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Description: This Round table is divided in two sessions with a common focus of monitoring the ongoing process of interpreting and implementing the ideas and texts produced within the construct of the "Bologna process". The point of departure is an assumption that the overall aim of creating a European Higher Education Area is translated, interpreted and implemented within national, professional and personal frames of references, which are enacted in different ways. The contributions of this Round table will give some glimpses of this ongoing process. In this second session focus is on how the "Bolognaprocess" is enacted in institutional and professional contexts." The Bologna Process in Finland: Perspectives from the Basic Units". - In this contribution an empirically-based example of the changes related to the Bologna Process in Finland will be presented. Group interviews from 19 basic units in seven Finnish universities form a basis for a proposed typology which provides insight into the ways in which the challenges stemming from the Bologna implementation are being met - or not - or if in fact salient aspects of this complex process go quietly unnoticed. The aim of the study is to place the issues identified in a wider theoretical and ideological debate of international comparative higher education.
" The influence of Bologna upon the development of educator skills around Europé- experiences from the NETTLE network" . This contribution has a focus on what the influences of Bologna can have on the development of educator skills around Europé. NETTLE (the Network of European Tertiary Level Educators) operates through four thematic groups, spanning cultural and political context, initial entry skills and continuing professional development, and accreditation. These groupings have developed a preliminary scoping questionnaire to gather information on the issue in national and local contexts, and on motivational factors for change. The Bologna process is clearly present as a strong motivational factor for some countries and institutions, but is almost absent from others. This contribution presents a summary of the updated results highlighting key similarities and differences. "Nostalgia for the lost freedom - Academic work in the era of Bologna process"This contribution explores what impacts the macro level changes in the functioning of universities have on work experiences of academics. Based on interviews with Finnish academics, it is claimed that academics experience severe tensions and conflicts between their traditional academic and the newly introduced market-oriented values and moral commitments. These tensions are manifest in the nostalgic story line which cuts across the interviews. Nostalgia refers mainly to the loss of academic freedom and autonomy. By relying on nostalgia, academics are able to voice their current dissatisfaction in work, which in turn can help them to continue in the academic career. The paper discusses the roles and functions of nostalgia as well as the changing nature of academic work at the present-day universities.
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