Enhancing cooperation in designing and implementing joint degree programmes a Finnish perspective

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1 Enhancing cooperation in designing and implementing joint degree programmes a Finnish perspective Johanna Niemi, Finnish National Board of Education Annika Sundbäck-Lindroos, Centre for International Mobility CIMO Erasmus Mundus Joint Workshop: Recognition of Degrees and Joint Degrees and Sustainability Working group 2: Overcoming the challenges of Erasmus Mundus Master Course 26 March 2012, Brussels

2 Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE) Central government agency for the development of education under the Ministry of Education and Culture Competent authority in the professional recognition of qualifications: decides on the eligibility that foreign qualifications give for civil service posts in Finland Coordination for information networks: Directive 2005/36/EC European and National Qualifications Framework Information Centre for Academic Recognition (ENIC- NARIC) National Europass Centre

3 Centre for International Mobility CIMO is an organisation supporting international mobility and cooperation, providing expertise and services to clients at home and abroad works within basic education, vocational and adult education, higher education, the youth and cultural field, as well as marketing and information services is an independent Agency under the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, established in 1991 promotes educational programmes funded by the EU, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Finnish Ministry of Education and Ministry for Foreign Affairs

4 Facilitating cooperation and quality in joint degree programmes Joint degree programmes form an important part of the international activities of the Finnish higher education institutions Ministry of Education and Culture issued a recommendation on development of international joint and double degrees in 2004 FNBE in co-operation with the Ministry, higher education institutions and CIMO prepared a memo on design and implementation of joint and double degrees in 2005 Preparatory work was carried out with due consideration of international reports and recommendations Higher education institutions have prepared further institutionspecific guidelines with respect to their own policies

5 National memo on design and implementation of joint/double degrees (1/3) The memo lists aspects that Finnish higher education institutions designing joint degree programmes are recommended to take into account As applicable, the instructions can be used also within the international consortium as a means for cooperation and better understanding of the national starting points Third revision of the memo available in Finnish, Swedish and English was prepared in 2011

6 National memo on design and implementation of joint/double degrees (2/3) Structure 1. Why a joint/double degree? 2. Co-operation within the consortium and an individual higher education institution 2.1 Co-operation partners and co-operation within the consortium 2.2 Co-operation within a higher education institution 3. Programme resources 4. Agreements 5. Student admissions 5.1 Admission criteria 5.2 Admission procedures 5.3 The student s status

7 National memo on design and implementation of joint/double degrees (3/3) 6. Content, structure and learning outcomes of a degree programme 7. Organising the degree programme 7.1 Questions relating to mobility 7.2 Forms and methods of teaching, student assessment 7.3 Guidance counselling 8. Degree, degree certificate and Diploma Supplement 8.1 Degree certificate 8.2 Diploma Supplement (DS) 9. Information about and marketing of the degree programme: prospectus, website 10. Quality assurance, programme monitoring and evaluation

8 Thank you for your interest! More information: Finnish National Board of Education (-> International co-operation on recognition of qualifications) Centre for International Mobility CIMO National memo on design and implementation of joint/double degrees s_november2011.pdf