MPs issue Euro university warning

The Education Select Committee in the UK House of Commons has urged the UK government to safeguard the interests of UK universities. The cross-party committee is reporting on the ongoing process for making qualifications more comparable across the European Union.

The Bologna Process is an intergovernmental initiative which aims to create a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) by 2010 and to promote the European system of higher education worldwide. It now has 45 signatory countries and it is conducted outside the formal decision-making framework of the European Union. Decision-making within the Process rests on the consent of all the participating countries.

• Primary Source

Universities UK: Europe Unit: Bologna Process http://www.europeunit.ac.uk/bologna_process/index.cfm

European Commission: DG Education and Culture: Education: Policies: Bologna Process http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/educ/bologna/bologna_en.html

UK HE Europe Unit: Guide to the Bologna Process, 2nd ed, 2007 http://www.europeunit.ac.uk/resources/Guide%20to%20the%20Bologna%20Process%20-%20Edition%202.pdf

United Kingdom: House of Commons: Education and Skills Select Committee: 4th Report (2006-07) HC205: The Bologna Process http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmeduski/205/205.pdf

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