Accreditation of prior experiential learning in European Universities Erasmus Project

Project Title

Accreditation of prior experiential learning in European Universities

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Migrants’ issues; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Recognition, transparency, certification

Project Summary

The goal of this project is to improve access to Higher Education for individuals without a high school diploma. The project wants to contribute to an evidence-based approach in the identification and development of support measure for people who have non-formal or informal learning experiences to get their education recognized in order to facilitate access to Higher Education in Europe. In this target group we include individuals in the participant countries who dropped out of secondary school and migrants from other countries, who either have no high school diploma or problems getting their diploma recognized. The partnership will collaborate to develop a common European procedure acceptable for EU policies and suited to the needs of the target group.
The project deals with various aspects of social inclusion. In this spirit the project wants to present an alternative path in order to encourage the target group to make significant and outstanding contributions while joining Higher Education. Five partners from four European countries will be involved and cover Mediterranean and Nordic countries.
The overall aim of the project is to help and encourage the target group to continue their education towards university studies.
Specific objectives:
– Promote transnational access to European Universities for people without a high school diploma.
– Give universities the opportunity to reach future potential university students and identify opportunities for improvement in their campus, so that they are prepared to offer an inclusive university education under conditions of equal opportunities for all the students.
– Improve and promote the inclusion of people with fewer opportunities in the university community.
– Improve and promote the inclusion of migrants in the university community
– Promote the interconnection and networking of cross-border learning communities.
– Improve the attractiveness and accessibility of available opportunities for study in Universities in Europe.
– Foster social inclusion through entry in Universities.
– Promote intercultural competence, European integration and active European citizenship.
– Record the existing situation in each country in relation with the Bologna declaration and EQF.
– Propose a common evaluation way of accreditation of prior experiential learning.
– Enable stakeholders to identify and gain a deeper understanding of building a portfolio.
– Identify structural barriers and common weaknesses in the recognition process.
The project will achieve the above by pursuing the following specific activities:
– Report of the existing status and institutional/legal framework in each country
-Report of perceptions of academics and policy makers
– Needs analysis report
– Creation and Presentation of a portfolio
– Report on Methodology for Recognition of Prior Learning
As tangible results of the project, we expect:
– To develop a European transnational standard of measures and reasonable adjustments at the academic level for the target group.
– To present a methodology of recognition of prior learning respectful of EU policies and the Bologna Declaration for efficient transnational accreditation of experimental learning.
– To create and present a portfolio reachable to the wide users.
Expected impact to target group.
– People without high school diploma and migrants:
– to be able to develop a personal portfolio,
– to obtain self-awareness about their qualifications,
– to develop and improve their skills,
– up-skill their ability to communicate freely in the world without borders,
– to be inform about the existing status and institutional/legal framework in each country,
– to encourage them to participate in an evaluation of accreditation of their prior learning.
Academics and policy makers
– have a higher level of cultural awareness and deeper understanding of inter-cultural dialogue,
– increase their understanding and respect for people with fewer opportunities,
– adopt a European collaborative spirit,
– improve their interdisciplinary cooperation,
– upgrade their pedagogical skills by exchanging and sharing methods, good practices and ideas,
– Improve their professional expertise,
– expand their personal knowledge of different communities,
– explore different educational systems.
Relevant stakeholders
– improving of the resources to approach the condition of deep social exclusion,
– develop European identity by exchanging experiences,
– have a deeper understanding of European development policies,
– increase their motivation for join education in universities.
The proposed project is in full consistency with the policies of the European Union, (Lisbon Recognition Convention, 1997, European Higher Education Area (EHEA) 2010) to facilitate recognition and certification of skills and competences at the national level through effective quality assurance based on learning outcomes.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 254654 Eur

Project Coordinator

HASKOLINN A AKUREYRI & Country: IS

Project Partners

• PANEPISTIMIO PATRON
• Armes Progetti
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BARI ALDO MORO
• KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET