Activities of Gianni VATTIMO related to 2011/2180(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the contribution of the European institutions to the consolidation and progress of the Bologna Process PDF (236 KB) DOC (143 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the social dimension must be strengthened as a necessary condition for the development of the Bologna Process, especially as regards making the right to study economically accessible to all;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas universities, public administrations and enterprises must be strongly committed to the issue of employability; whereas academic learning is central to the full realisation of individual potential;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a strengthening at EU level of support for the Bologna Process, in particular as regards the recognition of academic qualifications, and the promotion of mobility and employability, and the analysis of the state of implementation of the Bologna principles;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) is a major achievement, which must be enhanced from the point of view of creating and fostering genuine European citizenship; maintains that the extent of this achievement must translate into enhancement of the EHEA through the use of appropriate tools and procedures;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) have a key role to play in the Europe 2020 strategy and points out that the alliance between teaching and research is crucial inasmuch as it is a distinctive feature of European higher education;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the priorities set up within the Bologna process represent, mobility, recognition of qualifications, and employability, constitute the conditions necessary to guarantee that every student enrolled in a European university has the right to graduate and to see his qualification recognised in any EU country, with the goal of creatdeveloping a genuine European University Citizenship;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a commitment on the part of universities to new teaching and training strategies aimed at a learning-centred university system; suggests that such strategies should take properly into account the importance of complementary forms of learning such as non-formal education systems;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the development of the universities’ ‘third mission’ to society, which should also be considered in connection with the multidimensional criteria to be devised for the purposes of classification and the recognition of excellence;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to continue to play their leading role to the full in enhancing the quality of higher education and financing public universities;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU, the Member States and universities to improve information for students, academics and staff in order to foster structured mobility flows; calls for a strengthening of the services of Erasmus through better funding, improgenuine and effectived credit recognition and greater flexibility of the time-frame allowed;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the EU to take immigration from Africa, Asia, and Latin America more fully into account for the purpose of laying down rules providing for recognition of school qualifications obtained in countries of origin;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the EU, in order to guarantee mutual trust, to consolidate a system of quality assurance at both European and Member State level; asks the Member States to implement their national qualification assurance systems in connection with the European Standards and Guidelines on Quality Assurance (ESG); calls on Member States to sign up to the European Quality Assurance Register and to strengthen the role of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA);
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for strong financial support for agreements on common core curricula, which guarantee well defined learning outcomes, inter alia by exploring the methodology approach developed by Tuning and through the experience of the ‘Tuning Academy’; calls for particular attention to be paid to the specific problems of humanities curricula; nature of humanities curricula in order to determine which specific knowledge and skills should be covered by degree courses so as to encourage learning in a form combining measurable and impartable general skills (reflected in the ability to use knowledge) and teaching and research as original critical analysis; maintains that, as well as knowledge of the basic material, every programme in every subject should provide cross-cutting key competences such as critical thinking, communication, and entrepreneurial skills;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks for further support for national and European measures to guarantee equitable inclusion and fair access for students from under-represented groupto study for all students, in particular those who belong to under-represented groups, so as to ensure that education and training are independent of socio-economic factors which cause disadvantages and that teaching meets individual learning needs;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Member States and the EU to determine whether courses of study could include a compulsory training period to be completed at a university in a Member State other than the student’s home country;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Proposes that the recognition of study credits should be a compulsory element in all student exchanges supported by EU funding so as to strengthen the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19. Calls for cooperation among universities to be organised more systematically and strengthened so as to increase the impact on higher education institutions and systems for the benefit of students and staff;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Points to the need to provide better information about the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) by means of a comprehensive, effective European communication policy aimed at making universities more attractive within and outside Europe;