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Activites

  • 2015/04/28 Vote in plenary scheduled
  • 2015/04/27 Debate scheduled
  • 2015/03/31 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
    • A8-0121/2015 summary
  • 2015/03/24 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2015/02/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading

Documents

  • Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0121/2015
AmendmentsDossier
138 2015/2039(INI)
2015/03/04 CULT 138 amendments...
source: 546.871

History

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  • type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T8-0107/2015
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  • The Committee on Culture and Education adopted an own-initiative report by Krystyna ŁYBACKA (S&D, PL) on follow-up on the implementation of the Bologna Process.

    Members consider that the Bologna reforms resulted in the launching of a European Higher Education Area (EHEA), and have allowed achievements in the past 15 years in making higher education structures more comparable, increasing mobility, providing quality assurance systems and in the recognition of diplomas, improving the quality of educational systems as well as the attractiveness of higher education in Europe.

    However, there is still much work to be done in the Bologna Process in the area of adjusting educational systems to labour market needs and improving overall employability and competitiveness, as well as the attractiveness of higher education in Europe.

    Members call on higher education institutions (HEIs), public administrations, social partners and enterprises to lead an ongoing dialogue facilitating and enhancing employability of students.

    According to the Members, the main issues and priorities are the following:

    ·        to further improve and update the assessment of higher educational establishments, against the standards previously set by education systems at international level and rewarding excellence with a view to the advancement of knowledge, research and science;

    ·        to increase student grants and ensure that they are easily accessible;

    ·        to strengthen quality assurance in order to achieve an EHEA that improves its attractiveness as a reference of academic excellence worldwide;

    ·        to further develop study programmes with clearly defined objectives;

    ·        to implement, within the European area of higher education, the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS);

    ·        to guarantee the mutual recognition and compatibility of academic degrees;

    ·        to pursue efforts to make national QFs compatible with those of the EHEA and with European QFs;

    ·        to strengthen the implementation of the Mobility Strategy 2020 for EHEA to reach the quantitative target of 20% for student mobility by 2020;

    ·        to gradually incorporate of student mobility into official university curricula;

    ·        to assess, in the context of the criteria for ranking universities and further education establishments, the level of partnership and of European and international mobility;

    ·        to strengthen mobility by fostering language learning, removing administrative obstacles, providing adequate financial supports mechanism and guaranteeing the transferability of grants, scholarships and credits;

    ·        to strengthen dialogue and the use of national and cross-border cooperation on programmes and internships, between universities and businesses, which could contribute to the fight against economic crisis;

    ·        to provide broad opportunities for Lifelong Learning (LLL);

    ·        to allow recognised refugees access all institutions in the EHEA that can enable them to build up an independent life via education;

    ·        to increase the involvement of secondary school teachers in the Bologna Process in terms

    ·        of promoting quality in teacher training and professional mobility;

    ·        to focus on economic and social efforts to improve social inclusion by providing fair and open access to quality education for all;

    ·        to further develop a strategy for the external dimension of the EHEA, through cooperation with other regions of the world.

    Members encourage support for countries encountering difficulties in implementing these Reforms.

    Lastly, they warn that any cuts in Horizon 2020 would undoubtedly affect the full implementation of the Bologna Process, and therefore urges the Commission to withdraw any such proposal.

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  • body: EP shadows: group: EPP name: ZVER Milan group: ECR name: LEWER Andrew group: ALDE name: MAURA BARANDIARÁN Fernando group: GUE/NGL name: NÍ RIADA Liadh group: Verts/ALE name: MARAGALL Ernest group: EFD name: ADINOLFI Isabella responsible: True committee: CULT date: 2015-01-07T00:00:00 committee_full: Culture and Education rapporteur: group: S&D name: ŁYBACKA Krystyna
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  • date: 2015-02-12T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: EPP name: ZVER Milan group: ECR name: LEWER Andrew group: ALDE name: MAURA BARANDIARÁN Fernando group: GUE/NGL name: NÍ RIADA Liadh group: Verts/ALE name: MARAGALL Ernest responsible: True committee: CULT date: 2015-01-07T00:00:00 committee_full: Culture and Education rapporteur: group: S&D name: ŁYBACKA Krystyna body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL
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  • date: 2015-04-27T00:00:00 body: EP type: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
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  • body: EP shadows: group: EPP name: ZVER Milan group: ECR name: LEWER Andrew group: ALDE name: MAURA BARANDIARÁN Fernando group: GUE/NGL name: NÍ RIADA Liadh group: Verts/ALE name: MARAGALL Ernest responsible: True committee: CULT date: 2015-01-07T00:00:00 committee_full: Culture and Education rapporteur: group: S&D name: ŁYBACKA Krystyna
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL
links
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    CULT/8/02609
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    Follow-up on the implementation of the Bologna process
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