1. Students mobility A main goal of Bologna process

2. General context • Enhancing European Employability • Internationalisation of the Labour Market • Huge expansion and diversity of higher education • Employer expectations for new competences • Skills changes Pierre Bailly

3. European Higher Education Area Objectives • Facilitating mobility of students and graduates • Prepared students for working lifeas active citizens in democratic societies • Offer broad access to high-quality higher education, based on democratic principles and academic freedom • Virtual and physical mobility: the first one is not a substitute for the latter Pierre Bailly

4. Expected common values of the Bachelor/Master qualifications • Quality reference of the studies leading to a solid education training • Employability as a common sense • Interdisciplinary key qualifications • Soft skills • Academic personal development Pierre Bailly

5. Why ? • Creating a new « European » area of higher education • Mobility a central value to the European Higher Education Area • Developing employability in an “European market” Pierre Bailly

6. Strengthen Employability • Study programs have to be valid academically and relevant to the labour market • Flexibility in curricula and study courses,: diversification, respecting different talents and employment prospects • Curricula must meet well defined targets Pierre Bailly

7. Mobility should be promoted • As an educational experience, particularly physical mobility • The benefits associated should be publicized. • Administrative and structural barriers and obstacles to mobility need to be removed • Grants and loans should be made available to students • Other suitable incentives to both individuals and institutions. Pierre Bailly

8. Internationalization policy • Crucial importance of teaching staff with international experience • Realistic language competences • Good information to students in relation to international opportunities Pierre Bailly

9. Necessary conditions for mobility • ECTS both for exchange and for accumulation • Diploma Supplement • Overcome recognition problems • Needs for funding for staff and student mobility • Transparent quality assurance mechanisms in all countries Pierre Bailly

10. Specific measures • Part of study programs taught in major world languages • Developing educational trade marks and brands • European HE institutions have to be perceived as welcoming institutions • Competition with other continents through strategic networking Pierre Bailly

11. Full implementation of existing systems of recognition • ECTS (extended to accumulation and life long learning) • Lisbon convention • Diploma supplement • ENICS and Narics Pierre Bailly

12. Reactions • The ivory tower university • The subordinated university • The knowledgeable, reflective university • The pro-active university Pierre Bailly

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