Realizacja idei ruchu bolońskiego w szkolnictwie wyższym w Wielkiej Brytanii. Brytyjski upór czy pozostałości imperialnej dominacji?

Abstract

The article describes special presence of the Bologna Process in the body of United Kingdom. In the introduction we are told that since UK was an Empire until late 60’s of the 20th century their political, linguistic and cultural dominance did not ceased suddenly at that time but continues to spread in different forms. The education, avery important factor of aproper development of economy, seems to be the place where UK would like to keep their solid, internationally acclaimed, stance. Therefore, to the surprise of many European professors, for the last 10 years continental Higher Education is being reconstructed according to the British standards. The main article portrays the Bologna Process from its beginning with an impact on its roots within the UK Higher Education. The special presence of the process in the UK is visible in the UK Europe Unit which basically stands for the centrally organised and supervised education department that is based on the continent and has the task of promoting the British way of changing the Higher Education in Europe and further to the World. The article gives many examples of appropriate solutions that UK Higher Education invented and that could be or are implemented onto the broader scale like dividing all the academic teaching into stages (Bachelor, Master and Doctorate) or shortening the stages of teaching so the students could quicker enter the status of employee. In the next part of the article we can compare the countries that take part in Bologna Process in the context of their expenditure in Higher Education with a pressure on researches and development. The particular examination has been taken on the examples of Poland an UK. The paper concludes with a paragraphs explaining why, although it is difficult for some to accept it, the changes in the education are taking place anyway.