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European Policy Implementation and Higher Education

Analysing the Bologna Process

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Issues in Higher Education (IHIGHER)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
    Pages 1-17
  3. Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
    2. General Issues of European Policy

      • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 21-39
    3. European Higher Education Policies

      • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 41-62
    4. Bologna Process Implementation Problems

      • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 63-82
    5. Bologna Objectives and Their Fulfilment

      • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 83-99
  4. Practice: The Achievement of Bologna Objectives in Portugal

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
    2. National Legislation and Conditions for Implementation

      • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 103-128
    3. Employability

      • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 129-154
    4. Mobility

      • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 155-175
    5. Attractiveness and Internationalisation

      • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 177-195
  5. Final Analysis in a Comparative Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
    2. Bologna Implementation and Its Objectives: Final Analysis in a Comparative Perspective

      • Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 199-231
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 233-236

About this book

This book presents a critical analysis of the implementation of the Bologna Process, its achievements and consequences, as well as its failures and lack of convergence problems. Over the last decade the implementation of the Bologna Process, an ambitious reform of European higher education systems, has attracted attention from politicians, academics, students and scholars in higher education policy. Taking Portugal as a case study, the book includes an analysis of the perceptions and the practices, formed at the institutional level in respect of the key objectives laid down at the European level, namely employability, mobility and attractiveness. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • CIPES, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Cristina Sin, Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral

About the authors

Cristina Sin is a research fellow at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal. Previously, she worked at Lancaster University, UK, as a Research Associate and at the Higher Education Academy, UK with educational projects aimed at improving higher education learning and teaching.


Amélia Veiga is a researcher at the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), Portugal and at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal. 


Alberto Amaral is a professor at the University of Porto, Portugal and a researcher at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal. He is life-member of IAUP and member of the Board of IMHE/OECD. At present he is the chair of the administration council of the Portuguese Assessment and Accreditation Agency for Higher Education.


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