Superior education is concerning more than jobs

Education is reached, it must be understood solely in economic organization than good, as a tool for social development. Education markets instrumentalist approach that views education purely an economic assets and resources are set as follows prosperity.

The guidance in this educational approach, in principle, is applied to vocational training. In the 1990s, this approach to neoliberals in higher education, which was considered the only possible way to keep the prosperity of economic growth as it expands, it maintained.

Industry-oriented educational learning, teaching and assessment that takes the needs of industry, higher education is a public good and a varied set aside for the purposes of public accountability is an approach that reflects the needs of society as a whole. Standardization and harmonization of diverse education system causes.

In this context, higher education knowledge of the industry, service providers and students of institutions of higher education and human capital in the labor market is considered as a consumer. This approach reduces the numbers of people and customers.

The European Students' Union, or ESU, we think that this is a commodity and as a consumer service for students in higher education allocated to basic social values ​​and goes against the rules. They agreed that this Europeanism their communications approach also contradicts the European Higher Education Area.

European Framework and the skills, or EASQ of the European single market is one of the last step towards the completion of the project, expressed as a background document to be published for public consultation.

It is worth reminding ourselves of the single market free of trade is based on more than one national capital, labor, goods and services leads to a mutual agreement to allow free movement.

The internationalization of economic progress, leading to increased competitiveness and innovation can be seen as part of a political strategy, though, it is important to stress that internationalization is not the driver of the co modification of higher education.

Eventually, the current political discourse is a misleading concept of employability and employment, if we want to understand the crucial difference: "Employability a learning process, and the achievement of a degree to get a job is defined as possible, to make sure the concept and the concept of the environment as well as my colleagues are very interdependent "I wrote an article in the latest University World News - is not confused with the acquisition of a real job.

Position of the European Students' Union

Skills and the European Qualification Framework and the results of the public consultation to ensure the quality of learning. ESU believes that transparency is allowed prior learning and internationalization of education play a crucial role. So welcome to the further development of learning outcomes and transparency tools.

To ensure the quality of a teacher-student-centered approach, as well as a greater role in the paradigm shift from the assessment of learning outcomes should be, regardless of the mode of learning and teaching.

However, the ESU where the formal recognition of qualifications in the context of education quality assurance and accreditation in place appropriate measures cannot be concerned about the education of providers.

Union general skills and qualifications for different instruments to create a cohesive platform that is positive, however, some concern has used in the EU compared to Europe / European definition of critical discourse and asks the EU to make the distinction between the instruments and the European Higher Education Area, or affect, tools especially as they appear to be in conflict with each other.

ESU may yet strengthen cooperation between countries in the implementation of the tool so that it can improve the internationalization. Recognition of qualifications and skills and prior learning and transparency are the key to efficient and powerful tool to provide a quality assurance system consists of the EHEA.

The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education, or EQAR, and European standards and guidelines, or ESG, which are essential for this development.

Branding

Moreover, according to ESU transnational institutions of higher education would not be seeking to win a brand or arrangements, such as franchises, regardless of the frequency of the establishment of offshore campuses, twinning and education due to the increased demand for qualifications.

Instead, transnational education and the local community are assured of the quality of the learning environment for students to benefit from the opportunities for education, according to the charge.

Students of national qualifications frameworks to the implementation and further, especially in terms of expected results and reaffirmed the importance of student participation.

Vocational training should not be a 'dead end' as seen and other things, general skills, particularly among nationals should be developed. In order to be a student-centered learning, not only for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the quality of the programs, and not only in the context of the overall work-based, and not just to be school-based.

ESU believes that the support of the major stakeholders and the skills necessary for success in the European framework. It is useful to recommend the creation of parallel structures and the use of the instruments on this issue; it would be to have a clear message.

* Novena Vuksanović is a member of the executive committee of the Union of Students in Europe. ESU's position paper on this issue is available on this site.