Transcript Diapositiva 1

PRO-EAST
Promotion and Implementation of
EUR-ACE Standards
WORKSHOP FOR EXPERTS IN EVALUATION OF
PROGRAMME QUALITY
Rome, Italy, 9 – 11 May 2007
Randi A. Hagaseth, University of Florence
“European Projects in Engineering Education”
Outline of the Talk
1. The need of a world wide perspective in
Engineering Education
2. Internationalisation Strategies
3. Industrial/ Professional Models: a
comparison
4. Future Initiative
5. Conclusion
1. The Need for a world
wide perspective in
Engineering Education
Introduction
Engineers of the 21st century will spend
appreciable portions of their careers in
environments rich with world wide
connections. Therefore, engineering
colleges and universities must develop
strategies that provide global perspectives
and international experiences.
The EU Approach
A concerted effort has been made over the
last 20-30 years to standardize European
Engineering Education. For example, several
initiatives to encourage the mobility of
students were launched, including studentsstaff exchanges, double diploma
programmes, integrated courses, and
international programmes.
The EU Approach
Nevertheless, EU still faces challenges including:
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the lack of understanding, visibility and
readability of titles and curricula;
the heterogeneous approaches of quality
improvement in higher education;
the continued limited mobility of students and
staff, as well administrative, economical,
linguistic, and cultural barriers.
The European Higher Education
Area (EHEA)
To overcome these obstacles, the national
education ministers adopted a policy to
standardize higher education by 2010 and
identified a European Higher Education Area
(EHEA) to oversee this work. This was an
important first step in a “process” to move
towards a common higher education framework
for Europe
2. Internationalisation
Strategies
The ERASMUS programme
(1987-96)
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Mobility of students (more than 1,500,000 up to
2005!)
Mobility of teaching and administrative staff (more
than 250,000)
Thematic Networks (large thematic projects of
transversal interest)
Intensive Programmes
Curriculum Developments
Transatlantic ERASMUS (consortia of min 3
Institutions)
The SOCRATES programme
(I:1996-1999; II:2000 -2006)
Extended to 31 European countries
(including Turkey):
Chapt. 1: ERASMUS (HE) (s. above)
Chapt. 2: COMENIUS (secondary education)
Chapt. 3: GRUNDTVIG
(Complementary actions, like LLL …)
The LLP Programme (2007-2012)
The Lifelong Learning Programme is established to
address the modernisation and adaptation of
Member State education and training systems,
particularly in the context of the strategic Lisbon
goals, and brings European added value directly
to individual citizens participating in its mobility
and other co-operation actions.
The LLP programme (2007-2012)
 Sub programme. 1: COMENIUS (secondary
education)
 Sub programme. 2: ERASMUS (HE) (s. above)
 Sub programme. 3: Leonardo da Vinci (education
and enterprises)
 Sub programme 4: GRUNDTVIG
(Complementary actions, like LLL …)
Major European actions (by the EC,
DG EaC) in the field of
internationalisation of HE
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The “Leonardo da Vinci” Programme (1995-99; 2000-06)
Bilateral programmes have been activated since longer time,
such as: EU-Canada, EU-Japan, EU-Australia, EU-New Zealand
The TEMPUS programme (1990 – 1999; 2000-06 ), funded
under PHARE, TACIS and MEDA cooperation programmes:
The ALPHA Programme (Cooperation of European HEI with
Latin American ones)
ERASMUS MUNDUS (2004 - ): Most recent: to promote
attractiveness of EHEA and ERA:
3. Industrial/Professional
Models: a comparison
Industry-sponsored academic and
work experience in the US
These programmes involve a three-way
partnership between two universities and an
industrial partner of both universities. The
students combine an education experience
with the partner university and a work
experience in another country with the
industrial partner.
International faculty-industry
collaborations in the US
Direct international experience for faculty
members, who take a leave at a foreign
industrial organization to carry out one of a
variety of engineering jobs.
The “Leonardo da Vinci” Programme:
fostering co-operation between university and
industry
A successful cooperation with industries has
been recorded through the “Leonardo de
Vinci” programme, which provides mobility of
undergraduate students or graduated
engineers from the home university towards
European enterprises (usually an internship of
six months): scholarships of 4000 Euro/6
months and organization costs for the
candidating university are provided by the
EC.
4. FUTURE INITIATIVES
International co-operative
education
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benchmark industrial co-operative education models;
identify the important aspects of successful
programmes;
provide a portfolio for international cooperative
experiences;
enhance trans-European cooperation. The major
European Associations in the field of Engineering
Education, e.g., CESAER, SEFI, and IGIP, have an
important role to play, together with their nonEuropean partners, such as ASEE and AAEE.
IFEES “International Federation of Engineering
Education Societies” with the aims to promote
engineering education world-wide and to enhance its
quality by bringing together members from EE
societies around the world to share teaching methods,
curriculum plans, and many other aspect of educating
engineers, to include those organizations from
developing countries.
Conclusion
A world wide perspective will be a critical skill for
the engineer of the 21st century. Colleges of
engineering must ensure that their educational
environment offers a variety of challenging and
rewarding international experiences.
The deep differences, as far as the strategies of
international cooperation between Europe and the
Americas are concerned, show an urgent need for
well-echoed structures aimed at enhancing
cooperation.
I thank you warmly for
the kind attention!
RANDI A. HAGASETH
International Relations Office
Facoltà di Ingegneria
Via di S. Marta, 3
50139 Firenze, Italy
Tel: +39.055.4796.543
Fax: +39.055.4796.544
[email protected]
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