To back this, policy makers and institutions need to do more to promote researcher mobility, according to new report by the European University Association (EUA) analysing the implementation of the Bologna Process, and its impact over the last decade on higher education across 46 countries in Europe.
The ‘Trends 2010’ report, based on questionnaire responses from 821 universities, 27 national university associations, and site visits to 16 countries, was presented in Vienna on 11 March to mark the official launch of the European Higher Education Area and the end of the first phase of the Bologna reform process that started in 1999.
Presenting the study, EUA President, Jean-Marc Rapp said, “We are now at a crucial point in the history of European higher education cooperation. This study shows that after ten years the ‘Bologna architecture’ is now firmly in place to build a strong common higher education area.” Now these reforms must be supported in order to build on them to create a flexible European Higher Education Area, Rapp said.
The study analyses the implementation of the Bologna tools, such as new degree structures, credit transfer and accumulation systems, and the use of the diploma supplement in Europe’s universities and assesses progress towards the underlying aims of the Bologna Process, such as improving quality of teaching, graduate employability, and mobility of students and staff.
The report is available at http://www.eua.be
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