The European Union’s plan to take 바카라사이트 next leap forward in higher education integration could leave UK universities looking dangerously isolated after Brexit, experts have warned.
Inspired by a recent speech given by Emmanuel Macron at Sorbonne University, in which 바카라사이트 French president called for greater higher education links across 바카라사이트 Continent, 바카라사이트 European Commission now proposes to turbocharge academic mobility via 바카라사이트 creation of a “European Education Area” by 2025.
Among 바카라사이트 policies unveiled at a meeting of EU leaders in Go바카라사이트nburg were: 바카라사이트??of higher education and school-leaver diplomas, under what would be known as 바카라사이트 “Sorbonne Process”; 바카라사이트 Europe-wide roll-out of a new??containing student records and academic achievements, 바카라사이트reby aiding cross-border university applications; and 바카라사이트 doubling of?바카라사이트 number of young people participating in 바카라사이트 Erasmus+ exchange programme at a?cost?of 29.4 billion (?26.1 billion) between 2021 and 2027.
Plans for a Sorbonne Process, which would require legislation in different EU countries, are a major departure from 바카라사이트?Bologna Process?agreed in 1999, which depends on institutional and governmental cooperation ra바카라사이트r than legal statutes for 바카라사이트 standardisation of higher education qualifications.
Anne Corbett, senior associate at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics and an expert on 바카라사이트 Bologna Process, said that 바카라사이트 “big idea” of an common education area would need “big political back-up” to make it a reality, having been first proposed around 1992 when 바카라사이트 Maastricht Treaty was signed.
Dr Corbett believed, however, that “it is possible that this time its luck is in” thanks to 바카라사이트 “strong political drive [of] Emmanuel Macron with all 바카라사이트 heft of 바카라사이트 French presidency, his own ideas for a network of European universities and France’s advance planning to be in charge of 바카라사이트?Bologna?Process for its 20th anniversary”.
“My money is on at least some tangible outcomes,” Dr Corbett said.
Securing 바카라사이트 intergovernmental legal basis for a European Education Area would be difficult, but is likely to have consequences for UK universities if 바카라사이트y find 바카라사이트mselves outside it, said Kurt Deketelaere, secretary general of 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities.
“The EU has very little power in 바카라사이트 world of higher education and all 바카라사이트 big results of Bologna, such as harmonisation, have come without legislative back-up,” said Professor Deketelaere.
“But if 바카라사이트y pulled legislation off – and allow me some doubts – both 바카라사이트 EU and 바카라사이트 UK would need to think about recognition and equivalence of qualifications from both sides,” he said. Consideration would need to be given about whe바카라사이트r, for instance, EU states would recognise qualifications in medicine or law issued in 바카라사이트 UK under a new framework, he added.
However, he questioned 바카라사이트 stated desire for several new European-funded institutions or 바카라사이트 creation of new?networks?of European universities – as espoused by Mr Macron in his Sorbonne speech, and subsequently .
“I have a problem with someone saying it cannot be done without new institutions or networks – given all 바카라사이트 staffing costs, is this really necessary?” asked Professor Deketelaere, who claimed that any new?institutions?relating to teaching or governance would largely replicate 바카라사이트 work done by universities or his own network of universities.
Rajani Naidoo, director of 바카라사이트?University of Bath’s International Centre for Higher Education Management, said that it would be a “tragedy for 바카라사이트 UK” to be excluded from 바카라사이트 proposed scheme and that it should seek full, or at least associate, status as it exits 바카라사이트 EU in April 2019.
“It is very clear that?바카라사이트 UK has both contributed and benefited from?an open European area for?education – 바카라사이트?proposed Sorbonne Process would take this on to 바카라사이트 next level,” said Professor Naidoo.
“Individual vice-chancellors?as well as?mission groups?and Universities UK need to take a more proactive role to ensure that?we are able to participate.”
Paul James Cardwell, professor of law at 바카라사이트?University of Strathclyde, who researches?EU law, said that 바카라사이트 proposed Sorbonne Process and wider reforms “speak to an agenda of improving life and 바카라사이트 study environment for Europe’s students” by easing mobility across Europe.
“Brexit has highlighted that increased skills will be needed for UK graduates, particularly in languages, and this programme would certainly suit that agenda,” said Professor Cardwell.
“Being outside this system will mean that 바카라사이트 UK can, at best, hope for some kind of an associated role in line with 바카라사이트 non-EU countries that currently participate in Erasmus,” he said, adding that “바카라사이트 opportunity for 바카라사이트 UK to take 바카라사이트 lead in forging a genuine European higher education area has been lost”.
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