14 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2011/2180(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the three-degree structure is applied – in somemany cases successfully – in most of the Bologna countries, despite the difficulties encountered;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a strengthening at EU level of support for the Bologna Process, in particular as regards the recognition of academic qualifications, and the promotion of mobility and employability and the analysis of the state of implementation of the Bologna principles;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that the Bologna Process and EHEA play a key role within Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the priorities set up within the Bologna pProcess, mobility, recognition, employability, represent the conditions necessary to guarantee that every student enrolled in a European university has the right to graduate and to see his qualification recognised in any EU country, with the goal of creating a genuine European University Citizenship;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the development of an effective, bottom-up approach, fully involving all key actors such as universities, trade unions, the business sector and, first and foremost, teachers, students, and student organisations;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the development of the universities' ‘third mission’ to society to be also considered when rewarding excellence and developing multidimensional ranking criteria;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the EU, in order to guarantee mutual trust, to consolidate a system of quality assurance at bothe European level and Member States level; asks the Member States to implement their national qualificationty assurance systems; calls on Member States to sign up to the European Quality Assurance Register; according to the European Standards and Guidelines on Quality Assurance and to encourage QA agencies to apply to the European Quality Assurance Register and support their European cooperation and exchange of best practices also through the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA);
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for a strong financial support for agreements on common core curricula, which guarantee well -defined learning outcomes, inter aliaalso by exploring the methodology approach developed by Tuning; calls for and Tuning Academy experience; particular attention toshould be paid to the specific problems of humanities curricula; stresses that all curricula in all disciplines should deliver key transversal skills such as critical thinking, communication and entrepreneurial skills along-side the subject based knowledge;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on national governments and the Commission to develop a system of structured cooperation in order to deliver joint degrees, within clusters of disciplines, with recognition across the EU by improving the performance of, and financial support for, Erasmus Mundus and the future education and training programme and by promoting the creation of a European accreditation scheme of joint programmes;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for an effective strategy to be set up to support lifelong learning programmes; requires from higher education institutions and universities more flexibility in programs based on learning outcomes, recognition of non formal and informal learning and services to support their learning pathways by promoting partnerships among universities, enterprises, high vocational trainings in order to enhance scientific and humanistic and technical skills and fill the gap;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Proposes that the recognition of study credits should be a compulsory element in all student exchanges supported by EU funding in order to strengthen the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Requests that cooperation between universities should be strengthened and structured, reinforcing the impact on institutions and higher education systems and for the benefit of students and staff;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines the need to improve information on the Bologna Process and EHEA by an effective and EU wide communication policy to enhance attractiveness of universities in and outside Europe;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Asks the European Commission and the Member States to guarantee the transferability of loans and grants, in particular the merit and needs based scholarships, among all European countries, in order to ensure equal access to mobility opportunities;