BRITISH COUNCIL WORKSHOPS HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN EUROPENOVEMBER 2012 HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY

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 2 OBJECTIVES AND DRIVERS:

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 3 TIMEFRAME:

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 4 ACTION LINES:

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 5 ACTION LINES:

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 6 CHANGING EMPHASIS:

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 CHANGING EMPHASIS:

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 8 ACHIEVEMENTS:

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 9 ACHIEVEMENTS:

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 10 How the Bologna Process works:

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 11 KEY EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACTIONS:

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

ERASMUS FOR ALL INNOVATION EUROPE – HORIZON EUROPEAN COMMISSION POST 2013 PROGRAMMES

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

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

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 16 COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND GOOD PRACTICE

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 17 COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND GOOD PRACTICE

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

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 RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS:

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 20 RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS:

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 21 WHITHER UK?????

QAA A 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 WHITHER UK????? 22

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 23 WHITHER UK?????

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 24 WHITHER UK?????

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 25 WHITHER UK?????