Irish Presidency Conference
8 March 2004 - Conference Centre, Dublin Castle
Common themes and approaches in European policy developments across higher education and vocational education and training
Mr Noel Dempsey, T.D, Minister for Education and Science, opened an historic EU Presidency Conference in Dublin Castle entitled Towards 2010 - Common Themes and Approaches in higher education and vocational education and training in Europe. The conference has been organised by the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland with the assistance of the Further and Higher Education and Training Awards Councils on behalf of the Departments of Education and Science and Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Please click on the links below to view the report on the conference and research reports.
Report on the Conference
Report on
the Conference 
(373
KB)
Video link to the Conference Proceedings
Parallel Sessions
Background materials for the parallel session on 'New and emerging models in higher education and in vocational education and training'
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- Irish
Presidency Conference Parallel Session 1
(76
KB) - Irish
Presidency Conference Parallel Session 2 (45
KB)
Papers and Presentations
Papers and presentations from the proceedings of the Presidency Conference
- Opening speech by the
Minister for Education and Science, Noel Dempsey T.D. (31
KB)
- Keynote address
by Nikolaus van der Pas (153
KB)
Director General, DG
Education and Culture, European Commission, 'Education and Training
2010 and the Lisbon goals'
- Cynthia Deane, Options
Consulting and Elizabeth Watters
European Research for Intercultural Understanding
Working Group 1: 'Enhancing quality - Building trust, developing approaches to quality in vocational education and training and in higher education'
- Speaker: Juergen Horschinegg, Austria, Federal Ministry for Education,
Science and Culture
- Speaker: Christian Thune, European Network of Quality Assurance
Agencies
- Rapporteur: Madlen Serban, Romania, Ministry of Education and
Research
Working Group 2: 'Building credit systems and improving transparency - Meeting learner mobility and employment needs within and between countries, supporting flexible delivery and recognising all learning'
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- Speaker: Isabelle Le Mouillour, Germany,University of Kassel.
Power point presentation
- Speaker: Isabelle Le Mouillour, Germany,University of Kassel.
Research paper in word format
- Rapporteur: Caroline Egerton, Northern Ireland, Council for Curriculum,
Examinations and Assessment.
Working Group 3: 'New and emerging models in vocational education and training and higher education - Presenting developments within states which address skills needs and challenge traditional approaches to teaching, learning and assessment'
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- Speaker: Robert Wagenaar, Netherlands, Joint Coordinator of the
Tuning Project, University of Groningen
- Speaker: Jens Bjornavold, European Commission
- Rapporteur: Aviana
Bulgarelli, Italy, Ministry of Labour and Social Policies
Working Group 4: 'Improving comparability - frameworks of qualifications - What role do they have or might they play at national and European level?'
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- Speaker: Stephen Adam, United Kingdom, University of Westminster
- Rapporteur: Mike Coles, United Kingdom, Qualifications and Curriculum
Authority
- Concluding remarks,
Nikolaus van der Pas, European Commission (31
KB)
A number of other papers which were distributed at the conference are available here:
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- Joint Interim
report of the Council and the Commission on Education and Training
2010 (1316
KB)
- ECTS key features (46
KB)
- From
Berlin to Bergen (96
KB)
