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Europe, Bologna and Erasmus: Update on Developments

Europe, Bologna and Erasmus: Update on Developments. UK HE International Unit. Overview. Context: Higher education and research in the EU context Erasmus for All Horizon 2020 The Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Agenda. Context: EU 2020 strategy.

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Europe, Bologna and Erasmus: Update on Developments

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  1. Europe, Bologna and Erasmus: Update on Developments UK HE International Unit

  2. Overview • Context: Higher education and research in the EU context • Erasmus for All • Horizon 2020 • The Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Agenda

  3. Context: EU 2020 strategy • The ‘Europe 2020’ strategy follows on from the Lisbon Strategy  (2000-2010) that set out to create “'the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy' in the world • 3% of the EU's GDP should be invested in R&D by 2020 • The share of early school leavers should be under 10% and at least 40% of the population aged 30-34 should have completed tertiary or equivalent education

  4. The EU agenda for the modernisation of Europe’s higher education institutions September 2011 Priorities • putting higher education at the centre of innovation, job creation and employability, • increasing student mobility and • improving links between HEIs, research and business.

  5. The next generation of EU HE and Research programmes • New budgetary cycle: 2014-2020 • Rationalising, simplifying, connecting • Focus on added value of European level • Europe in international context

  6. Erasmus for All: More money, less paperwork • New European Commission programme proposal to run from 2014-2020 • Unites the seven existing programmes for education, youth, training and sport • Proposed budget of €19 billion: an increase of 70%

  7. Erasmus for All: Proposed changes • Streamlined architecture supports three key actions: - Learning mobility - Cooperation for innovation and good practices • Support for policy reform • Focus on EU added value

  8. Learning Mobility • Staff mobility • Mobility for HE students and vocational education and training students • Youth mobility including volunteering and youth exchanges • Opportunities beyond Europe’s borders • Erasmus Master Student Loan Guarantee Facility

  9. Increased cooperation • Strategic partnerships • Knowledge Alliances and Sector Skills Alliances • International cooperation and capacity building Policy reform • Policy tools • Policy objectives • Policy dialogue

  10. UK HE Positions Welcomes: • Proposals to reduce administrative burdens • Budget increase • Emphasis on University-Business collaboration - International dimension • The UK HE sector is also interested to hear more about the European Masters Student Loan Guarantee Facility, provided it does not impinge on Member State autonomy

  11. Concerns • Very vague – need more details • Too good to be true? • EU tools for valorisation: U-Multirank • Also keen to ensure that the international element of Erasmus for All  includes all regions

  12. Horizon 2020: renewing the EU research landscape • 15% of the EU budget allocated for the current Framework Programme has gone to UK researchers. • Total contribution of FP7 to UK research expected to reach €7 billion. • Annually, FP7 contributes 5% of the UK’s national science budget, which is equivalent to the spending power of a medium-sized UK research council.

  13. Value of EU research policy to UK universities

  14. Horizon 2020: renewing the EU research landscape • ‘Horizon 2020’ is the proposed new EU programme for research and innovation. • 2014 – 2020, total budget of €80 billion – a substantial increase on the budget for FP7 • H2020 brings together all existing EU programmes for research and innovation under single umbrella: FP7, Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). • Innovation focus

  15. Horizon 2020: Three key strands • Excellent Science (€24.6 billion) • 77% increase for ERC; • Special attention to Future and Emerging Technologies (FETs); • Researcher Careers; • International co-operation encouraged • Societal Concerns (€31. 7 billion) : • Health, demographic change and wellbeing; • Food security, sustainable agriculture and bio-economy; • Secure, clean and efficient energy; • Smart, green and integrated transport; • Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials; • Inclusive, innovative and secure societies. • Industrial Leadership (€17.9 billion).

  16. Horizon 2020: Broadly aligned with UK HE sector interests • Substantial budget increase for European Research Council • Continuation of excellence as underlying principle for allocation of EU research funding • Single set of administrative rules for all components of Horizon 2020.  • Extension of administrative model of the European Research Council across Horizon 2020, allowing a 100% reimbursement rate. • Move towards a more trust based control strategy eg. acceptance of the accounting practices of all participants

  17. Remaining issues for the UK HE sector • Increased role for the European Structural Funds in capacity building and widening participation across Europe. • Cost declaration through full costing will not be possible.  • Specific Grand Challenges identified by the Commission under the ‘Societal Concern’ strand of Horizon 2020 • Balance of funding between innovation and research

  18. Key Bologna Process Reforms • Bachelor – Master – Doctoral cycles (UK already uses this structure) • Overarching Framework for Qualifications of the EHEA (UK HE qualifications frameworks self-certified) • European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA (Quality Assurance Agency – QAA) • European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) (Experience of using credit – NUCCATS, SCQF) • Diploma Supplement (New challenge – development of HEAR)

  19. Bologna Process 2009-2012: Leuven Communiqué • Student mobility: in 2020, 20% of students graduating in the European Higher Education Area should have had a study or training period abroad • Lifelong Learning: Ministers formally acknowledged learning outcomes as the basis for recognition of formal and informal learning. • ‘Multidimensional transparency tools’: BFUG to monitor development of classifications/typologies and rankings of HEIs • Expanding Bologna’s remit: to include additional policy areas • International dimension enhanced in 2009

  20. Bucharest Ministerial Summit: April 2012 Draft communiqué: • In-depth implementation of Bologna Process tools • Increased data collection and more transparency across the EHEA • Monitor progress towards 2020 mobility targets • Promote further convergence of programmes and recognition • Discuss and endorse a revised framework for European Standards and Guidelines • Stakeholders meeting: 13 March 2012 • Chair of the International Unit, Professor Colin Riordan, to attend Ministerial summit

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