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Tertiary education
in the CR
Implementing Bologna
Fourth Cro4 Bologna Seminar
11 November 2005
Věra Šťastná
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Tertiary System in the CR
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Tertiary professional schools
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More practical orientation
Academically lower than HE („short cycle“) –
Diploma Specialist (DiS) degree
Relatively small demands concerning creative
activities – for teachers as well as students
Relatively good employability of graduates
A number of TPS realise a Bachelor's degree SP in
cooperation with a HEI
New legislation incentives for better recognition of
TPE when entering a HEI
30 thousand students – relatively stable number
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Higher education
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Bachelor's SP: 3-4 standard years/ 180-240
ECTS
Master's SP: 1- 3 standard years/ 60 -180
ECTS, on average 120 ECTS
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paralel 4-6 standard years/ 240 - 300 ECTS, on
average 300 ECTS
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Before the accreditation expires
If the nature requires so
Doctoral SP: 3 standard years
Lifelong learning courses with different certificate
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Higher education institutions –basic facts
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Institutions
HEIs of university type – Bachelor's, Master's and doctoral
SPs, R&D – 26 HEIs – more than 90% students
 HEIs of non – university type Bachelor's, Master's SPs, not
allowed to provide doctoral SPs – 41 HEIs – 7% students
 At public HEIs:
 Studies in Czech – free of charge for all
 Students are financed for the standard duration of studies +
1 year
 After this period the HEI does not receive any money
from the state
 Students are charged fees – the minimum amount is 15 –
20% of the average normative (e.g. 7 500 CZK), usually
they are charged the normative belonging to the study
programme
 The money goes into the scholarship fund
 Studies in a foreign language – fee – in the competence of a
HEI
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Bachelor's degree
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Finished HE
Diversified offer of study programmes at this
level
Sufficient qualification (at national as well as
EU level) for employment
Possibility to continue in a Master's SP
 immediately
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a certain time, after some practical experience
 Directly or after fulfilment of additional requirements
 At the same or at another HEI (in the CR, abroad)
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Numbers of students, graduets and
drop out (2004)
Fields of study
NATURAL SCIENCES
TECHNICAL SCIENCES
AGRICULTURAL, FO RESTRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
HEALTH CARE, MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
HUMANITIES AND SERVICES
EKO NO MY
LAW AND ADMINISTRATIO N
PEDAGOGY, TEACHER TRAINING AND SOCIAL CARE
PSYCHO LOGY
CULTURE AND ARTS
MILITARY
TO TAL
students
22 966
73 234
10 600
20 856
38 434
56 983
12 701
38 144
2 284
6 283
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282 485
Total
graduates drop outs
2 965
3 446
8 717
12 954
1 429
1 584
2 742
1 414
5 004
9 811
2 254
5 598
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232
39 764
4 009
5 146
762
3 344
129
377
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33 165
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Priorities at the level of the Ministry
competitiveness
 Enlargement of the study offer at the tertiary level
 Public HE without tuition fees, without social barriers
 Institutional and programme diversification
 Gradually harmonised in correspondence with
Bologna Process
 Responsive to the needs of the Czech as well as EU
labour market
 Responding to the needs, abilities and interest of
students and learners
 Public funding at the level of developed OECD
countries (% GDP)
 Effectiveness in use of public funds
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Development instruments
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International
*Bologna Process
*Lisbon Process
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National
*Policies and Strategies =>
Long Term Strategy of
the Ministry
 Updating
* Programme of
Development
 Annual Report
 Evaluation/ SWOT analysis
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 Updating – new cycles
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Reform of HEIs => Reform of
funding
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Long Term Strategy of
a HEI
Updating
* Project of Development
Annual Report
Evaluation/ SWOT
analysis
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Long term strategy 2006 – 10
Priorities
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Internationalization
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Quality an excellence of academic
activities
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Quality and culture of academic life
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Internationalisation – main objectives
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All main areas of HE - education as well as R&D
Teaching in foreign languages
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Doctoral SPs doubled - from approx. 30 % to 60 %; Master´s SPs up to
approx. 50 %
Joint degree SPs
The language competencies of all categories of academic staff be
improved so as to ensure that they are able to lecture and
communicate in at least one foreign language
Administrative and technical staff be able to provide services to
foreign students and academic staff in at least one foreign language
Participation in international programmes / educational and R&D /
The use of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) be further
enhanced– ECTS Label - 50% of public HEIs
Diploma Supplement - all HEIs (while meeting the conditions of the
Berlin Communication of September 2003) - DS Label
Mobility
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All students who will show interest and capacity will get an opportunity
to spend at least one semester at a foreign HE institution
 The proportion of foreign students in Czech HE institutions will go up to
10% of the overall number (incl. 1 semester stays)
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Quality and excellence of academic activities
– main objectives (1)
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The qualification and age structure of academic staff and
its development
Transferability of the system, enlarging access to
education, lifelong learning - national QF for the tertiary
sector, compatible with the QF for EHEA (Bergen2005)
Combined and distance learning modes, and the
introduction of learning supports (multi-media learning
aids),
Educational activities
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the design of bachelor study programmes which will be
modified to meet the diverse needs and interests
eliminating unnecessary extension of the standard length of
studies
Equal access to education and counselling – effective
provision of counselling and guidance services
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Quality and excellence of academic activities
– main objectives (2)
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The employability of graduates, co-operation between HE
institutions and regions, linking theory and practice, cooperation with clients
The development of R&D at HE institutions, reinforcing the link
between education and research
 enhancing the scope and effectiveness of doctoral study
programmes
 co-operation between HE institutions and the consumers of
R&D results
The governance and integration of HE institutions
Infrastructure of HE institutions
Research and development infrastructure at national and
international levels
Availability of information resources and the development of
information infrastructure
Quality assurance at HE institutions
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Quality and culture of academic life –
main objectives
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social aspects concerning students and staff
support of disadvantaged groups of
applicants/students at HE institutions
Support of students with exceptional talents
Partnership and cooperation: student - teacher
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Co-operation in the development and implementation of the
relevant educational path
joint building of the academic area and sharing the vision as
to the nature of the HE institution and studies
exchange of experience not only between students and
academic staff, but also between students and doctoral
students/visiting teachers/senior students
culture of educational and research processes
co-operation between HE institutions and graduates
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Funding
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The funding of higher education from public resources - by
2008 expenditure on HE totalling 1% of GDP
 support for effectiveness
 focusing on outputs + development programmes + support for
access to higher education for non-traditional social groups (cooperation with secondary schools, a scholarship fund).
The funding of higher education from private resources
 at present some 20% of overall budget of HEIs
 aim - at least maintain the existing structure - increase the level
of non-public funding at the same pace as with public funding.
No tuition fees at national level at public HEIs
 some 10% of all HE students – already pay tuition fees at some
level, which is often not negligible (private HEIs + exceeding the
standard length of studies more than 1 year)
 full use will be made of the motivation function of tuition fees
(exceeding the standard length of studies by more than 1 year)
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Funding
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Eliminating the internal debt of HE institutions.
 low standards of equipment and laboratory facilities, inappropriate
premises, disintegration occurs, etc.
 the remuneration of staff at HE institutions is insufficient (negative
effects on the staff’s age structure and, most importantly, on their
quality standards)
Research and development - main objective to ensure that R&D
foster, to a larger degree, economic growth and increase the
technological standards of the country (prosperity and competitiveness)
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focus on innovations
R&D funding from public resources up to 1% of GDP by 2010
 The same time the proportion of private funding of R&D up to 2% of GDP.
 This means that the level of public resources for R&D will have to reach 36
billion CZK in 2008, and the level of private resources will have to double.
 Change the position of HE institutions
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increasing the rate of participation of HEIs in R&D as a whole from 15%
to at least 20% (in developed countries even 30 %) - will amount to
almost 6.5 billion CZK in 2008
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increase, in a substantial manner, the level of private funding for R&D at
HE institutions (a five-fold increase compared to the current situation).
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