Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Revision of the ECTS Users' Guide

Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Revision of the ECTS Users' Guide
Composition
Armenia, Austria, Belgium/Flemish Community, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Moldova, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, EUA, EURASHE, ESU, ENQA
Purpose
To prepare a revised version of the ECTS Users' Guide by mid-2014, by reflecting on policy development and implementation in the area of ECTS and learning outcomes since the previous revision of the ECTS Users' Guide in 2009, giving consideration to issues such as the following (and including in its scope further issues to be identified in consultation with the Working Group and external experts):
    Linking ECTS better with student workload and learning outcomes
    ECTS in short-cycle provision, in 1st and 2nd cycle programmes of different length and in 3rd cycle
    Including the attainment of learning outcomes in assessment procedures
    Reflecting the developments in the area of the recognition of prior learning and with relation to the new EU Directive on Professional Qualifications
Reflecting on the use of the Grading table in Annex 3 of the current ECTS Users' Guide
Specific Tasks
    to identify in consultation with experts the key items to be reviewed
    to develop a revised version of the Guide
    to liaise with the Structural Working Group for their input
    to consult with external stakeholders
    to present a finalised draft to the Structural Working Group and the BFUG for adoption
Last Update
ECTS Guide
2012-2015 ToR_Revision of the ECTS Users' Guide Ad-Hoc WG.
News and documents.
Contact Person
Adam Tyson – European Commission
Klara Engels-Perenyi – European Commission