The Engineering Council UK (ECUK) is pressing for greater Government action to protect the status of UK integrated Master’s Degrees from threats posed by the “Bologna process” under which 45 European countries have agreed to align their higher education systems.
Launched in 1999, the “Bologna process” aims to create a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) with a common structure for HE systems. This is scheduled to happen by 2010. The intended results are that obstacles to student mobility across Europe will be removed and the worldwide appeal of European higher education will be enhanced.
