EUniting: what European partners are looking for

European Higher Education FairManila 2012

Fernando Zapico

2020 Agenda

Increase the number of graduates (target: 40% of people under 35)

Improve the quality of teaching and research training: core transferable competentes for high skill occupations

Enhance sudents mobility and cross-border cooperation to boost Higher Education Performance

Strenghen links between Education, Research and Business

The Bologna Process: 2010

PurposeMaking European Higher

Education more compatible; more comparable; more competitive and more

attractive for Europeans and students from other continents

ObjectivesIntroduction of the three

cycle system (Bachelor/Master/Doctorate)

Quality Assurance

Recognition of qualifications and periods of study

The Bucharest Comunique: April 2012

Promoting mobility of students, academic and administrative staff

Introduction of a credit system for the assessment of study performance (ECTS)

Lifelong Learning

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)

Transfer of learning between different institutions

Greater student mobility

More flexible routes to gain degrees

Curriculum design

Quality assurance

ECTS Institutions MUST:Publish their course catalogues on the web including

detailed descriptions of study programs, units of learning, university regulations and student services

Include ´Learning Outcomes´ and ‘workload’ in Course descriptions

Express Learning Outcomes in terms of credits: each credit corresponds to 25-30 hours of work.

Workload for an academic year ranges from 1500 to 1800 hours, 50-60 credits

Commission Green Paper on Learning Mobility

Boosting knowledge and skills of young people by helping them to study abroad

Programs for Lifelong Learning, Youth, Culture and Citizenship

Erasmus as star program

The importance of Erasmus Mundus

Erasmus Mundus

Globalization

Interculture Dialogue

International experience

Award Criteria

Academic Quality

Course Integration

Course Managment, Visibility and Sustainability Measures

Students facilities

Quality Assurance and Evaluation

Erasmus Mundus Key ConceptsExcellence Academic and Research Quality

Innovative and unique

Added value

Embloyability

Graduates demanded by

society

Placements and research

opportunities by associates

Sustainability

Co-funding

Additional Revenue

Associates Role

Masters Courses: preferred areas

Engineering, Technology (44)

Social and Cultural Sciences; Economics (28)

Natural Science (26)

Mathematics; IT (15)

Law (2)

Humanities (6)

Selected Projects for Action 2

CLILNK/EMEA project

Techno II Project

Networking and Globalisation of

Teaching in Engineering Studies

MOVER

Erasmus Mundus

Projects

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