Professional Documents
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19 March 2014
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Richard Baker
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Richard Baker
2 Contents:
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Contents: .............................................................................................................................. 1
Background ........................................................................................................................... 3
4.1
4.2
Europass ........................................................................................................................ 3
4.3
Deliverables ................................................................................................................... 3
Overview ........................................................................................................................ 4
5.2
5.3
5.4
Overview ........................................................................................................................ 5
6.2
Current status of Europass Mobility Records within the partner universities ........................ 5
6.3
Appendix 1:
Appendix 2:
Appendix 3:
Appendix 4:
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responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
4 Background
4.1 Bologna Process
The Bologna Process is a collective effort of public authorities, universities, teachers, and students,
together with stakeholder associations, employers, quality assurance agencies, international
organisations, and institutions, including the European Commission.
The main foci are:
4.2 Europass
Europass is the initiative seeking to address the third of the Bologna Process foci. It has the specific
objectives:
to help citizens communicate their skills and qualifications effectively when looking for a job or
training;
to help employers understand the skills and qualifications of the workforce;
to help education and training authorities define and communicate the content of curricula.
It is essentially a formalised web-based process for documenting education, skills and training and has
five components. The first two are completed by the citizen:
the Curriculum Vitae helps skills and qualifications effectively and to be presented clearly. It
can be created on-line using tutorials or a template and instructions can be downloaded in a
variety of languages.
the Language Passport is a self-assessment tool for language skills and qualifications which
can be created using similar tools.
The other three documents are issued by education and training authorities:
the Europass Mobility records the knowledge and skills acquired in another European
country (Appendix 1 is the example that can be downloaded from the Europass web-site);
the Certificate Supplement describes the knowledge and skills acquired by holders of
vocational education and training certificates;
the Diploma Supplement describes the knowledge and skills acquired by holders of
higher education degrees (Appendix 2 is the example that can be downloaded from the
Europass web-site).
4.3 Deliverables
Deliverables 6.3a is the Diploma Supplement Table (the template for the Diploma Supplement) and is
described below in Section 5. Deliverable 6.3b is the Guidelines for the Europass Mobility Record and
will be described in Section 6. As with other deliverables, this document will describe current provision
at each of the partner universities and conclude with an outline of any developments that are required
specifically for the CMAster project.
5 Diploma Supplement
5.1 Overview
The Diploma Supplement is a document accompanying a higher education diploma, providing a
standardised description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies completed by
its holder. It is produced by the higher education institutions according to standards agreed by the
European Commission, the Council of Europe and UNESCO.
The supplement is designed as an aid to help (but not guarantee) recognition it is not a CV or a
substitute for the original qualification.
It has the following eight sections of information:
Graduates in all the countries taking part in the Bologna Process have the right to receive the Diploma
Supplement automatically, free and in a major European language.
Overview
The Europass Mobility Record is a document that records knowledge and skills acquired in another
European country.
Examples:
It is designed for any person moving to a European country to learn or acquire a work experience,
whatever their age or level of education. It is completed by the two partner organisations involved in
the mobility project, the first in the country of origin and the second in the host country.
The partners may be universities, schools, training centres, companies, NGOs, etc.
Appendix 1:
Appendix 2:
Appendix 3:
Appendix 4: