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Bologna Process SeminarFriday 12 May 2006

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The Mobility Challenge

 

Sorbonne Declaration, May 1998

“At both undergraduate and graduate level, students would be encouraged to spend at least one semester in universities outside their own country”.

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Bologna Declaration, June 1999

“Promotion of mobility by overcoming obstacles to the effective exercise of free movement with particular attention to:

• For students access to study and training opportunitiesand to related services

• Promotion of the necessary European dimensions in higher education particularly with regards to curricular development, inter institutional cooperation, mobility schemes and integrated programmes of study, training and research”

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Prague, May 2001

“Ministers reaffirmed that the objective of improving the mobility of students, teachers, researchers and administrative staff as set out in the Bologna Declaration is of the utmost importance. They confirmed their commitment to pursue the removal of all the obstacles to the free movement of students, teachers, researchers and administrative staff and emphasised the social dimension of mobility”.

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Berlin, September 2003

Mobility of students and academic and administrative staff is the basis for establishing a European Higher Education Area. Ministers emphasised its importance for academic and cultural as well as political social and economic spheres.

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Promotion of European Dimension in Higher Education

“(Ministers) note that initiatives have been taken by Higher Education Institutions in various European countries to pool their academic resources and cultural traditions in order to promote the development of integrated study programmes and joint degrees at first, second and third cycle. Moreover they stress the necessity of ensuring a substantial period of study abroad in Joint Degree programmes as well as proper provision for linguistic diversity and language learning, so that students may achieve their full potential for European identity, citizenship and employability. Ministers agreed to engage at the national level to remove legal obstacles to the establishment and recognition of such degrees and to actively support the development and adequate Quality Assurance of integrated curricula leading to Joint Degrees”.

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Bergen, May 2005

We recognise that mobility of students and staff among all participating countries remains one of the key objectives of the Bologna Process. We urge institutions and students to make full use of mobility programmes advocating full recognition of study periods abroad within such programmes.

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Academic Recognition

• The European University charter

• The European Quality Charter for Mobility

• Lisbon Convention

• ECTS

• Diploma Supplement

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Choosing Partners and Managing Mobility

Curriculum for Mobility

Students’ Attitudes

Colleagues’ Attitudes

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First cycle - Bachelor

Four years essential?Credits – recognition – curriculum flexibilityDouble/Joint degrees?

MastersMobility within a calendar year Masters?Double or Joint Masters the way forward?Erasmus Mundus Model?

DoctoralThe Cotutelle Model

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Why bother?

The world we live in

Institutions: Competition – Marketing – Profile

Departments: Network - Research collaboration – Complementing

strengths

Teachers

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Students

• Their future world• Life changing experience • New academic environment and academic interests• New social environment• Communications skills• Motivation• Maturity• Flexibility• Cultural adaptability

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New Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013

• Student mobility

• Teacher and staff mobility

• Work placements

• University - Enterprise Cooperation

• Intensive programmes

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UK CountryStudy

Periods% of Total

Teacher Visits

England 5,684 77.14% 1,304

Northern Ireland 192 2.61% 41

Scotland 1,021 13.86% 196

Wales 471 6.39% 101

UK Total7,368 100% 1,642

2005/2006 (Provisional): UK Erasm us Outgoing Study Periods and Teacher Visits by UK Country

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Subject AreaStudy

Periods% of UK

TotalTeacher

Visits% of UK

Total01 Agricultural Sciences 20 0.3% 25 1.5%02 Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning 88 1.2% 55 3.3%03 Art and Design 510 6.9% 156 9.5%04 Business Studies and Management Sciences 997 13.5% 188 11.4%05 Education, Teacher Training 147 2.0% 156 9.5%06 Engineering, Technology 273 3.7% 122 7.4%07 Geography, Geology 115 1.6% 31 1.9%08 Humanities 170 2.3% 68 4.1%09 Languages and Philological Sciences 3,028 41.1% 155 9.4%10 Law 772 10.5% 97 5.9%11 Mathematics, Informatics 72 1.0% 108 6.6%12 Medical Sciences 279 3.8% 152 9.3%13 Natural Sciences 200 2.7% 84 5.1%14 Social Sciences 605 8.2% 174 10.6%15 Communication and Information Sciences 67 0.9% 34 2.1%16 Other Areas of Study 25 0.3% 37 2.3%UK Total 7,368 100% 1,642 100%

2005/2006 (Provisional): UK Erasmus Outgoing Study Periods and Teacher Visits by Subject Area

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Host Country Study Periods % of UK TotalAustria 124 1.7%Belgium 138 1.9%Denmark 167 2.3%Finland 262 3.6%France 2,245 30.5%Germany 1,000 13.6%Greece 51 0.7%Iceland 12 0.2%Ireland 20 0.3%Italy 679 9.2%Liechtenstein 1 0.0%Netherlands 333 4.5%Norway 105 1.4%Portugal 78 1.1%Spain 1,625 22.1%Sweden 229 3.1%

2005/2006 (Provisional): UK Erasmus Outgoing Study Periods by Host Country

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Host Country Study Periods % of UK TotalBulgaria 4 0.1%Cyprus 9 0.1%Czech Republic 111 1.5%Estonia 14 0.2%Hungary 30 0.4%Latvia 1 0.0%Lithuania 12 0.2%Malta 24 0.3%Poland 55 0.7%Romania 5 0.1%Slovakia 22 0.3%Slovenia 6 0.1%Turkey 6 0.1%UK Total 7,368 100.0%

2005/2006 (Provisional): UK Erasmus Outgoing Study Periods by Host Country(New Member States and Candidate Countries)

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Host Country Study Periods % of UK TotalAustria 34 2.1%Belgium 32 1.9%Denmark 37 2.3%Finland 138 8.4%France 181 11.0%Germany 248 15.1%Greece 57 3.5%Iceland 4 0.2%Ireland 10 0.6%Italy 123 7.5%Liechtenstein 1 0.1%Netherlands 76 4.6%Norway 38 2.3%Portugal 46 2.8%Spain 174 10.6%Sweden 69 4.2%

2005/2006 (Provisional): UK Erasmus Outgoing Teacher Visits by Host Country

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Host Country Study Periods % of UK TotalBulgaria 27 1.6%Cyprus 14 0.9%Czech Republic 83 5.1%Estonia 6 0.4%Hungary 32 1.9%Latvia 14 0.9%Lithuania 18 1.1%Malta 22 1.3%Poland 75 4.6%Romania 35 2.1%Slovakia 16 1.0%Slovenia 15 0.9%Turkey 17 1.0%UK Total 1,642 100.0%

2005/2006 (Provisional): UK Erasmus Outgoing Teacher Visits by Host Country(New Member States and Candidate Countries)

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Country Outgoing Incoming

France 21579 20519

Germany 22445 17272

Italy 16440 13370

Poland 8390 2332

Spain 20819 25511

UK 7214 16264

2004/2005: Erasmus Outgoing and Incoming Study Periods

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