Education in the European Union Education in the European Union The purpose of the Bologna process is to create the European higher education area by harmonising academic degree standards and quality assurance standards throughout Europe for each faculty and its development. The name is based on the fact that the process was proposed at the University of Bologna with the signing, in 1999, of the Bologna declaration by ministers of education from 29 European countries in the Italian city of Bologna. This was opened up to other countries, and further governmental meetings have been held in Prague ( 2001), Berlin ( 2003) and Bergen ( 2005); the next meeting will take place in London in Autumn 2007. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bologna process"
In the European Union education is the responsibility of member states, and European Union institutions play only a minor role in this field. According to Art. 149 of the Treaty of Amsterdam, the Community «shall contribute to the development of quality education by encouraging cooperation between Member States», through actions such as promoting the mobility of citizens, designing joint study programmes, establishing networks, exchanging information or teaching languages of the European Union. The Treaty also contains a commitment to promote life-long learning for all citizens of the Union. ...more on Wikipedia about "Educational policies of the European Union"
The ERASMUS programme was established in 1987 and forms a major part of the European Union Socrates II programme. It is the European Commission initiative for higher education. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erasmus programme"
The Integrated action programme in the field of lifelong learning (usually referred to as the Integrated programme) is the EU Commission's proposal for a programme to supersede the actions of the ...more on Wikipedia about "EU Integrated programme"
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a method that is used to compare the marks (US: grade) given in higher education across the European Union. One academic year corresponds to 60 ECTS-credits in all countries irrespective of standard or qualification type and is used to facilitate transfer and progression throughout the union. The ECTS systems has also a multigrade scale as a complement to the different countries' individual grade scale. ...more on Wikipedia about "European credit transfer system"
The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) is the objective of the Bologna process - to create more comparable, compatible and coherent systems of higher education in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "European higher education area"
The European Schools are co-educational day schools providing nursery, primary and secondary education. They were established to provide free education for children of personnel of the European Institutions. Other children may be admitted subject to the availability of places. All full-time teachers are appointed by their national governments. ...more on Wikipedia about "European School"
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The Socrates programme is an educational initiative of the European Commission; 31 countries currently take part. The initial Socrates programme ran from 1994 until 31 December 1999 when it was replaced with the Socrates II programme on 24 January 2000, scheduled to run until 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "Socrates programme"
The TEMPUS programme (the name is a acronym for Trans-European Mobility Scheme for University Studies) encourages institutions in the EU Member States and partner countries to engage in structured cooperation through the establishment of "consortia". The "consortia" implement Joint European Projects (JEPs) with a clear set of objectives. Such projects may receive financial aid for two or three years. Tempus also provides Individual Mobility Grants (IMGs) to individuals working in Higher Education sector to help them work on certain specified activities in other countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "TEMPUS"
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