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Before the blog will focus on the latest events it is worth considering same organizational structure of European universities.To do this we must go back to 2001 when it established the European University Association (EUA).
What is the EUA ? ? ?
European University Association (EUA) - is an organization of higher education in Europe.In 2004, the EUA had over 700 members from 45 countries.The main task of the organization is to unify the process of educating students and conducting research in the framework of the Bologna Process.
Bologna Process Effects...Program initiated by signed by 29 ministers responsible for higher education on 19 June 1999 document.
Have you ever wondered who invented all these ECTS points ?
Answer -> Bologna ProcessPrincipal findings of Bologna Process:
What is the EUA ? ? ?
European University Association (EUA) - is an organization of higher education in Europe.In 2004, the EUA had over 700 members from 45 countries.The main task of the organization is to unify the process of educating students and conducting research in the framework of the Bologna Process.
Bologna Process Effects...Program initiated by signed by 29 ministers responsible for higher education on 19 June 1999 document.
Have you ever wondered who invented all these ECTS points ?
Answer -> Bologna ProcessPrincipal findings of Bologna Process:
- introducing a point system for evaluating student achievement ECTS
- division of studies in split-level
- European cooperation in quality assurance and to develop criteria and methods of quality assessment systems
- promoting the mobility of students and faculty
- promotion of lifelong learning
The Bologna Process has met with a rather severe criticism in scientific circles throughout Europe. Widespread allegations that the new program are:
- commercialization of higher education - most students choose to "study for the masses", ie a three-year Bachelor Degree.
- decrease in the number of masters, the people over the full second-cycle (previously was a requirement for recognition as a university graduate).
- collapse of smaller universities and departments, which Bologna system does not reach a sufficient number of graduate students (students leave after reaching
a bachelor), and change in undergraduate colleges or three academies. - fall and the decline in the significance of certain faculties and directions - proliferation of degree courses in business, administration and social sciences at the expense of medical science, agriculture, humanities, closing lines of niche
(eg esperantologia). - inability to reconcile some of the assumptions of the Bologna system (large number of students taking degree, the pool of items to choose from, mobility) with a fair education and taking care of studying (working in small groups).
I encourage you to think about how the Bologna Process impact on your university. ^^
