Professional higher education in Europe: characteristics and challengesThe meeting focused on evaluating the 2015 report, both the structure of the report and the various indicators, as well as on discussing the new issues arising from the Yerevan Communiqué and how these could best be included in the report for 2018. The WG kept in mind that the previous report was 300 pages, and the importance of not expanding the report even further. More...Following the adoption of the ESG 2015 (Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area) by EHEA ministers in Yerevan in May 2015, this webinar explored the status of external quality assurance (QA) in the EHEA and the challenges that quality assurance agencies may face in adapting their processes in light of the ESG 2015. The webinar brought together the representatives of European actors and quality assurance agencies to consider the new expectations and possible approaches. More...The WG members discussed the draft Plan of Work for the WG3, and within this framework there was a discussion about the priorities to focus for each of the topics identified in the ToR. More...This first meeting will focus on the work plan and terms of reference of the working group.A presentation on the implementation of the Diploma Supplement (DS), based on the 2015 Implementation Report and on the conclusions drawn by the 2012-2015 Working Group on Structural reforms was made by the Bologna Follow-Up Secretariat representative. The conclusions were discussed within the group.The European Higher Education Area in 2015: Bologna Process Implementation Report
Report by the Structural Reforms Working Group to the BFUG
As main conclusions:
The participants agreed that AG4 should discuss about the possible inclusion within the DS of:
The meeting of the BFUG Board of January 18th, 2016 will be held in Chinisau, Republic of Moldova. It will be preceded by the handover ceremony between the co-chairs:The meeting focused on two main areas of activity, reflected in the two working papers produced for BFUG 50 Amsterdam March 2016:
Orientations and actions taken during this first meeting
Source: BFUG Meeting 50 Amsterdam March 2016 - Work progress AG International cooperation
1. Enlarge the composition of the advisory group to include permanent experts much involved in regional or global policy dialogues: OECE, UNESCO, AIU, EAIE, ACA, AUF (list open if needed)
2. From a first balance of the 4 previous Bologna Policy For a (BPF), agreement on the necessity to rethink the BPF and to integrate it much more in the Ministerial conference (of course it will depend on the partnership established)
3. Define a roadmap for a geopolitics of inter-regional (“global”) cooperation agenda through regional policy dialogues with voluntary regions (not focus on one region) around an agenda based :
Topics to be coordinated with WG2 and WG3. (Proposal to agree on a matrix region/topics)
–to be done before July 2016-
4. Exclude no region for potential partnership (Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America, Middle east and Mediterranean countries); possibility to work at sub-regional level (examples of East Africa, ASEAN, Mercosur etc.);
5. Each member of the group is asked to send:
7. The co-chairs will invite for the next AG1 meetings potential regional partners. More...
The main purpose of the meeting is to plan working group action with specific attention to issues that require coordination across working groups and to draw a draft roadmap for implementation 2016-2018. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
