BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF 18 MAY 2009 BACKGROUND - ERASMUS SORBONNE DECLARATION 1998 (FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, UK) LISBON AGENDA

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA PROCESS WHAT IS IT? AN ONGOING PROCESS KEY WORDS –REFORM –COMPETITION –KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY –EMPLOYABILITY –AUTONOMY –ACCOUNTABILITY –QUALITY –EXCELLENCE –GLOBALISATION

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA PROCESS A EUROPEAN REFORM PROCESS TO CREATE A EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA (EHEA) BASED ON COOPERATION ATTRACTIVE TO STUDENTS AND STAFF FACILITATING MOBILITY SUPPORTING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS PROMOTING EQUAL ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY ALL BY 2010 WHO ARE THE ACTORS? Governments – 46 countries The European Commission The Council of Europe UNESCO – CEPES Representatives of Higher Education Institutions Students Staff Employers

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA PROCESS BOLOGNA DECLARATION 1999 – 27 COUNTRIES 6 ACTION LINES SYSTEM OF EASILY READABLE AND COMPARABLE DEGREES –IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON TWO MAIN CYCLES –FIRST CYCLE – MINIMUM THREE YEARS (RELEVANT TO LABOUR MARKET) –SECOND CYCLE – LEADING TO MASTER AND/OR DOCTORATE

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA PROCESS SYSTEM OF CREDITS – ECTS PROMOTION OF MOBILITY PROMOTION OF EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN QUALITY ASSURANCE PROMOTION OF EUROPEAN DIMENSION –CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT –INTER INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION –MOBILITY –INTEGRATED PROGRAMMES –TRAINING AND RESEARCH

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY PRAGUE 2001 THREE NEW ACTION LINES LIFE LONG LEARNING INCLUSION OF HEIs AND STUDENTS PROMOTING ATTRACTIVENESS OF EHEA FOLLOW-UP STRUCTURE –BOLOGNA FOLLOW-UP GROUP –CONSULTATION PROCESS –SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BERLIN 2003 EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AND EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA – TO WORK TOGETHER DOCTORAL LEVEL – BOLOGNA THIRD CYCLE

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA PROCESS BERGEN 2005 – ADOPTED Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area Framework for Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area – national frameworks to elaborate qualifications compatible with the overarching framework

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA PROCESS FRAMEWORK FOR QUALIFICATIONS OF EHEA –Short-cycle within or linked to the First- cycle – 120 (ECTS) credits –First cycle – (ECTS) credits –Second cycle – (ECTS) credits (Minimum 60 credits at second cycle level) –Third cycle – no credit allocation

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY LONDON 2007 REGISTER OF EUROPEAN H.E. QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES SOCIAL COHESION EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN A GLOBAL SETTING

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY LEUVEN 2009 PRINCIPLES FOR NEXT TEN YEARS –EXCELLENCE –SOCIAL DIMENSION – TARGETS FOR WIDENING PARTICIPATION –LIFE LONG LEARNING –EMPLOYABILITY – PARTNERSHIP WITH EMPLOYERS – GUIDANCE SERVICES – WORK PLACEMENTS –STUDENT CENTRED LEARNING AND TEACHING –MORE DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY LEUVEN 2009 INTERNATIONALISATION JOINT DEGREES MOBILITY WINDOWS TO BE COMMON PRACTICE MOBILITY – BY 2020 – 20% OF GRADUATES STUDYING OR TRAINING ABROAD RECOGNITION – Report on transparency mechanisms (ECTS, Diploma Supplement) by 2012

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA AND EUROPEAN COMMISSION? ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PROCESS – CONTRIBUTING THROUGH –ERASMUS –TEMPUS –ERASMUS MUNDUS –ECTS –DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT –EUROPEAN DIMENSION –MODERNISATION –FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME –STRUCTURAL FUNDS –EUROPEAN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK FOR LIFE LONG LEARNING –FUNDING/TRAINING NATIONAL TEAMS OF BOLOGNA EXPERTS

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA AND UK AUTONOMY – COMPETITION LEARNING OUTCOMES – WORKLOAD ECTS DURATION AND NUMBER OF CREDITS FOR MASTERS MOBILITY JOINT DEGREES DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES EMPLOYABILITY SOCIAL DIMENSION QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORKS GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

BOLOGNA PROCESS CARDIFF- 18 MAY BOLOGNA PROCESS ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE: DEFINITION OF THREE CYCLES STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE A QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPARENCY INSTRUMENTS FOR RECOGNITION REGISTER OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCIES ENHANCING ATTRACTIVENESS AND STRESSING INTERNATIONALISATION IMPETUS FOR DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES INCREASED COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE PROCESS WORLD WIDE INTEREST IN THE PROCESS