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Documents on the modernisation agenda for universities

• Official text: Delivering on the modernisation agenda for universities: education, research and innovation
  Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament (May 2006)
  

• Press release: Europe needs modernised universities, says European Commission
  Europe needs modernised universities, says European Commission 

• Frequently Asked Questions: why European higher education systems must be modernised? why European higher education systems must be modernised ?

• Report from the Commission to the Council on the Council Resolution of 23 November 2007 on Modernising Universities for Europe's competitiveness in a global knowledge economy (October 2008)
  

• Commission staff working paper accompanying the report from the Commission to the Council

• Official text: Modernising universities for Europe's competitiveness in a global knowledge economy, Council Resolution (November 2007)
  

Studies

	Study on European Higher Education: "Rates of return and funding models in Europe" (January 2007)
	Study on "The extent and impact of higher education governance reform across Europe" (2007)
	Part 1: Comparative Analysis and Executive Summary Part 2: Summaries of the Quick Scan Surveys on governance reform in 32 European countries Part 3: Five case studies on governance reform Part 4: Governance Reform Survey Results
	Study on "The extent and impact of higher education curricular reform across Europe" (2007)
	Part 1: Comparative Analysis and Executive Summary Part 2: Summaries of the Quick Scan Surveys on curriculum reform in 32 European countries Part 3: Five case studies on curriculum reform Part 4: Curriculum Reform Survey Results
	Study on the financing of higher education in Europe
	Volume I - Quantitative analysis Volume II - Qualitative analysis Volume III - Annexes
	Flash Eurobarometer: Perceptions of Higher Education Reforms; Survey among teaching professionals in higher education institutions, in the 27 Member States, and Croatia, Iceland, Norway and Turkey (March 2007)
	Full report Summary
	Flash Eurobarometer: Students and Higher Education Reform: Survey among students in higher education institutions in the EU Member States, Croatia, Iceland, Norway and Turkey (March 2009)
	Full report Summary
	Flash Eurobarometer: Employers' perception of graduate employability (November 2010)
	Full report Summary Press release: Eurobarometer on graduate employability: Employers value teamwork, adaptability, communication and language skills MEMO: Eurobarometer survey: Employers' perception of graduate employability
	Flash Eurobarometer: Youth on the move (May 2011)
	Full report Summary Press release: Half of young Europeans ready to work abroad

In depth

• The Higher Education Modernisation Agenda
• The Bologna Process
• ECTS
• Diploma Supplement
• Green paper on Learning Mobility for Young People
• University-Business Cooperation
• Transparency in higher education
• Studies