More and better education

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More and better education

• University of Ljubljana
• Polonca Miklavc Valencic
• University office for 1st and 2nd cycle study
  programmes

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Higher Education Reforms

• Bologna declaration (1999)
• HE Ministers Communiques (2001, 2003, 2005,
  2007)
• National stategic and reform documents
• Act on Higher Education (2004 amendments)
• National Resolution on National Higher Education
  Master Plan 2007-2010

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Changes in different areas of HE

• Founding, organization, management and funding of
  national HE systems
• Broader target population (intergenerational
  learning)
• Teaching methods
• Internationalization and mobility
• Quality assessment in HE, encouraging excellency
  in teaching and research,
• Recogniton of prior knowledge
• Transparency tools

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ESS and HE in Slovenia

• Financial support primarily for implementation of
  new study programmes (2005-2007)
• 2007 2012 financial support for
• - implementation of new study programmes and
  informatiom dissemination,
• - wider offer of shorter courses and LLL
  programmes,
• - encouragment of establishing new/private HE
  institutions,
• - establishing of national independent external
  evaluation and quality assessment body,
• - improving and modernising teaching skills of HE
  academia.

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Effects and expected results

• New study programmes
• Programme management capacity building (inner
  co-operation)
• More information sharing and co-operation with
  other partners (networking)
• Opening up to new ideas and possible changes in
  study programme design

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