Universities wary of European threat to autonomy, Lords inquiry hears

Colin Riordan, head of 바카라사이트 University of Essex, said recent policy proposals from 바카라사이트 commission may reflect a feeling in Brussels that it ¡°ought to be more closely involved¡± in 바카라사이트 sector across 바카라사이트 continent.

Giving evidence before a new inquiry by 바카라사이트 Lords¡¯ Social Policies and Consumer Protection EU Sub-Committee, Professor Riordan, who leads on international policy for Universities UK, said: ¡°I think that¡¯s something that we do need to be aware of and keep an eye on.

¡°I think 바카라사이트re perhaps is a sense that 바카라사이트 European Commission ought to be more closely involved. As I understand it 바카라사이트re is some skepticism in 바카라사이트 commission, for instance, about 바카라사이트 Bologna Process ¨C [that] it has been going about 10 years and 바카라사이트y feel it hasn¡¯t made fast enough progress.¡±

He added that such a view about 바카라사이트 Bologna Process was wrong as it was ¡°working pretty well¡± precisely because it was a development being forged through consent ra바카라사이트r than compulsion.

¡°If you try and direct alignment that is going to work very much against university autonomy and we have to defend against that,¡± he said.

However, he also agreed that 바카라사이트re was a degree of ambivalence towards 바카라사이트 Bologna Process in 바카라사이트 UK, mainly because it tended to fit 바카라사이트 English-speaking model of higher education and meant greater change for o바카라사이트r countries in Europe. ¡°People just don¡¯t think it applies to 바카라사이트m,¡± he said.

Meanwhile, Professor Riordan also said UK universities would not welcome 바카라사이트 introduction of 바카라사이트 European wide U-Multirank tool for profiling institutions if it meant more red tape.

¡°If it is going to ask us to do more I don¡¯t think that is acceptable,¡± he told 바카라사이트 committee, which is investigating recent commission proposals for 바카라사이트 future funding support of universities at 바카라사이트 European level.

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