Qualification Recognition and Staff Mobility
Title | Qualification Recognition and Staff Mobility PDF eBook |
Author | Norma Ryan |
Publisher | NAIRTL |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Bologna process (European higher education) |
ISBN | 9781906642112 |
Bologna
Title | Bologna PDF eBook |
Author | National Academy for Integration of Research & Teaching & Learning (Ireland). Conference |
Publisher | |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Education, Higher |
ISBN |
Mutual Recognition of Qualifications
Title | Mutual Recognition of Qualifications PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Qualifications
Title | Qualifications PDF eBook |
Author | Sjur Bergan |
Publisher | Council of Europe |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9287161259 |
Qualifications are a key element of higher education policies in general and of the Bologna Process in particular. Much work has been accomplished in this area over the past few years, and a proper understanding of qualifications is essential to making the European Higher Education Area a reality. This book provides a systematic overview of the concept of qualifications, discusses its main elements, such as Ievel, workload, quality, profile and learning outcomes, examines generic and subject-specific competences. The author also considers the development of qualifications frameworks and explores the impact of our understanding of the concept of qualifications on recognition.Sjur Bergan is Head of the Department of Higher Education and History Teaching of the Council of Europe, a member of the Bologna Follow-Up Group and one of the authors of the Council of Europe/UNESCO Recognition Convention. He has played an active role in the development of the overarching qualifications framework of the European Higher Education Area.
NAIRTL Grants Initiative
Title | NAIRTL Grants Initiative PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Murphy |
Publisher | NAIRTL |
Pages | 103 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Education, Higher |
ISBN | 1906642443 |
The mission of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) is to ensure that all higher education students are exposed to cutting edge research in their classrooms, and that students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels are actively engaged in relevant and authentic research in their chosen discipline. To this end, NAIRTL has initiated a wide range of events and activities aimed at enhancing student learning and that support stronger links between research and teaching. This report focuses on the impact of just one of these creative interventions, namely the NAIRTL grants initiative. The objective of the grants initiative is to provide financial support to research proposals that endeavour to enhance student learning through developing innovative and creative approaches to teaching and assessment. More than forty per cent of the National Academy's total budget to date has been invested in the grants initiative, funding 161 projects that involve 420 researchers in seventeen higher education institutions in Ireland. This report focuses on the impact of the projects that were funded in the period 2007-2010. The report is divided into three parts. The first part provides a brief introduction to the National Academy, giving an overview of a selection of its main initiatives i.e. the awards programme for excellence in teaching, professional development activities in academic practice, and development of publications and resources. Part two of this report presents the findings of an evaluation of the impact of the grants initiative. Part three of this report presents fifteen case studies of projects that were funded through the NAIRTL grants initiative. Appended are: (1) NAIRTL Publications; (2) Table of Outputs; and (3) List of Projects Funded 2007-2011. (Contains 23 footnotes.).
The Bologna process
Title | The Bologna process PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education and Skills Committee |
Publisher | The Stationery Office |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2007-04-30 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780215033727 |
The Bologna Process is a non-binding inter-governmental initiative to develop a European Higher Education Area (EHEA), by 2010, which would enable higher education qualifications to be comparable, whilst maintaining national autonomy and flexibility. This inquiry has been undertaken to make a contribution to the London Ministerial Summit on 17-18 May 2007. There are five main conclusions: 1) there is overwhelming support for the UK to play a leading role; 2) there is a desire to maintain the distinction between the voluntary, bottom-up process, which is focussed on academic cooperation, and the European Community; 3) there are anxieties about a rigid commitment to a three cycle (bachelors, masters, doctoral) course structure, especially in relation to self-standing integrated Masters courses; 4) there are doubts that the full that the full significance of the coming into existence of the EHEA has been fully recognised; 5) the government has not been sufficiently pro-active in disseminating information and identifying and possibly resolving potential difficulties.
Language and Globalization
Title | Language and Globalization PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Fairclough |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2007-01-24 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1134369999 |
Language and Globalization explores the effects of language in the processes of globalization. Norman Fairclough adopts the approach of combining critical discourse analysis with cultural political economy to develop a new theory of the relationship between discourse and other dimensions of globalization. Using examples from a variety of countries such as the USA, Britain, Romania, Hungary and Thailand, Language and Globalization shows how the analysis of texts can be coherently integrated within political economic analysis. Fairclough incorporates topical issues such as the war on terror and the impact of the media on globalization into his discussion. Areas covered include: globalization and language: review of academic literature discourses of globalization the media, mediation and globalization globalization, war and terrorism. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in applied linguistics, language and politics and discourse analysis.