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HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN EUROPE – AN OVERVIEW

HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN EUROPE – AN OVERVIEW. Sjur Bergan Head, Higher Education and Research Division Council of Europe. EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA. Process toward 2010 (Bologna Process) Actors: Ministries of Education (currently 45 countries) Higher education institutions

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HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN EUROPE – AN OVERVIEW

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  1. HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN EUROPE – AN OVERVIEW Sjur Bergan Head, Higher Education and Research Division Council of Europe

  2. EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA • Process toward 2010 (Bologna Process) • Actors: • Ministries of Education (currently 45 countries) • Higher education institutions • Students • International organizations

  3. MILESTONES • Ministerial meetings: • Sorbonne 1998 • Bologna 1999 • Praha 2001 • Berlin 2003 • Bergen 2005 • London 2007 • Academic Conventions • Student Conventions

  4. MAIN POINTS BOLOGNA • Increase attractiveness • Increase transparency • Increase mobility • Facilitate recognition • Adapt HE to labor market • Reform degree system • Role of HE in democratic societies, especially SE Europe

  5. MAIN POINTS PRAHA • Democratic values • Diversity of cultures and languages • Diversity of higher education systems • Higher education as a public good and public responsibility • Student participation • Lifelong learning • Quality assurance

  6. MAIN POINTS BERLIN • New countries • Change access criteria • Cultural Convention • Requirement: outline reform policies and commitment • Stock taking • Research • Qualifications framework

  7. MAIN POINTS BERGEN • Overarching qualifications framework • Standards for quality assurance • Social dimension • External dimension • Stocktaking • Relationship HE policies/other areas of public policy • Emphasis on implementation • What about 2010?

  8. TOWARD 2007: WORKING GROUPS • Stock taking • Qualifications framework • “External dimension” • Social dimension and academic mobility • [London communiqué drafting group] • Portability of student loans?

  9. TOWARD 2007: BOLOGNA SEMINARS • European dimension: academic heritage and values (Holy See, March 2006) • Preparing students for the labor market (UK, summer 2006) • External dimension (Norway, September 2006) • Joint degrees (Germany, September 2006) • Doctoral programs (France/EUA, December 2006) • Recognition (Latvia/Council of Europe, early 2007) • Staff mobility (EI pan European Structure, early 2007)

  10. TOWARD 2007: NATIONAL LEVEL I • Qualifications framework • Elaborate national QF by 2010, launch work by 2007 • Quality assurance • Implement guidelines adopted in Bergen • Social dimension • Commitment to equal access • Mobility • Intensify efforts to lift obstacles

  11. TOWARD 2007: NATIONAL LEVEL II • Recognition • Ensure full implementation of the principles of the Lisboa Convention • National action plan • Joint degrees • Stock taking • National report

  12. TOWARD 2007 – AND BEYOND • Participate in the Bologna Follow Up Group • Participate in some seminars • Elaborate national strategy for the implementation of the Bologna Process • Establish national Bologna group • National events? • Cooperation Ministry, higher education institutions and students

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