By the government bill on academy
profession and professional bachelor
education programmes, a new framework
is established for a strengthened
internationalisation of the academy
profession and professional bachelor
education programmes:
- The institutions are charged with
arranging the study programmes so
that the students may have the
opportunity to complete parts of the
education abroad within the
standard duration of the education.
- The institutions are given the option
to organize the studies as parallel
programmes so that parts of the
Danish courses may also be
completed at foreign institutions.
- The institutions are given the option
to organize the studies as joint
degree programmes so that parts of
an education programme may be
completed at one or more foreign
institutions only.
The new internationalisation opportunities
constitute an element of the
implementation of the Bologna
Process. Moreover, the initiatives take
as their starting point the Government’s
2004 report to the Danish
Parliament, Folketinget, about
strengthened internationalisation of
the education programmes and the
Government’s globalisation strategy.
Traditionally, the internationalisation
of vocational education programmes
has been promoted by ‘fiery souls’, and
therefore the degree of internationalisation
varies depending on academic
field and institution. If the new opportunities
for internationalisation are to
have the effect intended, there is a
need to ensure a strong implementation
of the new opportunities for internationalisation
across the professionoriented
education sector.
A stronger internationalisation of the
academy profession and professional
bachelor programmes shall strengthen
the quality and attraction of the
programmes so that more young
people take a higher education. Maintaining
a strong Danish competitiveness
is contingent upon the students’
acquiring the necessary competences,
through their education, to do well
internationally.
On this background, an internal work
group is set up with the assignment to
analyse opportunities and obstacles to
a strong, high quality internationalisation
and on this basis to develop a
strategy for internationalisation of the
academy profession and professional
bachelor education programmes.
The focus of the work group is the
implementation of the new opportunities
for internationalisation of the
academy profession and professional
bachelor education programmes, i.e.
focus on the outbound mobility of the
education programmes and on the
establishment of parallel study programmes
and joint study programmes.
The work group is anchored in the
Division for higher education and is
made up of representatives from the
relevant educational, financial, and
institutional offices.
To the extent necessary, the work
group may seek external support,
including support from the relevant
institutional unions.