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1 The Bologna process in Finnish higher education Mira Huusko Putting the Baltic Sea Region on the Map Berlin, Germany

2 Finnish National Board of Education: Education System Chart

3 Finnish higher education (only public sector) 20 universities In 2005: degrees Bachelor degrees Master degrees Ph.D. 31 polytechnics In 2005: degrees (Välimaa 2001)

4 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEGREES REFORM Ministry Ministry of of Education Education Discipline-- Discipline-- based based coordination coordination groups groups Universities Universities Follow-up Follow-up & & evaluation evaluation National seminars Concluding seminar Changes in legislation 2003 Project funding for universities : W5W-project: 12 universities Coordinators: Universities of Oulu and Kuopio - sub projects: - PSP - qualifications - mentoring/tutoring - M.A. programmes - Core content analysis other teaching development projects all universities included 5 M /year Funding for national discipline-based coordination groups : Humanities Sciences Social Sciences, Social Work Business Education/Teacher training Technical Sciences Law, Psychology Curriculum development qualifications, tuning M.A. degree programmes FINHEEC: evaluation 2009 research support: - data gathering during the process data (including theses) Meetings of deans International follow-up (Bologna process, Tuning, ECTS, joint degrees)

5 Finland and the Bologna Process page 5 Finland reformed the degree structure. The new degree system (3+2+4) adopted by all Finnish universities in August Polytechnics will keep the previous system. The extent of studies required for a lower university degree (bachelor) is 180 credits and it can be completed in three years. The higher university degree (master) has a scope of 120 credits in most fields of study and can be completed in two years. Universities and polytechnics have adopted the Diploma Supplement Finnish HE institutions use the ECTS system HE system in Finland is becoming more international: more English taught teaching, more international students

6 Evaluation and Quality Assurance of Finnish Higher Education page 6 Development of evaluation practices - discipline-based evaluations at the end of the 1970s -> - starting of institutionalized evaluations the first evaluations of study programmes experimentation of total evaluations of universities (Universities of Jyväskylä and Oulu) - In 1995 the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC) was founded as a public agency - In 2004 the Ministry of Education: need for more systematic quality assessment procedures (Välimaa & Mollis 2004)

7 Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC) page 7 - Assisting institutions of higher education and the Ministry of Education in evaluation. - Conducting evaluation for the accreditation of the polytechnics. - Organising evaluations of the activities of higher education institutions and evaluations related to higher education policy. - Initiating evaluations of higher education and promote its development. - Engaging in international cooperation in evaluation. - Promoting research on evaluation of higher education, - Evaluation and recognition of professional courses offered by higher education insitutions, and keeping a registry of them. (

8 Audits of quality assurance systems of higher education institutions page 8 After consultations with the Ministry of Education and the universities and polytechnics, FINHEEC has started to audit the quality assurance systems of higher education institutions (HEIs) in HEI quality assurance systems will be evaluated from the institutional and the faculty and programme point of view. 10 audit targets the objectives, structure and documentation of the QA system, involvement of staff, students and external stakeholders, links between the QA system and HEI leadership and management and effectiveness of the QA system to produce relevant information and promote operational development and change. ( )

9 More information Kettunen, J. & Kantola, M The implementation of the Bologna Process. Tertiary Education and Management 12 (3), Treuthardt, L., Huusko, M. & Saarinen, T Management by results and higher education evaluation as fashions and success stories: the case of Finland. Higher Education in Europe 31 (2), Välimaa, J. (ed.) Finnish Higher Education in Transition - Perspectives on Massification and Globalisation. Jyväskylä: Institute for Educational Research. Välimaa, J. & Mollis, M Social Functions of Evaluation in Finnish and Argentinean Higher Education. Higher Education in Europe XXIX (1), Välimaa, J., Hoffman, D. & Huusko, M The Bologna process in Finland. Perspectives from basic units. In V. Tomusk (ed.) Creating the European Area of Higher Education. Voices from the Periphery. Higher Education Dynamics 12. Dordrecht: Springer, Finnish Education system: estelmae/liitteet/finnish_education.pdf Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council:

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