EURASHE Seminar on RPL Report

Click here (or on the picture directly!) to access the Report of EURASHE's Seminar on RPL.

It contains the report of the various sessions and workshops of the Seminar, dedicated to Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): Flexible Ties within Higher Education as well as information on the keynote speeches and the social programme proposed to the participants.

With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

Projects

EURASHE develops innovative and hands-on projects in response to the challenges facing European Higher Education. The Association has a long history of working towards quality education available to all, and of developing professional higher programmes that prepare people for the labour market. Our approach is multi-disciplinary, politically independent and combines cutting edge (applied) research and policy development with concrete initiatives.

You can click on the project’s name to be redirected to a dedicated page with much more information, including partners of the project, material of the project, meetings of the projects and photographs…

You can jump directly to the wished category of projects or to the project itself by clicking on the following list:

EURASHE AS COORDINATOR

HAPHE – Harmonising Approaches to Professional Higher Education in Europe

L5 – Level 5 the Missing Link

EURASHE AS INITIATOR OR MAIN PARTNER

MAP-ESG – Mapping the implementation and application of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area

FLLLEX – Impact of lifelong learning strategies on professional higher education

EURASHE AS NETWORKING PARTNER

CaribErasmus – Caribbean opening to Erasmus Mundus

CELAN – Language Strategies for Competitiveness and Employability

EquNet – Enhancing Equitable Access to Higher Education

EURASHE AS DISSEMINATION PARTNER

LLA – Lean Learning Academies

EURASHE IN COMPLETED PROJECTS

EUproVET – European providers of vocational education and training

SEPHE – Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Professional Higher Education

TSCEE – Tertiary Short Cycle Education In Europe

EQF-PRO – Articulation between vocational and academic learning in University Education

AHELO – OECD Feasibility Study for the International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes

Tempus SCM project ‘Promoting the External Dimension of the Bologna Process: QA in a National and Transnational Context’

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EURASHE’s major projects

1- EURASHE as Coordinator

HAPHE – Harmonising Approaches to Professional Higher Education in Europe – October 2012; September 2014

The HAPHE group intends, to bring together a group of field experts, who, through a wide consultation with stakeholders from education, business and society, will harmonise approaches to professional higher education (predominantly at European Qualifications Framework (EQF) level 6 and above) throughout Europe, by:

	Surveying the different approaches to PHE provision throughout EU-member states;
	Setting out the defining characteristics of a ‘professional’ Higher Education programme;
	Proposing a set of quality criteria which contribute towards the best-case fulfilment of those characteristics;
	Collecting and sharing best practice on how institutions can adopt the criteria;
	Suggesting indicators and quantification methodologies to allow comparison of PHE in the context of overall HE and LLL provision.

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Level 5 the Missing Link –Short cycle Higher Education in Europe – November 2009; January 2011

The objective of this project is to make a detailed analysis of existing Short Cycle Higher Education (SCHE) in 32 of the Bologna signatory countries. It updates a study carried out in 2003, which led to the incorporation of SCHE in the EQF and the EHEA framework. This project was of great importance to EURASHE as it was the coordinator of the project but also due to the previous EURASHE study on SCHE. The outcome of the project has been very well received in the in the European HE landscape and is considered as an important study for bringing about a comprehensive overview of the Level 5 of the European Qualifications Frameworks.EURASHE’s Bologna Seminar in January 2011 in Budapest (HU) on “Embedding Professional Short-Cycle Higher Education in the (Higher) Education System” was the perfect occasion to present the project. This event gathered more than 100 leaders from 18 countries proving the important impact this project has had. This also enabled the project members to add a corrigendum to their study and to further their work.

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2- EURASHE as Initiator or Main Partner

MAP-ESG – Mapping the implementation and application of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area – October 2010; March 2012

The purpose of the project is to gather information on how the European Standard Guidelines (ESG) have been implemented and applied in the 47 Bologna signatory countries, on national level, in higher education institutions and in QA agencies. By analysing gathered data, the project will evaluate whether the ESG are appropriate and up-to-date to contribute to the development of the EHEA. The project has been completed in 2011 with the draft of the report on the application and implementation of the ESG. Based on this, in the next Ministerial Conference (28 April 2012, Bucharest) Ministers of Education will decide whether they wish to charge the E4 with the revision of the ESG.EURASHE’s long term priority on Quality Assurance, one of its main core strategies for PHE in Europe, is the driving factor behind the Association enthusiastic support of this project. EURASHE shall participate in the wider discussion on the ESG by producing its publication on the ESG implementation during the first semester of 2012.

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FLLLEX – Impact of lifelong learning strategies on professional higher education – January 2010; August 2012

The FLLLEX project deals with the implementation of Lifelong Learning strategies in Higher Education Institutions and aims at identifying challenges and implications of the incorporation Lifelong Learning into European Higher Education institutions. The project was initiated and is supported by EURASHE and has 24 partners from ten different EU countries. The FLLLEX project has entered its second phase where the self-evaluation instrument has been developed and tested. The LLL tool and its results will be presented at the 22nd EURASHE Annual conference, which will be held in Riga on 10-11 May 2012.This project is of great importance to EURASHE as Lifelong Learning is one of the core strategic priorities of the Association. EURASHE has in the past demonstrated its will to promote and advance the cause of LLL through its seminars and is currently working on a new project (PRO-FLLLEX) in the field of LLL which is foreseen to take over after the completion of the FLLLEX project.

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3- EURASHE as Networking Partner

CaribErasmus – Caribbean opening to Erasmus Mundus – October 2010; September 2012

CaribErasmus aims at fostering the cooperation amongst European and Caribbean HEIs in a structured and sustainable perspective and to facilitate and support mutual knowledge and information sharing between Caribbean and European universities. In 2011 the project entered its second phase in which the integration seminars have been organised in Jamaica, in the Dominican Republic and in Trinidad and Tobago with EURASHE being represented each time.

As one of EURASHE’s core priorities is Mobility and International Openness and as EURASHE is represented in the BFUG Working Group on International Openness this project encompasses the aims and goals supported by the Association.

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CELAN – Language Strategies for Competitiveness and Employability – January 2011; December 2012

The project is the direct result of the discussions within the Business Platform for Multilingualism (BPFML), set up in September 2009 as part of the European Commission’s continuing commitment to raising awareness of the importance of language competence. The project’s principal objective is to facilitate a dialogue in the language field between the business community and language practitioners. The year 2011 witnessed a focus on ‘Research on linguistic needs of European companies/SMEs’ in different sectors which only fostered the will of the project members to continue their work, also proving that languages are a key factor in the employability of graduates (one of EURASHE’s core strategy). In early 2012 the outcomes of the project will be made public through a CELAN report.

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EquNet – Enhancing Equitable Access to Higher Education – October 2009; December 2012

EquNet is a 3-year project aiming at increasing access to Higher Education for all marginalised and non-traditional groups based on a principle of equity. In particular the project highlights the best and worst practices, together with the focus on understanding the barriers to entry to HE, and the incorporation of stakeholders to help propose solutions. Based on this research, the project has also the purpose to give implementable recommendations as to how to improve accessibility to Higher Education. In 2011 the EquNet campaign was launched with the aim to provide a platform for people to express their views and their activities regarding the equity issues and to raise attention of the society with ensuring high visibility for the best works. The second EquNet conference focused on social dimension was organised jointly with the students’ convention in Sofia.

In participating in the project EURASHE aims at promoting the third pillar of PHE’s mission which is Social Dimension and Access to HE.

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4- EURASHE as Dissemination Partner

LLA – Lean Learning Academies – November 2009; October 2011

This project, which was completed in 2011, creates strong links between the local and regional academic partners and the industrial partners in each of the participating countries. The goal of the project is to develop the didactical concepts in the field of engineering, in order to improve the education curriculum in the countries involved. In 2011 the project has launched a set of useful tools.
EURASHE took part in the project to better specify the role of PHE institutions in regional development, as well as their mission, role and position in society and within HE.