02 - Portugal - Ongoing debates and future developments
After Law No. 49/05, 30th of August, was approved by parliament and after subsequent legislative
developments, the following issues are worth highlighting:
1. Implementation of the Bologna Process;
2. The alteration to the access system for higher education;
3. The strengthening of the principle of equality among the various sub-systems of higher
education in accordance with the value of educational, scientific and cultural projects;
4. Growth of quality in education, research and experimentation;
5. Reformulation of the School Social support policy in higher education.
6. The following structural questions regarding higher education are also being debated:
7. Administration and legal status of higher education institutions (autonomy, management and
regulation)
8. Revision of the status of the university and polytechnic teaching profession;
9. Reformulation and growth scientific research;
10. Revision of the higher level assessment and accreditation system of competencies;
11. Reformulation of researcher status;
12. Revision of the assessment and accreditation system;
13. Change in the status of Private and Cooperative Higher Education;
14. Ensuring the mobility of students and graduates on a national and international basis in order to
attract and retain qualified Portuguese and foreign human resources;
15. Conjugation of formal qualifications with non-formal ones, from a lifelong learning perspective;
16. Definition of the contractual system applicable to the public funding of institutions.
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Date: 2009
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