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18 Amendments of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2011/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

– having regard to the Sorbonne Joint Declaration, signed on 25 May 1998 in Paris, on harmonisation of the architecture of the European higher 1 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/frn.pdf. education system, by the four Ministers in charge for France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom (Sorbonne Declaration)1,deleted

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the commitment to push forward the reform should not be pursued via fragmented action ~~and without adequate financial support~~;

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas education is ~~a public~~the sole responsibility of the Member States, with the EU institutions and other key actors playing supporting roles, as stipulated in Article 165 of the TFEU;

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) ~~is a major achievement, which must~~has the potential to be successful and can be enhanced through the use of appropriate tools and procedures;

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the fact that the priorities set up within the Bologna process represent 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 creating a genuine European University Citizenship;deleted

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
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~~;

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Calls for the development of the universities' ‘third mission’ to society;~~deleted

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
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,~~ improved credit recognition ~~and greater flexibility of the time frame allowed~~;

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
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; ~~calls on Member States to sign up to the European Quality Assurance Register;~~

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Urge~~Asks all the Bologna countries to implement national qualification frameworks linked to the Qualifications Framework of the EHEA ~~and to develop and financially support mutual recognition~~;

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
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; calls for particular attention to be paid to the specific problems of humanities curricula;deleted

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Considers that modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC) will assist professional mobility in Europe and facilitate student mobility by providing assurances that qualifications gained in another Member State will be recognised across the EU;

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on national governments and the Commission to develop a system of structured cooperation in order to deliver joint degrees, within clusters of disciplines, with recognition across the EU by improving the performance of, and financial support for, Erasmus Mundus and the future education and training programme;deleted

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Emma McCLARKIN, Emilie TURUNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Underlines the need to respect Member State subsidiarity in terms of education policy and the different forms of education systems operating in the EU; criticises the one-size-fits-all approach adopted under the Bologna Process;

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Notes that the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) must be more transparent and offer more accurate comparisons between qualifications and diplomas; encourages the Commission and Member States to utilise an improved ECTS tool in order to facilitate mobility for students and professionals;

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Invites the European Commission, within the new education and training programme, to encourage cooperation, including through financial incentives, on transnational curricula, joint degrees and mutual recognition;deleted

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Encourages the establishment of an effective Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education Area, following the example of the Bologna Process; ~~calls on the European Commission to support the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI);~~

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Points out that the Bologna Process 2012 Biannual Ministerial Meeting in Bucharest must take into account the fact that the creation of EHEA has laid down the conditions for joint competence of the EU and the Member States on the issue of higher education;deleted

2011/12/09
Committee: CULT