Perspectives from Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany will be included and the topic of recognition will be discussed transnationally. The Bologna Day 2025, with the topic of ‘The essential difference: promoting internationalisation and permeability through recognition’, is thus aimed at an international audience from German-speaking countries for the first time.
The recognition of skills acquired at other educational institutions in one’s own country and abroad increases national and international mobility and makes flexible learning possible. The Lisbon Recognition Convention specifies how this should be implemented: higher education institutions will not check equivalence but only whether or not there are significant differences. In Austria the burden of proof also lies with the higher education institution, which must argue why there is a significant difference. This is intended to promote a positive attitude towards student mobility and recognition applications. In practice, however, there are obstacles to the implementation.
The challenges and possible responses will be explored through thematic inputs, panel discussions and forums.
The Bologna Day 2025 is aimed at university staff in central legal services and teaching support units, curriculum managers, programme directors, lecturers and students as well as representatives of international offices and people in management positions who deal with issues relating to studies and teaching or their internationalisation.
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