Business Overview/font>
In order to contribute to the development of higher education, we are exchanging information on the initiatives and research results of each university consortium./font>
Event Outline/font>
theme/font>
Towards nurturing new talent to pave the way for a rapidly changing society of the future /font>
– Inter-university collaboration and industry-government-academia collaboration in the context of timeless trends/font>
Purpose of the event/font>
As stated in the “Form of higher education with an eye to the future society amid a rapid decline in the birthrate” that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology consulted the Central Council for Education, higher education is currently at a major turning point. It is necessary to immediately respond to external factors such as “declining birthrate” and “digitalization” as well as changes in high school students’ learning, such as “enhancing learning activities for problem discovery and problem solving.” /font>
In addition, higher education institutions are required to promote interdisciplinary and integrated education in the arts and sciences, and to implement recurrent education to increase diversity and mobility, in order to create and develop highly specialized human resources who will lead the future society. In order to grow and develop into a “core higher education institution in the region,” it is essential to advance industry-government-academia efforts in cooperation with various stakeholders in the region, such as other higher education institutions as well as local governments and the industrial sector. /font>
In such an environment, it is becoming important for higher education institutions, including universities, to determine what must not be changed and what must change with the times, with a view to the “Grand Design of Higher Education for 2040,” under the idea of ”immutable trends (remembering the essential things that never change, while also incorporating new things that are constantly changing).” /font>
For example, the University Consortium Hyogo Kobe has been running an internship program for international students for many years, but as it continues, there is a mixture of both “things that have not changed” and “things that have changed.” Therefore /font>
, this forum is intended to be a place where participants can reconsider the essence of the activities of the University Consortium, an inter-university collaborative organization, and gain knowledge about the latest initiatives./font>
schedule/font>
Saturday, August 30, 2025, Sunday, August 31, 2025/font>
venue/font>
Kobe Gakuin University Port Island 1st Campus/font> (1-1-3 Minatojima, Chuo-ku, Kobe) /font>
*Approximately 6 minutes walk west from Minatojima (Campus Front) Station on the Kobe New Transit Port Liner./font>
Participation Fee/font>
Participation fee: (General): 5,000 yen / (Students): Free /font>
Information exchange meeting: (General): 4,000 yen / (Students): 2,000 yen /font>
Co-organized by/font>
National University Consortium Council, Hyogo Kobe University Consortium/font>
cooperation/font>
Kobe Gakuin University/font>
*More details will be posted as they are decided./font>
Contact Information/font>
National University Consortium Council Secretariat (University Consortium Kyoto) /font>
TEL 075-353-9100 FAX 075-353-9101 /font>
Campus Plaza Kyoto, Nishinotoin-dori Shiokoji-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8216 /font>
*Reception hours: Tuesday to Saturday 9:00-17:00 (excluding New Year holidays)/font>
