1. Sectoral Qualifications Frameworks Marek Frankowicz Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland TEMPUS „ELFRUS” Meeting 21-22 September 2015, Moscow

2. „adaptive landscape” LayerCountry A Country B Country C Harmonization International legislation Globalization Country legislation Labour market Globalization Higher education Bologna process Secondary/ Vocational education

3. A Tale of Two Worlds WorkEducation Labour marketEuropean Higher Education Area EQFQF for HE („Bologna QF”) SectorDomain of knowledge ProfessionDiploma Professional StandardsEducational Standards LLLFormal education

4. Real Life: Example Chemical Engineer Sales Manager Subject specific skills Generic skills Head of Tourist Office Safety Officer Subject specific skills Generic skills Chemical Industry Tourism Chemistry Geography

5. Real Life: Generic Approach Primary profession Auxilliary professions Subject specific skills Generic skills Primary profession Auxilliary professions Subject specific skills Generic skills Sector A Sector B Subject Area 1 Subject Area 2

6. Sectoral or Domain-Specific Qualifications Frameworks? SectorDomain e.g. ITe.g. Computer Science Professional StandardsSubject Benchmark Statements, TUNING Reference Points, ……………………………………… EmployersAcademic Community CEDEFOPBFUG

7. Recent developments EU: Implementation of European Qualifications Framework, development of recognition of prior learning mechanisms. Interest of European Commission and CEDEFOP EHEA: Various initiatives towards greater transparency of higher education systems, TUNING activities (subject- and sector-specific reference points). Key role of Learning Outcomes. Global context: Interregional cooperation (ETF, ERASMUS+ etc.). Promotion of European experiences.

8. SWOT Analysis (mid-term view) StrengthsWeaknessess  Complementary experiences of partners  Common sense approach to the issue  Links with stakeholders  Diversity of experiences and terminology OpportunitiesThreats  Growing importance of SQF, interest of key players (CEDEFOP, TUNING, ETF etc.) Inconsistency of national educational policies International political factors

9. Reference materials R. Wagenaar: Columbus’ Egg? Qualifications Frameworks, Sectoral Profiles and Degree Programme Profiles in Higher Education. TJHE 1, 71 (2013) L. Zahilas: Dealing with frameworks, searching orientation. Sectoral experiences in LdV pilots. Thessaloniki, January 2011 Global Inventory of Regional and National Qualifications Frameworks. UIL&CEDEFOP 2015 S. Adam: The Central Role of Learning Outcomes in the Completion of the EHEA 2013-2020. Journal of European Higher Education 2, 1 (2013) Qualifications Platform blog

10. Start: 2006 (HE): expert group From 2008: two parallel strands, but with mutual interactions – QF for HE (Ministry of Science and HE) – NQF for LLL (Ministry of Education) 2011: Introduction of NQF for HE (Ba-Ma) – 8 domains – Full implementation in HE: all curricula compatible with domain QFs, based on LO 2014: Polish referencing report QF in Poland (1)

11. At present: QF for HE (Bachelor and Master) fully implemented NQF ready, waiting for political decisions. Body responsible for NQF – probably Polish Agency for Enterprise Development In near future: adapting QF for HE to NQF (some slight changes) Work on SQF – various pilot projects led by the Educational Research Institute Bottom-up SQF initiatives Interest in professional higher education, ECVET etc. QF in Poland (2)

12. Thank you for your attention! marek.frankowicz@gmail.com Skype: marek.frankowicz