Activities of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2009/2099(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
University Business Dialogue (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on university-business dialogue: a new partnership for the modernisation of Europe's universities PDF (237 KB) DOC (142 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, in view of their threefold function (education, research and innovation), universities have a vital part to play in the future of the Union and the education of its citizens, and whereas the role of higher education is to provide a learning environment that promotes autonomy, creativity and optimum use of knowledge,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is urgent to implement, coordinate and promote a coherent approach among all those countries having signed the Bologna Process, especially in the field of student mobility and full recognition of diplomas, and to do so necessitates a proper assessment of the said process that identifies the difficulties, obstacles and misunderstandings encountered by students,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the diverse range of higher education institutions, business circleeconomic players and types of cooperation makes it hard to agree on anessential to seek the ideal cooperation model that would matchsuited to the profile, priorities and requirements of every institution in Europe,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is important to support universities financially (for example through public-private partnerships)first and foremost through sufficient public funding, while at the same time guaranteeing their autonomy and quality assurance,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas education and training are vital elements of lifelong learning and have multiple benefits that go, beyond job creation and the promotion of competitiveness, are essential for cultural and intellectual plurality and civic life,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomesishes to have an assessment of the above-mentioned Commission communication entitled ‘A new partnership for the modernisation of Europe’s universities: the EU Forum for University Business Dialogue’, and the areas on which it proposes to focus future cooperation;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the university is a major, nearly millennial European heritage whose importance for the progress of society cannot be reduced to its contribution to the economy and whose development cannot depend solely on the present mode of economic organisation;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Endorses the view that dialogue and cooperation between business and higher education institutions should remain aone of the priorityies for the near future, along with dialogue and cooperation with all other sectors of society, so that all stakeholders can benefit from the cultural, scientific and technical knowledge produced and disseminated by higher education institutions;
Amendment 25 #
2a. Considers it desirable to support dialogue between higher education institutions and the other players in society such as business enterprises while in no way subjecting the development strategies of universities to the needs of economic players alone, so as to respect the role which society expects universities to play;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that cooperation between business and universities must not stand in the way of the universities’ other priorities, which call for the study of all fields of knowledge;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for improvements in the performance of European universities throughonsiders that the implementation of the principle of the ‘research-education- innovation’ knowledge triangle, while bearing in mind the need for better business- university links, should be subjected to overall assessments taking account of all the priorities of the education system;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of the definition of lifelong learning and the many concepts it covers, ranging from general education to non-formal and informal learning throughoutuseful for economic, social, cultural and civic life and vocational education and training;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the communiqué of the Conference of European Ministers Responsible for Higher Education of 28- 29 April 2009, which stresses their commitment to ‘the goals of the European Higher Education Area, which is an area where higher education is a public responsibility, and where all higher education institutions are responsive to the wider needs of society through the diversity of their missions’; recalls that employment opportunities for graduates of higher education institutions vary considerably according to the studies pursued and that, to derive maximum benefit from this diversity, which is essential to society, scientific and technical specialisms should not be favoured to the detriment of the humanities and social sciences nor should measures be promoted that would place the various types of university course in competition with each other;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that one of the key messages is to raise the level of investment in Europe’s human resources in ordersectors that make it possible to give priority to the EU’s most important asset – its people, who must be the focal point of the Union’s policies;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out the need to match lifelong learning opportunities as closely as possible to the needs of individuals, and emphasises that the constantly changing nature of those needs makes continuing education an inevitable necessity; recalls that there is no longer any such thing as a ‘job for life’ and that retraining is essential; reiterates that a learning culture needs to be encouraged from childhood, in which respect the acquisition of basic knowledge and a good level of general culture is a key factor in professional mobility;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that, from the viewpoint of demography and that of North-South relations, it is essential to promote the reception of young students from the countries of the South and to adapt immigration policies accordingly;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Suggests a new approach of guidance through life, whereby universities, students and the business worldwhole range of economic and social sectors would benefit from following up young graduates more closely in order to assess the economic and social usefulness of education programmes;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that mobility is a cornerstone of the European higher education area, inof which European universities are invited to undertake innovative, far-reaching and methodicaltake greater account in their curricular reform; affirms that this should be a political priority in the context of redefining the major goals of the Bologna Process beyond 2010;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to propose a legal framework designed to support and facilitate mobility between universities and businessocial and economic players and to emphasise the need to recognise and certify this form of learning;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that in times of crisis being an entrepreneur is not a choice; sSupports the idea of integrating a culture ofcommercial and non-commercial entrepreneurship into curricula (beginning early with primary curricula)as an essential component of active and responsible citizenship;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the business worldeconomic players to participate actively in the design of educational materials on entrepreneurship to be made available at all levels of education and stresses that such materials must respect freedom of enterprise and demonstrate the value of the various forms of entrepreneurship in both partnerships and business corporations;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that young graduates will enhance their career opportunities if higher education institutions foster innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset among studentscommercial entrepreneurship in its various forms should be envisaged as one of the possible professions for young graduates and that it is essential for higher education institutions to provide students with detailed knowledge of all forms of entrepreneurship, including the social and charitable economy, encouraging them, for instance, to establish their own spin-off firms;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the communiqué of the Conference of European Ministers Responsible for Higher Education of 28- 29 April 2009 calling for public policies that ‘fully recognise the value of various missions of higher education, ranging from teaching and research to community service and engagement in social cohesion and cultural development’;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Encourages the Commission to continue promoting dialogue at national, local and regional level with a focus on best practices, especially whereand to ensure that such dialogue involves all the interested parties (for example the social partners) and all types of enterprise (SMEs, social and charitable enterprises, etc., as well as representatives of third countries (NGOs, etc.), with a view to highlighting the economic and social added-value of collaboration between the two worlds of university and business;