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Global cooperation and frameworks for quality assurance in the spotlight at the Tirana Global Policy Forum

Anna Gover, ENQA Director Cristina Ghițulică, TPG C co-chair Cooperation in quality assurance, with the aim of setting common standards and criteria, has been an integral part of the Bologna Process from the beginning, but other quality assurance frameworks are also in development in many areas around the world. In one of the parallel

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Kindling a narrative of European higher education

A short story about the Task Force on Enhancing Knowledge Sharing within the European Higher Education Area Four years ago, the Rome Ministerial Communiqué marked a reference moment in the evolution of higher education within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). It laid the groundwork for a vision of interconnectedness and sustainability in a

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The Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference, 5th edition (FOHE-BPRC5)

Bucharest, 25-26 March 2024 The fifth edition of the Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference (FOHE-BPRC) took place in Bucharest on 25 – 26 March 2024, bringing together more than 100 higher education researchers, policy makers and practitioners from almost 20 countries, to discuss key developments in the framework of the European...

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Back to basics – a new BFUG Work Programme for 2024-2027

by Dr. Una Strand Viðarsdóttir, BFUG Co-chair on behalf of Iceland At its meeting in Budapest in September 2024, the first of the current working period, the BFUG discussed and adopted a work programme for the years ahead. The programme is designed to reflect the emphases and commitments agreed by the EHEA Ministers in Tirana...

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The EU’s “Europe on the Move” – hand in hand with the Bologna Process for an interconnected EHEA

by Kinga Szuly and Svein Hullstein, European Commission The Council Recommendation “Europe on the move — learning mobility opportunities for everyone” is a significant development in the European Union’s efforts to promote learning mobility and as such also enhances the vision of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Adopted on 13 May 2024, the Recommendation...

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Austria’s EHEA national implementation (report)

Since signing the Bologna Declaration in 1999, Austria has always been a very active member of the European Higher Education Area, taking part in many of the EHEA working groups, but also taking responsibility in co-chairing such working groups. We still believe that all EHEA members need to fulfill the goals and priorities of the...