Date
01.09.2005

Time
20:00

Kulturhuset, lille scene

International seminar, ”Global Trends in Higher Education- The Bologna-process” “Mobility,

International seminar in Tromsø 2005-09-01;
Kulturhuset (Cultural centre, downtown; Lille scene (Small scene) Time: 20.00h
”Linking together European Higher Education- The Bologna-process”
“Mobility, opportunities or competition?”
Bologna process as seen in a local, national and international context.
The Studentboard at UiT (Dragica Vidovic)
Participants: Per Nyborg, former member of Norwegian Council for Higher Education
Astrid Revhaug, Department of Academic Affairs at UiTø
Jon-Ivar Thompson Eikeland, International coordinator in the Norwegian Student Union
Conferancier: Jeanine Ringstad, Student representative in the Board of University of Tromsø
International seminar is cooperation between the organizations and institutions in Tromsø, with UN Office in Tromsø as a coordinator. They arrange open meetings about international questions.
Bologna 1999
In June 1999, 29 European ministers in charge of higher education met in Bologna to lay the basis for establishing a European Higher Education Area by 2010 and promoting the European system of higher education world-wide. In the Bologna Declaration, the ministers affirmed their intention to:
*adopt a system of easily readable and comparable degrees
*adopt a system with two main cycles (undergraduate/graduate)
*establish a system of credits (such as ECTS)
*promote mobility by overcoming obstacles
*promote European co-operation in quality assurance
*promote European dimensions in higher education
Convinced that the establishment of the European Higher Education Area would require constant support, supervision and adaptation to continuously evolving needs, the ministers decided to meet again in two years time.
Prague 2001
Two years after the Bologna Declaration, the ministers in charge of higher education of 33 European signatory countries met in Prague in May 2001 to follow up the Bologna Process and to set directions and priorities for the following years. Some of the areas, among others were emphasised as important elements of the European Higher Education Area: lifelong learning, involvement of students, enhancing the attractiveness and competiveness of the European Higher Education Area to other parts of the world (including the aspect of transnational education).
The ministers decided that the next follow-up meeting of the Bologna Process should take place in 2003 in Berlin to review progress and to set directions and priorities for the next stages of the process towards the European Higher Education Area.
Berlin 2003
When ministers met again in Berlin in September 2003, they defined three intermediate priorities for the next two years: quality assurance, the two-cycle degree system and recognition of degrees and periods of studies. In the Berlin Communiqué , specific goals were set for each of these action lines.
Bergen 2005
Ministers of education: “We confirm our commitment to coordinating our policies through the Bologna Process to establish the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) by 2010, and we commit ourselves to assisting the new participating countries to implement the goals of the Process.”

The next Ministerial Conference is in London in 2007.

Nettsider
http://www.bologna-bergen2005.no/; www.fn.no/distriktskontor/nord/internasjonalt_seminar

Kontaktperson
Dragica Vidovic, international officer, NSU Student Board/studentstyret

Epost
internasjonal@sst.org.uit.no

Tlf/mobil
92681223