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Maria Kristin Gylfadottir, Policy Officer
European Commission, DG EAC
Modernisation of Higher Education – the CommissionPerspective
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Overview
1. The Challenge: a Europe with increasing (and unmet) skills needs
2. A European Response: Europe 2020
3. An EU Reform Agenda for the Modernisation of Higher Education
4. How can Higher Education systems respond?
The EU labour market 10 years from now?
� Employment in 2020: 235 million (~ pre-crisis peak)
� Jobs becoming more knowledge- and skills-intensive
� Globalisation and technological advances =>changes in sectoral structure and demand for new types of skills
� By 2020 35% of all jobs will require high-level qualifications
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More jobs for the better qualified
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2012
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2015
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2018
2019
2020
Millio
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Low qualifications Medium qualifications High qualifications
Forecast
+ 15,6 million jobs
+ 3,7 million jobs
- 12 million jobs
Source: Cedefop, 2010
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Europe 2020: 3 interlinked priorities
1. Smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation
2. Sustainable growth: promoting a more efficient, greener and more competitive economy
3. Inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion
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7 flagship initiatives
Smart GrowthSmart Growth Sustainable Sustainable
GrowthGrowthInclusive GrowthInclusive Growth
Innovation
« Innovation Union »
Climate, energy
and mobility
« Resource efficient Europe »
Employment and
skills
« Agenda for new skills and jobs”
Education and
employment
« Youth on the move »
Competitiveness
« An industrial policy for the globalisation
era »
Fighting poverty
« European platform against
poverty »Digital society
« A digital agenda for Europe »
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What can the European Commission do?
�Education Policy = national competence
�Open Method of Coordination with Member States
� Strategic reflection and policy shaping
� Specific initiatives and instruments
� � the share of early school leavers to 10%(currently 14.4%)
�� increase the share of the population aged 30–34 having completed tertiary education to at least 40% (currently 33.6%)
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Europe 2020 Targets for Education
The same as last...but a table
47,3
40,9
22,6
18,1
18,6
19,8
22,1
23,5
23,5
25,7
27,7
28,4
29,8
32,3
33,6
34,8
35,3
40,0
40,6
41,4
43,0
43,5
43,8
44,4
45,1
45,7
45,8
46,1
47,0
49,9
37,3
32,6
8,9
7,4
11,6
13,7
10,6
11,3
15,9
14,8
19,5
25,4
25,7
18,6
22,4
18,5
12,5
30,8
29,2
26,5
29,0
27,4
42,6
35,2
31,1
40,3
31,8
21,2
32,1
27,5
15.5
20,4
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16.2
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Norway
Turkey
Iceland
Croat ia
Romania
M alta
Italy
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Portugal
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Greece
Germany
Latvia
EU 27
Slovenia
Poland
Estonia
Spain
Netherlands
United Kingdom
France
Lithuania
Belgium
Cyprus
Finland
Sweden
Luxembourg
Denmark
Ireland
(%)
2000
2010
Benchm
ark
2020
More people should reap the benefits of a university education
�How will Europe reach the 40% benchmark?
�Make Higher Education attractive and widen participation
�Reduce drop-out rates
�More flexible pathways and attendance modes
�National targets appropriate for own circumstances
�University is not for everyone - Vocational education and training should be a valuable alternative
. . . But can our Higher Education systems cope?
� Is there a trade off between quality and quantity?
� Diminishing exceptionality?
� Competition for students
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A New Communication
� A Policy document
� sets out key challenges, opportunities and recommending actions at EU and Member State level
� guides EU spending priorities for Higher Education
� Key Theme
�How to raise the numbers whilst maintaining high quality provision?
European Higher Education systems in 10 years or so?
What do countries and regions need?
What do students want?
What do employers want?
By...
� Promoting excellence in teaching and human capital development
� Ensuring excellence in research and maximising innovation potential
� Strengthening equity and equal opportunities and promoting regional development
4 - HOW can Higher Education be responsive
...to the needs of society and the labour market but also shape the future?
What next?
� Higher Education has never been higher on the EU Agenda
� Reforms are needed to allow universities to play their
full part in driving smart, sustainable growth
� Graduate employability: an increasingly important
theme at various levels
� Learning from each other: advances modernisation
� EU programmes and policy debate: support and
impetus
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Contact the Commission:http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-
programme/doc80_en.htm
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