The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) - Status Quo

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Bologna Secretariat

The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) - Status Quo

Ligia DECAHead of the 2010 – 2012 Bologna Follow-Up Group

Secretariat

‘Funding of Higher Education’ Bologna SeminarYerevan, Armenia Marriott Hotel, 8-9 September 2011


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The BFUG Secretariat Main role: “...to provide neutral support to further the consolidation of the European

Higher Education Area under the exclusive authority of the BFUG and its Chairs and Vice-Chairs.”

Functions:• Administrative and operational support for BFUG, its sub-structures (WG and networks) and

the Board (minute-taking, background documents drafting, assisting chairs in planning the meeting, communication etc.);

• Create and maintain the EHEA permanent website (www.ehea.info) and electronic archives;• Act as an internal and external contact point for the EHEA, while ensuring dissemination of

information on behalf of the Chairs or based on direct requests;• Participate in organising the 2012 Ministerial Conference and Bologna Policy Forum.

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Chairing of the BP and timeline• BFUG Chairs:January – June 2011 – Hungary and AndorraJuly – December 2011 – Poland and ArmeniaJanuary – June 2012 – Denmark and AzerbaijanJuly – December 2012 – Cyprus & Bosnia and Herzegovina• BFUG Vice-Chair:July 2010 – June 2012 – Romania

• Upcoming BFUG meetings: Upcoming BFUG Board meetings:Cracow – 13-14 October 2011; Copenhagen – 30 November 2011; Copenhagen – 18-19 January 2012; Azerbaijan – 21 February 2012 (tbc).Copenhagen – 19-20 March 2012.

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Challenges• The Leuven/ Louvain la Neuve (2009) agenda:

“7. The objectives set out by the Bologna Declaration and the policies developed in the subsequent years are still valid today. Since not all the objectives have been completely achieved, the full and proper implementation of these objectives at European, national and institutional level will require increased momentum and commitment beyond 2010.”

• The move of focus from “structural” Bologna action lines to more “transversal” thematic priorities: social dimension, mobility, internationalisation, student centered learning etc.

• Inherent debates on the way forward at the beginning of the second “Bologna decade”;

• Maintaining political momentum at national and EHEA level.

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The EHEA unfoldedBologna action lines EHEA Objectives/ HE

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Pre-Leuven (as listed in the 2007-2009 Work Plan)

Post-Leuven (as listed in the 2009 – 2012 Work Plan)

MobilityDegree structure EmployabilityRecognition Qualifications frameworksLifelong LearningQuality Assurance Third cycleSocial dimensionGlobal dimensionStocktakingBeyond 2010

Social dimension: equitable access and completionLifelong LearningEmployabilityStudent centered learning and the teaching mission of higher educationEducation, research and innovationInternational opennessMobilityData collectionMultidimensional transparency toolsFunding

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Funding of HE and the BP Leuven/ Louvain la Neuve Ministerial Communique (paragraph 23): ‘ Higher education institutions have gained greater autonomy along with

rapidly growing expectations to be responsive to societal needs and to be accountable. Within a framework of public responsibility we confirm that public funding remains the main priority to guarantee equitable access and further sustainable development of autonomous higher education institutions. Greater attention should be paid to seeking new and diversified funding sources and methods.’

Main open questions for the conference:

- Should this first statement be furthered in the frame of the EHEA level policy making?

- How can public responsibility for financing of HE face the challenges brought by the

financial crisis and European integration?

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Projects dealing with HE Financing EUA: European Universities Diversifiying Income Streams (EUDIS), 2009 Main aim: mapping the status of income diversification in European

universities and seeking to provide useful examples of best practices. Promote the institutional perspective on the topic of funding, with a view to informing national and European policy makers of how best to facilitate a sensible diversification of income streams.

Reports and recommendations available at: http://www.eua.be/eudis/

ESU: Financing the Students’ Future (FINST), 2010-2012Main aim: increasing the knowledge of the effects of financing systems in Europe over students and to work on the capacity building of the national unions of students with regard to their active involvement in higher education funding reforms.

Project updates: http://www.esu-online.org/projects/current/finst/

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Perspectives Bucharest Ministerial Conference and Third Bologna Policy Forum (26-27 April 2012), organised by Romania as a host country:

• Will focus/ set the agenda for the Bologna Process/ EHEA until 2015;

• One single report for the Bologna Process implementation;

• More interaction between EHEA and non-EHEA delegations (100+)

and opportunity for all invited delegations to contribute to the BPF

via their National Contact Persons (NCP);

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Perspectives (II)Discussions and activities in view of the upcoming Bucharest MC:• The European Area of Recognition – the endorsement of the EAR Manual;• The EHEA Mobility Strategy;• The debate on QA – the EQAR external evaluation and the MapESG E4

project;• IPN - potential project application on testing the feasibility of a EHEA wide

HE promotion strategy;• The Social Dimension Observatory – still under discussion;• The 2012 target for development of NQFs and preparation of self-

certification;• Thematic sessions: QA, QF and the link between EHEA and ERA, ;• Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference (17-

19 October 2011), Bucharest.

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The Third Bologna Policy Forum• Overarching topic: “Beyond the Bologna process: Creating and connecting

national, regional and global higher education spaces“.• Parallel sessions‘ topics:a. “Global mobility: Incentives and barriers, balances and

imbalances”;b. “Global and regional approaches to quality enhancement”;c. “Public responsibility for and of HE within national and regional

context”; d. “Are HE reforms improving graduate employability?”

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Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference

(17-19 October 2011), Bucharest

• Main aim: bringing the researchers’ voice into the BP.• 2 thematic tracks: Bologna Process and national reforms

supporting BP implementation;• 8 thematic tracks;• Will feed into the Bucharest Ministerial Conference with a

collection of published papers and a key-note speech of the General Rapporteur (Sir Peter Scott).

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Keynote speech for the April 2012 Bucharest EHEA Ministerial

Conference and/ or Policy Forum

Abstracts &Final papers

Reactions

Thematic track 1 – Bologna Process

1. EHEA principles 2. Prospects in teaching and learning (SCL, Employability, Access in HE) 3. Quality Assurance4. Mobility

Thematic track 2 – Future of HE

1. HE Governance 2. HE Financing 3. Diversification of HEI missions as a response to global challenges4. Foresight /Futures of HEI

Outcome of Proceedings (volume 1) Outcome of Proceedings (volume 2)


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Thank you very much for your attention!

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