... of key official communications. The findings demonstrate that German Bologna stakeholders view Germany's EHEA membership largely as a tool for generating and maintaining political stability in the European region, and Germany takes an active leading role in this process. Germany Bologna Process...

... to the previous chapter, empirical research here is informed by neo-institutionalism and is based on in-depth interviews with key French stakeholders in the Bologna Process and their key official communications on the topic. The findings demonstrate that France appears to support Germany's leading position...

... ( Aittola et al., 2009 ; Ballarino & Perotti, 2012 ; Cammelli et al., 2011 ; Chies et al., 2019 ; Di Pietro, 2012 ; Guccio et al., 2016 ; Jakobi & Rusconi, 2009 ; Moscati, 2009 ; Ursin et al., 2008 ). The Bologna Process in Italy Apart from the issues discussed above, Italy has also been...

...) summarises England's response to Bologna as ‘academic disconnection and missing leadership’ and Sin and Saunders (2014 , pp. 531–532) nominate England's approach to Bologna as ‘selective acquiescence’, pointing at ‘concerns raised in political circles that perceived and pictured the Bologna Process more...

... the discrepancies might be related to different quality of degrees and regardless of this, may create barriers to student mobility. This has demonstrated the need for harmonization among the programs. Curriculum Studies in the Context of the Bologna Process Assuming that a just and equitable policy statement...

...Abstract This opening chapter introduces the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and the project for its development – the Bologna Process, and it explains the growth and current structure of the EHEA and the governance of the Bologna Process. It also explains the interest in Bologna beyond...

... article ( Kushnir, 2019 ), extending the scope of its methodological approach and adding new and important findings. This chapter explores the evolution of the meaning of inclusion in the neoliberal context of the Bologna Process (BP), or in other words, Bologna. While supporting marginalised groups...

...Abstract The Bologna Process (BP) seeks to harmonise higher education (HE) across the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The social dimension of the BP was adopted to encourage member states to develop widening access measures. Countries were free to interpret guidance as they saw fit...

... from the Scottish Executive, it was reported that UK universities generally saw the action points of the BP positively and appreciated the inclusion and greater emphasis of LLL ( Universities UK/Europe Unit, 2005 ). Lifelong Learning in the Bologna Process It is evident to see why...

...Abstract Different higher education initiatives derived from the Bologna Process (BP) agenda have been recontextualised in each country depending on their starting points, their needs, their governments' political orientation and different institutions currently in power. This has led...

...Abstract This book has brought together contributions which highlight two very important themes in higher education (HE) – neoliberalism and inclusion. These themes have been examined specifically within the context of the Bologna Process (BP), although the issues raised also speak to other...

... at the impact of the program, and outcomes analysis based on a larger sample remains to be done. International master of library science project European Union Middle Eastern higher education Bologna Process NMPLIS TEMPUS Joint European Project I Introduction This chapter aims to illustrate the development...

...Purpose – This chapter describes the Bologna process in teacher education in France. Since the beginning of the reform in 2005, university teacher training institutes (IUFMs) were integrated in the universities, and the possession of a master's degree became a requirement to teach in France...

... Declaration, 1999 ), the growing interest in the internationalisation of higher education in Europe is mainly due to the Bologna Process (BP) which aims to create an integrated European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Besides the general value of a European dimension of higher education for promoting...