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Student participation in Higher Education Governance 8 9 December 2011, Aghveran, Armenia Bologna seminar Co-organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia, the European Students Union and the Council of Europe


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Student participation in Higher Education Governance

8 – 9 December 2011, Aghveran, Armenia

Bologna seminar

  • Co-organized by the Ministry of Education and

Science of Armenia, the European Students’ Union and the Council of Europe

  • Approximately 75 participants from Armenia

and 24 international participants

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Development of student participation – setting the scene

  • Prague communiqué 2001 “students are full

members of the academic community”

  • Bologna seminar in Oslo 2003
  • Overview of the development through policy

frameworks of the Bologna Process, the Council of Europe and the European Students’ Union – the Background Document

  • Continuous process – there is no option “task

done” for student participation

Development of student participation – setting the scene

  • “Defined as students’ formal and actual ability

to influence decisions made in the context of a higher education institution or public authority.” by Manja Klemencic

  • Fundamental elements: degrees of intensity;

domains; multilevel nature

  • Formal participation versus genuine

participation

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Students as learners

  • Student participation in quality assurance of

higher education – internal, external, QA agencies, accreditation councils – profession/field accreditation

  • Student centered learning, a more rewarding

process for all – paradigm shift: student participation starts in the classroom

Students as members of the academic community

  • National policies on student participation in

institutional governance

  • Legislative frameworks and their

implementation – guarantee of participation

  • The dangers of the perception of students as

consumers

  • Agenda setting, voting and implementation of

all issues concerning academic community

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Students as citizens

  • Student participation enhances active

citizenship

  • Student participation is an indicator of

democracy and the culture of dialogue

  • Students can act as agents of development,

solidarity and cooperation

  • Critical thinking and promotion of diversity –

time, place and need to think

What can students do?

  • Student rights charter 2008
  • ESU Budapest declaration: access to

information, consultation, dialogue and decision making

  • QUEST project – training and expertise
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What can students do?

  • Representativeness and continuity of student

representatives

  • Informing students about participation, its

models and values

  • Encourage diversity within organizations and

dialogue among their members

What can other stakeholders do?

  • Formal involvement does not guarantee

actual participation

  • Long term institutional support and resources

(providing means) – the encouraging environment

  • Political will – follow the changes in

institutional governance

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What can other stakeholders do?

  • Transparent governance (and) procedures
  • Encourage common ownership and shared

responsibilities towards a real partnership culture

  • Make visible the results of student

participation and assure the freedom of expression

THANK YOU!