Annexes to COM(2013)499 - European higher education in the world

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document COM(2013)499 EN
date July 11, 2013
agreements with emerging or industrialised countries such as the High-level People-to-People Dialogue between the EU and China, the Education and Training Dialogue within the EU and Brazil Strategic Partnership and the EU-Russia common spaces.[31]

International capacity-building partnerships will be essential to support non-EU countries in improving the quality of their higher education systems and in their modernisation and internationalisation efforts, to prepare the ground for future academic and research collaboration, to address cross-border issues, and to develop a stronger knowledge of local markets.

The Commission will strengthen evidence-based policy making in the field of international education, and will ensure that policies are based on state-of-the-art knowledge relating to cross-border provision of higher education. There is in particular a need for improved data collection on international learner, researcher and staff mobility flows, and on international academic cooperation. New cooperation tools such as OER will also require close monitoring in order to adequately gauge their impact on learners and learning providers. In pursuit of these aims, the Commission will work with national and international authorities to identify and fill knowledge gaps via research, collection and analysis of statistics, and dialogue with experts in the field, from the EU and beyond.

The Commission will: – Pursue bilateral and multilateral policy dialogues with key international partners; – Promote the EIT and its KICs to support international cooperation in higher education and innovation in order to address societal challenges, in synergy with other EU and national research and innovation activities; – Strengthen evidence-based policymaking in the field of international education, through research, collection and analysis of statistics, and dialogue with experts; – Present, in Autumn 2013, an initiative for the promotion of digital learning and better use of ICT and OER in education.

4. NEXT STEPS

This Communication aims to contribute to the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, by helping Member States and higher education institutions (HEIs) develop strategies and partnerships that will allow Europe to tackle global challenges more effectively.

Comprehensive internationalisation strategies will only be successful if they are the result of a collaborative effort. In formulating these proposals, the Commission has consulted informally a broad range of stakeholders, including key organisations representing HEIs, employers, student and alumni networks, experts in the field, and representatives from EU and non-EU education ministries. It will continue to engage with these stakeholders, and will now involve the European Parliament, the other European Institutions and EU Member States to take this initiative further and the Bologna Follow-up Group to implement the actions proposed.

The development and follow-up of the policy guidelines and actions proposed at the end of each section in this Communication will be ensured through the implementation instruments of the Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 Programmes; the joint reporting on the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020); the governance provisions of the Europe 2020 strategy and the annual EU Education and Training Monitor; and the Bologna process and policy dialogue with key international stakeholders.

[1]               www.oecd.org/edu/highereducationandadultlearning/highereducationto2030vo

l1demography.htm

[2]               COM(2011) 567 final

[3]               COM(2012) 669 final

[4]               http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:135:0012:0014:EN:PDF

[5]               This term encompasses all types of tertiary institutions, including applied science, institutes of technology, Grandes Ecoles, business schools, engineering schools, IUT, colleges of higher education, professional schools, polytechnics, academies.

[6]               UNESCO Institute for Statistics

[7]               A Stronger European Industry for Growth and Economic Recovery: COM(2012) 582 final

[8]               COM(2012) 497 final

[9]               ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-programmes/doc/mapping_en.pdf

[10]             http://www.eua.be/Libraries/Publications_homepage_list/EUA_International_Survey.sflb.ashx

[11]             The European Higher Education Area in 2012: Bologna Process Implementation Report, p. 154.

[12]             ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/euc_en.htm

[13]             http://www.emnbelgium.be/sites/default/files/publications/0_immigration_of_international_ students_to_the_eu_sr_10april2013_finalpublic_0.pdf

[14]             http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-275_en.htm?locale=en

[15]             www.iau-aiu.net/content/global-surveys

[16]             ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/evalreports/education/2012/mundus_en.pdf

[17]             OERs are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation.

[18]          An OCW is a free and open digital publication of high quality HEI-level educational materials. It is organised as courses, and often includes course planning materials and evaluation tools as well as thematic content. OCW is openly licensed, accessible to anyone, anytime via the internet.

[19]             E.g. www.coursera.org; www.udacity.com; www.edx.org

[20]             www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten-en-publicaties/rapporten/2012/05/16/de-economische-effecten-van-internationalisering-in-het-hoger-onderwijs.html

[21]             The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is a body of the European Union established in March 2008 with the aim of increasing European sustainable growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of the EU.

[22]             http://chet.org.za/papers/higher-education-and-economic-development-review-literature

[23]             http://www.accesstosuccess-africa.eu/images/finalconference/eua_whitepaper_eng_web.pdf

[24]             From mid-2011 onwards, the European Commission presented its proposals for a new multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the budget cycle 2014-2020.

[25]             http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?pg=destinationEurope

[26]                    www.studyinfinland.fi; www.studyinholland.nl

[27]             E.g.ec.europa.eu/education/study-in-europe;www.study-info.eu; www.distancelearningportal.eu

[28]                    ec.europa.eu/euraxess including the EURAXESS LINKS networks set up for European and Non-European researchers in USA, China, Japan, India, ASEAN and Brazil to promote Europe as an attractive destination for researchers.

[29]             http://ec.europa.eu/immigration/

[30]             www.iie.org/en/Research-and-Publications/Publications-and-Reports/IIE-Bookstore/Joint-Degree-Survey-Report-2009

[31]             ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-programmes/doc/china/joint12_en.pdf