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Developments at EU level related to quality assurance

Developments at EU level related to quality assurance. EQAVET NRP meeting. Brussels, 26 November 2013. The Survey of Adult Skills: Some interesting results. 20% EU working age population: low literacy & numeracy skills 25% adults lack digital skills needed to effectively use ICT

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Developments at EU level related to quality assurance

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  1. Developments at EU level related to quality assurance EQAVET NRP meeting Brussels, 26 November 2013

  2. The Survey of Adult Skills: Some interesting results • 20% EU working age population: low literacy & numeracy skills • 25% adults lack digital skills needed to effectively use ICT • striking differences: recent school leavers with upper secondary qualification in some MS ≥ skills than HE graduates in others • LLL policies  sustaining skills over time given the gaps between generations and the significant economic and social benefits of higher skills.

  3. Opening up education • Challenges • Teachers digital skills • Training institutions infrastructures – poor ICT developed • Digital content elaborated mostly outside Europe • Opportunities • Broadening access to education • Lower costs for students and institutions • Fuel innovation

  4. Next steps Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020: • Financial support for elaboration of tools, partnerships, teachers Structural funds • To be used by member States • Renewal of IT infrastructures in schools • Revision of assessments

  5. Club members ECTS – 25 years on 1988: European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) to transfer achievements of Erasmus students 2013: > 75% HEI in EHEA use ECTS for transfer accumulation(learning outcomes and student workload approach) 2009:latest ECTS Users' Guide: guidance to HEIs on ECTS

  6. Club members ECTS Users' Guide revision • Promoting student-centred learning • Ensuring meaningful implementation of learning outcomes (teaching, learning and assessment) • Encompassing LLL and reflecting the state of on-going work on recognition of prior learning • Catering for new ways of delivering programmes (OER, MOOCs) • Helping reduce obstacles to mobility/recognition • Strengthening links to other transparency tools

  7. Club members ECTS Users' Guide revision Ad-hoc Working Group : • Representatives from 14 countries: AM, BE-nl, DE, FR, HU, IT, LT, MD, NL, NO, SE, UA and UK • 4 organisations: ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE • Chair: European Commission Timing: • The revised Guide will be finalized in advance of the Yerevan Ministerial Conference in 2015

  8. Club members • 2013-14 ECVET evaluation: • Next on your screen: • Interviews Q4 2013 • Final report Q2 2014 • Commission report to the EP and Council mid-2014 • (ECVET to increase synergies with other transparency instruments ?) • and live • 2013 ECVET evaluation: • ECVET to increase synergies with other transparency instruments; or die 

  9. ECVET evaluation questions Club members • To what extent does ECVET contribute to ET2020, EU2020, Copenhagen Process? • To what extent is ECVET compatible with other transparency tools? Are there synergies, namely with national qualification frameworks? • What are the benefits of ECVET for the learners – and for other stakeholders? • Why didn't all countries set up necessary conditions? How can they be supported?

  10. ECVET evaluation questions Club members • How is ECVET used and how can it be used within mobility projects? • To what extent do ECVET credit points reinforce geographical VET mobility? • To what extent does ECVET support permeability between VET and HE? • To what extent does ECVET support validation of prior learning?

  11. ECVET evaluation questions Club members • Is the governance structure adequate?

  12. Close to the club • Validation of non-formal and informal learning • By 2018: National arrangements for validation for NFIL • Validation systems should include: Support for identification of learning outcomes Documentation of learning outcomes Assessment of learning outcomes Certification of learning outcomes (e.g. credits or a full qualification) 

  13. Close to the club • Validation of non-formal and informal learning • Principles for national arrangements: Linked to the NQF and in line with the EQF Information and guidance to be widely available Specific targeting of disadvantaged groups Audit of skills and competences within 6 months Transparent quality assurance measures Professional development of validation staff Qualifications obtained via NFIL: agreed standards Use of European transparency tools Synergies with credit systems (e.g. ECTS, ECVET)

  14. Quality and Efficiency in Adult Learning • High-level meeting between Commissioner Vassiliou and the European Social Partners; The European Education, Training and Youth Forum 2013 • Quality Framework for Traineeships • European Alliance for apprenticeships • EURES Working Group on inclusion of Apprenticeships and Traineeships • https://www.facebook.com/EUErasmusPlusProgramme

  15. Club reunion European area of skills and qualifications • Stakeholders consultation(policy developers, practitioners, networks, social partners, civil society) • General public consultation • A study • - A conference Dec 2013- Mar 2014 Feb – May 2014 Begin 2014 By mid-2014

  16. Events • ESCO Conference 24-25 October 2013 Esco portal • ECVET conference 24-25 October 2013 • European Business Forum on Vocational Training 2014 in Brussels in May-June 2014.

  17. EQAVET • EQAVET mapping study on quality assurance instruments in CVET and comparing them with EQAVET • EQAVET external evaluation • EQAVET report and Report on progress in QA in HE

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