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Impacts of EU on Lifelong Learning in University Context: A TEMPUS Project

This project explores the main impacts of the European Union on education, training, and research in higher education. It focuses on the clear aims of education and training in EU treaties, the development of quality and partnership in education, the emphasis on cooperation between education and economy, and the promotion of lifelong learning. The project also examines the role of European universities in the implementation of lifelong learning strategies and the development of learning regions.

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Impacts of EU on Lifelong Learning in University Context: A TEMPUS Project

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  1. Lifelong Learning in University Context – A TEMPUS Project Main impacts of the European Union on Education, Training and Research to Influence Changes in Higher Education - 1 - Clear and obvious aims on education and training in the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties (1992, 1997) Developing Quality, access to and prartnership in education in „European dimension” to raise mobility capacity - Socrates I Programme to launch Erasmus Programme (EC, 1995); - The White Paper on Education: Teaching and Learning. Towards the Learning Society (EC, 1995) Stronger emphasis on co-operation between education and economy, +on social inclusion (e.g. Youth affairs, second chance schools) - Agenda 2000 (EC, 1997) Education, training and research programmes indicated as part of an Europan internal policy issue

  2. Lifelong Learning in University Context – A TEMPUS Project Main impacts of the European Union on Education, Training and Research to Influence Changes in Higher Education - 2 - the Bologna-declaration of European universities as a reflection to create an European higher education area (1999) and its aftermath; - Socrates II and the start of Grundtvig Programme referring to Adult and Continuing Education (EC,2000) European universities developing networking and research in the quality development of higher education, adult continuing education (e.g. EUCEN, TheNUCE, Socrates Erasmus and Erasmus IP, EULLearN) - The Lisbon-initiative and the start of an Europe-wide discourse on Lifelong Learning based on the Memorandum on 3L (EC, 2000) European universities taking key roles in the development of lifelong learning in local, regional and national aspects through quality development of education and training based on partnership and researching 3L (e.g. UNESCO Cape Town Statement, 2001)

  3. Lifelong Learning in University Context – A TEMPUS Project Main impacts of the European Union on Education, Training and Research to Influence Changes in Higher Education - 3 - The initiative of the European Area of Lifelong Learning (EC, 2001); - Concrete future objectives of Education and Training Systems of the member states of the EU. (EC, 2002) Reconstruction of Quality development, Raising Access and Equal Opportunities and Improvement of Co-operation in education and training. Introduction of Open Method of Co-ordination (Role of Quality indicators, benchmarks, peer review and best practice) - Education and Training 2010 – The Role of Higher Education in the Development of 3L and in the realisation of National 3L Strategies (EC, 2003, 2005) More national 3L strategies introduced, stronger role of Higher Education in the implementation of 3L (e.g. EUA’s TRENDS 2003)

  4. Lifelong Learning in University Context – A TEMPUS Project Main impacts of the European Union on Education, Training and Research to Influence Changes in Higher Education - 4 - The initiative of the Regions of Lifelong Learning (EC, 2003) To promote regional partnership in education and training with a significant role taken by higher education to develop learning regions (find more at: www.r3l.euproject.net; www.obs-pascal.com) - Enlargement of the EU: EU-25 and 3L (2004) More countries to have national 3L strategies (e.g Hungarian National Strategy on 3L, 2005) - Modified Lisbon-goals in order to support growth, innovation and employment (EC, 2005) Key role of higher education to develop knowledge-centres, regional economic development-poles based on partnership amongst stakeholders

  5. The History of the University of Pécs 1367 – The Anjou king Louis the Great establishes the first Hungarian university in Pécs. 1785 – The Royal Academy is transfered to Pécs. 1802 – The Royal Academy is moved back to its original location, Győr. 1833 – Bishop Ignác Szepesy establishes the Academy of Pécs with two faculties: the law and arts faculties. 1921 – The Erzsébet University of Pozsony (Bratislava) is transfered to Pécs. 1951 – The Medical University of Pécs is established. 1975 – The Faculty of Economics is established. 1982 – The Teacher Training College of Pécs is merged with the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Law. The institution assumes the name Janus Pannonius University of Pécs. 1990 – The Faculty of Health Sciences is established within the Medical University of Pécs. 1992 – The Teacher Training Faculty is split into the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Sciences, increasing the number of faculties to four. 1995 – The Pollack Mihály Technical College is integrated into Janus Pannonius Universitíy. 1996 – The Faculty of Music and Visual Arts, the sixth faculty is established. 2000 – With the merger of Janus Pannonius University, the Medical University of Pécs and the Illyés Gyula Teacher Training College of Szekszárd, an integrated university with nine faculties is founded under the name The University of Pécs. 2004 – Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering 2005 – Faculty of Adult Education and Human Recourses Development .

  6. Major Educational Projects Bologna process from 2005/2006 • The three-tier training for • Bachelor’s degree (former 4-year college level) • Master’s degree • PhD degree • Professional residence halls (Grastyán Endre, Kerényi Károly, Márton Áron, Óriás Nándor, Szentágothai János) • Credit system • Diploma supplement accepted by every member state of the European Union

  7. Scientific Activity Fields of Study • Organic sciences • Inorganic sciences • Engineering sciences • Humanities • Arts Financial Resources for Research and Development • National Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) • National Research and Development Programs (NKFP) • The National Higher Education Development Programs • National Development Projects • Széchenyi Plan • European Research Funds Program

  8. Scientific Activity • 320 successful tender projects annually for university research units, many in cooperation with industrial research agents • 5000 publications per year (200 monographs) • 60 international professional events per year • 17 doctoral degree programs • 215 full-time, 881 part-time or corrspondent PhD or DLA students • 983 members of the staff with DLA or other degrees • 100 doctors of the HAS* • 7 fellows of the HAS • The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) supports eight of its affiliated research groups operated at various departments of the university. *Hungarian Academy of Sciences data of 2003

  9. The Number of Students at PTE Full-time students 17 153 Correspondent students 16 132 Evening school students 97 Students in distance education 177 Total number of students 33 559 Faculties: Faculty of Law 5 785 Medical School 1 765 Faculty of Humanities 5 405 Faculty of Health Sciences 3 766 Faculty of Adult Education and Human Recourses Development 3 946 Illyés Gyula Faculty of Education 2 022 Faculty of Business and Economics 2 557 Faculty of Music and Visual Arts 608 Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering 4 956 Faculty of Sciences 2 749 Statistics of October 2004.

  10. The Number of Instructors at PTE University professors 190 College professors 46 Corresponding members of HAS*3 Ordinary members of HAS*4 Total number of instructors 2 303 * Hungarian Academy of Sciences Statistic data of October 2003.

  11. Faculties Faculty of Law Medical School Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Health Sciences with training centers as regional campuses: Pécs Kaposvár Szombathely Zalaegerszeg Faculty of Adult Education and Human Recourses Development Illyés Gyula Faculty of Education in Szekszárd Faculty of Business and Economics Faculty of Music and Visual Arts Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Sciences

  12. Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law and State Administration has played a major role in the history of Hungarian higher education ever since the foundation of the University of Pécs in 1367. In addition to the traditional university-level training of lawyers in the form of both full-time and part-time training, the Faculty of Law and State Administration provides for the training of college-level legal administrators in the framework of both full-time and part-time training, and for the training of post-secondary-level legal assistants, also in the framework of both full-time and part-time training. The training repertoire secures the full range of trainings from basic university level to specialized legal trainings to doctoral trainings.

  13. Medical School In addition to the long standing tradition of training general physicians in Pécs dating back to the 1920ies, the Faculty of General Medicine introduced the training of dentists in 1973 and a training program for general physicians in English as the language of education in the early 80ies. In 2000 the training of pharma-cologists was launched as a major profile extension in the field of medical training in Pécs. It is the university clinics that secure and provide for the majority of the in-patient medical services in the city of Pécs and in South-Trans-Danubia. Various health centers of regional importance have been established in the city of Pécs in cooperation with the university clinics.

  14. Faculty of Humanities The Faculty of Humanities, being the largest faculty of the University comprising the Humanities, Social Sciences, Modern Languages and Teacher Training, is the only faculty of its kind in the South-Trans-Danubian region in Hungary. The Faculty of Humanities offers university degrees in the Social Sciences and Social Care, in Modern Languages and History with the possibility of an additional teacher’s qualification as an elective educational track. German and Croatian ethnic studies represent a special asset to the educational landscape of the faculty. In addition to the basic university degrees, further qualifications in specific fields of study, especially in international relations and European studies with focus on Anglophone and Francophone studies, are issued.

  15. Faculty of Health Sciences The Faculty of Heath Sciences is a major actor and provider of training of specialists with higher educational qualification in the field of health care on the national level. The educational and training network comprises four regional campuses situated in Pécs, Kaposvár, Szombathely and Zalaegerszeg. College-level specialist degrees are offered in nine subfields of the health science and a complementary university degree is offered in one subject. There is an increasing interest in and opportunity for issuing post-secondary-level degrees in the various fields of the health sciences. The international relations and cooperations of the Faculty of the Health Sciences are of a great importance so that students and faculty members can participate in educational and training exchanges.

  16. Faculty of Adult Education and Human Recourses Development The Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development is one of the academic centers of adult education in Hungary with its international professional relations being an active participant of European adult education and lifelong learning networks. For over 30 years it has developed into an institution with European educational standards, offering to its students the freedom of learning guaranteed by the internationally acknowledged academic staff and warranting the possibility of 3L. Apart from college programs (adult education, human resource manager, cultural manager, IT specialist and librarian) the faculty offers higher educational vocational programs, relevant further educational programs and develops a doctoral program in adult education to start from 2008.

  17. Faculty of Adult Education and HRD to develop and promote 3L Major Steps to understand, develop and promote 3L: - Joining national and European higher education programmes to develop 3L through adult continuing education networks and projects(e.g. TheNUCE, Erasmus IPAE, Leonardo da Vinci-VELDE project, Grundtvig EUROEDULT) - Researching the citizenship element of 3L (e.g. Re-ETGACE project) and learning regions, organisations(LILARA-project) PASCAL Conf. on 3L in Pécs in 2007 (www.obs-pascal.com) - Promoting European and national networking in adult education and lifelong learning so as to develop the quality of higher education and its local and regional roles (e.g. MELLearN, EULLearN) - Participating major European associations of adult education and lifelong learning (EAEA, EUCEN) and attending key research and dissemination conferences on 3L - Framing the 3L goals into the Strategic Institutional Development Plan of the University of Pécs; Developing BA and MA Curriculum in Adult Education (e.g. TEACH curriculum, find more at: www.teach.pl) - Supporting the strategic development of 3L in Hungary.

  18. Illyés Gyula Faculty of Education The Faculty of Teacher Training in Szekszárd originally joined the University of Pécs as a training institution for lower-grade teachers. With time, it has gained on new profiles by the introduction of Hungarian and German ethnic kindergarten teacher training. In due time, realizing new opportunities on the educational market, social worker training, a four-year college-level training of English and German language teachers, a specialization for remedial physical education teachers and business administrators, and a post-secondary-level training of information statisticians and economic planners were also introduced. The educational and training profile of the Teacher Training Faculty has been further developed by introducing college-level and post-secondary-level trainings in the field of adult education offering qualifications for assistants in remedial pedagogy and trainers of traditional social games and craftsmanship.

  19. Faculty of Business and Economics The Faculty of Business and Administration has been a leading educational unit in the modern history of the University of Pécs. Ever since its foundation in the early 1970-ies it has focused on the quality training of micro-economists and business people both in its educational and research activities. From the early 1980-ies it has been acknowledged as the second national training center of economists in Hungary with a flexible training profile and a wide range of specializations in the field of economics. Its credit-based educational system and five-year training program offers a university degree for its graduates. The faculty has also been successful in issuing BaBa and MaBa joint degrees with Middlesex University as a result of an English language training program.

  20. Faculty of Music and Visual Arts The Faculty of Performing and Fine Arts is the only one of its kind in Hungary in as much it integrates art education centers for music, performing and fine arts. It offers both university-level and doctoral-level training for its graduates by incorporating research activities concerning medial techniques characteristic of distinct periods of cultural and art history. Professors and students alike are active contributors to regional, national and European artistic events.

  21. Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering The Faculty offers a wide variety of technical education and training with college degrees in architecture, construction, civil engineering, environmental engineering, technical informatics, urban studies and electrical engineering, with university degrees in architecture, construction and urban development and with engineering teacher and technical instructor degrees. There is also a broad choice for acquiring post-secondary-level technical degrees and special engineering qualification degrees. Graduates have promising career prospects after graduation.

  22. Faculty of Sciences The Faculty has been an integral part of the higher educational landscape of Pécs since its foundation in 1948 as part of the former Teacher Training College. Since the integration with the University of Pécs in 1982 it has widened its educational profile, attaining accredited university-level education in several major science disciplines. The Faculty offers university degrees both in the researcher and the teacher tracks. A special feature of the Faculty is an integrated educational system that accommodates, beside the traditional natural science disciplines, the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physical Education and the Institute of Adult Education and Human Resource Management within its educational scope.

  23. Cultural Life and Entertainment Museum of the University’s History (in Vasváry-house) A collection of university relics Janus University Theatre Established in1996, one of the most prestigious university theatres in Hungary Universitas TV Topics - professors’ portraits, reports of cultural and scientific programs, events of student life, current events connected to education Open University - educational series UNIV PÉCS – university newspaper News about current events appearing every other week, edited mostly by students

  24. Pécs Pécs – The City of Mediterranean Spirit • located on the southern slopes of the Mecsek Mountains • the seat of Baranya county • the fifth largest town in Hungary • population: 170 thousand • area: 4500 km2 • sights: early Christian burial sites, significant monuments of the 150-year-long Turkish Rule, Zsolnay china manufacturing, art galleries of Csontváry, Vasarely and modern Hungarian painting • characteristics: university, research institutes, scientific and professional achievemnts, international conferences, vivid artistic life, festivals • UNESCO Peace prize, 1998 • UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, 2000 - a necropolice of 16 burial sites from 4th c. A.D. • Cultural Capital of Europe in 2010.

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