DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT DS LABEL

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DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT (DS) LABEL APPLICATIONS TO
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION 1 NOVEMBER 2004
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• WHAT IS REQUIRED?
• Erasmus University Charter (EUC) essential
• Diploma Supplement issued in a widely spoken
  European language
• Free of charge to every student upon graduation

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• WHAT IS REQUIRED?
• Four examples/copies of completed, signed and
  certified Diploma Supplements
• Issued to four graduates after completion of
  studies in 2003 or 2004
• In at least two different first and second cycle
  degree programmes (or four long one cycle degree
  programmes if this is still the case in your
  institution)

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• WHAT IS REQUIRED?
• Public information (study guide, brochure, web,
  etc) from 2003 or 2004 explaining that the
  Diploma Supplement is being issued
• In a widely spoken European language
• Free of charge to every student upon graduation

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DS LABEL AWARD Institutions which satisfy all
the criteria/quality requirements of the Label
will be awarded the DS Label and the list
published on the TAO Website.
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• DS LABEL - WHEN?
• Deadline - 1 November 2004
• Applications to the TAO
• SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION
• Universities may apply in subsequent years on the
  same date for the award of the DS Label

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• DS LABEL - HOW TO APPLY
• Applications forms on TAO website
• www.socleoyouth.be
• Click on documents then Erasmus
• Also available on European Commissions website
• europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/u
  sersg_en.html

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BOLOGNA DECLARATION

• Adoption of a system of easily readable and
  comparable degrees
• Diploma Supplement
• Adoption of a system based on two main cycles
• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate
• Establishment of a system of credits
• such as ECTS

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BOLOGNA DECLARATION

• Promotion of European co-operation in Quality
  Assurance
• Elimination of obstacles to mobility
• Promotion of European Dimension in Higher
  Education

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BOLOGNA PROCESS

• Mobility fundamental to Bologna Process
• Transparency key to recognition and mobility

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NEW GENERATION OF PROGRAMMESCommission mobility
targets for 2010
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THE ECTS STORY
Pilot project - five subject areas Wider
dissemination - an instrument for quality in
mobility Bologna - Prague - Berlin ECTS
Label Tuning
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ECTS BASIC ELEMENTS

• Information
• Allocation of credits
• 60 per academic year
• Learning agreement
• Transcript
• Academic recognition

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ECTS

• ECTS - Original basis transfer
• Opt in - not obligatory
• Mechanism to facilitate mobility/academic
  recognition
• Well established requirements
• Course catalogue
• Allocation of credits
• Learning agreement
• Transcript

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ECTS AND ACCUMULATION

• Bologna - Prague
• Ministers emphasized need to provide
• transferability and
• accumulation

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ECTS AND ACCUMULATION

• EUA conference in Zurich
• Rectors stated
• ECTS is to be used for accumulation and transfer
• Credit accumulation - essential
• Instrument for
• flexible study and
• lifelong learning

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TUNING EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURES IN EUROPE

• An effective pan-European credit accumulation
  and transfer system requires a set of common
  principles and approaches to credit

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KEY ISSUES FOR ECTS AND ACCUMULATION

• Level descriptors and indicators needed
• Recognition will remain a university decision
• Workload - hours - academic year - the typical
  student
• Learning outcomes
• Recognition of prior learning and experience
• Grades

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THE WAY FORWARD

• Much analysis done (Tuning)
• Much progress made
• Credit is a cornerstone of Bologna
• Bologna is a requirement
• Cumulative jigsaw - ECTS, transfer, accumulation,
  Diploma Supplement, Europass

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ECTS LABEL

• Applications to the European Commission
• 1 November 2004

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• ECTS LABEL
• Erasmus University Charter
• PRE-REQUISITE

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• ECTS LABEL
• Erasmus Institutional Coordinator
• ECTS Institutional Coordinator

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• ECTS LABEL
• Information package/course catalogue
• For 2003-2004
• Or 2002-2003
• Format
• Hard copy
• And/or web
• Hard copy may be
• One or
• More booklets

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CRITERIA FOR LABEL INFORMATION
PACKAGE Information Package includes student
guide/course catalogue/other forms of information
giving both general and detailed course
information.
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• INFORMATION PACKAGE
• Must cover all items listed in
• ECTS Key Features checklist
• Annex 1 of application
• Must cover all first and second degree cycles

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• ECTS KEY FEATURES CHECKLIST
• Information on the institution
• Name and address
• Academic calendar
• Academic authorities
• General description of the institution (including
  type and status)
• List of degree programmes offered
• Admission/registration procedures
• Main university regulations (notably recognition
  procedures)
• ECTS institutional co-ordinator

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• ECTS KEY FEATURES CHECKLIST
• Information on degree programmes
• General description
• Qualification awarded
• Admission requirements
• Educational and professional goals
• Access to further studies
• Course structure diagram with credits (60 per
  year)
• Final examination
• Examination and assessment regulations
• ECTS departmental co-ordinator

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• ECTS KEY FEATURES CHECKLIST
• Information on degree programmes
• Description of individual course units
• Course title
• Course code
• Type of course
• Level of course
• Year of study
• Semester/trimester
• Number of credits allocated (based on the student
  workload required to achieve the objectives or
  learning outcomes)

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• ECTS KEY FEATURES CHECKLIST
• Information on degree programmes
• Description of individual course units
  (continued)
• Name of lecturer
• Objective of the course (preferably expressed in
  terms of learning outcomes and competences)
• Prerequisites
• Course contents
• Recommended reading
• Teaching methods
• Assessment methods
• Language of instruction

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• ECTS KEY FEATURES CHECKLIST
• General information for students
• Cost of living
• Accommodation
• Meals
• Medical facilities
• Facilities for special needs students
• Insurance
• Financial support for students
• Student affairs office
• Study facilities

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• ECTS KEY FEATURES CHECKLIST
• General information for students (continued)
• International programmes
• Practical information for mobile students
• Language courses
• Internships
• Sports facilities
• Extra-mural and leisure activities
• Student associations

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• INFORMATION PACKAGE
• Expectation
• ECTS requirements incorporated in the normal
  information (package) produced by the
  institution.
• May be in hard copy and/or on web.

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• INFORMATION PACKAGE
• Hoped that other programmes will be shown to
  utilise ECTS e.g.
• doctoral programmes
• continuing professional development courses
• life-long learning
• diplomas
• certificates

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• ECTS CREDITS
• 60 per year
• allocated to all degree programmes
• clearly indicated on module descriptions on the
  basis of student workload and learning outcomes

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ECTS CREDITS NB Not sufficient to have a general
statement showing arithmetical translation of
national or local credits into ECTS. ECTS
credits must be shown alongside national credits
wherever these are quoted.
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• ECTS CREDITS
• ACADEMIC RECOGNITION
• ECTS facilitates Academic Recognition
• Learning Agreement
• Transcript of Records

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• CREDIT TRANSFER - ACADEMIC RECOGNITION
• Clear information on how ECTS is utilised for
  credit transfer
• REGULATIONS
• PROCEDURES
• CONTACT PERSONS
• DEADLINES

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• THREE DOSSIERS FOR OUTGOING STUDENTS
• For 3 outgoing students
• 3 different degree programmes
• 3 different countries
• May be anonymised for Data Protection
• Issued in 2003-2004 or 2002-2003
• Completed and signed documents needed
• Transcript of records (both before and after the
  mobility period)
• Learning agreement
• Proof of academic recognition

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• THREE DOSSIERS FOR INCOMING STUDENTS
• For 3 incoming students
• 3 different degree programmes
• From 3 different countries
• May be anonymised for Data Protection
• Issued in 2003-2004 or 2002-2003
• Completed and signed documents needed
• Transcript of records (both before and after the
  mobility period)
• Learning agreement

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ECTS LABEL ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND MONITORING All
the ECTS material will be assessed by the
European Commission with the assistance of
independent experts coordinated by the European
Universities Association.
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ECTS LABEL AWARD Institutions which satisfy all
the criteria/quality requirements of the Label
will be awarded the ECTS Label and the list
published on the TAO Website.
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The Label award will be valid for a maximum
period of three years. During that period ECTS
Counsellors may undertake site visits. Where it
is evident that the requirements of ECTS are not
being fulfilled the Label may be
withdrawn. Criteria and procedures for
withdrawal of the Label will be published by the
Commission.
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• ECTS LABEL - WHEN?
• Deadline - 1 November 2004
• Applications to the TAO
• SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION
• Universities may apply in subsequent years on the
  same date for the award of the ECTS Label

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• ECTS LABEL - HOW TO APPLY
• Applications forms on TAO website
• www.socleoyouth.be
• Click on documents then Erasmus
• Also available on European Commissions website
• europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/u
  sersg_en.html

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• ECTS LABEL - WHY?
• SIGN OF QUALITY
• RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS
• HELP TO RAISE PROFILE
• AS A TRANSPARENT - RELIABLE PARTNER
• VIA WWW
• PREPARATORY TO DEVELOPMENT OF ECTS AS A CREDIT
  ACCUMULATION SYSTEM
• APPLICATIONS IN SPRING 2005

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USEFUL WEBSITES ECTS ECTS on the Commissions
Europa server http//europa.eu.int/comm/education
/programmes/socrates/ects_en.html   Model
transcripts and learning agreements on the
Commissions Europa server Transcript
http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/so
crates/moden2.doc Learning Agreement
http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/so
crates/moden3.doc
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USEFUL WEBSITES DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT Diploma
Supplement on the Commissions Europa
server http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/polici
es/rec_qual/recognition/diploma_en.html   Example
Irish Diploma Supplement on the Europa
server http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/progra
mmes/socrates/ects/form4. pdf
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USEFUL WEBSITES TUNING EDUCATIONAL
STRUCTURES Tuning documents on the Commissions
Europa server http//europa.eu.int/comm/education
/policies/educ/tuning/tuning_en.html BOLOGNA
PROCESS Documents on Bologna Process from the
homepage of the Bergen Summit in
2005 http//www.bologna-bergen2005.no   Bologna
Declaration on the European Commissions
website http//europa.eu.int/comm/education/polic
ies/educ/bologna/bologna.pdf