Transcript ACHIEVEMENTS IN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS IN THE …

ACHIEVEMENTS IN
QUALIFICATIONS
FRAMEWORKS IN THE
EHEA
İstanbul, June 15, 2011
Sjur Bergan, Council of
Europe
BACKGROUND
QUALIFICATIONS IN THE EHEA
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Two (later three) tier degree structure (1999,
2003)
Role of the first degree in the labor market
(1999)
Recognition (1998 and later)
Mobility
Employability
But Qualifications Frameworks mentioned for the
first time:
• Bologna conference in March 2003 in København
• Berlin Communiqué 2003
MINISTERS IN BERGEN 2005,
LONDON 2007 AND LEUVEN 2009
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We have an overarching framework
(adopted in Bergen 2005) of three cycles
with the possibility of intermediate
qualifications in national frameworks
We will develop national frameworks
compatible with the EHEA framework and
prepared for self certification by 2012
(Leuven changed deadline)
This is a steep challenge and we need
continued coordination even if QFs are
ultimately a national responsibility
QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS
DESCRIBE
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How qualifications fit together within and between systems
All qualifications in a given (higher) education system
How these qualifications articulate
How learners can move between qualifications within a
system
Learning outcomes
All of the above in ways that make them understandable to
informed foreigners
QF: an instrument to describe and make sense of
diversity
FRAMEWORKS AND
FRAMEWORK
National framework
 closest to the
operational reality
 owned by national
system
 ultimately determines
what qualifications
learners will earn
 describe the
qualifications within a
given education
system and how they
interlink
Overarching
framework
 facilitates movement
between systems
 face of “Bologna
qualifications” to the
rest of the world
 provides the broad
structure within which
national qualifications
frameworks will be
developed (“outer
limits” for diversity)
OVERACHING FRAMEWORKS
Bologna (QF-EHEA)
 Adopted 2005
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47 countries (including
Turkey)
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Higher education only
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3 levels with possibility for
intermediate qualifications
in national frameworks
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Overseen by BFUG and WG
QFs
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National correspondents
EQF Lifelong learning
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Adopted 2008
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32 countries (including
Turkey)
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All levels of education in a
lifelong learning
perspective
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8 levels
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Overseen by EQF Advisory
Board and the European
Commission
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National Coordination
Points
THE COMMITMENT
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Develop NQFs by 2012 and
prepare them for self
certification
SELF CERTIFICATION
COMPLETED
• Belgium (FL)
• Denmark
• Germany
• Ireland
• Malta
• Netherlands
• UK/ENWI
• UK/Scotland
CLOSE TO
COMPLETION
• Croatia
• Estonia
• Finland
• Portugal
OTHER MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS
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Most countries seem to be on their way to
meeting the target – or almost
QFs “the only game in town”
Excellent cooperation QF-EHEA – EQF
The two overarching frameworks are
compatible even if the wording is not
identical
It is entirely possible to develop national
frameworks compatible with both
overarching frameworks
NATIONAL CHALLENGES
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Make the fairly general European
frameworks concrete
Define learning outcomes at subject level
• Croatia: 26 subject groups
• Ireland, UK: work at institutions
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Communicate to broader public
• Ireland, Scotland
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Communicate with stakeholders
• Danish referencing report
EUROPEAN CHALLENGES
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Learning outcomes
Qualifications frameworks and quality
assurance
Qualifications frameworks and recognition
Stakeholder involvement
Self certification
Above all: implementing a structure is
more difficult than designing it…
Relationship European – national –
institutional level
QUALIFICATIONS
FRAMEWORKS 2020
WEB SITES
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Bologna QF web site
http://www.ehea.info/articledetails.aspx?ArticleId=65
Council of Europe HE site
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/highereduc
ation/Default_en.asp
EQF site
http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelon
g-learning-policy/doc44_en.htm