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• Education ABC

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

Education ABC

The Education ABC is a glossary of frequently used terms in this project and the education area in general, that might need some explanation. If you think there is any term missing, please contact us!

The WAVE (Working in Aquaculture Validation of Experience) project compiled a glossary of the most common terms, using as far as possible official documents as sources of the definitions. The WAVE glossary can be accessed in 10 different languages from this webpage: http://www.waveproject.com/glossary/

 

 

Bologna Process:  The purpose of the Bologna process (or Bologna accords) is to create the European higher education area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe.

Diploma Supplement:  A document attached to a higher education diploma providing a standardised description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies that were successfully completed by the graduate. The Diploma Supplement provides transparency and facilitates academic and professional recognition of qualifications (diplomas, degrees, certificates).

For more information on the DS please see the following web-site:  http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/rec_qual/recognition/diploma_en.html

ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System):  The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme, objectives preferably specified in terms of the learning outcomes and competences to be acquired. 

EHEA:  European Higher Education Area, all countries that have signed the Bologna declaration: Current signatories and thus members of the "European higher education area" are: Albania - Andorra - Armenia -Austria - Azerbaijan - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Holy See - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Montenegro - Moldova - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Macedonia - Romania - Russia - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - UK.

Learning Outcomes: the statements of what a learner knows, understands and is able to do on completion of a learning process.

TUNING: The term "tuning" emphasizes the notion that universities are not looking to unify or harmonize their degree programs into a prescribed set of European curricula, but rather are looking for points of convergence and common understanding based on diversity and autonomy.