Bologna Process - Working Groups and Networks - Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Revision of the ECTS Users' Guide

Contact Person
Adam Tyson – European Commission
Klara Engels-Perenyi – European Commission
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 1^st and 2^nd cycle programmes of different length and in 3^rd 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
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