LE:NOTRE Spring Workshop th 21st May 2006 Vienna University of Technology LE:NOTRE Thematic Network in Landscape Architecture Project for Long-term and University-wide Sustainability LE:NOTRE + PLUS LANDSCAPE EDUCATION: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN EUROPE Project for Long-term and University-wide Sustainability Sub-Projects JOLA New peer-reviewed Journal of Landscape Architecture Complete Tuning LE:NOTRE European Urban Landscape Partnership Foundation of ECLAS as a legally established organisation Provide information on Teaching for ERASMUS Student Mobility Publish the Neighbouring Disciplines papers Integrate the ECLAS and LE:NOTRE Web sites Improve publicity and information material on the project JoLA ECLAS peer-reviewed Journal of Landscape Architecture TUNING MOTTO Tuning of educational structures and programmes on the basis of diversity and autonomy A project carried out by and for universities An open call: universities respond to the Bologna challenge EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Education and Culture Life Long Learning: Education and Training policies School Education and Higher education Brussels, 24 January 2006 (Rev) FROM BERGEN TO LONDON: The EU Contribution 1.EU policy in higher education the need for reforms The higher education policy of the European Union Commission aims at reforming higher education systems, making them more flexible, more coherent and more responsive to the needs of society. Reforms are needed in order to face the challenges of globalisation and to train and retrain the European workforce. Reforms should enable universities to play their role in the Europe of Knowledge and to make a strong contribution to the EU Lisbon Strategy. The Commission has identified three big reform areas: Curricular reform: The three cycle system, competence based learning, flexible learning paths, recognition, mobility Funding reform: Diversified university income. Tuition fees, grants and loans. EU funding Governance reform: University autonomy. Strategic partnerships. Quality assurance EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Education and Culture Life Long Learning: Education and Training policies School Education and Higher education Brussels, 24 January 2006 (Rev) FROM BERGEN TO LONDON: The EU Contribution 3.The degree system towards a European Qualifications Framework At higher education level, the preparation of sectoral EQFs has started by groups of academics working together in a Commission supported project called Tuning Educational Structures in Europe. The Tuning project develops reference points for common curricula on the basis of agreed competences and cycle level descriptors for a series of subject areas. In the present phase , it has expanded its scope from the 9 initial fields to 18 more subjects areas, totaling 27 fields of study and work. (Landscape Architecture in the form of the LE:NOTRE Project is one of these 18 new subject areas) Topics/Issues (hierarchical) Subject Area (hierarchical) Content Descriptor Main ThemeSub-themeElement Knowledge - Procedural and Substantive (What?) TIME and SPACE Skills - Procedural and Substantive (How?) TIME and SPACE Understanding - Prodecural and Substantive (Why?) TIME and SPACE A A1 A 1.1 A 1.2 A 1.3 A 1.4 A2 A 2.1 A3 B B1 B1.1 B1.2 B2 B3 C Subject Area (hierarchical) Content Descriptor Steinitz Framework (Landscape Journal: A Framework of Theory Applicable to the Education of Landscape Architects)Main ThemeSub-themeElement Knowledge - Procedural and Substantive (What?) TIME and SPACE Skills - Procedural and Substantive (How?) TIME and SPACE Understanding - Prodecural and Substantive (Why?) TIME and SPACE Representation Models Project for Long-term and University-wide Sustainability LE:NOTRE TWO and ECLAS NEW LE:NOTRE TWO Themes Tuning: from Product to Process Stakeholders into Landscape Architecture Education Teaching for Research Research into Teaching Context of Landscape Architecture Education. Broadening the basis of Landscape Architecture Education. Web 2.0