Uniforum
15.07.2019
The crisis of academic freedom in Europe emerged as the main theme during the conference «Bologna Process beyond 2020; Fundamental Values of the EHEA» in Bologna last month.
The aim of the conference was partly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Bologna declaration and partly to feed in to the Ministerial conference «Future of the Bologna process» that takes place in Rome next year. Over 200 university rectors and 800 other stakeholders participated. Cristina Ghitulica set the tone during the opening session. It is time to change from «focus on structural changes to common fundamental values», she said.
Les merThe Bologna declaration, signed in 1999 by 29 European ministers of higher education, has had great impact on education in Europe. The declaration set in motion an unprecedented and ambitious process of pan-European integration in an area traditionally marked by diversity of national systems. The intention was to create a European Area of Higher Education by 2010, with a common degree structur