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Bologna Process EHEA and action lines Task force for Recognition

Bologna Process EHEA and action lines Task force for Recognition. Carita Blomqvist 28 and 29 June 2006 Sarajevo. Contents. Bologna and other ministerial meetings, main developments Recognition-related: e.g. qualifications framework and quality assurance

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Bologna Process EHEA and action lines Task force for Recognition

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  1. Bologna ProcessEHEA and action linesTask force for Recognition Carita Blomqvist 28 and 29 June 2006 Sarajevo

  2. Contents • Bologna and other ministerial meetings, main developments • Recognition-related: e.g. qualifications framework and quality assurance • Toward 2007: action to be taken at national level

  3. European Higher Education AreaBologna action lines A system of easily readable and comparable degrees A system essentially based on two main cycles A system of credits Promotion of mobility European co-operation in quality assurance “European dimension” in higher education

  4. European Higher Education Area Process toward 2010 Ministerial meetings: Sorbonne 1998, Bologna 1999 (29 countries), Praha 2001, Berlin 2003, Bergen 2005 (45 countries) London 2007

  5. European Higher Education AreaMain points Praha 2001 Lifelong learning (and ICT) in higher education Attractiveness of the EHEA for other world regions Higher education institutions Student participation

  6. European Higher Education AreaMain points Berlin 2003 EHEA connected to European Research Area; doctoral studies as “the 3rd Bologna cycle” Higher education is a public good and a public responsibility. Quality Assurance National Qualifications Framework/Overarching Qualification Framework

  7. European Higher Education AreaMain points Bergen 2005 Overarching qualifications framework adopted Standards and guidelines for quality assurance adopted Support to the Lisbon Recognition Convention and its subsidiary texts National action plans for recognition Social dimension

  8. National qualifications frameworks • Owned by the national system, in many cases based on national legislation • Determines what qualifications learners will earn • Make explicit the purpose and aim of qualifications • Links to quality assurance

  9. National qualifications frameworks • Transparency: describes in a systematic and coherent way all qualifications, the interaction and articulation between qualifications and the possibilities for movement accross qualifications in all directions • Makes it easier to earn qualifications in a variety of ways • Focus on outcomes, from procedure to content

  10. Overarching EHEA framework • An overarching framework that makes transparent the relationship between European national higher education frameworks of qualifications and the qualifications they contain • An articulation mechanism between national frameworks.

  11. Why the overarching EHEA framework? • International transparency • Makes sense of diversity • International recognition of qualifications • International mobility of learners

  12. Overarching EHEA framework • Three cycles of qualifications (sometimes additional cycle within the 1st cycle) • Descriptors of qualifications and learning outcomes: generic, not subject-specific • Credit ranges in ECTS: 1st cycle: 180 - 240; 2nd cycle: 90 - 120 (minimum 60 credits at 2nd cycle level)

  13. Qualifications frameworks and recognition • More information • Common language: transparency • Consideration of substantial differences? -Framework for comparison of qualifications -Helps to see the elements of a qualification

  14. European standards and guidelines for • internal quality assurance within higher education institutions • external quality assurance of higher education • external quality assurance agencies

  15. Toward 2007: national level • Qualifications framework: elaborate national QF by 2010, launching the work by 2007 • Quality assurance: implement guidelines adopted in Bergen • Social dimension: commitment to equal access • Mobility: intensify efforts to lift obstacles

  16. Toward 2007: national level • Recognition • Ensure full implementation of the principles of the Lisbon Convention • National action plan • Joint degrees

  17. More information • www.dfes.gov.uk/bologna • www.bologna-bergen2005.no • http://www.relint.deusto.es/TuningProject/index.htm • www.enqa.net (quality assurance) • www.oph.fi/info/recognition

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