HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY

1. HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY • BRITISH COUNCIL WORKSHOPS • HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN EUROPE • NOVEMBER 2012

2. OBJECTIVES AND DRIVERS: • CREATION OF THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA • REFORM AND MODERNISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION RECOGNITION OF THE VITAL ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT • COMPETITION CREATIVITY INNOVATION • COMPARABILITY AND COMPATIBILITY • RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS

3. TIMEFRAME: 3 • 1998 SORBONNE DECLARATION – 4 COUNTRIES • 1999 BOLOGNA DECLARATION – 29 COUNTRIES • 2010 BUDAPEST COMMUNIQUÉ ESTABLISHING THE EHEA • 2012 BUCHAREST COMMUNIQUÉ – 47 COUNTRIES • 2020 ACHIEVEMENT OF THE LEUVEN (2009) OBJECTIVES

4. ACTION LINES: 4 • ORIGINALLY 6 ACTION LINES SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED TO 10 • EASILY READABLE AND COMPARABLE DEGREES – DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT • TWO CYCLE SYSTEM – UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE • A CREDIT SYSTEM – ECTS • MOBILITY – STUDENT AND STAFF • QUALITY ASSURANCE – EUROPEAN COOPERATION

5. ACTION LINES: 5 • EUROPEAN DIMENSION – CURRICULUM – INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION – INTEGRATED PROGRAMMES • FOCUS ON LIFELONG LEARNING • ENGAGEMENT OF HEIs AND STUDENTS • PROMOTING ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE EHEA – GLOBAL DIMENSION • DOCTORAL STUDIES AND THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA

6. CHANGING EMPHASIS: 6 • WIDENING ACCESS AND SOCIAL DIMENSION • STUDENT-CENTRED LEARNING – ‘MEANINGFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES’ • QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ATTRACTIVENESS – THE GLOBAL AGENDA • FUNDING AND GOVERNANCE • ENHANCING EMPLOYABILITY

7. CHANGING EMPHASIS: 7 • STRENGTHENING LINKS BETWEEN RESEARCH, LEARNING AND TEACHING AT ALL LEVELS • DIVERSITY OF DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES • KNOWLEDGE BASED ALLIANCES – FOCUSING ON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY • MOBILITY – STUDENTS AND STAFF – REMAINS FUNDAMENTAL – MOBILITY STRATEGY 2020 FOR THE EHEA - STRESSSES THE NEED FOR MEASURABLE MOBILITY TARGETS TO DELIVER THE LEUVEN 20% of GRADUATES BY 2020

8. ACHIEVEMENTS: 8 • WIDESPREAD USE OF ECTS AND DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT • TWO CYCLES (3 TO 4 YEARS PLUS; 1 TO 2 YEARS; NORM = 5 YEARS) • GROWTH IN STUDENT AND STAFF MOBILITY • EUROPEAN QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORKS • EUROPEAN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE

9. ACHIEVEMENTS: 9 • EUROPEAN REGISTER OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCIES • INCREASING NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH QUALITY ENHANCEMENT • DEVELOPMENT OF JOINT MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES • INCREASED SYNERGY BETWEEN EHEA AND ERA

10. How the Bologna Process works: 10 • BOLOGNA PROCESS INTER-GOVERNMENTAL – OWNED BY GOVERNMENTS • PROGRESS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE BOLOGNA FOLLOW-UP GROUP, WORKING GROUPS FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC TOPICS, NETWORKS AND SEMINARS • MINISTERS MEET EVERY TWO YEARS TO ASSESS PROGRESS AND AGREE NEXT STEPS • THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS BECOME THE EFFECTIVE AGENCY FOR PROMOTING THE PROCESS ACROSS AND BETWEEN ALL SIGNATORY COUNTRIES AND ESPECIALLY IN THE EU

11. KEY EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACTIONS: 11 • MOBILITY – ERASMUS • ECTS AND DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT PROMOTION AND LABELS • JOINT MASTERS AND DOCTORATES – ERASMUS MUNDUS • FUNDING OF NATIONAL TEAMS OF BOLOGNA EXPERTS • INTERNATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS FOR BOLOGNA EXPERTS • EUROPEAN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK AND PROJECTS FOR SECTORAL QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORKS • QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPPORT FOR ENQA AND THE REGISTER OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCIES

12. KEY EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACTIONS: 12 • ATTRACTIVENESS - ERASMUS MUNDUS AND BILATERAL PROGRAMMES • DATA – EUROSTATS • THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA • INTERNATIONALISATION • MODERNISATION

13. EUROPEAN COMMISSION POST 2013 PROGRAMMES 13 • ERASMUS FOR ALL • INNOVATION EUROPE – HORIZON 2020

14. “ERASMUS FOR ALL” 14 • HIGHER EDUCATION – INTEGRATES: • ERASMUS • ERASMUS MUNDUS • TEMPUS • ALPHA AND EDULINK • COOPERATION WITH INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES • ACTIONS: - LEARNING MOBILITY • - COOPERATION • - POLICY REFORM

15. LEARNING MOBILITY: 15 • STUDENT – EU – INTERNATIONAL • STAFF – EU – INTERNATIONAL • ERASMUS MASTERS – STUDENT LOAN GUARANTEE • JOINT HIGH QUALITY DEGREES – EU AND NON EU • TRANSNATIONAL TRAINEESHIPS (WORK PLACEMENTS)

16. COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND GOOD PRACTICE 16 • STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO STRENGTHEN TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN HEIs AND/OR OTHER RELEVANT ACTORS • LARGE SCALE KNOWLEDGE ALLIANCES – STRUCTURED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN HEIs AND ENTERPRISE/BUSINESS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE WAYS OF PRODUCING AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE, FOSTER CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DESIGN AND DELIVER NEW CURRICULA AND QUALIFICATIONS

17. COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND GOOD PRACTICE 17 • SECTOR SKILL ALLIANCES BETWEEN HEIs AND ENTERPRISE/BUSINESS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE VOCATIONAL TEACHING AND TRAINING AND TO PUT EU WIDE RECOGNITION TOOLS INTO PRACTICE • IT SUPPORT PLATFORMS AND VIRTUAL MOBILITY • INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING – NEIGHBOURHOOD, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND ACP COUNTRIES

18. SUPPORT FOR POLICY REFORM 18 • INCREASED SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF: • EQF • ECTS • ECVET • EU-WIDE NETWORKS • IMPLEMENTATION OF EU – MULTI-RANK – HE PROFILES • MODERNISATION AND BOLOGNA PROCESS

19. RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS: 19 • HORIZON 2020– RESEARCH PROGRAMME TO IMPLEMENT “INNOVATION EUROPE” • IN 2008 ONLY 7% OF EUROPEAN DOCTORAL CANDIDATES TRAINED IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE – TARGET IS 20% BY 2030

20. RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS: 20 • MARIE CURIE WILL SUPPORT: • RESEARCH MOBILITY • IMPLEMENTATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR INNOVATIVE DOCTORAL TRAINING INCLUDING MORE MOBILITY AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING • INITIAL TRAINING OF RESEARCHERS – JOINT DOCTORAL DEGREES EXCLUSIVELY MARIE CURIE • CROSS-BORDER AND CROSS-SECTOR MOBILITY • STIMULATING INNOVATION – SHORT-TERM EXCHANGES OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION STAFF • INCREASE STRUCTURAL IMPACT BY CO-FUNDING ACTIVITIES

21. WHITHER UK????? 21 • SUCCESS - CHALLENGE – OPPORTUNITY • U.K. HIGHER EDUCATION ENGAGED – • ERASMUS • TEMPUS • ERASMUS MUNDUS • THE STAKEHOLDERS – • B.I.S. ATTENDS BFUG MEETINGS AND SITS ON WORKING GROUPS

22. WHITHER UK????? • QAAA MEMBER OF ENQA CONTRIBUTING TO THE REVISION OF THE EUROPEAN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE • UUK - INTERNATIONAL UNIT REPRESENTS SECTOR INTERESTS AND PROVIDES POLICYADVICE, COMMENTARY AND GUIDANCE TO B.I.S., THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THE EUA, AND THE H.E. SECTOR • THE BURGESS IMPLEMENTATION STEERING GROUP HAS NEGOTIATED WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO INCORPORATE THE EUROPEAN DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT IN THE HEAR

23. WHITHER UK????? 23 • IMPLICATIONS FOR HEIs???? • EUROPE AT THE CENTRE OF INTERNATIONALISATION STRATEGY • RECOGNISE EXTENT, PACE, QUALITY OF CHANGE AND INNOVATION IN EU AND BOLOGNA SIGNATORY COUNTRIES • RESPOND TO GROWING INTERNATIONALISATION AND REPUTATION OF EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (NETHERLANDS: 13 UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD TOP 400) • DEVELOP DEEP, WIDE RANGING INTER-INSTITUTIONAL AND SUBJECT ALLIANCES / COOPERATION

24. WHITHER UK????? 24 • LOOK BEYOND THE EU TO NEIGHBOURHOOD COUNTRIES • ENGAGE IN CURRICULUM REFORM/CHANGE WITH EU HEIs (E.G. HUMBOLDT – MAASTRICHT IN RESEARCH LED LEARNING) • REFORM / ADJUST CURRICULUM IN ALL CYCLES FOR STUDY AND WORK MOBILITY INCORPORATING ‘MOBILITY WINDOWS’ • INSIST ON AND EVIDENCE EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC RECOGNITION OF STUDY AND WORK PLACEMENT MOBILITY

25. WHITHER UK????? 25 • UNDERSTAND ECTS AND DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT • DEVELOP INTEGRATED AND/OR JOINT DEGREES IN ALL THREE CYCLES PARTICULARLY AT DOCTORAL LEVEL • PREPARE FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED IN THE NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES • UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE FOR THE INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT • TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION RANKINGS YESTERDAY • EU PROFILES TOMORROW