Support structures to

enable the real implementation of

the Bologna processes

Pyramid at Güímar, Tenerife

paul.ryan@nuigalway.ie

Teacher

Programme

University

Profession

Government

National Level

National Qualification Frameworks (NQF =>EQF)

Lisbon Recognition Convention Degrees and periods of study must be recognised

Quality Assurance ENQA, ESG (2009, 3rd Edition)

National requirement that university teachers have to have a professional qualification as well as a research based one

Recognition of research into student learning ?

Quality

“The 2009 stocktaking clearly indicates that fully-fledged introduction of a learning outcomes-based culture across the EHEA still needs a lot of effort, and it will not be completed by 2010”

NQFs

“There is still not enough integration at national level between the qualifications framework, learning outcomes and ECTS...”

Bologna Stocktaking Report 2009www.ond.vlaanderen.be/.../bologna/.../Stocktaking_report_2009_FINAL.pdf

Professions

Difficult area Separate legislative base both National and EU Regulated by bodies not involved in Bologna

Process Good Practice (influenced by Tuning)

EuroBachelors in Chemistry Nursing EurAges (Geoscience)

The need to have Bologna implemented as a platform for professional 'standardisation'.

Institutes of Higher Education

Need for awareness of issues of TLA on part of senior management: not just research, important though that is. Promotion criteria to make teaching requirement

evidence based ECTS Guidelines => Label Diploma Supplement => Label Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

National scorecards (only 40% compliance) Wider access, professional development

Institutes of Higher Education

Social Aspects (training the next generation) Mobility

How much can we charge for a Summer School? Centres of Excellence in Teaching and

Learning Continuous Personal Development of staff

(all staff, not just academic) to include Bologna relevant skills.

Need for stocktaking at HEI and sector level

Institutional Bologna Audit

StudentsManagementFaculty

Admin

Programme Level

The role of 'Tuning' No one template fits all subjects, but they can

be derived from a common model

Conclusions

There is a need for training at all levels Training will empower teachers to influence the

process at all levels

Bas releif, Duomo, Bologna