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Bologna Experts 2008-2009

The Bologna Process is an intergovernmental initiative which aims to create by 2010 a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) based on three cycles: Degree/Bachelor - Master – Doctorate. It is based on cooperation between ministries, higher education institutions, students and staff from 46 countries, with the participation of international organisations.

Bologna Experts are funded by the European Commission and are appointed by the National Authorities of the country concerned. A national team of 9 Maltese Bologna Experts have been nominated for Malta.

The role of Bologna Experts within the Bologna Process is to assist Maltese Higher Education Institutions in three main areas, that is, Quality Assurance, Three Cycle System and Recognition and other aspects such as the ECTS/DS (introduction and labels), promotion of mobility (through the Erasmus Programme), employability, social dimension, qualifications framework, lifelong learning, the promotion of the European dimension in Higher Education, recognition of prior learning, student-centred outcome-based learning, promoting the European Higher Education Area in a global setting and European Higher Education Area and European Research area.

How can you contact a Bologna Expert

If you or your institution wishes to contact a Bologna Expert to get to know more about the Bologna Process kindly contact the Erasmus and Bologna Process Programme Officer within the National Agency.

What is the ECTS?

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objected of a programme, objectives preferably specified in terms of the learning outcomes and competencies to be acquired. ECTS makes study programmes easy to read and compare for all students, local and foreign. It facilitates mobility and academic recognition and helps universities to organise and revise their study programmes. ECTS can be used across a variety of programmes and modes of delivery and make European higher education more attractive for students from abroad.