Aquaculture, Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Thematic Network in Education & Training

WP3: Transparency in Teaching and Education - TUNING approach

Coordinator: Gavin Burnell  – University College Cork, Ireland

 
CLICK HERE for WP3 member section 

Expected outputs:

-    Production of digest of TUNING projects and methodology in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Marine Sciences in Europe

-    Resume of Review of WAVE Master competencies List, dissemination of examples of generic and subject-related competences in aquaculture-related courses

-     Draft database of Academic Learning Outcomes for undergraduate aquaculture-related courses

-    Database of accreditation procedures, particularly ECTS credits, from each partner university

-    Report on impact of current EC reforms (Bologna process and TUNING) at grass roots level

-    Report on courses with TUNING approach

-    Development of a HELP package for network partners unfamiliar with the Learning Outcome approach

-    Application of TUNING methodology, on basis of survey results, to one Degree course

-    Draft European Common Reference Points, that are crucial subject-based competences

-    Development of a HELP package on National Qualifications Framework Assessment of quality procedures and assessment methods in place across Europe

-    Draft European Qualifications Framework in which ECTS, ECVET and National Qualifications Frameworks are structured 

 

Detailed workplan WP3 (with outputs, activities, timeline and persons involved, per stage in life of project)

 

Tuning Educational structures in Europe

AQUA-TNET is involved in the TUNING project 

The name Tuning was chosen for the project to reflect the idea that universities do not look for uniformity in their degree programmes or any sort of unified, prescriptive or definitive European curricula but simply for points of reference, convergence and common understanding. The protection of the rich diversity of European education has been paramount in the Tuning Project from the very start and the project in no way seeks to restrict the independece of academic and subject specialists, or undermine local and national academic authority

  
General brochure: http://tuning.unideusto.org/tuningeu/images/stories/template/General_Brochure_final_version.pdf