Background to the Bologna Process The overarching aim of the process is to create comparable and increasingly coherent systems of higher education across Europe, in order to maximise attractiveness, competitiveness, transferability and mobility within a European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
The EHEA was formally launched in 2010 with broad objectives to: - remove the obstacles to student mobility across Europe, in particular through facilitating recognition of qualifications
- enhance the attractiveness of European higher education worldwide
- establish a common framework for higher education systems across Europe and for this common framework to be based on a Bachelor/Masters/Doctoral studies model.
Ministers from participating countries normally meet every two years to assess progress and set priorities for the next two year period, recorded in an agreed Communiqué and Stocktaking Report . Ministers held their last regular meeting in Belgium in April 2009. Further information on the Bologna Process, including the latest Communiqué, can be found here.  Scottish involvement
The emerging EHEA provides an excellent opportunity for Scotland, our institutions, staff and students . It enables them to work collaboratively with their European counterparts and exchange information which will improve the standard of learning and teaching and broaden the range of opportunities open to Scottish students, as well as students from other parts of Europe. Further information about Scottish involvement can be found here. |