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OSLO, FEBRUARY 17, 2006 Anita Lehikoinen Counsellor for Higher Education

OSLO, FEBRUARY 17, 2006 Anita Lehikoinen Counsellor for Higher Education. M INISTRY OF EDUCATION FINLAND. QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 1. Background National regulation system for higher education degrees and qualifications

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OSLO, FEBRUARY 17, 2006 Anita Lehikoinen Counsellor for Higher Education

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  1. OSLO, FEBRUARY 17, 2006 Anita Lehikoinen Counsellor for Higher Education MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FINLAND

  2. QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 1. Background National regulation system for higher education degrees and qualifications • national higher education qualifications defined in Universities Act and Polytechnics Act • until 1.8.2005 there were 19 field-specific national decrees on university degrees • only one national decree on polytechnics degrees • national decree on the system of higher education qualifications lists all higher education qualifications and the eligibility they bring in the public sector • universities and polytechnics have autonomy in designing their curricula and syllabi

  3. Qualifications framework for Higher Education... 2. Qualifications Framework • working group set up by the Ministry of Education: representatives from universities, polytechnics, students, Higher Education Evaluation Council and the MoE; social partners consulted during the work • added value of the framework thinking questioned by many in the beginning of the work • we thought we had a transparent system of higher education qualifications, but that proved wrong as the work in the WG progressed • for the first time(!) university and polytechnic degrees were scrutinized at the same time • general aims of the degrees had not really been written from the perspective of learning outcomes

  4. Qualifications framework for Higher Education... 3. Methods used and feedback received • trying to learn from other countries and from the work done at the European level • trying to ensure compatibility of the Finnish descriptors with the European ones • definition and categorisation of HE qualifications by the level, entry level, work load, eligibility for further studies, professional competence and profile • unsolved problems in relations between university and polytechnic sector became evident - eligibility for second-cycle and third-cycle studies; professional competence of polytechnic masters • division into academically and professionally oriented qualifications deemed old-fashioned and normative

  5. Qualifications framework for Higher Education... 3. Methods used and feedback received... • description of qualifications by learning outcomes - knowledge, skills and competence: difficulties in terminology - approach was appreciated as such - cautious approach by the working group: only little interpretation beyond existing legal texts - personal development, attitudes and other transversal skills not covered - is there really a dual system of higher education in Finland?

  6. Qualifications framework for Higher Education... 4. The present situation • no formal decision has been made • relation to European Qualifications Framework - individual learning or formal qualifications only? • probably no decision will be made before we see what comes out of the ELF

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