Jessica Olley The UK Higher Education (HE) Europe Unit
Session outline UK HE Europe Unit Universities in the UK The UK and the Bologna Process Outcomes of Bologna Process ministerial summit, London, May 2007
UK HE Europe Unit Funders Universities UK HE Funding Councils for England, Scotland and Wales GuildHE Quality Assurance Agency
Three objectives To raise awareness / a central observatory To coordinate UK involvement in European debates To lobby on behalf of UK higher education on European issues
Universities in the UK
Self-governing and independent Diverse sector: size, mission, subject mix and history
Mission groupings l Russell Group l Campaigning for Mainstream Universities l 1994 Group l University Alliance
Other groupings and allegiances l Non-aligned universities l Regional groupings l National groupings
The UK and the Bologna Process - Europe Unit role - Three cycle structure - Quality assurance arrangements - National qualifications frameworks - Widening participation
UK and the Bologna Process l Diploma Supplement l Credit systems l UK qualifications l Opportunities and influencing
London ministerial summit, May 2007 Consolidation of existing reforms Staff and student mobility Portability of grants and loans The external dimension Doctoral level qualifications European Register of Quality Assurance Agencies The future of the Process
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