The implementation of Bachelor and Master programmes in seven European countries (2004)

Type of project/ activity:
Comparative research project undertaken by country experts

Objectives:
The objective of this six-month project is to provide information for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) on the state of implementation of the new Bachelor and Master programmes in view of the Bologna Stock-Taking Conference in Bergen (Norway) in 2005. Three issues are covered in each of the participating countries:

1. the basic features of the emerging structure of the two-tiered system of study programmes and degrees;
2. the implications for the national higher education system, for the students and graduates;
3. the acceptance of the new degrees by future employers and their value in the labour market.

Partners:
The EIESP has been commissioned to carry out the French national report for this research project which is coordinated by Barbara Kehm, Centre for Research on Higher Education and Work (University of Kassel). The other experts are from Austria, Hungary, Norway, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Main activities:
The experts have been asked to write national reports based on the analysis of existing documents (previous reports, comments, statements, policy papers, statistical data). These reports will be used as a starting point for follow-up interviews, in each country, with key actors in the implementation process. The project will finish by the end of 2004.

Name of programme, funder or client:
The study has been commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Expected outcomes, reports/documents:

The French national report as one of seven national reports.

A comparative synthesis of the findings from the seven participating countries will be undertaken by the University of Kassel.

For further information, please contact: Jake Murdoch jake.murdoch@dauphine.fr