br />
of sp<strong>in</strong> off companies or the proportion of research contracts (<strong>in</strong> the case of<br />
a benchmark<strong>in</strong>g exercise on research), or the number of <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
students and academic staff, the number of (active) agreements with other<br />
higher <strong>education</strong> <strong>in</strong>stitutions, jo<strong>in</strong>t programmes and the proportion of the<br />
budget allocated to <strong>in</strong>ternational activities for a benchmark<strong>in</strong>g exercise<br />
focus<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>in</strong>ternationalisation. A more detailed template is provided here<br />
as an example of quantitative data gather<strong>in</strong>g on external fund<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Tab. 2 – Template - External fund<strong>in</strong>g (<strong>in</strong> thousands of euro)<br />
ACTIVITY<br />
Gross<br />
Income<br />
Direct<br />
costs<br />
Overheads Net <strong>in</strong>come FTE Staff (Academic<br />
& support staff)<br />
Contract research<br />
Research council<br />
European funds<br />
Private sector funds<br />
Government funds<br />
Others<br />
Commercialisation<br />
Patents & Licenses<br />
Private companies<br />
Consultancies<br />
Full cost student fees<br />
Teach<strong>in</strong>g & tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g activities<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g <strong>education</strong> courses<br />
Short courses<br />
Specialised courses<br />
Summer schools<br />
Private company staff courses<br />
Others<br />
Alumni activities<br />
Fund rais<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Endowments<br />
Partnership fund<strong>in</strong>g for Capital<br />
projects<br />
Others / specify<br />
TOTAL<br />
A Practical Guide - <strong>Benchmark<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> European <strong>Higher</strong> Education<br />
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