Bologna Process

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National Summit on Bologna, Canberra, September
06
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Bologna Process
The European Dimension the Community shall
contribute to the development of quality
education by encouraging cooperation between
Member States through a wide range of actions
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Bologna Process

Bologna 1999 to create a European Area of
Higher Education Lisbon 2000 to become the most
competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy
in the world Education Training 2010 to
become a world quality reference point for
education and training
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Bologna Process
Challenges
4000 Institutions 17 Million Students 1.5
Million Staff (435,000 Researchers) 80 Million
low skilled citizens 19 Million unemployed
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Bologna Process
Erasmus European Credit Transfer System,
Diploma Supplement, 2000 Institutions, 30
countries, 1.2mn students Erasmus Mundus 115
Masters Courses, 7000 3rd country student
scholarships, 1000 3rd country academic
scholarships 100 partnerships with International
Institutions
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Qualifications Framework

• The proposed EQF consists of three main elements
• a set of common reference points (an 8-level
  structure of defined learning outcomes)
• 2) a range of tools and instruments (including an
  integrated European credit transfer and
  accumulation system for lifelong learning and the
  Europass instrument)
• 3) a set of common principles and guidelines for
  co-operation (in quality assurance, validation,
  key competences etc).
• It is Not a replacement or harmonisation of
  national, regional or sectoral qualification
  systems

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Bologna Process
The Tuning Project - Tuning of educational
structures and programmes on the basis of
diversity and autonomy
The Tuning project focuses not on educational
systems, but on educational structures and
content of studies Tuning develops reference
points for common curricula on the basis of
agreed competences and learning outcomes as well
as cycle level descriptors for many subject areas

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Modernising Higher Education

• The Commission Communication Delivering on the
  modernisation agenda for universities -
  Education, research and innovation was endorsed
  by the European Council in June 2006.
• European universities face three main
  challenges, concerning quality and
  attractiveness, governance, and funding.
• The Communications nine messages outline the
  agenda needed to unlock the potential of European
  universities (convergence, autonomy and
  accountability, business partnerships,
  competences for the labour market, funding,
  interdisciplinarity, interaction with society,
  excellence and attractiveness)
• This builds on the Commissions Communication
  Mobilising the Brainpower of Europe enabling
  universities to make their full contribution to
  the Lisbon Strategy and its Staff Working Paper
  European Higher Education in a Worldwide
  Perspective 

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Bologna External Strategy

• Develop more structured international cooperation
  through bilateral and multilateral agreements
• Brain Circulation
• Simplify and accelerate legal and administrative
  procedures
• Researcher and student visas
• Easily recognisable European Degrees
• European Courses
• Joint or double degrees .

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Lifelong Learning

• Establishment of an international framework
  similar to the EQF
• Greater transfer, comparability and compatibility
  of qualifications
• Greater mobility, cooperation and exchange
• Harnessing the Regions
• Low level of mobility in Europe compared to USA

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Bologna Process
Bologna and Copenhagen

• EUROPASS
• ECTS ECVET
• ENQA - ENQAV
• European Qualifications Framework for Life Long
  Learning

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Bologna Process
Perceptions of European Higher Education in
Third Countries

• Europe highly regarded as a Union in an economic
  and political sense but not in terms of education
• Europe losing out to US on perceived prestige of
  institutions, labour market acceptance of
  qualifications and innovation capacity of
  institutions
• Quality Reputation and Prestige of Institution
  paramount
• No Information on Higher Education in Europe
• Need a European Brand

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The Future

• 2 Million International Students
• Almost all countries are beginning to implement
  new system, including provision for quality
  assurance system
• Remember Bologna is VOLUNTARY and yet has brought
  about more change in Higher Education than any
  other international instrument or policy

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We see the European Higher Education Area as a
partner of higher education systems in other
parts of the world, stimulating balanced student
and staff exchange and cooperation between higher
education institutions.
Only by attracting the best people will you
accomplish great deeds. (Colin Powell)