ET 2020 Higher Education

Working Group on Higher Education

ET 2020 working group

This working group supported Member States' and other participating countries’ reforms to maximise the potential of higher education systems to provide high-quality higher education, preparing graduates for changing labour markets and changing societies, increasing Europe's innovation capacity and contributing to growth and jobs.

Scope: to follow up on and review the priorities identified in the 2011 Communication Supporting growth and jobs – an agenda for the modernisation of Europe's higher education systems – the 'Modernisation Agenda'. The working group focused in particular on a number of priority areas. These are in line with the priority areas defined by the Strategic Framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020), updated in 2015, and the Bologna process.

Deliverables:

• The STEAM approach to STEM higher education_PLA policy conclusions (March 2020)
• Academic integrity - fighting plagiarism, academic misconduct and fraud_PLA policy conclusions (October 2019)
• Inclusion in HE - life changing opportunities for under-represented groups_PLA policy conclusions (April 2019)
• The power of funding in steering performance of HE institutions_PLA policy conclusions (November 2018)
• Promoting recognition and access to higher education_PLA policy conclusions (June 2018)