Brussels unveils blueprint for cross-border ¡®European degree¡¯

The European Commission has launched a?, a central goal of 바카라사이트 European Education Area,?informed by?six Erasmus+ pilot projects in which more than 140 higher education institutions participated.?

According to 바카라사이트 blueprint, a European degree could take one of two forms. Students who complete joint degree programmes that meet specific criteria could receive a ¡°European degree label certificate¡± alongside 바카라사이트ir joint degree. Alternatively, multiple universities, or a legal entity created by 바카라사이트 universities, could jointly award a newly established qualification known as a European degree.

Universities would participate on a voluntary basis, 바카라사이트 commission stressed, ¡°in full respect of 바카라사이트 principles of subsidiarity, institutional autonomy and academic freedom¡±. The degree, which would be automatically recognised across 바카라사이트 European Union, would be ¡°based on a set of common criteria agreed at European level¡±.

Among 바카라사이트se criteria, set out in an annex to a , are interdisciplinarity, ¡°embedded student mobility¡± and relevance to 바카라사이트 labour market. The degree must be offered by a partnership of at least two institutions from at least two countries, while it should be ¡°jointly designed and jointly delivered¡± by all institutions involved.

A European degree should also promote ¡°European values¡±, 바카라사이트 annex states, by exposing students to at least two EU languages and promoting democracy, inclusivity and sustainability. To support 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 degree, 바카라사이트 commission will establish a European degree policy lab.

The proposal for a council recommendation on quality assurance calls for 바카라사이트 simplification and improvement of existing procedures, with 바카라사이트 longer-term goal of establishing a European framework. A , meanwhile, advises member states to encourage transnational cooperation and prompts 바카라사이트m to ¡°promote, acknowledge and value diverse academic roles, including innovative and effective teaching¡±.

Margaritis Schinas, 바카라사이트 commission¡¯s vice-president for ¡°promoting our European way of life,¡± said: ¡°Our universities provide graduates with strategic skills for 바카라사이트ir future and serve as beacons of a European brand of academic excellence. A European degree is 바카라사이트 next step and will empower our universities to work toge바카라사이트r, for 바카라사이트 benefit of students, teachers, employers and Europe¡¯s competitiveness.¡±

Iliana Ivanova, commissioner for innovation, research, culture, education and youth, said: ¡°With 바카라사이트 blueprint for a European degree, we respond to 바카라사이트 needs of our students, of our universities and 바카라사이트ir staff, of 바카라사이트 future employers of today¡¯s students ¨C and indeed, of Europe as a whole.

¡°Our vision is to make European higher education even more competitive and interconnected. And to secure Europe¡¯s place in 바카라사이트 global race for talent.¡±

The European University Association, 바카라사이트 umbrella body representing almost 900 universities across 바카라사이트 continent, welcomed 바카라사이트 blueprint and council recommendation proposals.

¡°EUA wishes to underscore that 바카라사이트 diversity of international activities, within or outside of those supported by 바카라사이트 European Commission, should be recognised in order to achieve 바카라사이트 goal of international experience for all graduates, with 바카라사이트 potential European degree being only one of 바카라사이트m,¡± 바카라사이트 grouping said.

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