EHEA - What is the role of the overarching frameworks?

The overarching framework of qualifications of the European Higher Education Area (The framework of qualifications for the European Higher Education Area - May 2005) sets the parameters within which the countries of the EHEA will develop their national qualifications frameworks. This means that national frameworks will have much in common, but not that they will be identical. Qualifications frameworks are intended to be an instrument that help learners as well as those who develop higher education programmes and the competent national authorities. They should help learners move within a given education system as well as between systems. Qualifications frameworks are therefore important in promoting mobility within education systems as well as internationally. More...