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Internationalisation Conference
KeynoteDr Chris Yeomans, Head of Policy,
UK Higher Education International Unit
The EU, Bologna and internationalisation – new
opportunities and challenges from Europe
Dr Chris Yeomans
UK HE International Unit
The strategic turn
• 94% of institutions now have an internationalisation strategy
• 75% with a European strategy have it embedded in the international strategy
• Joint Outward Mobility Steering Group
• International Education Advisory Forum
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
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
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%
Erasmus for All: Proposed changes
• Streamlined architecture supports three key actions:
- Learning mobility
- Cooperation for innovation and good practices- Support for policy reform
• 2/3 funding on mobility grants
• 5 million people to benefit between 2014-20
Erasmus for All: Opportunities
• Erasmus activities: substantially strengthened and expanded internationally
• Staff mobility: significantly strengthened
• International collaboration: consolidation
• Collaborative degrees
• Erasmus Master
Collaborative degrees - on the rise
2007 IU survey: • do you have the power to award?
2011: • 47/80 institutions award a joint degree or multiple/dual double degree• 48 collab. programmes with UK partner; 78 with European partner; 48 with
HEI outside Europe
Building on success of Erasmus Mundus
• B
Collaborative degrees - on the rise
• Most regularly cited problems/obstacles: administrative burden; curriculum compatibility; credit equivalency; conflicting quality assurance expectations; legal issues
• Of those who do not offer a collaborative degree: 26% are in the process of establishing
• Erasmus for All will strengthen support for collaborative programmes – EU and non-EU
Erasmus Master Student Loan Guarantee Facility
• Too little full degree mobility – partly due to limited nature of national support schemes.
• Support cannot be provided by another state• Erasmus Master will offer chance for Masters
kevel students to access loans at favourable rates
• Tell us more......provided it does not impinge on Member State autonomy
Innovative cooperation
• Strategic Partnerships– Cross sector alliances between educational
establishments and youth organisations– 23,000 partnerships
• Knowledge Alliances– Large scale partnerships between HEIs and
businesses– 400 alliances
And there’s more......
• IT support platforms
• Virtual mobility
• E-Twinning
• Jean Monnet
• Knowledge Alliances
• HE capacity-building projects
• Transnational traineeships
Concerns
• 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
Value of EU research policy to UK universities
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.
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
Horizon 2020: Three key strands
• Excellent Science (€24.6 billion) • 77% increase for ERC;• Special attention to Future and Emerging Technologies (FETs); • 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).
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 (direct eligible costs).
• Move towards a more trust based control strategy eg. acceptance of the accounting practices of all participants
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
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)
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
But what is interesting....increasing implementation
• 79% HEIs currently use the Diploma Supplement – 20% more than in 2007
• Of those who do not use the DS, 28% plan to introduce it
• 61% use ECTS for credit transfer; 26% for accumulation
Bologna doesn’t stop at Europe
• Enhances global attractiveness
• Deep integration - sits at heart of internationalisation strategy
• Erasmus Mundus – worldwide since 2009
• Horizon 2020 – third countries
• Erasmus for All -
To finish with...good news from the IU survey
• 294 one-year or 12-month Masters Degrees currently offered – compared to 69 two-year Masters degree programmes
• Recognition of UK qualifications: 72% not aware of any difficulties experienced by UK Integrated Masters graduates, 80% not aware of any difficulties experienced by one-year full-time Masters graduates – compares to 66% not aware of difficulties in 2009.
Internationalisation – does it make a difference to the student experience? A student and graduate perspective.
Kian Golzari, (MA Soc Sci 2010), Product Development Manager, Highlander Outdoor Wear
Student Study Abroad Ambassadors,
Kate Goldie and Lynsey Wallace