Jessica Olley

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• Jessica Olley
• The UK Higher Education (HE)
• Europe Unit

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Session outline

• UK HE Europe Unit
• Universities in the UK
• The UK and the Bologna Process
• Outcomes of Bologna Process ministerial summit,
  London, May 2007

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UK HE Europe Unit Funders

• Universities UK
• HE Funding Councils for England, Scotland and
  Wales
• GuildHE
• Quality Assurance Agency

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Three objectives

• To raise awareness / a central observatory
• To coordinate UK involvement in European debates
• To lobby on behalf of UK higher education on
  European issues

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Universities in the UK
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Universities in the UK

• Self-governing and independent
• Diverse sector size, mission, subject mix and
  history

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Mission groupings

• Russell Group
• Campaigning for Mainstream Universities
• 1994 Group
• University Alliance

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Other groupings and allegiances

• Non-aligned universities
• Regional groupings
• National groupings

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The UK and the Bologna Process

• - Europe Unit role
• -  Three cycle structure
• -  Quality assurance arrangements
• -  National qualifications frameworks
• -  Widening participation

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UK and the Bologna Process

• Diploma Supplement
• Credit systems
• UK qualifications
• Opportunities and influencing

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London ministerial summit, 16-18 May 2007

• Consolidation of existing reforms
• Staff and student mobility
• Portability of grants and loans
• The external dimension
• Doctoral level qualifications
• European Register of Quality Assurance Agencies
• The future of the Process

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More information

• On the UK higher education http//www.hefce.ac
  .uk/Pubs/HEFCE/1999/99_02.htm
• On UK European activity www.europeunit.ac.uk

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• Jessica.Olley_at_UniversitiesUK.ac.uk
• Tel [phone]
• www.europeunit.ac.uk