Transcript What is Youth on the Move?

Youth on the Move and the Social Dimension of
Higher Education
Lene Oftedal
European Commission
Nicosia 22.11.2010
Outline presentation
1. Introduction: the European policy context
2. Rationale
3. Conclusions
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European Policy Context
• Europe2020 and Youth on the Move
• The Bologna Process
• Education&Training 2020
• Modernisation Agenda for Universities
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What is Youth on the Move?
• An EU “flagship initiative” to respond to the challenges young
people face and to help them succeed in the knowledge
economy – adopted 15 September 2010
• The EU’s first integrated strategy for young people, embracing
both education/training and employment
• One of seven “flagships” in the Europe 2020 strategy for
“smart, sustainable and inclusive growth” (launched 03/10,
endorsed 06/10)
What is the social dimension?
• equality of opportunities in higher education
• access, participation and successful completion of
studies
• guidance and counselling
• financial support
• student participation in higher education governance.
• Equal opportunities in mobility, portability of
financial support, removing barriers, and providing
incentives.
Youth on the Move
• “Europe’s future depends on its 100 million young
people”
• By 2020, 35% of all jobs will require high-level
qualifications (today: 29%) = “knowledge economy”
• Too many school leavers (15% of 18-24 year olds
have less than upper secondary education)
• Only 31% of EU population have an HE degree
(USA: > 40%, Japan: > 50%)
• Youth unemployment is too high: 21%
Youth on the Move
4 Focus areas :
• Lifelong learning and social dimension
• Modernisation of Higher education
• Learning Mobility
• Employability
Early School Leaving
2008
14.9%
2020
10% at most
Higher Education Attainment (Age 30-34)
2008
31%
2020
40% at least
% 30-34 year olds with HE-degree
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Entry rates different groups
E&T 2010
Progress towards meeting the 5 benchmarks (EU average)
2010 benchmarks = 100
MST graduates 181
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
-70
-80
progress required
Lifelong learning participation
Early school leavers
Upper secondary completion
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
(below 0 = performance
getting worse)
Low achievers in reading
Year
2010
Support
• EU competences mean: Open Method of Coordination
• Member States in driving seat (including for funding)
• EU plays facilitating, agenda-setting and benchmarking
role
• EU programmes: support mobility + joint projects in
support of YoM objectives + Member State activities
• Argument for increased EU resources for 2014-2020
(…..?!)
• http://www.eqavet.eu/gns/news/latest-news/10-0915/Public_consultation_on_EU_funding_programmes_in_edu
cation_training_and_youth.aspx
Why Social Dimension
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Widening access for untraditional students
Second chancers
Upgrade workforce
Personal growth
Active citizenship
New carrier pathways
Participating in LLL per country
Bologna – Process to push Social Dimension
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Bologna ministerial 2009
• The student body within higher education should reflect the
diversity of Europe’s populations.
• Access into higher education should be widened by fostering
the potential of students from underrepresented groups and by
providing adequate conditions for the completion of their
studies.
• Each participating country will set measurable targets for
widening overall participation and increasing participation of
• underrepresented groups in higher education
• Report by WG to Bologna Ministerial 2012
Conclusion: Make RPL systems
more efficient and transparent for users
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Conclusion : Widening acess to higher education
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Concluding remarks
• EU is coordinating through Open Method of Coordination
and LLP projects
• Member states responsibility to establish a sustainable
social dimension strategy
• Higher Education Institutions to implement
• Stakeholder involvement
• Strong involvement from Bologna Experts and Higher
Education Reform Experts
• Let’s move-both youth, forever youngers and experts
Thank you for your attention!