Presentation by Ria De Bleser. from Germany Presentation was held at the EMAP training seminar in Larnaca, Cyprus for future Erasmus Mundus Master Courses consortia (18-21 February 2010).

1. www.emcl-mundus.com

2. www.emcl-mundus.com
Bologna degrees

3. Double/multiple (DD) Joint (JD)

4. JDD--Prebologna context
HE in Europe fragmented:
• Degrees differed in name, requirements
– National degrees could not be compared
• Access, length of programmes, dissemination
– varied from country to country
• One-tier systems without distinction between
undergraduate and postgraduate level
– could not be compared to systems allowing students
to leave university at different levels

5. JDD-prebologna
• However, students had become mobile (cf.
Erasmus)
• Increased willingness to apply for jobs in foreign
countries of study
• Reduced employment chances due to national
degrees unknown across borders

6. First JDD:
toward integration
Goal: increase employability of internationally
mobile students
• Mutual evaluation of programmes became more
based on learning outcomes
– rather than on individual modules
• Individual modules became mutually recognized
– even though contents of individual modules not
completely identical

7. DD versus JD
• DD: emphasis on mutual recognition (usually
bilateral) of modules; two diplomas
-->student mobility
• JD: emphasis on joint construction, management,
quality assurance and teaching (usually multilateral)
of programmes; one diploma
-->student and teacher mobility
Obstacle: national legislation

8. Bologna Process
Joint Degree Programmes:
• create a Common European Educational Area
• Preferred instruments:
– joint programmes, joint quality assurance,
joint organisational structure
– joint degrees (mutual recognition of academic
degrees and qualifications, University
Seal/Signature, even though a student was
never on the spot)

9. Getting there:
• Bologna (1999) and Prague (2001)
– develop modules, courses and curricula at all levels
– with „European‟ content, orientation or organisation”.
• EUA joint Masters project (2002)
– Support of 11 “joint” Masters programmes
• Coimbra (2003)
– First distinctive definition Joint
– versus Double/Multiple degree
• Berlin Ministerial Communiqué (2003)
– develop integrated curricula
– remove national legal obstacles to joint degrees

10. Cluj 2003
EUA conference on Joint Degrees
Recommends further discussion and action in:
– amending national legislation to enable HE to
award joint degrees;
– anchoring joint programmes firmly within
institutional structures;
– developing appropriate QA and recognition
mechanisms, with ‘European label’for joint
programmes

11. ERASMUS MUNDUS I
In accordance with these recommendations:
• 2004, launching of Erasmus Mundus by EU: mobility
programme aiming to strengthen links between the
EU Member States and third countries.
• AIM: create 250 new inter-university Masters courses
and provide EU-funded scholarships for third country
nationals studying in the EU (and for EU nationals
studying in third countries).

12. EM I, 2004-2008
EM goal
• enhance attractiveness and competitiveness of
European HE
• Support Bologna drive to promote joint degrees.
• EM I became crown jewel of EU HE policy
• Extended as EM II (2009-2013) with a budget
multipled by 5 (€230 M-€950M)

13. Changes in EM II
• joint PhD-programmes
– (in addition to joint Masters programmes)
• grants for EU-students
– (as well as Non-EU-students)
• non-EU universities can be full partners
– (integration of prev. Action 3: cooperation with non-EU
universities into Action 1: prev. Action 1, 2):
• industrial partners required
– (strong emphasis on employability)
• EU-support maximum of 2 phases
– (strong emphasis on sustainability)

14. PhD in EM II
versus Marie Curie
In EM II, as in Marie Curie ITN,
• association with industry/potential employers
• professionals = employment contract
– (not students=scholarship)
BUT
• EMII is at institutional level,
• MC at research network level.
Unsolved question:
• ECTS??? (for mobility, training: YES)

15. Joint degree problem
• 2009: still not officially recognised in some
member states but ammendments to
legislation are being prepared.
• Double/multiple diplomas considered
transition state towards EU-desired joint
diplomas

16. EMCL in EMII: 2009-2013
• Changed EM system
• Changed EMCL application
– Changed partnership
– Changed programme
– Changed semester system
– Changed boards
– Improved quality assurance

17. Joint student selection

18. Explicit rating criteria
• Academic quality (60%)
• Motivation (10%)
• Recommendations (10%)
• English (10%)
• Work experience (10%)

19. Common organisation structure

20. Improved QA: Internal
1. Student feedback
– Local feedback (teacher/course evaluation) at the participating
institutions using their established systems customised for the integrated
nature of the EMCL-programme,
– Common feedback (evaluation of institutions) collected centrally by the
consortium using standardised questionnaires,
– Alumni feedback for employability evaluation and further suggestions
for the programme. This is done via the website and on the SOA-
conference.
2. Scholar feedback
– standardised catalogue of criteria. Feedback before the end of their stay.
3. Self-evaluation of participating institutions
– For the internal evaluation of teaching, learning and other programme-
related activities, procedures already in place in the institutions are
followed.

21. QA: external
(already in place)
• Systematic external quality assurance is provided
through permanent peer feedback:
– colleagues from the University of Newcastle and the
University of Oslo are always present at consortium
board meetings,
– monitoring all activities from student selection to
programme development and bringing problems to the
attention of the responsible parties.
• The programme is also the object of continuous
quality control
– according to the participating institutions' established
quality assurance policies and
– through evaluation of the national/regional bodies.

22. Other joint consortium
instruments
• Module Descriptions
• Joint Curriculum
• Joint Rules and Regulations
• Partnership Agreement
• Student Agreement
• Scholarship Agreement
• Supervision Agreement
• Associate member agreement

23. Agreement scheme

24. Mobility plan

25. Modular structure
• M1: Propaedeutics (work-up classes, intensive rehabilitation
classes)
• M2: Language and culture classes (Finnish, Dutch, German)
• M3: Methods (including statistics and experimental linguistics)
• M4: Psycho-/Neurolinguistics (including neuroimaging)
• M5: Clinical linguistics (aphasia, dyslexia, developmental
language disorders, speech disorders)
• M6: Master thesis (including scientific writing, exposé,
internship)
• M7: Research extras (colloquia, reading circles, excursions,
SOA-conference)

26. Module ECTS variable-
Mobility choice JPJ
Specialisation M3: Experimental Linguistics

27. Module 3: Description

28. Module ECTS variable
Mobility choice GPG
Specialisation M5: Clinical Linguistics

29. Module 5: Description

30. Module ECTS variable
Mobility choice JPG
Specialisation: M4: Psycho- and
Neurolinguistics

31. Module 4: Description

32. Module ECTS-Mobility choice
GPJ
Specialisation M5: Clinical Linguistics

33. Variable ECTS/Module
depending on mobility,
i.e. specialisation
• M1: 10 ECTS
• M2: 10 ECTS
• M3: 5-20 ECTS
• M4: 10-35 ECTS
• M5: 10-45 ECTS
• M6: 30 ECTS
• M7: --

34. ECTS: Transcoding System
(Problem with proportional system
in excellent cohorts)

35. ECTS-weighted module grade
and total grade
• Module grades for Module 1-6 are published in the
"Joint Grade Record".
• Total grades are given in the diploma
• MG = ECTS-weighted mean of grades in (variable
CP) module courses using the following weights:
– A: 1 x CP
– B: 1.5 x CP
– C: 2.5 x CP
– D: 3 x CP
– E: 4 x CP
• TG: similar procedure for calculation of total grades
from (variable CP) MG

36. Example calculation MG: M5
(#CP depending on mobility plan)
Student A: Student B:
M5= 24 CP M5 = 45 CP
7 CP: A; 10 CP; B; 7 CP: A 10 CP: A; 5 CP: B; 10 CP: C;
10 CP: B; 10 CP: A
7 CP x 1 = 7 10 CP x 1 = 10
10 CP x 1.5 = 15 5 CP x 1.5 = 7.5
7 CP x 1 = 7 10 CP x 2.5 = 25
10 CP x 1.5 = 15
10 CP x 1 = 10
(7 + 15 + 7) / 24 = 1.2 (10 + 7.5 + 25 + 15 + 10) /45 = 1.5
MG: A MG: B

37. Final student documents
• Joint (multiple) degree
• Joint diploma supplement
• Joint grade record

38. Thank you
for your attention

40. Joint Curriculum

41. Module 1: Description

42. Joint Curriculum: Term 1

43. Joint Curriculum Term 2

44. Joint Curriculum Term 3

45. Joint Curriculum Term 4