Mapping of the existing BH qualifications practice FINAL REPORT draft Prepared by: Alma DIZDAREVIC, Haris MUHIC, Mile DZELALIJA, Ahmet MEHIC December 3rd – 6th 2014 University of Limerick (UL)

Report of mapping the existing BH qualifications practice This Report is the Final Report for state revision analysis of the description of level current LO in higher education by considering the university degree in correlation with QF-EHEA and EQF LLL.... were collect university-related data and data concerning university-relevant surroundings, in order to assess the current qualification practice and study programs. The study is designed to explore various perspectives of the relevant actors of the Project, and relies on qualitative and quantitative data collected through documents analysis and interviews.

Introduction Background and Rationale of the Study and Needs Analysis Policy Context European Policy Context Short overview of NQF developments in EU Bosnia and Herzegovina Policy Context- Overview of current structure of education system Research Aim, Objectives And Key Research Questions Scope Of The Study

Introduction...discusses the policy background for the present assignment. It first briefly discusses the developments national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) at European Level in the past decades....it presents the operational principles and instruments in Bosnia and outlines the role of this assignment in this context Background and Rationale of the Study and Needs Analysis

Method Participants Design-Outline Of Applied Methodology Task 1 – Desk research Task 2 – Stakeholders consultation Task 3 – Analysis and comparative synthesis Privacy aspects of the BHQFHE data

Method Following the methodology approach and in order to better assess the B&H current qualifications practice, a questionnaires were sent in The main findings were 225 replies from around 70 different institutions. Participants

Method the leader of the WP1 and Steering Board of the project: the University of Tuzla, the University of Split, World University Service BH and University of Paderborn prepared specific Questionnaires for different stakeholders: Questionnaire for ministries and agencies Questionnaire for employment services Questionnaire for employers/chambers/associations/unions Questionnaire for students Questionnaire for higher education institutions Questionnaires

Method The objective of questionnaires were to collect raw data for mapping of existing qualifications practice in BH in correlation with the Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area (QF-EHEA) and the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning EQF LLL. The Questionnaires were designed specifically to involve as many as possible stakeholders responsible in the different elements of the study. Questionnaires

Results were consisted four parts: General Information, General opinion about the learning outcomes in the most study programs at universities in B&H, Opinion about the quality and relevance of study programmes and Opinion about competences new graduates possess, and relevance of those competences for different institutions/sector. Respondents most of the proposed claims could mark with grade, where 1 - general disagree, 2 - partly disagree, 3 - no opinion, 4 - partly agree and 5 - completely, as the highest ranked score.

Results General opinion about learning outcomes

Results Opinion about competences

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