Higher education is more about business than

Education is the best, come to be understood not only as a tool for social development. Education for the economic well-being and resource markets are looking at purely as an instrumentalist approach to education was established following.

This industry-oriented educational approach has been applied to the initial vocational education and training. This approach to economic growth in the 1990s neo-liberalism, which is considered as a possible way to keep the progress of higher education has expanded, took over.

Industry-oriented training needs of society as a whole, reflecting the many goals of higher education as a public good, and the neglect of social responsibility, the industry caters to the needs of learning, teaching and assessment of an approach. It's a different education system to adapt to more standardization.

In this context, knowledge of the industry, higher education, labor market, education and human capital, such as higher education institutions and students as consumers and service providers, as is being considered. This approach reduces the numbers of people and customers.

The European Students' Union, or ESU, as consumers get the service trade and higher education students to solve as the thinking goes against the fundamental social values ​​and norms. The EU member states have agreed on their approach is contrary to the European Higher Education Area communiqués.

The public consultation document published in the background, skills and qualifications as stated, or EASQ European Area, one of the final steps towards the completion of the European single market.

This is a market of capital, labor, goods and services on the basis of mutual agreement to allow free movement includes more than one nation free trade zone that is worth reminding ourselves.

International increased economic prosperity, competitiveness and innovation can be seen as a part of the political strategy, although it is not the driver of commoditization of higher education is important to note.

"Employability learning process, is set to get a job as a graduate of the achievements and potential of the concept, making sure that we have the concept of employment and employment at the end of his important if you want to understand the differences, the political expression of the concept is wrong and the environment, although higher than the other, as my colleague" and I end University World News wrote an article - not to be confused with the purchase of the actual work.

The position of the European Students' Union

the results of the public consultation and professional skills training and quality assurance concerns. ESU transparency in the recognition of prior learning and believes that education plays a crucial role internationally. So, welcomes the further development of learning outcomes and transparency tools.

Regardless of the mode of teaching and learning quality assurance, teacher training, results-oriented, student-centered learning approach, as well as a greater role in the evaluation must be a paradigm shift.

However, ESU adequate measures of quality assurance and accreditation can be anywhere outside the context of formal education qualifications recognized by various educational providers concerned.

Europe / European trial to the notion of using the EU and the EU's critical for differentiation between instruments asks union for skills and qualifications on the different tools to create a unified platform for the positive, though, there are some concerns in the European Higher Education Area, or EHEA, tools, This appears to conflict with each other, especially when.

ESU, thus increasing the accuracy of the tools available to strengthen cooperation between the two countries opted for the EHEA. the recognition of qualifications and skills and prior learning and transparency of the existing tools and making it more efficient, more powerful European Space for Higher Education in providing quality assurance system.

The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education or the European Standards and Guidelines EQAR, or ESG, it is important to develop.

Cauterization

In addition, ESU transnational education or higher education institutions, regardless of brand, franchise, setting the frequency of offshore campuses, seeking to profit from such measures, together with the growing demand for twinning degree programs and education should not be used to believe.

In contrast, the transnational free quality education to provide students with educational opportunities, making sure to benefit the local community and learning environment.

Students are expected to be carried out, especially in terms of learning outcomes and student participation in celebrating the importance of adjusting the national qualifications framework.

Vocational education and training is a "dead end" and it cannot be seen as a particular nationality other things, general powers, should grow between. Student-centered, in order to assess the quality of work-based learning programs and school-based, high quality and not just quantity contextual and not just in general.

ESU skills and qualifications to succeed in the support of key stakeholders as the basis for the field. It encourages the use of the tools available to prevent the creation of parallel structures on the issue would be helpful to a clear message.

* Executive Committee member of the European Students' Union Novena Vuksanovic. ESU's position paper on this issue is available on this site.