Formation Continue du Supérieur

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
ECTS Guide
Working methods of the WG on the revision  of the ECTS Users Guide
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Conference 'Towards a European Area of Skills and Qualifications'

Organised by: European Commission

The conference will present the results of the public consultation and the Eurobarometer survey on a European Area of Skills and Qualifications. Key experts, policy makers and stakeholders will reflect on possible ways forward.

As recommended by the Belém Framework for Action and approved in 2013 by UNESCO’s General Conference, UNESCO will revise the 1976 Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education.

In order to discuss the draft 1976 Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education with a broader audience, The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has organized an open online consultation from 16 to 29 June, 2014. The revised draft of the Recommendation, prepared with the help of international experts and in consultation with Member States, will be submitted for approval by the General Conference in 2015.

UIL is looking forward to receiving contributions from policy-makers, researchers, practitioners, teachers and learners. 

Click here for more information and to subscribe to the Online Consultation. More...

As mandated by the Belém Framework for Action and approved in 2013 by UNESCO’s General Conference, UNESCO will revise the 1976 Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education. Concomitantly, the Recommendation on Technical and Vocational Education and Training will be revised.

The revised drafts of the Recommendations, prepared with the help of international experts and in consultation with Member States, will be submitted for approval by the General Conference in 2015. To that end, a joint expert meeting is being held at UIL on 27 to 28 May 2014 with adult education and TVET specialists from all world regions, UIL, the UNESCO Section for Youth, Literacy and Skills Development and UNESCO-UNEVOC. This meeting is producing draft recommendations which will be distributed to Member States in September to be finalized for submission to the UNESCO Executive Board and General Conference. The revised recommendation on adult education will serve as a high-level normative document to support and monitor adult learning and education from 2015 onwards.

In order to discuss the draft 1976 Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education with a broader audience, UIL will organize an open online consultation from 16 to 29 June, 2014. An invitation to participate in this process will soon be posted on this website. More...

By Allan E. Goodman. Recently, it was my privilege to join IIE colleagues Mark Lazar and Daria Housman to attend the graduation of New York University Abu Dhabi's first class. Our Trustee John Sexton had the vision to transform NYU into a global network university offering the opportunity for teaching and research to be conducted on a truly global scale and practically without boundaries, geographic or disciplinary. Generous financial support was available. The one thing NYU needed most to succeed was top students willing to be the first class in Abu Dhabi, and this is what our team helped to find. 50+ different countries were represented in the graduating class. More...

By Tatiana Mackliff. Our team has great commitment to the important mission of international education, in-depth understanding of global primary and secondary education, and most importantly, incredible passion for the professional development of K-12 educators.
Members of our team come to work every day knowing that their contributions will dramatically change the life of the teachers they support and, in turn, the lives of the students such teachers reach. The face of basic education is changing thanks to the increased awareness of global competence and the importance of teacher exchanges. More...