All results from the inter}artes thematic network 2004 - 2007 in one Handbook + DVD.

ELIA member institutions can order the Handbook for free by ordering online. Others can order the book by ordering online for € 15,- + € 10,- shipping costs. Inter}artes partner institutions will receive the Handbook for free mid April.

The Handbook comprises:

1. Findings and Results: conclusions and articles on Quality Assurance and Enhancement; Tuning and Qualifications Frameworks; Innovation and Tradition and Professional Practice.
2. Reference Documents & Toolkits: four Tuning Documents and a Reading Grid on knowledge, skills and competences for Higher Arts Education; Guidelines for Quality Assurance and Enhancement; Toolkit Student Tracking and the Emappa plan for a European Master’s course/module on Advanced Professional Practice.
3. Case Studies and Narratives: seven innovative case studies building on distinct artistic and cultural traditions and personal reports from inter}artes partners.

The free DVD comprises audiovisual material on the case studies, the film ‘Training and tracking the student artist’, Tuning Documents translated into French and German, PP presentations and other additional materials.

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ELIA and AEC published a position paper with a view to the London meeting, inviting the Ministers:

• To recognise higher arts and music education at 1st, 2nd, and 3rd levels and to resolve persisting problems in some countries where the 2nd and/or 3rd cycles are not yet established in our sectors.
• To recognise and acknowledge artistic development and research in higher arts and music education as being at a level equivalent to other higher education disciplines.
• To retain a strong emphasis on cultural diversity and artistic practice, whilst supporting the need for greater transparency and readability of qualifications.
• To engage in a more subject-specific approach during the next steps of the Bologna process. As a consequence to consider organising an official Bologna seminar on higher arts and music education in 2008-2009.
• To acknowledge and make use of the developed expertise in the field of quality assurance and enhancement.
• To make use of the tools developed (descriptors, learning outcomes, competences) for the establishment of sectoral national and European qualifications frameworks.
• To fully invest in modern, well-equipped higher arts and music education to maintain and further develop its unique qualities in an increasingly digital society and economy.

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The Socrates Thematic Network for the Higher Arts Education Sector in Europe brings together 65 Higher Arts Institutions from all EU countries, co-ordinated by the Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy Warsaw . Through the partnership with the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) inter}artes connects with 350 Higher Arts Education Institutes.

• Promotes a strong identity for the creative disciplines in Europe and cultural diversity in arts education and in society
• Identifies innovative approaches inspired by cultural, artistic and educational traditions
• Contributes to comprehensive curricula, balancing arts-specific competencies and general competences
• Builds up the capacity of the sector in quality assurance, the three-cycle structure, student-centred learning and research
• Forms the Tuning reference for the Higher Arts Education Sector
• Connects with professional practice and explores the portfolio careers of arts graduates

(1) Quality assurance/enhancement

• Is about awareness and capacity building in quality assurance and self-evaluation
• Online Register of Experts in quality assurance
• Selected Panel of Experts in quality assurance and a Training Session
• Four institutional peer visits by experts to arts institutions in 2006 and 2007
• Strand 1 and 2 Regional Capacity Building Workshops in Hungary , Greece , Germany and Portugal
• Handbook Principles and Guidelines for European Quality Assurance in Higher Arts Education

(2) Qualifications Frameworks

• Is about a road map connecting Higher Arts Education with qualifications frameworks
• Online up-to-date Bologna Dossier with relevant documents
• Online Questionnaire General Competences based on the Tuning methodology
• Regional Capacity Building Workshops in collaboration with Strand 1
• Tuning Publications in five arts disciplines developed by arts disciplines networks
• European Roadmap connecting Higher Arts Education with qualifications frameworks

(3) Tradition of the New

• Is about artistic traditions, cultural diversity and innovation in learning and teaching
• Online Register of Rare Artistic skills and Professional Competences trained in Europe
• Eight Regional Case Studies from across Europe in global design, dance, fine art, film, opera, theatre and interdisciplinary subjects
• Video Compilation of the Case Studies to be ready early 2007
• Brochure on Innovation and the Professional Field in Arts and in Higher Arts Education

(4) Professional Practice

• Is about connecting Professional Practice with the curriculum and competences in Higher Arts Education
• Online Register of Professional Practice, Experts and Representatives from the professional field
• Tool for Graduate Tracking based op pilot action
• Course Material Joint Masters' programmes Advanced Professional Practice

For more information on all strands and the network please click here.