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Bologna Process

The Bologna Declaration
Summary and documents prepared for the 2005 meeting in Bergen to assess the progress of the Bologna Process
- Website: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/bologna/

The Bologna Declaration
This document was prepared by the Confederation of EU Rectors—Conferences and the Association of European Universities (CRE). It includes :

• a comment on the meaning and significance of the Bologna Declaration and information on the follow-up process in progress;
• the text of the Declaration;
• a list of internet addresses from which more detailed information can be obtained.

The Bologna Secretariat
The aim of the Bologna Secretariat is to provide information and news about developments in the Bologna Process and about how the work programme will be taken forward over the next two years prior to the next Ministerial Summit in London in May 2007.
- Website: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/bologna/

Bologna Process: The European Area for Higher Education 1999-2010
The Bologna Process is the commitment by 45 countries to reform their higher education systems in order to create convergence at the European level. It is the most important and wide ranging reform of higher education in Europe since the immediate aftermath of 1968. The ultimate aim of the Process is to establish a European Higher Education Area by 2010 in which academic staff and students could move with ease and have quick fair recognition of their qualifications. Resources available on the ENIC-NARIC website:
- Website: <http://www.enic-naric.net./index.asp?display=Bologna_process

Focus on the structure of higher education in Europe. National trends in the Bologna Process
Eurydice (May 2005).
This report describes the progress each individual country has made in implementing the key principles of the Bologna Process (introduction of the two-cycle structure, the main features of the third cycle, the introduction of ECTS, the issue of the Diploma Supplement, and quality evaluation procedures). In addition, a diagram illustrates the main paths through higher education, the conditions governing entry to ISCED levels 5 and 6, and the lengths of the various courses. The publication covers the 40 countries signatory to the Bologna Declaration at the time of the Bergen conference. Downloads of reports are available in English, French, German, Italian, Slovak.
- Website: http://www.eurydice.org/.../page?_pageid=217,163832&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&pubid=064EN

The Bologna Accord: NAFSA Resources and Links
As the Bologna Process moves forward, it will influence student mobility around the world. This process does not aim to harmonize national educational systems but rather to provide tools to connect them.
- Website: http://www.nafsa.org/.../recruitment_admissions/bologna_process_network

The Bologna Accord: A European Revolution with Global Implications
This is a summary of the agreement at the GMAC website with a particular focus on the implications for MBA programs.
The Bologna Accord, a sweeping educational reform planned for full implementation by 2010, is already influencing the European graduate management market, creating new degree distinctions, new potential applicants for graduate management programs, more options for students, and a new market for graduate management programs throughout Europe.
- Website: http://www.gmac.com/gmac/VirtualLibrary/.../BolognaAccord.htm

The Bologna Process: Impact on Transatlantic Exchange from the North American Credential Review and Admission Perspective
The Bologna Process will impact the North American international exchange community in a number of ways. Changes brought about by the Bologna Declaration may make Europe a more attractive and competitive destination for international students. Directors of US and Canadian international programs may need to add this to the list of challenges of attracting international students to their campuses. The complete article and many links to other sources of information about Bologna can be found at:
- Website: http://www.iienetwork.org/?p=Schatzman

Bologna and Quality Assurance
In the Bologna Declaration (1999) the European Ministers of Education committed themselves to establish the European Higher Education Area by 2010. The Bologna Declaration encourages, among other things, the European co-operation in quality assurance of higher education with a view to developing comparable criteria and methodologies. Other important goals agreed in Bologna are easily comparable degrees, a system based on two main degree cycles (subsequently a third cycle has been included), a common European system of credits and mobility of students and teachers.
- Website: http://www.enqa.net/bologna.lasso

The Bologna Process and Australia
The purpose of this discussion paper is to stimulate debate within the Australian Higher Education sector about the 'Bologna Process' which is driving reform within and between 45 European signatory countries. The process seems likely to have a profound effect on the development of higher education globally, as observers from other continents are taking a close interest in the reform process and beginning to consider how their own systems can be more closely aligned with 'Bologna thinking.' Australia needs to consider how best to respond to these global developments if its own higher education system is to continue to be seen as being of high quality and relevant to international standards and requirements.
- Website: http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/.../Bologna_Process_and_Australia.htm