EMLE AS AN EXAMPLE OF A JOINT MASTER PROGRAMME ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2006

EMLE PROGRAMME2 PRESENTATION LOUIS VISSCHER ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM ROTTERDAM INSTITUTE OF LAW AND ECONOMICS

EMLE PROGRAMME3 IMPLICATIONS OF BOLOGNA AND LISBON…(1) THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL CONFERENCES AND DECLARATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE: THE BOLOGNA DECLARATION THE TUNING PROJECT = IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOLOGNA PROCESS AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL…

EMLE PROGRAMME4 IMPLICATIONS OF BOLOGNA AND LISBON…(2) BACHELOR / MASTER SYSTEM -WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN 1 ST AND 2 ND CYCLE? AND THE 3 RD ? MASTER 60 – 90 – 120 ECTS CREDITS BASED ON ECTS

EMLE PROGRAMME5 IMPLICATIONS OF BOLOGNA AND LISBON…(3) DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE -NATIONAL REGULATIONS REGARDING QUALITY AND RECOGNITION VERSUS AN INTERNATIONAL JOINT PROGRAMME…

EMLE PROGRAMME6 EUROPEAN MASTER IN LAW & ECONOMICS ERASMUS MUNDUS PARTNERS: BOLOGNA, HAMBURG, GENT, MANCHESTER, AIX, VIENNA, HAIFA (EM-PARTNER PER 2006/2007) NON-EM PARTNERS: BERKELEY, LINKOPING, MADRID, STOCKHOLM EM COORDINATOR: ROTTERDAM

EMLE PROGRAMME7 1 st term BOLOGNAROTTERDAMHAMBURG 2 nd term BOLOGNAGENTHAMBURG 3 rd term (++) AixBolog- na Ham- burg Man- ches- ter Rotter- dam Vien- na THREE TERMS

EMLE PROGRAMME8 EM CONSORTIUM ERASMUS MUNDUS REQUIRES: 3 CONSORTIUM PARTNERS AT LEAST STUDENTS STUDY AT 2 PARTNERS AT LEAST STUDENTS STUDY AT EM CONSORTIUM PARTNERS ONLY IF NOT: STUDENT IS NOT REGARDED AS BEING AN EM STUDENT…

EMLE PROGRAMME9 APPLICATIONS AND PLACES NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS (2006/2007): APPROX. 410 (285 non-EU EU) PLACES AVAILABLE IN THE PROGRAMME: APPROX. 100 (35 non-EU + 65 EU)

EMLE PROGRAMME10 EM SCHOLARSHIPS ERASMUS MUNDUS GRANTS (‘SCHOLARSHIPS’) FOR STUDENTS: € – approx. 25 non-EU (‘third country’) students € – approx. 10 EU participants, going to Haifa for the 3 rd term (from 2006/07 onwards)

EMLE PROGRAMME11 BACHELOR / MASTER ADMISSION CRITERIA: -STUDENTS HAVING A BACHELOR OR MASTER DEGREE IN LAW OR IN ECONOMICS -FOR EM: THE DEGREE MUST QUALIFY FOR THE LABOUR MARKET, SO THE DEGREE MUST BE JOB QUALIFYING, IN MOST COUNTRIES FOR LAWYERS THIS MUST BE: MASTER OF LAW!

EMLE PROGRAMME12 OVERVIEW OF COURSES 1 ST TERM: 4 COURSES (5 ECTS EACH) 2 ND TERM: 4 COURSES (5 ECTS EACH) 3 RD TERM: 2 COURSES (5 ECTS EACH) PLUS THESIS (10 ECTS) TOTAL: 60 ECTS

EMLE PROGRAMME13 QUALITY CONTROL MECHANISMS EXTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL: -ACCREDITIATION: NVAO (NL) -ECA / ENQA IN FUTURE ON EUROPEAN LEVEL INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL: -BY THE PARTNERS -AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL

EMLE PROGRAMME14 QUALITY CONTROL BY NVAO (1) LABOR MARKET PERSPECTIVES CONFORMITY WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IS THE MASTER REALLY SCIENTIFIC? INTERACTION BETWEEN TEACHING AND RESEARCH

EMLE PROGRAMME15 QUALITY CONTROL BY NVAO (2) CONTENTS OF THE MASTERS COURSES ORGANIZATION OF THE LECTURES STUDY WORKLOAD ADMISSION CRITERIA EXAMINATION CRITERIA

EMLE PROGRAMME16 QUALITY CONTROL BY NVAO (3) QUALITY OF TEACHING STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT QUALITY ASSURANCE FINANCING AND CONTINUITY

EMLE PROGRAMME17 OVERVIEW OF INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL REGULATIONS BOARD MEETINGS / MEETINGS OF TEACHERS PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND ALUMNI QUESTIONNAIRES COMPETITION BETWEEN TEACHING CENTERS

EMLE PROGRAMME18 TENSION -AT THE ONE HAND: AN AMBITIOUS INTERNATIONAL JOINT MASTER PROGRAMME -AT THE OTHER HAND: DIFFERENCES IN NATIONAL LEGISLATION THE DIFFERENCES IN NATIONAL LEGISLATION STILL ARE THERE, DESPITE ALL DECLARATIONS (BOLOGNA, LISBON, BERGEN, ETC.) ….

EMLE PROGRAMME19 PROBLEMS (1) DIFFERENCES AMONG COUNTRIES….. INTRODUCTION BA-MA? IF SO: 3+1, 4+1, 3+2? JOB QUALIFYING? (REQUIRED FOR EM!) DIFFERENCES IN PROCEDURES REGARDING APPLICATION AND SELECTION DIFFERENCES IN THE FEE TO BE PAID ( EURO PER YEAR…..) DIFFERENCES IN LANGUAGE SKILLS

EMLE PROGRAMME20 PROBLEMS (2) ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION DIPLOMA / DEGREE -AUTOMATICALLY AWARDED TO EXISTING PROGRAMMES… -CAN BE DONE BY THE UNIVERSITY ITSELF… -ACCREDITATION AGENCY (E.G. NVAO)

EMLE PROGRAMME21 PROBLEMS (3) JOINT DEGREES? -POSSIBLE IN MOST OF THE EU COUNTRIES… -NOT YET IN THE NETHERLANDS -SO: MULTIPLE DEGREE (NOT ‘JOINT’) MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF ACCREDITATION DOES NOT EXIST YET SO: SEPARATE ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES: NL & D

EMLE PROGRAMME22 PROBLEMS (4) HAVING DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS… FOR EXAMPLE THE NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS FOR A THESIS: -IN GEMRANY MIN. 15 ECTS THIS IMPLIES AN UNEVEN NUMBER OF ECTS PER TERM IN THE EMLE PROGRAMME: = 60 ECTS (4,5 PER COURSE; 15 THESIS) OR: = 60 ECTS (4 PER COURSE; 20 THESIS)

EMLE PROGRAMME23 PROBLEMS (5) FOR ERASMUS MUNDUS RECOGNITION THE EC REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 1/3 OF TOTAL ECTS CREDITS PER TERM: 60/3 = 20 ECTS PER TERM MEANING THE GERMAN ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS DO NOT FIT WITH EC’S ERASMUS MUNDUS REQUIREMENTS…

EMLE PROGRAMME24 PROBLEMS (6) FOR THE EMLE THE GERMAN ACCREDITATION AUTHORITIES MADE AN EXCEPTION, BUT ONLY FOR THIS TIME IT MUST FIT FOR THE NEXT ACCREDITATION IN GERMANY…!

EMLE PROGRAMME25 CONCLUSIONS (1) BA/MA SYSTEM STIMULUS FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION / MOBILITY (STUDENTS AND TEACHERS) INTERACTION BETWEEN TEACHING AND RESEARCH IS IMPORTANT

EMLE PROGRAMME26 CONCLUSIONS (2) MORE TRANSPARENCY AND COMPARABILITY REGARDING: -QUALITY OF THE PROGRAMME -DEGREES / RECOGNITION JOINT STUDY PROGRAMMES, ALTHOUGH JOINT DEGREES STILL ARE NOT RECOGNIZED…

EMLE PROGRAMME27 CONCLUSIONS (3) RECOGNITION OF JOINT DEGREES ON EU LEVEL IS NECESSARY MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF ACCREDITATION DECISIONS IS NEEDED, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

EMLE PROGRAMME28 CONCLUSIONS (4) ERAMUS MUNDUS SELECTION BY THE EC: -ATTRACTIVE TO STUDENTS AND TO SELECTED PROGRAMMES -GRANTS FOR STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS -UNFORTUNATELY EXCLUDING NEW EU MEMBER STATES…..

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