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The Bologna process: Engineering Council UK (ECUK) comments to the House of Commons Select Committee on Education and Skills.
Abstract The Bologna Declaration, with its declared aim of promoting mobility of students, should offer advantages to the UK as much as to the other signatories. However, the aspirations may not be fulfilled and mobility may in fact be impeded, if the implementation of Bologna results in an over-rigid framework of mechanisms for comparing degree awards in different signatory countries. In particular there are concerns about this in relation to the three-phase structure of higher education awards for UK Masters degrees, and in particular for integrated Masters degrees such as the MEng degree; and the possible implementation of a European Credit Transfer Scheme (ECTS) and the extent to which this recognises learning outcomes rather than workload.
Submission Details Submitted on 18 December 2006 to House of Commons Select Committee on Education and Skills
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Keywords and Search Terms Higher education, Qualifications, Engineering