The process of shaping the European Higher Education Area is generating considerable controversy

The process of shaping the European Higher Education Area is generating considerable controversy, controversy that reaches the level of opposition, with some nuances or, in certain sectors, especially the students. Many universities have attended day strike, sit-ins and demonstrations whose motivation was precisely the opposition to what is known as the Bologna process. Degreetab

French university strikes have government recalling 1968

French students and university lecturers continued to strike around France this week, and government ministers have said they fear that the ongoing demonstrations could turn violent and trigger a wider anti-government movement akin to that of May 1968, when students rioted on Paris’s Left Bank. Tertiary Education Union

Sector stops to reflect as Bologna milestone nears

A decade after the Bologna Process was created with the aim of establishing a "European Higher Education Area" by 2010, it is time for those involved to take stock.

This week, the European Universities Association (EUA) is holding its biannual convention in Prague, where key figures in European higher education will discuss what progress has been made towards Bologna's objectives, and where it goes from here. Times Higher Education

Processus de Bologne : les universités françaises en colère

Fin 2008, les universités italiennes, espagnoles et grecques ont manifesté leur mécontentement. En 2009, c’est au tour de la France de dénoncer les conséquences du processus de Bologne qui recommande une « gouvernance » plus hiérarchique des universités. Une professeur explique les raisons de la mobilisation.

EUROPE: Student declaration on Bologna

A meeting of more than 100 representatives from 49 student unions across Europe was held in Prague last month to draw up a declaration leading to a Ministerial Conference of the Bologna Process in April. The declaration provides an analysis of the progress made on Bologna over the last 10 years and calls for changes over the next decade to 2020. The key element of the declaration says that the vision of a European Higher Education Area that the Bologna process was intended to create is still a long way from being delivered.

"Words have failed to be met by actions and there is an 'à la carte' approach to the implementation of the reforms in many countries which means that certain action lines, specifically those relating to the social dimension and mobility, are being neglected," the European Students Union said in a statement following the meeting.

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GERMANY: Bologna process gets nod of approval

A senior Education Ministry official has taken a positive view of the impact the Bologna process has had on Germany's higher education system. Speaking at a symposium in Berlin in the run-up to the Bologna Conference of Ministers next April, Parliamentary State Secretary Andreas Storm told government, higher education officials and students that Bologna had contributed to what he referred to as a successful modernisation of German higher education. University World News