COUNCIL OF EUROPE

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE Directorate of School,
Out-Of-School And Higher Education, Higher
Education and Research Division and PEOPLES
FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
MAKING THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA A
REALITY THE ROLE OF STUDENTS
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• Victor Chistokhvalov
• Centre for Comparative and International Education

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Bologna Declaration, June 1999

• Prague Communique, 19-21 May 2001
• students are full members of the higher
  education community
• as competent, active and constructive partners
  in the establishment of a European Higher
  Education Area
• Berlin Communique, 19-20 September 2003
• students are full partners in HE governance

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Bologna Declaration, June 1999

• Bergen, Norway, 19-20 May 2005
• students should have appropriate studying and
  living conditionslt so that they can complete
  their studies within an appropriate period of
  time without of obstacles related to their social
  and economic background
• London Communique, May 2007
• ???

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2003 Public Expenditure on Education in Russia,
OECD-countries ( to GNP)
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Number of HE Institutions
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Number of Students in HEIs, including on
budgetary bases
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Number of Contract Students in Public and
Private HEIs
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(I) Structure of Students in HEI 1996
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(II) Struture of Students in HEI 2004
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Distribution of Students' number, 1999 -
inside 2004 - outside
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Students Enrolment 1999 - inside 2004 - outside
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Graduates 1999 - inside 2004 - outside
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LAGISLATION at the national level

• Constitution of the RF
• Low On Education
• Low On Higher and Post-graduate Vocational
  Education (article 16)
• Students have right to take part in
  discussions and solution of the most important
  items of the HEIs, including through public
  organizations and HEI governmental bodies

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LAGAL MECHANISMS at a HEI level

• 3 levels
• Institutional
• Faculty
• Department
• The Statute fixes the student participation in
  educational process.
• Creation and functioning of political student
  organization in the Russian HEIs is banned.

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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

• Student self-management in HEIs
• Draft of the Low On the development of student
  self-management in the RF is prepared

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(I) PRACTICE of STUDENTS PARTICIPATION in HE
MENAGEMENT

• Federal Law On Public Association
• - students councils of higher schools and
  faculties
• - native associations and unions for foreign
  students
• - student centers and clubs by interest
• - associations of foreign students by the
  regional principle (students from Africa, Asia,
  Latin America, Southeast Asia, Middle East etc.)
• -

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International trends surrounding Bologna

• Internationalisation of HEIs
• Privatisation of the HE system
• HEIs commercial activities
• Selling research
• Introduction of various fees for students

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Number of foreign students in some countries, (in
thousands)
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Students positions towards the Bologna process
objectives (I)

• Quality Assurance
• the lack of common definition of accreditation,
  its aims
• European Register of QA agencies (E4,
  public-private)

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QUALITY ASSURANCE Rus Ger Fr
Stage of development
Key elements
Participation of students
International co-operation
Total
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Students positions towards the Bologna process
objectives (II)

• Degree Structure Adoption of a system of two
  main cycles
• Employability of the graduates (1-st cycle
  degree)
• 10 students of the RF study on 2 -levels system

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TWO CYCLE DEGREE SYSTEM Rus Ger
Fr
Stage of development
Student enrollment
Access from 1st cycle to 2nd
Total
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Students positions towards the Bologna process
objectives (III)

• Promotion of Mobility
• - For students, academic staff, administrative
  personal, researcher)
• Obstacles administrative, financial, linguistic,
  cultural
• Visa regimes
• Implementation of recognition procedures
• Social dimensions for mobile students, etc.

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Students positions towards the Bologna process
objectives (IV)

• Establishment of a system of credits
• Whats the system (ECTS, CATS, USA)?
• Workload (25-30-36-40 hours per a credit)?
• Accumulation, Transferable ???

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Students positions towards the Bologna process
objectives (V)

• Recognition of Degrees adoption of a system of
  easily comparable degrees
• Diploma Supplement (automatically, free of
  charge)
• Lisbon Recognition Convention (ratification)

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RECOGNITION OF DEGREES AND PERIODS OF STUDY
Rus Ger Fr
Stage of development Diploma Suppl.
Ratification of Lisbon Conv.
Stage of implementation of ECTS
Total
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Key indicators basic for stocktaking

• Application process, admission rules (fair,
  open, transparent, clear communicated)
• Tution fees, grants, loans
• Special arrangements for specific groups
• (disabled students, students with children)
• Social services (health care, access to library
  facilities and ICT, subsides housing, study and
  living conditions)

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Thanks for attention! Victor Chistokhvalov,
7(495) 4343244 chvn_at_pfu.edu.ru