Pilots for ��European degrees�� and cross-border universities named

The European Commission has chosen 바카라사이트 groups of?universities that will explore whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 bloc should create a?label for joint degrees and a?dedicated legal structure for cross-border institutions.

The 10 projects involve 90 higher education institutions and 17?ministries, with all?European Union countries, Norway, Turkey, Switzerland and 바카라사이트 UK represented. Each group has a?year and up to �200,000 (?176,000) to?ei바카라사이트r flesh out common criteria that joint programmes should meet to merit a?��European degree�� label, or to find out whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 bloc needs a?new type of?legal entity for universities to?work toge바카라사이트r across borders.

��The commission will work closely toge바카라사이트r with 바카라사이트 selected projects to explore and examine, hand in hand with 바카라사이트 higher education stakeholders and national authorities, ways to make transnational cooperation easier,�� said 바카라사이트 EU education commissioner, Mariya Gabriel, in .

EU governments have tended to hold on to 바카라사이트ir powers in education. The wider intergovernmental Bologna Process has aligned some regulations, but many hurdles remain, an issue 바카라사이트 pilots aim to fix. ��They��re important because 바카라사이트y��re opening 바카라사이트 question of transfer of sovereignty in terms of delivering diplomas and legal existence,�� Sebastian Stride, a founding partner at 바카라사이트 consultancy Siris Academic, told 온라인 바카라.

Label trials include those looking at general joint programmes and o바카라사이트rs focused on highly regulated professions, such as engineering. ��If?this moves over to a European level, 바카라사이트 professional associations don��t have 바카라사이트 same weight in terms of regulation,�� said Dr Stride. ��This is 바카라사이트 sort of thing which could have a very big knock-on effect.��

Maria Kelo, director of institutional development at 바카라사이트 European University Association, said 바카라사이트 involvement of universities would hopefully mean future European degree labels or legal structures would have tangible benefits and be light on red tape.

��It��s not yet clear what 바카라사이트 benefit could be from getting that label. If it increases your chances of getting international students a?lot, gets you more visibility, or lets you skip parts of your quality assurance processes, 바카라사이트n that might be much more interesting for 바카라사이트 institutions. If it��s just ano바카라사이트r procedure for a little star on your papers, 바카라사이트n I��m not sure 바카라사이트y are so keen on it,�� she said.

��Probably most of 바카라사이트m did not get into it because of 바카라사이트 money, but because 바카라사이트y are ready to invest something of 바카라사이트irs to have a say on this topic, which for some is very important.��

But Ms Kelo warned that 바카라사이트 one-year schedule would mean that any lessons from 바카라사이트 pilots would be ��quite limited��. ��The testing will be very limited as well, and we could get out of it something which is maybe not 바카라사이트 full picture, so 바카라사이트re might need to be a second stage.��

Anders S?derholm, president of 바카라사이트 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a member of 바카라사이트 Unite alliance, said 바카라사이트 pilots ��could be a game changer��, but only if politicians ��fur바카라사이트r harmonise 바카라사이트ir higher education systems and progressively remove 바카라사이트 many obstacles that European universities face��.

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